The Faint Essays

  • The Stalker

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    realized that the man had pulled out the object again and was walking faster towards me. I tried to stand and flee but my body was frozen from the fear. I layed there with my arms over my head on the ground only imagining what could happen next. The faint sound of his slow, heavy breathing made the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up. I slowly looked up to check if he was still there and the last thing I saw was a grotesque, hemic hand about to grab my face.

  • Descriptive Essay - The Woods in Autumn

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    permanent, uneasy question is native to men, comes forward most insistent and most loud at such times.  There are still places where one can feel and describe the spirit of the falling of leaves. At Fall, the sky which is of so delicate and faint a blue as to contain something of gentle mockery, and certain more of tenderness, presides at the fall of leaves.  There is no air, no breath at all.  The leaves are so light that they sidle on their going downward, hesitating in that which is not

  • Sunflower Fields

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    it wrapped me in its calmness. I could smell of the freshness of the air and the dampness of the soil beneath me that soaked my dress. Alone, not a soul for miles, and I couldn't feel any more at peace. When I heard the faint calling in the distance, I bolted up brushing the faint traces of tawny brown soil off of my short black dress. I should have known this contentment was ephemeral, like a lithe butterfly landing softly on a flower for a moment before taking off for another destination. I ran

  • Faint Line on Pregnancy Test

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    home pregnancy tests, only to find a faint line, which may put doubt on whether they are really pregnant or not. The rules say that any line that appears on a pregnancy test, even if it is just a faint line, is considered a positive result. This can be confusing to some who have also experienced taking an ovulation test, which indicates positive results only when the color intensity of the line is similar to or even darker than a control line. Why Is There a Faint Line on Pregnancy Test? There are

  • Bringing It All Together

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    Even more amazingly, he seemlessly ties the two together. In the context of the story Prospero's monologue makes perfect sense. He has lost his magical power, so his "charms are o'erthrown, and what strength [Prospero] have's [his] own, which is most faint." He is now "confined" on the Island, for his other choice would be to go to Naples and reclaim his dukedom, but he doesn't want to do that because he has already "pardoned the deceiver" who took his position many years ago. Prospero then says something

  • Analysis of Shakespeare's The Tempest - The Epilogue

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    more amazingly, he seemlessly ties the two together. In the context of the story Prospero's monologue makes perfect sense.  He has lost his magical power, so his "charms are o'erthrown, and what strength [Prospero] have's [his] own, which is most faint."  He is now "confined" on the Island, for his other choice would be to go to Naples and reclaim his dukedom, but he doesn't want to do that because he has already "pardoned the deceiver" who took his position many years ago.  Prospero then says something

  • The Hubble Telescope

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    The Hubble Telescope is the world’s first space-based optical telescope. The Hubble telescope received its name from American astronomer Dr. Edwin P. Hubble. Dr. Hubble confirmed an ever expanding universe which provided the basic foundation of the Big Bang theory. The first concept of the Hubble telescope came from Lyman Spitzer in 1946 who at that time was a professor and researcher at Yale University, Professor Spitzer believed that Earth’s atmosphere blurs and distorts light and a space orbited

  • Summary Of Passing By Nella Larsen

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    gathtered. Was the man dead, or only faint? Someone asked her. But Irene didn’t know and didn’t try to discover. She edged her way out of the increasing crowd.” In this case, when a woman realizes that she is in dangerous, she will try to avoid facing the problem although she has the “True of Womanhood.” This woman, Irene, who notices the danger, tries to get away from the situation. Therefore, she rejects to answer and explore whether the man is dead or faint. On the contrary, she lifts her hand

  • Ponceau Stain Essay

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    control A Ponceau stain can bind and identify all proteins. Lanes 2, 3, and 4 (our recombinant, nonrecombinant and green colony, respectively) have a slightly smeared pattern of multiple bands that goes from 245 kDa to 80 kDa. Lanes 2 and 4 have faint banding patterns that descend from 80 kDa downwards. Lane 3 ends a bit early, around the 135 kDa mark. Lanes 5-7 (our white colony, unknown colony and purified

  • Examples Of Allegory In Dante's Inferno

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    winds as they were consumed and stimulated by others during their time on Earth. “While one spirit said this, the other was weeping so that for pity I fainted as if I were dying, and I fell as a dead body falls” (Durling, pg 93, line 139-142). Dante faints because he is overcome by guilt and pity to those in this circle of Hell. As we saw earlier, when he was trying to climb up the mountain into Heaven, he encounters a she-wolf, which is supposed to represent lust. Lust is one of Dante’s greatest sins

