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  • Gretel in Darkness

    Gretel in Darkness

    While comparing the two poems, “Gretel in Darkness” by Louise Gluck and “Hansel and Gretel” by Anne Sexton with the original Brothers Grimm tale “Hansel and Gretel”, different perspectives, point of views and messages are shown. In “Gretel in Darkness” Gretel is reciting the poem. It is written in the first person. In this poem Gretel is overcome with certain darkness in her life. Something is haunting her from the past. Gretel describes an experience

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    Essay Length: 418 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: July
  • Central Role of Love in Moliere's Tartuffe, Voltaire's Candide, and Flaubert's “a Simple Heart”

    Central Role of Love in Moliere's Tartuffe, Voltaire's Candide, and Flaubert's “a Simple Heart”

    The correlation between literature and love is not minor. Discussions about love are timeless that have survived mankind throughout many centuries. To this day, many people do not fully understand the depths of love. According to Wikipedia, Love is a major theme in many scriptures, tales from mythology, and literature. It is described as being interpersonal, impersonal, and religious interpretation. The central role of love is in many works that we’ve read so far. It

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    Essay Length: 472 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Steve
  • Heart and Breathing Rate M/f Before and After Exercise

    Heart and Breathing Rate M/f Before and After Exercise

    Science: Abstract: This investigation is to show the raspatory and circulatory systems in deeper meaning. It also explains the reasons for why breathing and heart rate becomes higher during physical activity, and if there are any differences between female and males. This experiment shows the biological principles, and how to record and produce data of a quality standard. Introduction: Air goes into the alveoli when we breathe in. This lets the veins around the alveoli

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    Essay Length: 1,276 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Dark Side of Relationships

    The Dark Side of Relationships

    Why do women stay with men who beat and rape them? Why don't they leave? Why do they remain in abusive relationships even as the violence escalates? Most women have at least one dependent who must be taken care of, many are not employed, their parents are either distant or unable or unwilling to help. She may lack the access to cash; she or the children may be in poor health, may face a decline

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    Essay Length: 4,609 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Steve
  • Hearts and Catacombs

    Hearts and Catacombs

    Edgar Allen Poe wrote two amazing short stories featuring crazed men killing other men; these are “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” There are many aspects of each story that can be compared and contrasted to the other, including the personalities of the murderers and of the victims, the motives behind each murder, and the symbolism hidden throughout each. The personalities of the murderers seem to be quite different, one man is seen

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    Essay Length: 1,597 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Compare and Contrast “genesis” and “penetrating to the Heart of the Forest”,

    Compare and Contrast “genesis” and “penetrating to the Heart of the Forest”,

    Topic # 3 Compare and Contrast “Genesis” and “Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest”, Looking at both myth and short story. Although there are many similarities present, a distinct difference is made between “Genesis” and "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" in that “Genesis” is a mythical narrative while "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" is an adaptation of a mythic story (Adam and Eve) in the form of a short

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    Essay Length: 1,291 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Does Caffeine Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia

    Does Caffeine Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia

    Does caffeine affect the heart rate of Daphnia? Introduction In this experiment I aim to find out if caffeine has an affect on heart rate. Instead of using human subject, whom may already have a high tolerance to caffeine or could have ingested caffeine that day making the tests unfair, I will use Daphnia, a crustacean. They have on contact with caffeine making it fair. It will be easier to observe as it has a

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    Essay Length: 891 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Janna
  • A Dark Revenge

    A Dark Revenge

    The story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is about a narrator who tells us the about the revenge he did to “friend” of his. The story mainly takes place in the dark catacombs. The same place the story not only ends, but also the life of Fortunato. The setting of the story adds horror, and suspense to an already dark plan of revenge. The time and place the story starts is very

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    Essay Length: 595 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Darkness in Macbeth

    Darkness in Macbeth

    In “Macbeth”, Shakespeare projects an atmosphere where darkness holds the protagonists’ secrets. The use of darkness “runs parallel to the idea that the deeds of Macbeth (and in some cases Lady Macbeth) are too terrible for human eyes to look at” (Spurgeon 17). That is, when Macbeth realizes that the Prince of Cumberland “is a step on which I must fall down , or else o’erleap , for in my way it lies. Stars ,

