people are prejudiced about something‚ they would probably say they have no prejudices. Perhaps the most painful form of prejudice is racism. Although most of us try to avoid the issue of racism‚ it is all around us. It is unavoidable. In his story‚ "Lawyers League‚" Sherman Alexie confronts racism and its effects openly. He tells how a person can be both the victim of racism as well as the racist. It also illustrates how racism destroys people’s lives as well as their dreams. In this story‚ Richard
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Do you agree with the view that Gladstone’s conversion to the policy of Home Rule for Ireland was driven primarily by political ambition? - Gladstone converted to the policy of Home Rule in 1885‚ shortly after the November 1885 election. He remained committed to this policy for the rest of his political life‚ despite the fact it had a divisive effect on his Liberal Party‚ and the fact that introducing Home Rule to Ireland would be very difficult. Historians and contemporaries‚ have cited
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Throughout the play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth together demonstrate how ambition can turn a loyal soldier into a bloodthirsty murderer with his scheming and devious wife turning weak and disturbed as ambition slowly destroys her. Macbeth’s ambition to become king of Scotland turn’s him independent and ruthless. “The dead butcher and fiend-like queen”‚ is an accurate description as this is all they amount to. At the start of the play Macbeth is a loyal soldier returning from the civil war. The witches
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How far do sources 1‚ 2 and 3 suggest that Scotland was‚ and remained‚ a threat to Henry VIII’s ambitions in France? France’s power in Europe at the beginning of the 16th Century‚ understandably made the English monarch feel threatened; not only out of envy for what he saw as ‘his throne’‚ but out of fear that his own empire might be taken away. The added pressure of Scotland’s looming presence as a constant potential threat may have been a distraction to Henry. In using these sources it is also
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a splendid tale of tragedy sprung from greed and ambitions. Unlike Shakespeare’s other tragedies of Othello and King Lear‚ where Iago and Edmund were true villains‚ Macbeth was depicted as a man who possessed goodness; however‚ misguided by his lust for power and wealth. Macbeth’s ambition was his ultimate flaw‚ compelling him to succumb to the worst of his nature‚ and eventually led him to his downfall and inevitable death. In the beginning of Act One‚ Shakespeare portrayed
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Macbeth has an undying need to further himself. This is initially what made him into a hero. His need to better himself always led to him chasing goals and perusing a path that would lead him further up in life. During this time‚ this feeling of ambition was a good quality for him‚ as he worked harder than most for the things he wanted. Macbeth was seen as a good human being. Yet‚ there are many problems with human nature. Humans will always seek to take the quicker or easiest route to get something
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Source Analysis 3 Question “Japanese ambition in East Asia was driven by their desire to create an “Asia for Asians”. Use the Greater East Asia Conference to show how far you agree with this statement. Japanese ambition in East Asia has resulted in a war waged across the Pacific during WW2. From the given primary source which is a transcript of Prime Minister Tojo’s speech at the Greater East Asia Conference‚ the Japanese claimed that their ambition in East Asia was driven by their desire to
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these. In the trial‚ K. strives for justice because of selfish ambition‚ but even then‚ justice is unattainable because of the corrupt court system. Throughout the book‚ K. discovers the corrupt court system and realizes the inability to justify his arrest. This is the constant conflict all the way through the book. Even though K. wants to justify‚ his reason for the justifying the arrest and the court system is out of selfish ambition. In Chapter 5‚ K. walks into the bank and discovers cops beating
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with their “little loyal [women]” to shadow behind them. Eve‚ “the golden girl”‚ sacrifices her time and money to develop connections which will provide her with the success she has longed for. She was required to work hard‚ being Margo’s “sister‚ lawyer‚ mother‚ friend‚ psychiatrist and cop” and an indispensable assistant to her valued idol. Max’s remark “the kid’s
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significant events in which Adams played a large role in American history was his pursuit in being a lawyer and protecting the soldiers in the Boston Massacre‚ his trip to France‚ and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. These events were most prevalent out of the many things Adams contributed and personified Adams’ struggle and push for American independence. John Adams was a lawyer‚ scholar and political figure. A leading champion of independence Adams was a
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