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    (The Count of Monte Cristo) sets out to get revenge on his enemies‚ according to his success in getting his revenge‚ the reader would infer that the author supported his decision to seek revenge. In the beginning Edmond is thrown into jail and there he begins to plan his revenge‚ with the help of his mentor Abbe faria.”Father‚ beware our revenge will be terrible after we take it.”(Dumas 74) this quotes foreshadows the actual outcome of all the revenge the count has set out for. Fernand mondego is

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    gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people at Pottawattamie creek which can be justified because they were proslavery people that terrorized towns that wanted slavery to be abolished. That still could be considered terrorism because he brutally killed the people instead of

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    Augusto Gabriel R. Tan Mr. E. P. Salazar Composition IV 18 January‚ 2013 “Oral Fixation: Revenge and Insanity” I. Introduction Hamlet is known to be one of the most complex characters that Shakespeare has ever written. Hamlet is such an enigmatic character because there is always more to his being than what the other characters in the play can see (Alexander Crawford‚ Web). Shakespeare was able to create a personality which is emotional‚ intellectual yet rash and judgmental and shows the

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    civil-rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However‚ these two men were drastically different. While King preached about nonviolence and equal rights‚ Malcolm X condoned violence as a means to get what one wants. While Malcolm X was justified in some of his endeavors‚ his philosophy as a whole was unhealthy and damaged the minds of young people. In the late 1950s and early 1960s‚ Malcolm X was a widely known civil-rights leader. People were drawn to him‚ because he has a willingness

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    behind it can be either misunderstood or ignored. One side‚ for or against‚ does not outweigh the other; neither can be proven justified. Some view child labor as a negative reality because of the idea that there are children working in sweatshops‚ while others see it as an opportunity to lift financial burdens from impoverished families. For the most part here in America‚ parents are the caregivers and breadwinners and‚ in some cases are encouraged to have fewer children because they can be seen as

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    major reason to President Obama and the US congress to show extreme desire to intervene military force in Syria. Obama says that a military intervention in Syria is the only way to stop the uprising war‚ and a violence of Assad’s regime. Is this a justified decision? Or there is another reason aiming Obama to do so? This paper examines the possible answers to these questions by analyzing two different articles which consider possible consequences of military intervention in Syria. Finally‚ several reasons

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    John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the thirtieth President of the United States was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963. He was shot as his motorcade drove through Dallas‚ Texas‚ by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even though some people may believe that this killing was justified‚ the assassination of JFK is unjustified because there are many conspiracy theories and the police investigation was not thorough or documented correctly. First‚ there were many conspiracy theories. Many people believed that Lee Harvey Oswald had

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    clearly an investment intended for peace and security. This essay aims to show that expenditure on arms and armed forces are justifiable in the modern world to a very small extent because it facilitates violence‚ results in power imbalance and its money can be put to better use. ! ! First‚ expenditure on arms and armed forces is not justifiable as such military spendings facilitate violence and thus violates human rights. Countries without military capability cannot easily undertake “wars of choice”

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    I think that it is justified. One reason I think it is justified is that it saved Japanese and American lives. It saved Japanese lives because it shortened the war which would of killed more than 18‚000 soldiers. Millions of Japanese soldiers would have been killed if they had more battles. Also that was the most number of soldiers that had died in one battle‚ 6‚800‚ of The battle of Iwo Jima. The US then got worried about the soldiers so President Truman decided that he had no other choice than

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    Revenge is bittersweet Revenge is the main theme of the film The Count of Monte Cristo‚ directed by Kevin Reynolds. The protagonist Edmond Dantes has his mind set on vengeance as he has been deceived and betrayed by J.F Villefort and Fernand Mondego. Throughout the film Edmond carefully plots and plans to have vengeance on Villefort and Mondego. Although with revenge comes with a price‚ what has been done cannot be undone. Edmond has to live with the guilt of taking another man’s life. Villefort

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