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Golden Age a Detection Fiction of the Interwar Period Literature Essay
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This essay seeks to discuss, with reference to different fiction novels of Agatha Christie, why the Detection Fiction of the Interwar Period Was described as a “Golden Age."During this period, the detective novels were largely characterized by their intellectual games between the reader and author, and the clue-based mysteries (Scaggs, 2005).
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Why Christianity Dominates Literature Literature Essay
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Christianity and Islam are the daughter religions of Judaism. They were established as splinter groups from Judaism at different times in the history of the Jews. On its part, Judaism is a very old religion that traces its origin from the Old Testament times of Abraham and Moses. In fact, all of its doctrines revolve around the Mosaic Law.
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A comprehensive examination of the occult tradition Literature Term Paper
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Therefore, as a result of flexibility of study within literature, the purpose of this study is to give a comprehensive examination of the occult tradition. The word occult is derived from a Greek
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Jean Rhys' and Robert Frost's Use of the Journey Symbol Literature Assignment
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In sharp contrast to Rhys' statement lies Robert Frost's reply to one Miss Yates who had enquired about the "sigh" in the last stanza of "The Road Not Taken." Frost replied, "It was my rather private jest at the expense of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the way I had taken in life.
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Reimagining the Ottoman Legacy Literature Coursework
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 The novel “My Name Is Red” helps one understand the Islam and Turkish culture. Pamuk is able to bring in aspects of both cultures in the book. Some of the sections in the book focus on Islamic culture and Islam as a religion which Pamak revises into a secular version. 
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Slavery in America - Thomas Jefferson and Frederick Douglass Literature Essay
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As the issue of slavery became increasingly debated, it sharply divided those who supported it from those who strongly opposed it as morally wrong. Both supporters and opponents of slavery felt very strongly about this established practice and a large volume of writing exists discussing both points of view.
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Janie's Definition of Love in Their Eyes Were Watching God Literature Essay
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While she is a young girl, she encounters a blossoming pear tree which affects her so much. This is due to her association of love or romance to the pollination of pear tree blossoms. The pear tree eventually drives this girl to seeking true love,
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British Literature, Norton Anthology and Women Issues Literature Essay
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Generally, throughout history, people have formed groups to fight for liberation (Eugene, 2). The minority groups where women belong have formed lots many revolutions across the world so that they gain liberation. Stereotyping of women has contributed to their inability to compete on equal terms with men.
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The life, times, and major works of William Blake Literature Research Paper
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William Blake was mostly homeschooled by his mother, who used the bible as a very pivotal source of education for the young poet (Rowland 142). The exceptionality was highly considerable, since, by the age of 10, he was already an exceptional artist, having been enrolled at the Henry Pars' drawing school.
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Why Shakespeares Villains Are the True Heroes Literature Essay
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While most of the villains are considered as being evil, it is interesting that the villains in many of Shakespeare's plays are not necessarily evil. This author created many fascinating characters many of who are regarded as “villains”. However, the villains in his plays have remained to be the famous bad men and girls, which the world of literature and theatre has ever known.
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Wildes Play The Importance of Being Earnest Literature Essay
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Upon the request, Wilde made the play more attractive and dramatic to work better. However, some analysts said that the play later lost witticism and clarity of the important plot elements. In-depth critics noted that despite the fact that Wilde changed the play from a four-act play into a three-act play, the play was hardly changed.
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Criminal Justice -Teenagers and Crime Literature Literature review
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There are numerous psychological, sociological, and criminological theories applied to improve people’s understanding of juvenile crime. A large scope of literature devoted to youth crime research indicates that it is a complex issue that happens as a result of the simultaneous influence of different environmental, social, political, economic, cultural, and psychological factors.
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Merle Hodges Limbo Island Literature Research Paper
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Nationalism is a feeling one develops which is generally shared among groups of people (REFF). This paper will broadly discuss the importance of identity and nationalism in regard to this story. Mr. harris lived in limbo island and he was a great patriot of his country USA. This shows that he was a great national and he never hid his identity. 
