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  • Recapitulation

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  • The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

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  • Beware of Pity

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  • Capitalism and Freedom

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    Capitalism and Freedom is a 1962 book by Milton Friedman about the relationship between a free market economy and political liberty, with a strongly conservative and anti-government perspective. Central to Friedman's thesis is the notion that political freedom necessitates economic freedom, and that a government must therefore protect capitalism. Friedman examines a number of economic and social programs, arguing against most social and welfare programs, licensing doctors, public education in favor of vouchers, and for a flat income tax.

  • Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion

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    Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion is a work by the English poet Edmund Spenser, first published in 1595. The Amoretti is a sonnet cycle chronicling Spenser's courtship of his future wife, Elizabeth Boyle. The sonnets, following the Petrarchan structure common at the time, are full of themes of courtly and spiritual love, marriage and each corresponds to a passage from the Bible. The Epithalamion is a celebration of marriage that comes at the end, concluding the courtship.

  • Literary Devices in The Pit And The Pendulum

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    The effects that contribute to the plot of the Pit and the Pendulum are the characters tone and setting First off characters effect the plot of the story because without characters the story would not make sense The characters help shape the story Tone in the story effect the outcome of what the reader thinks about The tone effects the mood for the reader in a sense The setting of the story takes place inside a pit or prison cell At this time it was the sixteenth century and the Spanish Inquisi

  • Commentary on The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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    I had a load of bricks on my shoulders and I wanted to drop it but I couldnt It was weighing me down and weighting me down but I couldnt let go of the sack Then a White Man with long yellow hair hair shining like the sun came up to me He had on a long white robe too He came up to me and said Jane you want get rid of that load I said Indeed indeed But how come you know me Can you be the Lord He said To get rid of that load and be rid of it always you must take it cross yon river Gaines 143 The p

  • Pity in Of Mice And Men

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    In the story of mice and men the author John Steinbeck portrays many different themes like racism and womanizing One main theme he portrays is how he makes you feel sorry for almost every character in a different way Some more than other George and Lennie are the two main characters that to begin with have a great friendship with a mixture of Brains and Braun but as you read further you realise the situations they are involved in as a result of their friendship are no fun and games George who i

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