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    Lady Macbeths Character At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is very eager on taking the throne and would do anything in order to get it‚ even. She is also very controlling over her husband and demanding. We first see Lady Macbeth in the play when she is reading a letter from macbeth who is explaining what his future holds from him according to the three witches‚ which is that he will take on the throne. Lady Macbeth already is very ambitious about this and starts to plan to kill King Duncan

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    TREE DIAGRAMS AND BINOMIAL PROBABILITIES (Chapter 20) Example 2 405 Self Tutor John plays Peter at tennis. The first to win two sets wins the match. Illustrate the sample space using a tree diagram. If J means “John wins the set” and P means “Peter wins the set” then the tree diagram is: 1st set 2nd set 3rd set J J J P P J We could write the sample space in set notation as S = fJJ‚ JPJ‚ JPP‚ PJJ‚ PJP‚ PPg. J P P P 2 Use a tree diagram to illustrate the sample space for the following:

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    During the 1800’s‚ one of America’s biggest issues was slavery. Most people didn’t have a problem with it and agreed with it‚ but there was also groups called abolitionists‚ that greatly disliked slavery and devoted their lives to try to put an end to it. Slaves were denied basic human rights that people take for granted everyday‚ and were treated unfairly. Rights that I believe everyone should be able to have were denied to slaves. Some of these rights include: the ability to have a legal marriage

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    What is a tragedy? Is it a plot that some old guy made? Or is it more than that? A tragedy is a set of events that goes from order to chaos to order. In every tragedy‚ there is a tragic hero with a tragic flaw. I believe that the Tragedy Paper is a tragedy. In the Tragedy paper‚ Tim is the tragic hero because he saved Vanessa from being stuck with Patrick. Tim’s tragic flaw is not being Albino. However‚ being albino excellerates to his tragic flaw which is being self-conscious and hesitant with himself

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    I’ll write you a tragedy”. Decades apart‚ Fitzgerald did not know that he would be making a claim that William Shakespeare‚ the author of the playMacbeth‚ had perfected before. According to Wayne C. Booth he would‚ “Take a good man‚ a noble man‚ a man admired by all who know him - and destroy him‚ not only physically and emotionally” (Booth 17). Shakespeare was shown a hero‚ Macbeth‚ and made his story into a tragedy resulting in Macbeth becoming a tragic hero. Macbeth is tragic hero because he

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    interests were not at heart as many lost their MP’s. So‚ it’s not a surprise that Chartism arrived during the 1830’s because the 1832 Reform Act shadowed the working-classes‚ a predominantly large group who then founded the London Working Men’s Association‚ in order to further extend their rights.

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    A Literary Analysis of How to Tell a True War Story The short story that will be discussed‚ evaluated‚ and analyzed in this paper is a very emotionally and morally challenging short story to read. Michael Meyer‚ author of the college text The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature‚ states that the author of How to Tell a True War Story‚ Tim O’Brien‚ “was drafted into the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart” (472). His experiences from the Vietnam War have stayed with him‚ and he writes

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    Shakespeare shows a high level of regret in both plays by raising the emotional turmoil sensed by Macbeth and Othello. The climax of this repentance highlights the mental state of distress of both of the main characters‚ and is followed by a dramatic conclusion. Shakespeare presents Macbeth as regretful by portraying his desire to be king as damaging from the start. This is evident in the play when Macbeth says: “will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” This use of language

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    Macbeth A Tragic Hero The characteristic of a tragic hero is captured in Shakespeare’s character Macbeth. A tragic hero has been said to be fated by the gods or a supernatural entities. Macbeth’s character starts to flaw as he allows his honor to be compromised while rejecting his moral responsibility as he attained power‚ which at the end resulted in his tragic death. Before these factors can be discussed‚ it is important to recognize what workings make up the characteristics of a tragic

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    –1593) Marlowe was an English dramatist‚ poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian‚ next to William Shakespeare‚ he is known for his blank verse‚ his overreaching protagonists‚ and his mysterious death. Plays        Dido‚ Queen of Carthage (c.1586) (possibly co-written with Thomas Nashe) Tamburlaine‚ part 1 (c.1587) Tamburlaine‚ part 2 (c.1587-1588) The Jew of Malta (c.1589) Doctor Faustus (c.1589‚ or‚ c.1593) The passionate Edward II (c.1592)

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