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The Bible vs the Epic of Gilgamesh Literature Assignment
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Noah’s story describes its God as omnipotent and omniscient. He is portrayed as the ultimate good in the story, sparing the good and destroying the bad. The gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh are almost on the opposite side of the spectrum. The only similarity is that they have some control over nature. Each is able to bring on the flood.
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The Hobbit- Beowulf heroic concept comparison Literature Essay
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In this paper considers a heroic concept comparison between Beowulf and The Hobbit. Both of Beowulf and The Hobbit provide us fresh views on the conventional concepts of the heroic script, in particular, accolade and vengeance.
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The Use of Setting in Fiction Stories and Movies Literature Essay
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In fiction stories and movies, the use of setting can be used as a style to criticize society. This is evident as a number of authors have applied its use in their works. For instance, Fitzgerald and McCarthy have not been left behind (Mullan 67). Through their works, we get to understand the nature of society at the time that their stories were written. 
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Short bibliography response--hamlet Literature Essay
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The author has tried to clarify the different shades of Ophelia’s character, when from the beginning she is depicted as “frailty” By Hamlet. The views expressed by Hamlet is more subjective than the real character of a woman and the author wonders whether the
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The theme of Madness in Othello, Hamlet, and King Lear Literature Essay
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The tragic-comedy of Othello has apparent evidence of jealousy running throughout the story-line. It focuses on the doom of Othello and some major figures in the melodrama. Iago and Othello propel the theme of jealousy which causes the former to show his real self triggering Othello to undergo a conversion that is an impact to the lives of friends.
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The Comparison of Socrates and Jesus Trial Literature Essay
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Socrates was never so poor and so he had time to go to the market center and share with other intellects. Socrates never liked the Athenian democracy. He opposed it together with the thirty people who tried to topple it. He served as a council in legislative issues and most of the time lived the life of a normal citizen.
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The Road by McCarthy Literature Research Paper
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The author says that this novel is generally about a dad giving up all for a son-surviving and keeping on in spite of nightmare scenery and only for the sake of his son. The most frightening moment in any story that is horrific is when there are noises heard- noise at back of a close door; one heard in a loft, or basement.
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James Baldwins Sonnys Blues and Tilly Olsens As I Stand Here Ironing Literature Essay
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In James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues story, the theme of family relations and love is clearly shown. The mother of the narrator asks him to watch over his brother, Sonny, or rather be the brother’s keeper. Following the death of their mother, the narrator has no other option but to heed the instructions of his mother and take care of Sonny.
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Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man Literature Essay
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This is an autobiographical novel that constitutes an important genre of literature. In this case, an autobiographical novel entails the author records or narrates his or her personal experiences in life in addition to adding fictional elements. In considering Joyce’s autobiographical novel, themes, characters, and incidents come from the real-life of the author but appear in an exaggerated way.
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Discrimination in The US Literature Literature Assignment
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In the Prologue, Anne Bradstreet reflects on the struggles of being a woman in the Puritan society. Bradstreet acknowledges that the society and even women know that the role of a woman is to remain inferior to the men. She recognizes the superiority of men by stating “Men can do best, and women know it well”
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Why Claggart is Down on Billy Literature Assignment
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When responding to the reason why Claggart is “down on Billy,” it is important to look at the background information about Melville’s ironies. Dansker is the first person to suggest the notion that Claggart is “down on Billy.” Claggart appears to have strong sexual feelings for Billy. Billy’s opinions are however hidden (Melville).
