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Shakespeare's Cymbeline

William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline was a book of many morals, one of the many was “Arrogance hurts not only yourself but those around you” this point was raised in many scenes, using many characters. Characters such as the Queen, Cloten, Iachimo and The King (Cymbeline). And scenes such as the one ...

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Riefenstahl's Triumph Of The Will: A Work Of Art

Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi documentary, Triumph of the Will, although technically dazzling and artfully made, belies the sinister and inhumane actions of the Nazi regime the film celebrates. Triumph of the Will, a propaganda film commissioned by Adolf Hitler, documents a 1934 Nazi Rally in ...

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Confucianism

Is man naturally good or is he evil? This question has not only been pondered by countless philosophers, but also by religious leaders around the world. Most often a single religious faith believes in either one or the other, and often these beliefs tend to create a certain world-view which ...

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Image Of Child Heros

The image of a child hero or “trickster” is seen in many cultures. This kind of role can tell a lot about how a culture acts and reacts to things. The idea of the child hero in stories written and told before the birth of Christ probably reflect the peoples beliefs that the child is the future, ...

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A Hero

is often a man that is usually of divine ancestry. or heroine can be found in many different forms. There are certain characteristics that make up or ine. Some of those characteristics are someone who is endowed with great courage, loyalty, obedience, cleverness, strength and someone who is ...

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Heart Of Darkness: Feelings Of Characters And Uncertainties Of The Congo

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, there is a great interpretation of the feelings of the characters and uncertainties of the Congo. Although Africa, nor the Congo are ever really referred to, the Thames river is mentioned as support. This intricate story reveals much symbolism due to ...

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Lord Of The Flies

How mankind can’t survive without rules and laws Could civilization live a normal and stable life, without any rules and orders to obey? Could you picture, New York City, with no laws to follow and everyone doing as they please? Just imagine the disasters that we will experience. In the novel, ...

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A Martyr's Victory In A Spiritual Sense

Bishop Francis X. Ford was a well educated, enormously gentle man, that was kicked, beaten, insulted, and surrounded by hatred. All this because of one mans beliefs. He was born in Brooklyn in 1892. He was the founder of the Maryknoll Missionaries and was the first bishop of Kwantung, China. ...

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A Separate Peace

Sitting in my third grade classroom we chattered anxiously, waiting for the spelling quizzes to be passed back. My teacher placed them all facing down on our desks, a rather pointless effort when she was already aware that at any moment the room would burst into havoc with yells of "what did you ...

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Tortilla Flat

by John Steinbeck Henry James wrote that the novel is to be experienced--therefore the reader must completely understand what happens in it. You should appropriate comparisons, contrasts, draw analogies of what is in the novel and one's own experience. While the elements of fiction are important ...

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By The Waters Of Babylon

The short story and the movie planet of the apes were both futuristic stories. They also both showed the evil sides of today’s man and the chaos and mass destruction that we are capable of accomplishing. They portrayed today’s man as selfish, violent, and full of hate and rage. ...

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Paradise Lost The Devil Compar

How does John Milton portray Satan in his poem, “Paradise Lost”? In this epic poem, Satan’s traits include pride, treachery, and persistent spitefulness. I believe that these character traits compare to the leadership of Howe Military School. Satan commits many prideful acts throughout the ...

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Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, a collection of poignant vignettes about one summer in the life of 12-year old Douglas Spaulding, is a powerful mirror into childhood, growing up, and life in general. Bradbury, generally considered one of the Grand Masters of science fiction, did not in fact write ...

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Tolkiens's Lord Of The Rings

"O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant" -William Shakespeare Tolkien's famous book, "The Lord of the Rings", has been repudiated as one of the best fantasies ever written. Tolkien creates a very deep intimacy between the book and the ...

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History Of Lacrosse

What is the ? It is a topic that holds interesting for me in two respects. First, I enjoy all types of history, so learning the who's and what's of the sport is interesting to me. Second, I play lacrosse and knowing who and how the sport was developed would help and interest me. How the game of ...

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Image Of Child Heros

The image of a child hero or “trickster” is seen in many cultures. This kind of role can tell a lot about how a culture acts and reacts to things. The idea of the child hero in stories written and told before the birth of Christ probably reflect the peoples beliefs that the child is the future, ...

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Beowulf And Jesus: Sacrifice And Inspiration

"Game, set, match," are three words that tennis-gods Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi both yearn to hear daily. Sampras and Agassi parallel each other beautifully, but by all means are not comparable. They both have amazing serves, ground-strokes with depth, volleys with placement, and overheads ...

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Clockwork Orange

The picture opens to a close up of an eye with a peculiar long eyelash. The camera fades back onto the face of a young gentlemen, he begins to narrate: "There was me, that is Alex. And my three droogs (friends), that is Pete, Georgy and Dim. And we sat at the karuba milk bar trying to make up ...

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Abraham Lincoln

What would you guess were the main causes of the Civil War? -I would think the main causes of the civil war had to be about money, power, how nationalism had to change to sectionalism, and economic and social differences. What arguments of the abolitionists do you find convincing? - I ...

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The Fall Of The Tsar 1917

The fall of the Tsar in February 1917 The Tsar Nicholas II was abdicated from power on March 1917, as he lost control of streets, then of the soldiers and at last of the DUMA, after the revolution that started in February of this same year, just a month before he was completely abolished and ...

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