BUAD 3470 Yifan Shen 9/8/2014 Personal Paper My name is Yifan Shen. I was born in Hangzhou‚ it is one of the most beautiful cities in China. I love my city very much. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay on China’s coast between Shanghai and Ningbo. Hanghzou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last millennium‚ due in part to its beautiful natural scenery. The city’s West Lake is its
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1. Summarize colonial resistance to British taxation. The British began to tax the colonies to get them to help pay for the French and Indian War‚ which for the most part benefitted those colonies. People in England paid 25-30 times more taxes than the colonists‚ but the colonies were used to taxing and governing themselves. They made noise about being taxed without being represented but they knew for a fact that representation in Parliament was impossible‚ owing to the distance and time of travel
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In stories‚ villains play a major part; they move the plot forward and without them‚ something feels missing. Among the ranks of villains‚ there are many different tiers of their abilities. There are the villains whose plots are easily foiled; whose minds are only focused on one thing and disregard anything else that could potentially be of use to them. Then there are villains whose plots are further meticulously planned‚ yet thwarted in the end. And finally‚ there are the villains who are perfect
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The Villain Inside Have you ever had someone in your life that influenced you to make poor choices? It is hard not to listen to them. Then they start to taunt you and make you feel bad for not doing the wrong thing. This is how Lady Macbeth and the Witches entice Macbeth to commit crimes and murder so many people. By using his insecurities against him to bring out his bad side‚ they show what is truly beneath the surface. Despite influence of Lady Macbeth and the Witches‚ Macbeth is undeniably
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In almost everything you read or watch there is a villain. Villains have been used in stories for a very long time. One particular villain‚ Iago from the play Othello by Julius Caesar‚ is a very famous villain. Iago was an extremely bad guy in this play and was always up to no good. The character Iago and his traits have influenced many more modern villains. Iago influenced other villains with his criminal traits of being evil‚ egotistical‚ and dishonesty. First of all‚ Iago influenced the Character
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The movie wasn’t as Hollywood as I expected and by that I mean it was quite slow. There would be interesting parts that really kept me watching and then it would just go to a conversation about something that wasn’t stimulating at all. I must say my favorite parts were the chariot races‚ and Jesus giving water to Judah. But after watching the movie I realized‚ that there was more to it than just the special effects. Judah could have easily sought vengeance for being treated like dirt even though
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Richard III as a villain or a hero. A hero within his own mind Williams Shakespeare’s King Richard III grew up in the turbulent time of the latter years of the War of the Rose between years 1455-1485. Born in England in 1452‚ King Richard III was not famous and well known for his services to England as their King rather; he was best known for being accused of murdering his two nephews to protect his throne. Shakespeare portrayed Richard III as being a tyrannical ruler. Villains performs actual important
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The Villains of King Lear “A villain must be a thing of power‚ handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion‚ strong enough to arouse our fear‚ human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall‚ yet not barbarously nor with contempt‚ and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.” -Agnes Repplier What makes a villain a villain? Some people might say that it is maniacal laughter and a
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Ben Carson: gifted‚ intellectual‚ and one of the most talented surgeons of his generation. Those are just a few words to describe the well-renown and inspiring Dr. Ben Carson. Unfortunately‚ people didn’t always use these words to describe the talented surgeon. At a young age Ben Carson was forced to overcome obstacles in school. Carson struggled academically throughout elementary school‚ and was often referred to as the “class dummy”. Carson began to rise to the top in middle and throughout
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one: The beginning of the novel Ben-Hur‚ starts out with the three wise men meeting in the desert. The beginning of the movie Ben-Hur‚ starts out with the birth of Jesus. This doesn’t make very many differences in the rest of the story. Book two: Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince of Judaea. His best friend Messala comes back to Judaea after five years. In the book Messala leaves Judaea to get an education in Rome. Five years later he comes back and insults Ben-Hur’s religion and they end their
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