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Importance of the Opening Paragraphs James Joyces Araby and Edgar Allan Poes The Tell-Tale Heart Literature Essay
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A good story requires a good construction of its theme, mood, and conflict. The introduction of a short story is an indispensable aspect, as it prepares the readers to understand its theme, mood, and conflict. We shall discuss the importance of the opening paragraphs in the short stories, James Joyce’s Araby and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart
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Reputation of Marilyn Monroe Literature Essay
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The quotation is the crux of what this whole paper is about. Joseph Hall very aptly depicts that the formation of the reputation of a person is not an uncomplicated and elementary process; instead, it takes years and decades to build up an image or a reputation. Furthermore, the most major contribution in shaping reputation is the issues involved in the life of that certain person or myths affiliated with him or her.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin Literature Assignment
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The citizens make their way to the town square to vindicate their problem to the lord mayor. The mayor in a bid to quell the tension assures them he will take care of it immediately. He fails to do so sparking more anger from the citizens
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Monster Comparison and Contrast in Gilgamesh, Odyssey and Ramayana Myths Literature Essay
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The protagonist was a superhuman king who ruled his subjects with iron hands. Forced labor in the execution of the great kingdom’s immense building projects was the order of the day. As if this unjust and infamous inhumane treatment of his subjects was not enough, the king had a reputation for deflowering brides and maids before their betrothed grooms to be shared the blissful matrimonial bed with them.
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William Shakespeares Hamlet Literature Essay
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William Shakespeare is one of the legends in the field of literature. He has done many plays that have various significances to the readers. In his work, there are themes that he normally intends to pass across to readers. This makes his work as a poet easier and enjoyable to read or watch. In this paper, a critical analysis is focused on one of William Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet.
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Veronica Francos Defense of Other Women and Self from Attacks Literature Essay
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This paper posits the thesis that Franco’s defense of self and of women, in general, is motivated by self-preservation in the face of attacks to oneself and to one’s basic civil and human rights and on another level springs from an evolved feminist consciousness that understands the social and human dynamics that systematically oppress and marginalize women, and put them at a disadvantage in terms of human and civil rights alongside men.
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Tradition in Fools Crow Literature Admission/Application Essay
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Welch is a writer who shows the hugeness of qualities in tribal life; he indicates the gathering of people the standards that tribal life has instead of people arranging their families, tribes, and qualities. Welch draws lessons from recorded sources and Blackfeet social stories with a specific end goal to investigate the past of his predecessors.
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The Role of Books in Building an Informed Society Literature Essay
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Ray Bradbury has created a fictional world in his book Fahrenheit 451 that pretty much reflects life in the 21st century. No one values books and the pervasiveness of technology has lead to a decline in reading habits. 
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The Concept of The Enlightenment Literature Essay
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Having the courage to engage one's understanding is the motto for enlightenment. When immaturity becomes man's nature, it is difficult for such a man to work out of such a situation. He becomes accustomed to this state and is incapable of using his understanding for not a person has ever given him such an attempt.
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An Analysis of the Work of Shakespeare Williams Literature Essay
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He attempts to illustrate beauty and strength within his lover’s spirit with nature. In his debut, William Shakespeare develops a comparison between that of his lover and the summer in his sonnet. The speaker poses a question to himself how best to immortalize his beautiful lover and compares his lover to a summer day, which in the real sense is contradictory.
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Leila Marouanes La Jeune Fille et la Mere Literature Essay
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This paper illustrates that based on Leila Marouane’s own experiences as an Algerian-French national; the novel «La Jeune Fille et la Mere» is history, autobiography, and fiction all at once. It is also a post-colonial work, in that the young girl Djamila’s dilemmas and conflicts are similar to her newly independent nation’s own struggles with identity and choice.
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Relationships between Language and Sexuality in Lettres D'une Pruvienne and Les Faux Monnayerurs Literature Essay
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In ancient France, a lady was perceived as being weak and undermined by male dominance. Morally, both men and women and women were restrained by tradition, making men toil to feed and protect his family. Graffigny contradicts this imagination by writing about a woman whose ambitions and achievements equal the perceived man’s capability.
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Death in Venice by Mann Literature Essay
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A man should not indulge in too much obsession with earthly things because it often curtails the essence of enjoying life. In his book, Death in Venice, Thomas Mann presents a flawed writer now obsessed with a young boy named Tazdio and, hence, forsakes his art. This confusion implicates the main character, Aschenbach, in numerous ups and downs in life that eventually kill him because his passions are uncontrollable.