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Janna
  • Dark Energy

    Dark Energy

    Dark energy what is it? Dark energy is a unknown energy said to take up 70 percent of the universe. The energy is a repulsive gravitational effect that is causing the universe to accelerate out-ward. No one knows exactly what dark energy is or where it comes from. Dark Energy is a new idea. Little is known about dark energy, yet it takes up a huge amount if the universe. Scientist were able to

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    Essay Length: 694 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Top
  • Structure of the Heart; Function of the Heart; Diseases of the Heart ; History of Heart Research; Hearts in Other Animals

    Structure of the Heart; Function of the Heart; Diseases of the Heart ; History of Heart Research; Hearts in Other Animals

    Editors' Picks Great books about your topic, Heart, selected by Encarta editors Related Items * Aorta * Artery more... Encarta Search Search Encarta about Heart Also on Encarta • 7 tips for funding an online degree • How to succeed in the fashion industry without being a top designer • Presidential Myths Quiz Advertisement Click Here! Heart Encyclopedia Article Find | Print | E-mail | Blog It Multimedia House MiceHouse Mice 29 items Article Outline

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    Essay Length: 877 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Giving a Piece of My Heart Is Not Just Cheap Thrills

    Giving a Piece of My Heart Is Not Just Cheap Thrills

    Giving a Piece of My Heart is not just Cheap Thrills When Janis Joplin sings “Piece of My Heart,” I think about friends, ex-boyfriends, would-be boyfriends, my family and extended family, all of them walking around with a piece of my heart. When Janis pours out her soul on the chorus, “I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, Take it! Take another little piece of my heart

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    Essay Length: 1,679 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Dark Galaxies

    Dark Galaxies

    The universe is a vast space of mystery and undiscovered concepts and explanations. Science is ever changing, with each discovery comes new theories, as well as advances in technology. The world’s knowledge of space is limited with our location and technology. Space in itself is a complex concept to comprehend, let alone dark galaxies, matter and energy. How do scientist know if its there, if it’s supposedly invisible and undetectable? Through this paper you

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    Essay Length: 3,155 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Vika
  • Characters of Dark City by Frank Lauria

    Characters of Dark City by Frank Lauria

    Characters of Dark City I did my book report on Dark City by Frank Lauria. The main characters in the book were John Murdoch, Mr. Hand, and Mr. Book. Since Murdoch woke up in the icy bathtub in a strange room, he has been suspicious of everything. He is wanted for a series of brutal murders which he can’t remember committing. He later finds out that he posses a power called tuning, which allows you

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    Essay Length: 875 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Does Lifestyle Affect the Development of Coronary Heart Disease?

    Does Lifestyle Affect the Development of Coronary Heart Disease?

    Does Lifestyle Affect the Development of Coronary Heart Disease? Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) otherwise known as Ischemic and Atherosclerotic Heart Disease is the result of a variety of factors such as the build up of fatty materials, calcium, and athermanous plaque within the walls of the arteries that acts as the supply for the myocardium of blood. The arteries supplying the heart are divided into three different parts, the 'inner layer' which is elastic and

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    Essay Length: 473 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Andrew
  • A Battle of the Heart Lord of the Rings

    A Battle of the Heart Lord of the Rings

    A Battle of the Heart In the book The Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Frodo Baggins was raised by Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit that disappeared without a trace and came back with wild stories and a ring, which he kept a secret from almost everyone, and the Ring helped him disappear during his 111th birthday. As his heir Frodo inherited not only the Bag End but the ring,

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    Essay Length: 956 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Victor
  • Yellow Wallpaper - the Tell-Tale Heart

    Yellow Wallpaper - the Tell-Tale Heart

    The two stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” can both be analyzed from a psychological standpoint. Both stories illustrate how the human mind and imagination are able to cause conflict with ones self, others, and ultimately lead to ones own down downfall. Even though the stories contrast significantly in setting and psychological disorders the main characters have, their actions are similar in how they react when self conflict and imagination become more than

