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    Virtues in Pinoy

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    VIPinoy (Virtues In Pinoy) A Filipino with the exemplary practice of the four cardinal virtues of Prudence‚ Justice‚ Temperance‚ Fortitude‚ and the three theological virtues of Faith‚ Hope‚ and Love over an extended period of time out of just and worthy service by contributing to ecological balance‚ cultural cohesiveness‚ and moral-spiritual consensus. METANOIA VIRTUES • Virtue ( Latin virtus) is moral excellence of a person; a trait valued as being good. In Greek it is more properly

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    Both Hamlet and Macbeth (the plays) are considered tragedies and both main characters are considered tragic heroes so you might begin there with your comparison. One of Hamlet’s problems in the play is that he takes a long time to seek the revenge he promised his father’s ghost that he would seek. He tends to overthink matters. Macbeth‚ on the other hand‚ tends to act very quickly and rashly. Hamlet is a generally likeable character and dies a heroic death having finally fulfilled the promise to

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    Gothic Literature Essay

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    elements of fantasy and supernatural. Instead of looking at the good in people‚ Gothic authors always sought out the bad. Works written during this time had characters such as monsters‚ gargoyles‚ and the devil. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar A. Poe‚ and “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving all have elements of Gothic literature such as supernatural characters and violent actions. Monsters and supernatural characters play a major

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    Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” the protagonists‚ Young Goodman Brown and the narrator experience a journey into the subconscious. Both stories have an overlap that blurs the boundaries of reality and fantasy. It is truly the supernatural aspects of these two stories that force the protagonists and the reader to delve into the realm of the subconscious and to scrutinize good versus evil and real versus imaginary. Both stories have a setting of gloom and foreboding that

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    fulfills all the aspects necessary to identify an epic poem and hero. The qualities that an epic hero has are displayed in Beowulf by being a hero of great importance‚ having adventures of epic strength and valor‚ and being involved in defeating supernatural. There was a warrior‚ the strongest warrior of the Dark Ages. This warrior bled glory‚ and always wanted a fight to gain more. His name was Beowulf‚ and he is a hero of legendary proportion. In the story‚ there is a savage beast named Grendel

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    forest because of the supernatural occurrences with the devil‚ the moment when Brown sees Goody Cloyse‚ and how Brown acts after his dream. The supernatural events occurring during Brown’s dream are highly vivid to the point the events are unrealistic. When Brown sees a "second traveler [who] was about fifty years old‚ apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown‚ and bearing a conservable resemblance to him‚" and the man being the devil‚ this seems too supernatural to be real. Also‚ during

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    Supernaturalizm in Hamlet

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    SUPERNATURALISM IN HAMLET: Ghost or supernatural plays an important role in the plays written during Renaissance or Elizabethan age. The Elizabethan age greatly believed in the super natural. The presentation of ghosts‚ fairies‚ witches‚ portents‚ omens uncommon happenings‚disorders in nature was quite and common phenomenon on the Elizabethan stage. It was a traditionally recognized instrument in the dramatic art. People liked to see the supernatural elements on the stage and fully enjoyed them

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    will become King of Scotland. Obsessed by his ambition and influenced by his wife‚ Macbeth murders King Duncan and steals the throne and is then tormented by paranoia and guilt. Through the supernatural elements in Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare demonstrates the idea of evil; although driven by the supernatural‚ ambition plays a key role in Macbeth’s actions. Despite the fact that Macbeth was one to commit many murders‚ he soon realizes in order to survive he must execute anyone who disagrees with

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    Anthropology

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    Enculturation term anthropologists and psychologists use to descrive the deveopement‚ through the direct and indirect influence of parents and others‚ of children;s patterns of begavior socialization same as enculturation compatibility-­‐with-­‐child-­‐ care theory Womens tasks have traditionally been those that do not remove the woman from the household due to taks only woman can perform for children (breast feeding for 2 or more years) economy of effort theory if effort is expended

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    Metonymy Of Horror

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    Allen Poe is very famous for using these elements in his writing. When he wrote‚ the reader had a sense of fear and darkness. This captivates audiences and keeps them reading. In The Masque of the Red Death‚ Edgar Allen Poe uses a castle setting‚ supernatural events‚ and the metonymy of horror to convey good gothic literature. The Masque of the Red Death conveys characteristics of a gothic story such as a setting in a castle. Prince Prospero owns a big castle in which he uses to escape the Red Death

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