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    that there are only a certain number of specialized people who can train horses and make them better‚ but anyone could hurt them. The third step is that if the argument also applies to other animals including humans and therefore most of society corrupts the youth and there are only a select few who improve them. The final step is that Meletus thinks all of Athens improves the youth‚ but if Socrates argument is valid Meletus is obviously not aware of who actually does. Socrates also explains that

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    | Renaissance | Reformation | Exploration | Absolute Monarchs | Renaissance | - Emphasis‚ causes‚ effects‚ specifics (Art: painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ literature) Patrons | Gutenberg’s printing press = Renaissance ideas spread... Religion = Art Pope wanted to make a new dome for sistine chapel. Michelangelo was asked to paint it. the pope needed $ to build so he sold indulgences. Luther was against this... Church art frequently featured holy figures‚ Protestants (iconoclasts) didn’t like

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    personal responses to independently read texts‚ supported by evidence. V for Vendetta Director: James McTeigue Text Type: Movie Date I finished the text: 22/04/2015 Publisher / Date of publication: February 23rd 2006 V for Vendetta is a film adapted from the graphic novel series of the same name. It follows a vigilante named ‘V’ who uses terrorist tactics to fight the fascist government who rules the world in which he lives in. V discovers he is not alone in his quest when‚ early in the film he saves

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    Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta in Renaissance Italy Book Response Written by Edward Muir‚ this powerful microhistory analyses the events during 1511 in the town of Friuli‚ Italy at the time of the carnival. Muir’s thesis for his book‚ Mad Blood Stirring comes together in separate parts throughout his introduction. Firstly‚ Muir attempts to establish the importance of the Venetian rule over the province and people of Friuli and its capital city‚ Udine. Due to its geographical location‚ this part

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    department about corrupt or crooked police officers what is the true definition of a corrupt officer? Well‚ a corrupt officer is a police officer that is going against the law for personal gain‚ such as‚ taking drugs for themselves and selling back into the community‚ taking bribes from crime lords and going after people who caused them grief in high school. The dictionary definition of a corrupt is‚ “cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain” so a corrupt officer is a officer

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    It is said that he gouged out the eyes of the architects who built St. Basil’s so that a cathedral of such beauty could never be created again * Main goal: gain control of all independent areas to form a more centralized Russia * Gained absolute power after successfully conquering the remaining independent regions around Russia‚ such as Siberia * Went into deep depression upon the death of his first wife in 1560 * At one point‚ Ivan the Terrible left Moscow suddenly and threatened to

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    What does it mean to be an “absolutely true” or “part-time” Indian? This is an example of one of the questions I ask myself when looking at the cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. In Chapter 12 of How to Read Literature like a professor Thomas. C. Fosters explains‚ “Everything is a symbol.” The cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian foreshows the internal struggle Arnold has with being Indian in a white school. First of all‚ Arnold isn’t accepted anywhere

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    impact on the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which allowed equal opportunity to African Americans (Hogan‚ 2007). Even though the civil rights act was established to eliminate discrimination and bias amongst the African American pollution cases such as Griggs v Duke clearly show how the rights movement was still a process in which kept being violated. The purpose of this case was to create fairness for African Americans‚ women and minorities when trying to obtain jobs. The case created the rules that requirements

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    matters most (Kant‚ 2012). The mayor can only because if he gives unmerited tenders and contracts. If the people got their contracts on merit‚ then there is no problem mayor being gifted. However‚ it should be noted that such gifts if persistence may corrupt one’s morality. On the other hand‚ the college instructors should not be giving her student’s similar exams every time and gain. This does not signify her developments regarding her curricular delivery and test. When presented with similar questions

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    Compare the presentation of the protagonist in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and ‘Vendetta’ In this essay I am going to compare the two main characters in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and ‘Vendetta’. I am going to analyse both texts and provide an overview. The main protagonists in both stories are very alike. They both seek avenge on someone they dislike‚ they are both females and most importantly‚ they are both murderers. The authors surprise the reader as the tone at the beginning of the texts

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