Fiorella Navarro Period 3B Mr.Bailey 5/2/13 “Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.” Macbeth and Pol Pot Lord Acton’s quote‚ “Absolute power corrupts absolutely‚” relates to Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Pol Pot. Having power drives certain individuals to to turn against the less powerful. Two such examples are Pol Pot and Macbeth. The play Macbeth by Shakespeare is one of the best examples of how too much power can corrupt certain individuals. When Macbeth hears the witches’ prophecies in
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by our Brother Number One: Pol Pot Looking back to the early 1970’s many Cambodian lives had no significance to the great Communist nation‚ and they were told‚ "To keep you is no benefit‚ to destroy you is no loss." In northern Cambodia remain the victims of one of the worst mass murderers in the world history. Saloth Sar‚ better known as Pol Pot‚ was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge and became the leader of Cambodia on April 17‚ 1975. Pol Pot was randomly selected as one
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John Smith‚William Bradford‚ and Mary Rowlandson encountered numerous dangerous and fatal events due to the new lives they wanted to start in this new world‚ because of this they have many similarities and differences in their writings. One big similarity was Death‚ they were surrounded by it. It was as if Death was playing a sick joke with them taking away friends and family‚ slowly eating at what little hope they had left. In John Smiths “The General History” fifty people had died from starvation
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was Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a merciless Dictator that ruled Germany. Many people think the genocide of the Jews was the main focus of his actions‚ but there was much more to the scheme that included making a perfect nation and world domination. He left a legacy‚ though it may be attached with negative emotion that can be studied and learned from. Adolf Hitler was born in the country of Austria on April 20‚ 1889. He and his family moved to Germany when he was just three years old. As Hitler grew
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atmosphere was created for the rise of Adolph Hitler. He offered just the elixir the people were looking‚ someone to blame for their misery. “Due to the widespread suffering caused by the Great Depression‚ the political and socioeconomic climate of Germany was ripe for a new government to take direction and rebuild its state’s power. The people were looking for someone to blame‚ a way to recover and a way to forge ahead from the economic crisis at hand.” Hitler seized on this desperation and found the
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Hitler’s ideology and his hatred for the Jews primarily formed his nationalist agenda‚ he had complex ideas about his own race and had no calms when it came to establishing his race as the dominant‚ most superior one. Hitler did not believe that all races were equal and neither was race just a social construct. He wrote about different human characteristics‚ and defined which races according to him were superior or inferior. He called the German people Arians and claimed that they were the master
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Adolf Hitler‚ World’s Best or Worst Ruler? He was a German politician‚ Chancellor of Germany(1933-1945)‚ and Fuhrer of the Nazi Party(1934-1945). Hitler ruled with an iron fist as a dictatorship. Some supported him‚ some opposed him. His rule led to World War II and led to the Holocaust. Because of this‚ 6 million jews and 5 million noncombatants were killed. (“Adolf Hitler.”) Hitler was born on April 20‚ 1889 in Braunau am Inn‚ a large city in Upper Austria. His parents were Alois Hitler and Klara
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History on Hitler The name Hitler stirs up many emotions inside the hearts of many people. What makes him suddenly hate the Jews and wanting to exterminate them? What did he have to do to get the Nazis German on his side or what he offered them in return? What actually motivated him to move forward with his plan? Was there any Nazis German that disagreed with his plan or was they all for it. That’s what I am going to be discussing in my paper and more about the life of Hitler and some
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concentration camps January 1933 was the worse time for Jewish people. In January 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor and the first concentration camp was built. Adolf Hitler was born into a middle class family in April of 1889. His father‚ who died in 1903‚ was an Austrian customs official whom young Adolf quickly learned to fear. His mother‚ whom he loved very much‚ died four years later in 1907. Adolf dropped out of high school and moved to Vienna‚ hoping to become an artist. He was twice
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ASPECTS | SIMILARITIES | DIFFERENCES | THEMES | For the short story‚ The Drover’s Wife the theme is life is precious and needs to be protected. Four innocent life would be lost if the drover’s wife fails in the duty as a protective mother.For the short story Looking for a Rain God‚ the theme is also life is precious. The moral issue on life in this story is; no one has the rights to take his or her life. Life is the gift of God and it is precious. | For the short
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