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    find yourself a prince‚ and you are attempting to make your nation higher. It’s excellent for a prince to be considered not cruel‚ however it’s more in most cases that cruelty can be used as a better weapon. A prince needs to be cruel in a situation that would benefit its state. Hannibal was excellent given that he used to be insanely cruel. Scipio used to be not so cruel because he never was desired to punish

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    mind. Most of us have a tendency to regard a clever sense of humour as the distinction of a person who is good hearted and friendly‚ someone people feel at ease with. They are "life of the party" we always invite and the co-worker who always has a joke. Everyone has the jocular family member that they always look forward to seeing. We remember the kid in school that always made the class break into laughter. Humour is never forgotten when we reminisce and it is just as amusing as it was the first

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    personalities  completely  different  from  one   another  and  try  to  justify  actions  and have different perspectives of the war they are in.  The  author  characterizes  Kiowa  as  free  spirited  and  joyous  while  characterizing  Azar  as  cruel  and wicked. As Tim O’Brien recalls events in the war‚ he starts off by telling us about short  stories  to  show  the  “sweetness”  of  the  Vietnam  War  in  the  chapter  “Spin”.  He   recalls‚  “Kiowa  teaching  a  rain  dance  to  Rat  Kiley 

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    she says “Eh my faith. It is a portrait! He shall be registered to-morrow” ( Dickens 171). Therefore‚ Madame Defarge does not take anyone’s feelings into consideration since she is laughing and taking the deaths of people’s lives as a joke. Madame Defarge is a cruel and murderous human that deserves to be punished for all the harm she has

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    Censorship‚ a concept discussed by the media‚ politicians‚ and even children with the kindling fire of a thousand suns. Where a simple bleep can mean the difference between the sanctity and purity of the mind. It is cruel. It is graceful. It is stuck in the grey of civil views. The costs are unforscene‚ and it’s influence unimaginable. A mistress in a black gown waiting to deceive us all. The history of censorship is rich with violence and treachery. To find the gold amongst the dust and the truth

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    Diverse Illustrations of Love Within “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Introduction: Shakespeare’s writing is generally known for his remarkable ability to bring a series of made-up events and characters to life in the form of plays and poetry (Rosler‚ 2015). He had a keen knowledge of the many ways the human mind operates‚ which conveyed him the competence to develop such realistic personalities and sentiment within each character of each story. Therefore‚ his audience is able to not only relate

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    reading through the story‚ every beautiful words Jackson writes sharply contrast with the cruel people and the evil event they hold every year. And everything

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    uses literary devices to express Janie’s feelings and how they change throughout the novel. Janie feels as if she was some kind of joke to everyone. “Killing tools out of laughs” (Hurston 2). The author uses this specific literary device which is a metaphor to show how they treated Janie and made fun of her. They were laughing at Janie in her as if she was everyone’s joke. Janie was humiliated and embarrassed. “She had glossy leaves and hurting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed

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    egocentric‚ pitiless‚ nefarious‚ and his jokes make that very clear. One of Kendall’s “innocent” pranks was that whenever he was out of town selling some of his canned goods he would take note of signs with the names of any locals on them. Once he acquired a name‚ he would then direct a card their way with tales of their spouse’s infidelity. The cruelties of his cards were that none of his tales were true. “Of course‚ he never knew what really come of none of these jokes‚ but he could picture what probably

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    It has borrowed from‚ Edie Murphy’s movie “Coming to America”‚ and the “Great Dictator” by Chaplin. The jokes created in the movie are crude and cruel; they however inspire at times (Charles). The movie balances the sharp political satire with gross humor. It utilizes a more composed narrative‚ with strong plot points and an effective pacing. By using General Aladeen character

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