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    What were the causes and consequences of the Great Awakening? Discuss key people who influenced the Great Awakening and the differences between old and new lights. Info: • The Great Awakening was a spiritual renewal that swept the American Colonies‚ particularly New England‚ during the first half of the 18th Century. Causes: • Glorious Revolution of 1688: fighting between religious and political groups came to a halt with the Church of England was made the reigning church of the country.

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    Personal Essay June 6th 2014 Topic Question: How is the human spirit more powerful than any drug? Awakenings The movie Awakenings portrays the true story of a doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ and the events of the summer of 1969 at a psychiatric hospital in Brooklyn New York. Dr. Sayer is a research physician he’s never worked with people before; Sayer’s carrier has been dealing with plants and some insects. Dr. Sayer is confronted with a large number of patients once he accepts the job

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    In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening‚ the romantic and lyrical nature of Frederick Chopin’s Impromptu‚ as well as its originality‚ are the vehicle by means of which Edna realizes her love for Robert and her desire to be free and self-determined. Chopin’s Impromptu arouses "the very passions ... within [Edna’s] soul"(p.34). The harmony‚ fluidity‚ subtle rhythm and poetic beauty of the Romantic composer make Edna loose herself in the music that stirs her emotions. The art completes

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    author of The Awakening (Fox‚ 2007‚ p. 27). She described Chopin as‚ "…a woman who took women extremely seriously. She never doubted women ’s ability to be strong. She came from a long line of strong women whom she loved and respected‚" (E. Fox-Genovese‚ personal communication‚ June 23‚ 1999). Although she was influenced by the womanizing author Guy de Maupassant‚ Chopin ’s most recognized novel‚ The Awakening‚ leaks feminism on every page (E. Fox-Genovese). Throughout The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin

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    The human eye is the organ which gives us the sense of light allowing us to learn more about the surrounding world than any of the other five senses. We use our eyes in almost everything we do whether reading‚working watching television ‚writing a letter driving a car and countless other activities The eye allows us to see and interpret the shapes‚ colors‚ and dimensions of objects in the world by processing the light they reflect of give off. Aqueous humor clear watery fluid found in the anterior

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    The Gods

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    chapter 6 | This means everything to have honor and connected to your people and your gods. If the people or the king feels you do not possess these qualities you will be removed for your throne. Like the family that served for over 800 years and the other that served for 15. These people show respect to all and try to be one with all. They are a righteous people that cherish there family and gifts the gods give them. Believing in that if you are righteous and honorable you can have it all.

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    The Awakening “The only person you will ever have to lean on for the rest of your life is you.” -Anonymous Everyone at some point feels loneliness and it is when we are lonely that we truly discover ourselves. The title of Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening is appropriate and foreshadowing of the protagonist’s journey into self-discovery. Edna Pontellier is forced into self-discovery when she finds herself in solitude throughout the novel. Edna’s husband‚ children‚ friends and lovers are scarce

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    Second Great Awakening In the late 1820s and 1830s a religious revival called the Second Great Awakening had a strong impact on the American religion and reform. It grew partly out of evangelical opposition to the deism associated with the French Revolution and gathered strength in 1826‚ when Charles Grandsoin Finney preacher conducted a revival. Many people saw religion as a social gathering since people didn’t get out much in the 1800s it made going to church and being holy a more enjoyable

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    Clayton Gordon 7th Hour AP Lit In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening‚Edna’s suicide was the best thing she could do because it was her escape from reality. When the narrator sounds to start like Edna at the end‚ this allows us to have sympathy and side with Edna in almost all situations. Chopin draws many similarities with Edna but only when Chopin is in her ideal world. We know this because Chopin actually says‚ “Perhaps it is better to wake up after all‚ even to suffer‚ rather than to remain

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    Clothes appear to have significant meaning in The Awakening‚ enough so that they are mentioned at almost every description of the characters. Edna Pontellier starts the novel fully dressed and appropriately dressed for a woman of her responsibilities‚ however‚ at her final moment‚ she is naked on the beach. Other women in the story also represent their ‘position’ and the way they feel in the way they dress. For example‚ Madmoiselle Reisz never changes her clothes. This could possibly symbolize her

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