Many top scientist and dive exploration teams have gone out into the Bermuda Triangle also known as the Devils Triangle to do a scientific test and take samples which have helped them explain many of the mysteries surrounding the triangle. ... Scientists all over the world have gone and investigated the Bermuda Triangle looking for explanations as to how all of the strange events occurred. ... Smoke flares dropped into these areas show the air is moving in a circle and upwardGolden says at this second stage someone on a boat at the surface would probably feel the wind shift and maybe increase....

• Word Count: 1250
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marlow shows the degrading effects of the Congo on his helmsman: "he had no restraint, no restraint - just like Kurtz - a tree swayed by the wind." ... In Conrad's world, all Kurtz can do is respond to the winds of darkness by being blown over. ... As much as Marlow also hints at Kurtz's dark energy, he shows the man as passively manipulated by the force of African darkness that mingles with his own dark heart. Marlow describes Kurtz's relationship with the Congo by stating: "The thing was to know what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own. ... Al...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The Plantation Mistress" By Catherine Clinton The Plantation Mistress focuses on the elite women living on plantations with twenty or more slaves in the seven seaboard states of the plantation South during the period between 1780 and 1835. ... Clinton believed that southern women occupied an undesirable position with respect to women of the North. ... They were also burdened with more complex tasks of household management and lived in greater isolation; thus reducing the female companionship of emotional support and social gatherings. ... Even though I have not seen Gone With The Wind ...

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In the novel, the kite acts as a symbol of reconciliation between Amir and Sohrab, providing Amir with hope for redemption. ... For instance, when the initially detached and aloof Sohrab participates in the kite-flying tournament, Sohrab's "glassy, vacant look in his eyes was gone" and "his face was a little flushed, his eyes suddenly alert. ... Gaining hope for the future, Amir runs the kite "with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lips.... The imagery of "a grown man running with a swarm of screaming children" e...

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Later on that year James Esmond had gotten wind of gold being found on Donald Cameron's farm and he travelled to Donald Cameron's estate and found roughly 50 pounds worth of gold and claimed the 200 pound reward from the committee. People started to spread to the Clunes area in search of riches but much of the Alluvial and easy to find gold was gone quickly and people were left to either find another location or to spend hours finding little to no gold .Gold was later discovered by a blacksmith near the Buninyong area which was to create the mining boom Victoria needed. ... Gold is o...

• Word Count: 1023
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate