Bradley Manning‚ a member of the armed force in the United States‚ worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq from 2009 to 2010. In 2010‚ he sent classified documents and videos about military decisions and actions in the Iraq War to a website‚ WikiLeaks and his intention was to reveal injustice and wrongdoings. Later on‚ he was accused of violating the American secrecy laws‚ providing aid to their national enemy and several relevant counts. At last‚ the US court’s military judge sentenced him to
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Case of Private Manning: Hero or Villain? On August 21‚ 2013‚ Private First Class Bradley Manning‚ United States Army‚ received a 35-year sentence to a military prison and a dishonorable discharge for leaking 750‚000 classified documents‚ diplomatic cables and mostly U.S. military reports‚ to the public. Manning has stated he released the documents in hope they would open Americans’ eyes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ prompting a more intense debate (Simpson & Roshan‚ 2013). Hero or villain
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Othello‚ a tragedy of faith by William Shakespeare was written in 1603. Othello was first performed by the King’s Men at the court of King James I on November 1‚ 1604. Othello is set against the backdrop of the wars between Venice and Turkey that raged in the latter part of the sixteenth century. The play is loosely based on a novella titled Capitano Moro by Cinthio. The play is driven by the themes of inherent racism‚ jealously‚ love and presumed betrayal. The only thing which Shakespeare has not
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The Bradley Boys 1887 – 1969 My father-in-law‚ Robert E. Brown‚ a prolific storyteller‚ grew up in Bradley‚ South Dakota‚ a railroad town servicing the surrounding farming community on the eastern Dakota prairie. Although his childhood encompassed the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl eras‚ his anecdotes didn’t dwell on the hardships. Rather‚ he recalled and passed on fond memories of these years. Several of his stories recounted events regarding mischievous activities carried out by the males
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Iago/Othello: The Main Character The whole Iago verses Othello on who’s the main character of this tragedy has been going on for decades. Iago is a manipulative‚ revenge seeking‚ nefarious villain; although he seeks all this attention he is not of great importance in my opinion. Othello is the main character in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Othello for a number of reasons some of them being; without him there would be no play everything revolves around him‚ the title of this play is his
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Shakespeare present Othello as being responsible for his own downfall? Shakespeare’s Othello consists of the themes betrayal‚ love and dishonesty. At the centre of this play is the tragic downfall of Othello at the hands of his so called friend Iago. In this essay I will be discussing the reasons for and against Othello being responsible for his downfall through looking at critical interpretations of his character and actions. In some ways you could say that Othello was highly responsible
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How the protagonists deal with their difficulties: Hamlet vs Othello In William Shakespeare Hamlet and Othello‚ the author creates two similar yet vastly different protagonists. The major source of contrast lies within each characters approach to decision making and premeditated action. As David Nichol Smith puts it‚ Hamlet “is not a character marked by strength of will or even passion‚ but by refinement of thought and sentiment.”(Smith 288) This very refinement of thought is what characterizes
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it is apparent in Othello. Two characters like Iago and Othello fight a silent battle except Othello has no clue about Iago’s powerful despise and envy to him. It is clearly evident that Othello symbolizes a hero while Iago adores the role as a villain. Their inconsistent characteristics are what separate the two from each other. Throughout the beginning Acts I and II of Othello‚ Othello and Iago differ greatly in their integrity and devotion towards others. Othello portrays himself as
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for Your Health? In literature‚ the tragic heroes Oedipus and Othello allow the pride they have to cause their own demise by putting too much emphasis on the lives they have created for themselves. Oedipus‚ who blinds himself after finding out he has killed his birth father and married his birth mother‚ refuses to believe he has truly fulfilled his fate because he is so proud of what he has accomplished since he left Corinth. Othello demonstrates his pride by believing that the people closest to
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Eusteen-Em Kayle F. Barte January 20‚ 2014 Eng10 Michaela Atienza Omkara‚ Bollywood’s Othello When someone mentions Bollywood‚ the mind quickly thinks of a film where the plot is based on love triangles and romance which often ends happily ever after. This thought is accompanied with characters singing and dancing in authentic traditional costumes‚ like the sari (a costume for women)‚ in an attempt to highlight a situation or mood more. Watching Bollywood is like watching recorded cultural
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