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    For our honors portfolio this quarter we were required to read three documents. We‚ then‚ were quizzed over each of the readings. First‚ we read “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ then‚ we read the transcript of President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address‚ and last but not least‚ we read “Millennial Makeover” by Morley Winograd and Michael Hais. Furthermore‚ we had to read and analyze the documents because the quizzes required us to think deeper than the written words on

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    Throughout Hamlet‚ many characters develop showing their change of mind and emotions. Gertrude‚ the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother‚ is an exception. Throughout the entire play she thinks only of herself. Even when she tries to think of or help others‚ her final decision revolves around her life and how the situation will affect her. Gertrude’s selfishness is displayed in her marriage to Claudius‚ her forcing Hamlet to accept Claudius as his father‚ and her betrayal of Hamlet to Claudius after

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    Letter from Birmingham Jail is an open letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 16‚ 1963 from Birmingham jail.Where he was confined for his part in the Biringham campaign.Birmingham campaign was a planned‚non-violent protest campaign against racial segregation in Birmingham.It has been known since time immemorial that people seeking social justice have used various rhetorical strategies appealing to their opponents. In this letter MLK jr. has appealed to the Aristotelian persuasive strategies

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    Analysis: Letter from Birmingham Jail S- To state the reason Martin Luther King Jr. is in Birmingham for attempting to change segregation as social justice and his use of civil disobedience as an instrument of freedom. O- King was incarcerated for expressing his rights as a US citizen and now writes a letter to explain the injustice A- The Alabama Clergymen and U.S. Citizens P- To announce that without forceful direct action‚ equal rights and true civil rights may never be achieved S- Martin

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    Letter from Birmingham Jail’ Formative Assignment 1. The overall point that Martin Luther King is making in the letter is that in order for civil rights to be achieved‚ the act of non-violent protests must be allowed. King believed that if non-violent methods were prohibited then tension would keep building up‚ and would result people being much more violent in order to let their opinions be heard. King also believed that there was no better time than that moment to fight for their rights‚ rather

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    Shakespeare’s Hamlet has and intricate plot formed by the characters and themes throughout it. One major idea is Hamlet’s changing sanity‚ which fluctuates through the play as a performance and as a true madness. The other main theme which develops the play is the act of vengeance‚ with the delay and doubt that accompanies it. These themes‚ along with dramatic devices and the characters in the plot‚ add to the textual integrity of the play. There is a duality to the character of Hamlet‚ as his madness

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    Psychoanalytical criticism‚ the field of literary criticism most notably developed by Sigmund Freud’s psychological theories‚ reached its peak in the 1940’s and 1950’s. His widespread recognition stemmed from Freudian concepts such as the Oedipal complex‚ which came from his book An Interpretation of Dreams written in 1899. This theory developed by Freud says that at a very young age a child can generate an intense feeling of love for the parent of opposite sex‚ and an almost extreme dislike for

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    Similarly to Gertrude‚ Polonius does not hurt his daughter Ophelia in a direct way. Be that as it may‚ Ophelia becomes more and more depressed as a result of his interventions with Hamlet. Initially‚ Polonius instructs Ophelia to be wary of Hamlet’s love because someone of such a high status cannot love her truthfully. Because of this‚ when Hamlet enters Ophelia’s chamber with his clothes all torn‚ Polonius falsely assumes that this is because Ophelia withheld herself from him. This becomes clear

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    Macbeth and Hamlet‚ are considered among the best theatrical works of all time. Macbeth is the story of an ambitious man tempted with the idea of acquiring a position of great power and‚ as a result‚ he stops at no moral boundary to attain it. The tragedy reveals the damaging effects of this ambition on one’s psychological health. Hamlet is the story of a depressed and melancholic prince given the task of avenging his father’s death by killing his uncle who has usurped the throne. Hamlet lacks the

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    Crevecoeur‚ an influential writer and farmer from the late 1700s to early 1800s‚ wrote Letters from an American Farmer‚ in which he answered the grand question‚ What is an American? Of the many elements and attributes of early American life as discussed by Crevecoeur‚ freedom‚ capitalism‚ and equality are three that truly defined what it meant to be an early American. Early Americans were not just Europeans who lived in America. They were people who were free from Europe. Previously‚ European immigrants

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