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    Essay Length: 952 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Vika
  • Artificial Heart

    Artificial Heart

    Artificial Heart The never ending pursuit of advancement by science and technology in its endeavor to ease the human life has been so tremendous that what we once thought was unfeasible is now a reality, such as in the creation of artificial organs. From an historic angle, no one would have ever imagined the possibility of providing a functional substitute for one of nature’s creations. Since ancient times, people have viewed the heart as more

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    Essay Length: 628 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: David
  • Hamlet Thou Has Cleft My Heart in Twain

    Hamlet Thou Has Cleft My Heart in Twain

    “Hamlet thou has cleft my heart in twain” Most productions present Gertrude and Ophelia as sympathetic victims of Hamlet’s cruelty. As your starting point, refer to either the closet scene or the nunnery scene and, paying close attention to the language, show how it reveals the interaction between Hamlet and the women characters here and throughout the play. Referring to Hamlet’s portrayal of a cruel character, the major victims that first come to mind are

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    Essay Length: 1,762 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Jessica
  • My Mournful Heart

    My Mournful Heart

    *<A short story on a poem>* A Dirge (by Percey Shelley) Rough Wind, that moanest loud Grief too sad for song; Wild wind, when sullen cloud Knells all the night long; Sad storm, whose tears are vain, Bare woods, whose branches strain, Deep caves and dreary main, Wail, for the world's wrong! There I stood, alone in the darkness, weeping. Surrounded by what used to be a mansion. No longer were there luxurious lounges to

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    Essay Length: 1,060 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Monika
  • Asking for a Heart Attack by Patricia Smith Aretha

    Asking for a Heart Attack by Patricia Smith Aretha

    Asking for a Heart Attack by Patricia Smith Aretha. Deep buter dipt, burnt pot liquor, twisted sugar cane, Vaselined knock knees clacking extraordinary gospel. hustling toward the promised land in 4/4 time, Aretha. Greased and glowing awash in limelight, satisfied moan 'neath the spotlight, turning ample ass toward midnight, she the it's-all-good goddess of warm cornbread and bumped buttermilk, know jesus by his first name. carried his gospel low and democratic in rollicking brownships, sang

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    Essay Length: 278 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Conflicts of All Hearts

    The Conflicts of All Hearts

    The Conflicts of All Hearts William Faulkner, recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time, once made a speech as he accepted his Nobel prize for writing in which he stated that a great piece of writing should contain the truths of the heart and the conflicts that arise over these truths. These truths were love, honor, pity, pride, compassion and sacrifice. Truly it would be hard to argue that a story without

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    Essay Length: 1,272 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Top
  • The Dark Side of Nowhere

    The Dark Side of Nowhere

    The Dark Side of Nowhere Vocabulary words and definition 1. Disceptation--Controversy; disputation; discussion 2. Intuitive--obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation 3. Chelation--the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning 4. Resonate--To evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief; to correspond closely or harmoniously 5. Guise--Outward appearance or aspect; semblance; false appearance; pretense 6. Contemptuously-- without respect;

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    Essay Length: 799 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Artur
  • Dark Water

    Dark Water

    DARK WATER Divorcee and daughter move into a creepy apartment building where strange events start to occur, and when the mom finds information about a missing girl that use to live upstairs, strange things start to happen. Director Hideo Nakata used a variety of techniques in his production design to portray specific themes in this film, Dark Water (2002). The overriding theme that was portrayed in Dark Water is that the past will come back

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Dark Energy

    Dark Energy

    Dark Energy is a new idea. Little is known about dark energy, yet it takes up a huge amount if the universe. Scientist were able to show the universe was expanding at an accelerated rate by measuring the red-shift of an object by comparing the spectral lines of the elements and the spectral lines of the same elements measured in a lab. The more distant the objects that emit light the brighter the spectral lines.

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    Essay Length: 4,852 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jack

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