Summary The narrator approaches the House of Usher on a "dull, dark, and soundless day." ... Commentary In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Edgar Allan Poe uses the setting to enhance the plot. ... Finally, after Roderick and Madeline die, the house breaks apart, representing the fate of the family. ... Poe plays with this opposition in much of his work, questioning how many of the strange things in life can be explained away by science. ... And, when Roderick rushes into the narrator's room on the night he dies, he is afraid of the mist around the house, which the narrator expla...

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Summary of Storyline The show follows the life of three main characters: Elena Gilbert, Stefen Salvatore, and Damon Salvatore. ... It gets even more complicated when both of the brothers start to fall in love with Elena at the same time, mostly because of her similarity to their past love  Katherine Pierce, Who is in fact related to Katherine. ... Summary of SDVL 1. ... After watching the episode and pointing out all the things I saw that fit into SDVL, it seems that's there was only a little more than ten minutes from that episode. ... When you watch this show, do you see any patterns? ...

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Summary Ralph hides in the jungle and thinks miserably about the chaos that has overrun the island. ... " When he learns what has happened on the island, the officer is reproachful: how could this group of boys, he asks-and English boys at that-have lost all reverence for the rules of civilization in so short a time? ... Now, when all he can do is struggle to stay alive as long as possible, a deus ex machina (an improbable or unexpected device or character that suddenly appears to resolve a situation) appears, at the last possible moment, in the form of the naval officer who brings the bo...

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The major pieces of evolution fall under the topics of body structures, fossils, stratigraphy, language and culture. ... As the brain becomes more advanced and it was improving overtime to be apart of the more fit organism. ... And example of a culture development is; when hominids were making stone tools they would need to think ahead about how they would create a well crafted handaxe that was useful when hunting. ... This was during the period when Africa's climate changed a lot." ... They will be able to make evolution a final factual event quite possibly, with all four of those things...

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Summary of Shakespeare's Macbeth The action starts on a deserted field where the meeting of three weird witches is described. ... When the king's body is discovered the next morning, Macbeth and his wife pretend perfectly to know nothing. ... They tell him again three things: 1st he should fear Macduff, 2nd Macbeth will never be harmed by any man born of a woman and 3rd he will never be defeated until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill (where his castle is). ... When Macduff gets to know about this he and Malcom start with thousand men straight to overthrow Macbeth on his position....

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All things change with time. ... In "Her," a film by Spike Jonez, the main character, Theodore, finds himself in a tough situation when he falls in love with his new operating system (OS), Samantha. ... He puts his heart and soul into these letters with things such as "every day you make me feel like the girl I was when you first turned on the lights and woke me up and we started this adventure together" (Jonez). ... Jonez's work in Her only strengthens the belief that technology is ripping apart and transmogrifying the values of human relationships, as well as shows th...

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I will try to make their themes apparent by examining a brief summary of their stories, relate them to their authors" personal life stories, and show their similarities. ... Louise's sister carefully tells her this shocking news; however, instead of falling apart, Louise finds herself feeling as if she has a new lease on life because she will finally be able to live for herself. ... There are bars on the windows, a gate at the top of the stairs, "rings and things" in the walls, and the pattern in the wallpaper reminds her of bars with a woman trapped behind them. ... When Louise's ...

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He had the entire upstairs torn apart, walls and all. ... I"m sure if my husband were awake right now, he"d cross his fingers and pray that someday I"d fall into character. ... They talk about people rather than things. ... (Sachs) It was getting late, and I like to debate, but what was there to argue with in that summary? ... Some things I will never understand. ...

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When asked about the vividly imagined intimate details attributed to Bolívar Márquez simply replied, "No one ever said in Bolívar's biographies that he sang or was constipated but historians don't say these things because they think they are not important (Plimpton web).... Plot Summary The novel is written as an historical account of the last days of Símon Bolívar, although he is only mentioned by name one time at the end of the first chapter. ... The General remember that his "dream began to fall apart on the very day it was realized (Márquez 153).... &...

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Being the last of the tsars, Nicholas II should be considered the most when discussing reasons for the fall of the Romanov's. ... The two sources that were mostly used are Years of the Golden Cockerel and The Fall of the Romanovs. ... For a few years of Nicholas reign a lot of things continued to go well for Russia because of programs continued from the previous reign. ... The above books were issued about 30 years apart. ... When, in 1994, he learned that he was to ascend the throne, Nicholas, burst into tears. ...

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When something or someone gets on this slope, they cannot stop until the bottom has been reached. ... In summary, the Bible says that God will turn away from those people and the people will basically self-destruct. ... The families of today are themselves falling apart. ... This is a disturbing state of affairs when our families are not of sound structure. ... They say that when someone is always pessimistic about the future of morality they are unable to see the good things in life. ...

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This is when the sky and bottom seemed to fall at the same time. ... However, before this fateful day there were signs that things were not what they seemed. Behind the scenes there were things going on that would cause the market to crash. ... Four days later the market would fall again. ... Surely Black Tuesday can be seen as a cause, but there are other things to consider as causes. ...

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The Matrix *** Table of Contents Table of Contents Page 2 Introduction Page 3 Summary Page 3 Neo and Jesus: A Comparison Page 6 Nebuchadnezzar: Who was he? ... I will also give a summary of the entire movie. ... Sadly, some sentinels (or "squiddies" as they are nicknamed because of their resemblance to giant squids - See Picture) find the Nebuchadnezzar and begin to tear apart the hull with lasers. ... Meanwhile in the real world, Trinity confesses what the Oracle told her: She would fall in love with the one. ... This picture shows how when Neo becom...