  • Essay On Wilderness

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    lucky enough, and erosion causes them to drop in the water affecting the current of the river. The water had a greenish brown color, and the current was gentle at times, but in some areas, it was filled with fury. I came to the conclusion that the faint noise was of the current hitting the fallen trees. I guess this is my place of wilderness, but I have yet to find wildlife, and it is an unnerving feeling not being able to find any sign of life besides the existence of human beings. It seems this

  • Neon Research Paper

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    Georges Claude. Neon produces a reddish-orange color. Argon produces a faint purple. Neon most commonly used in advertising signs. Neon creates light through the application of electricity to neon in a glass tube. Which noble gas produces a colored glow when excited by electricity passing through a glass tube in which the gas is confined. The name of the gas is Neon. Neon produces a reddish-orange color. Argon produces a faint purple. Krypton produces a ghostly white. Xenon produces a blue glow. No

  • The Real Minister in Arthur Miller´s The Crucible

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    believe that Mary Warren is a liar in order to save his reputation in the society. When John Proctor brought Marry Warren during the witchcraft trails to prove that she was pretending to faint and did not see any spirits, Parris argues and asks Marry Warren to faint in court and pretense again, he says “Aye, faint. Prove to us how you pretended in the court so many times” (Miller 106). This shows the eagerness inside Parris has to save his reputation. He is willing by all means to prove in the court

  • Antibiotics Combat Infectious Bacteria

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    Introduction: Antibiotics have the ability to kill or hinder the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics contain compounds that are naturally produced by organisms to combat diseases caused by microbes. Discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming became the first stepping stone of many new antibiotics of today’s modern medicine. Antibiotics typically invade the very components that make up bacteria, such as cell walls and metabolic pathways (Sato et al., 2014). However, frequent mutations of bacteria

  • The Interlopers Foreshadowing

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    about a woman finding the bright side of her husband's death. They have very similar ideas though. Both stories have very faint foreshadowing at the beginning, and an accident cause the characters to rethink past decisions. I won't spoil the end, but both have very surprising ends. The two stories may have very different plots, but they share quite a few ideas. The stories share faint foreshadowing at the beginning. In the interlopers, the author mentions a strong storm brewing as the men wander the

  • The Differences Between Strong Acid And Weak Acid Titration

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    time until the pH is about 2.5. Then change the addition of NaOH into 0.2mL or less for each time until the solution turns to faint pink that exists for few seconds. Then continue adding 0.2mL additions until there is a large change of pH value. Next, add four 0.4 mL additions and then keep adding large amount of NaOH until the base is consumed about 15 to 20 after faint pink. For the HCOOH and NaOH titration, we... ... middle of paper ... ...n more than expected. Thirdly, the indicator also

  • Music and Sound Used in A Streetcar Named Desire

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    Music and Sound Used in A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire-Music and Sound. In A Street Car Named Desire Tennessee Williams uses music and sound to help symbolise certain themes, help build on characters and create different types of atmosphere. He uses things like the ’blue piano’ and the polka music to help do this. Tennessee Williams uses the ’blue piano’ to symbolise the life in this play, it shows the general atmosphere of the play. At the end of the opening stage

  • Examples Of Moral Struggles In The Crucible

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    Moral Struggle in The Crucible Moral Struggle is common theme in literature in which characters face internal conflicts which can lead to serious or trivial outcomes. Arthur Miller's play, “The Crucible,” is partially fictionalized and written about the Salem Witch Trials that occured in the year 1692 in Massachusetts. “The Crucible” emphasizes the idea that doing the right thing can cost the villagers their lives . Reverend Hale is a significant figure in the play because of his moral struggles

  • Patriarchal Society In The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Gilman

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    The Yellow Wallpaper This story demonstrates a prime example of a patriarchal society in which the degree of influence by Dr. John in the decisions of the marriage, which ends up in his wife’s dementia. In the story right after Jane gave birth to her child she gets into a deep depression so her husband and her brother, two respected physicians ordered her rest. The house where they live is away from town and she only had contact with her husband and her nurse. "[The house] is quite alone standing

  • How Does a Writer Engage a Reader?

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    How Does a Writer Engage a Reader? It's still snowing. The wind is so strong; it is hard to stay upright. I'm lost in a blizzard. Ahead of me, I see a faint glow. Is it a lamp in my house? I tell myself, "Keep moving toward the light." Left, right, left, right, up, down, I keep walking. I'm so cold. I press on, but the light remains just out of range. Left, right, left, right, up, down. The light grows brighter. Now it dims. I suddenly realize that I'm walking in circles. Where do I go with this