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Confronting the New Faces of Hate - Hate Crimes in America Literature Essay
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Heated debates are everywhere and the tendency of people going overboard with it is on the rise. They are victims of hate crimes. That is what they have to live with each and every day which interferes with the quality of their lives (Jackson 26). What is worrying is that it takes the occurrence of a hate crime against lesbians, gays, transsexuals and Hispanics for it to be recognized as a menace that is prevalent in American society.
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas Literature Essay
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 “Do not go Gentle into That Good Night” is a poem by the poet Dylan Thomas, who was born in South Wales in 1914. Sadly he was a neurotic and gave in to alcoholism. He had dropped out of school to pursue his writing career and was successful too. However, in 1953, at the age of 39, he collapsed following a long drinking bout and passed away at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York. 
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Character Analysis of Huckleberry Finn Literature Essay
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Huck himself is messy and often homeless. Even though the Widow Douglas endeavors to "change" Huck, he opposes her endeavors and looks after his autonomous ways. The group has neglected to secure him from his father, Huck has not been taught social values in the same way a white-collar class kid like Tom Sawyer has been.
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LITERATURE, COLONIZATION, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR PHILLIPINE SOVEREIGNTY Literature Research Paper
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His style of narration is also a matter of discussion. ‘The Day the Dancers Came’ and ‘The Scent of Apples’ are two classical stories written by Bienvenido Santos. ‘The Day the Dancers Came’
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Literal Analysis of the Novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Literature Essay
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The paper gives detailed information about a literal analysis of Ford’s central characters Henry Lee and Keiko Okabe, which seeks to shed light on racial issues specific to before and after World War II in America and their impact on society. Henry and Keiko represent the first generation of Chinese and American immigrants respectively granted citizenship by the US government.
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Realism vs Romanticism in Madam Bovary Literature Essay
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Madame Bovary is the presentation of realities in the mood of romanticism which affected the life of Emma Bovary the heroine of the novel. The pessimistic view about life generally developed by the writer influenced the characterization and setting of the novel.   The essay is an attempt to draw the correlation between the factual experience in life and the quixotic feeling of the mind.
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The Individual versus Society in Black Boy by Richard Right Literature Essay
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The book is divided into two parts; ‘southern nights’, and ‘the horror and the glory’, which concerns his early adulthood in Chicago. The ‘southern nights’ covers the book’s first fourteen chapters. The first part details Wright’s journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow south.
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In Black Boy by Richard Wright, what is Richard's implicit political philosophy Literature Essay
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affirms that large portions of the most significant decisions we have to make in life, for example, whether to trust in God or whether to put stock in adoration have no discerning or goal support (Wright 52). Such thoughts of levelheadedness and objectivity are just the
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The story of the stone Volume3 and Volume4 chapter 40-64 (Cao Xueqin) Literature Essay
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The scene occurs here majorly to show the strength of love that happens between the rich young man and the poor girl. Here the author strives to indicate the power of love in the lives of the Chinese people regardless the dispositions of the Chinese
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Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Literature Essay
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Each literary movement and creative method was called to live not only by a certain aesthetic background but also by a social and political environment in a society that brought a man up. Realism, in the wide sense, means the ability of art to reflect reality faithfully.  In fact, throughout world literature as a process, we can clearly and consistently trace the movement towards Realism.
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Define Mishima's Double vision/two perspectives/two-sided characteristic in the novel Literature Book Report/Review
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The novel represents a Japanese gay literature in the male protagonist ‘I’ who confesses his homosexuality secret. However, the application of the word homosexual is not appropriate in the context because of the modern western concept imposed against the Japanese concept of male homosexuality which is referred to as male love.
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Analysis of Inferno Authored by Dante Literature Essay
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At the beginning of the 12th century, northern Italy, and other cities of Tuscany like Florence, got organized mainly as free city-states or communes. During this period of growth and formation in Italy, the city-states constantly fought against the countryside feudal families in order to expand and consolidate their dominion and influence 
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Walt Whitmans lifetime is The Book Leaves of Grass Literature Essay
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It is their hard work in their respective areas of interest which results in a prosperous America. The land is so vast and widespread, it consists of a variety of people who live their own different lives and yet all of them stand united for their country.
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