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James McBride also reflected on his life up to a teenager, who knew that bad things would occur in the not too distant future if he didn't change his ways and behavior. ... But the truth was that his mother was falling apart emotionally from the death of her second husband. ... They all laughed at James when he made fun of himself. Another encounter of racism is when James was sent to buy milk from a white man. ... When James was sent to return it, the man refused. ...

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Summarily, the genesis of the fall of Selassie's empire will be examined, reacted to, and explained through the testimony offered to Kapuscinski in order to comprehend the nature of Selassie's rule and it's inevitable failing characteristics. ... The august gentlemen were not allowed to flinch or make the slightest gesture when they felt their feet getting wet. ... His self-indulgence through the looting of government funds hastened his fall. Accordingly, his extremely detailed management of Ethiopia's financial assets arose for his prudishness when dealing with the need...

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Godot can be understood as one of the many things in life that people wait for. ... Summary of Act 1 The setting is in the evening on a country road with a single tree present. ... Neither of the two bums knows when Godot will appear, or even if they are at the right place. ... Lucky stands in a stooped posture holding the bags after each command has been completed and appears to be falling asleep. ... When they ask Lucky if he wants them, he does not reply, so Estragon is given the bones. ...

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With the help of his satanic power, Faustus swindles a Horse-courser, and then plays a terrifying trick on him to confuse him when he returns. ... Richard is the main character in Shakespeare's play; the author presents him as a villain who does wicked things intentionally to satisfy his selfish desires and achieve his goals. ... Apart from his ill intention, the villainous nature of Richard is also revealed through his physical deformities, making him look extremely unattractive. ... Satan disobeys God, and the uprising led by him in the Heaven results in the fall of Satan and angels fro...

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Protagonist Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is a retired UN investigator recalled by his handler when the world starts succumbing to a plague of zombies. ... Lane and family are rescued by the US military and Lane is summarily dispatched to investigate the cause and origin of the viral outbreak in order to find a cure or vaccine. ... Reminiscent of a set of chattering teeth, the zombies gnash and clack their teeth and stand relatively inert and passive when they are not stimulated. When attacking, the zombies screech is like birds of prey mixed with fingernails across a blackboard with a bit of confro...

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The highlight of the celebration is the acziavimas, which in the Lithuanian culture is known as when the guests link their hands, and form a rotating circle while the musician's play. ... In chapters six through ten, things become tough in the town of Packingtown due to the unsanitary conditions. They are having trouble paying things due to the illness that has swept the town, and since no one can take off of work there is no full recovery. ... A man named Tamoszius that is a musician begins to fall for Marija. ... Ona and Jurgis grow apart, and Jurgis begins to drink heavily. ...

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So when he opened up again - the Germans, when they fire, they fire fast, they don't fire like we did, because they change the barrels of their machine guns in seconds. ... We had to take the whole gun apart and screw the barrel off, and then put another barrel on. ... Background of D-Day: The Second World War had started almost five years ear, on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. ... And British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British people looked forward to the day when England would attack. ... Right after Dieppe, things began to go better for the Allies. in the...

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Better to spend time teaching, reading and talking than writing things that would soon be out of date or simply wrong. ... Historical Background: Sovereignty's Fall and Rise A. ... The Qing did all these things, and some of the early Qing Emperors were talented leaders. ... It is hardly surprising that these resentments sharpened when things grew rocky in the nineteenth century. ... The final result, a crushing burden of war reparations, made things even worse. ...

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When the county records show an unfavorable variation from this ratio the county shall be taxed by the State.... ... C. ' 1253 authorizes no direct appeal to this Court from the grant or denial of declaratory relief alone, review is not foreclosed when the case is properly before the Court on appeal from specific denial of injunctive relief and the arguments as to both injunctive and declaratory relief are necessarily identical. ... Litigation involving pregnancy, which is "capable of repetition, yet evading review," is an exception to the usual federal rule that an actual controversy mus...

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From that idea, it follows all people are likely to agree when making the same observation. ... To me, observation means looking at things. ... For an experiment to be designed well, it must have good verifiability (ability to show that your idea is true when it is true) as well as good falsifiability (ability to show that your idea is false when it is false). ... Learning Object Info: Lesson Highlight: Topic 1 - The Scientific Method   Type: HTML   Submitted By: Randall Warwick   Lesson Highlight: Topic 2 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Fundamentals of Chemistry When I think of the material...

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When the bread-winner lost his job or was too sick to work, his family often went hungry. ... The unpaved streets in the slums became open sewers when rains flooded the cesspools behind the houses. ... Moreover, the poor and uneducated workers were frequently swindled into buying furniture, houses, insurance, and other things they couldn't afford, usually signing contracts they couldn't understand. ... Many large corporations when they are down sizing do not take into consideration most employees length of service , or the contribution they made to help build the company up. ... Wh...

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Compulsive Eaters usually eat when emotionally upset or stressed. ... Never in my life would I wish this disease upon anyone, it is like a leech it sucks the life out of you and when you get to far into the disease it will not be too long before you die. ... Anorexia is a vicious weight loss that begins when the victim goes on a diet (Maloney, 1991). ...

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