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    Good and Evil and Poem

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    are wicked and I believed them‚ for I have seen your fainted women under the gas lamps the farm boys‚” states imagery in the poem. Meaning the people of the town are bad‚ and how people are afraid. “Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action‚ cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness”‚ states a simile in the poem. The simile is comparing the city to the dog. “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg luring has a theme that there can be more seen in a person’s eye than what meets the eye. The bad side

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    Penelope

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    patience‚ loyalty and fidelity because without knowing the true whereabouts of her husband she blindly trusts his return‚ and along the work we can see how rejected suitors presented in its door. Here we can also see one of its main features‚ the cunning. And not only that‚ pride in her home and family‚ and features such as hospitality make her one of the most complete characters with Odysseus. Penelope knows how to act in such a way that inadvertently marry any of the suitors‚ an idea how to

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    Process Writing Assignment Draft 1 Cassius’ actions are not driven by his love for Rome Cassius is a political enemy of Caesar and is a manipulator with ambition. He is very suitable for political survival and has a strong greed for power. He is cunning and dangerous‚ and together with a group of conspirators‚ planned a series of actions to get people against Caesar‚ so that they will be able to achieve their ultimate goal of killing Caesar. These actions include assassination of Caesar to get more

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    ideal candidate in the election who was nice and visionary‚ CY Leung become belligerent‚ big-headed‚ conservative‚ cunning‚ dishonest‚ irresponsible‚ Machiavellian and untrustworthy. There are a tons of things I hate about CY Leung: his dishonest on the words he said at the past‚ his belligerent with the opposition protests‚ his conservative on the policies he carry out‚ and his cunning in passing the policies through the council. But the most horrible thing is that he is always playing with words

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    Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is cunning. As quoted “ You want to have the greatest prize in life‚ but you act like a coward. You are like a silly cat who wants to catch fish‚‚ but is afraid to get it’s feet wet.” This shows that Lady Macbeth is very scornful over Macbeth and know that his weakness is him not being able to stand people’s insults of him. Lady Macbeth gains control of Macbeth thoughts through insulting him‚ which makes him want to prove her wrong by doing things lady Macbeth ask him to

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    Allen Alemania Period 5 ELA10B Mr. Tanguay 08/04/2014 The Most Dangerous Game 1. Rainsford is uncompassionate‚ this is seen when he’s talking to Whitney. “‘Don’t talk rot‚ Whitney.’ Said Rainsford. ‘You’re a big game hunter not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels’ ”.This shows how he’s uncompassionate because he takes no account for how the animals feel. It’s all about the sport. He is also a very proud person. This is seen when he boasts about his sport‚ hunting‚ and how it’s the

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    the poem itself. The moral of power of cunning over strength was shown in the story of when Odysseus and his men went to Cyclops Island. When Odysseus and his men got trapped Odysseus easily could have been irrationally and just started to attack Polyphemus‚ but he did not because he did not want to put his men in

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    Edward Pierce

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    described as a refined gentleman who turns to the lower-class to carry out a crime. Pierce committed the robbery by obtaining a motive to maintain his social status and wealth; he was able to sustain this motive by turning to crime and by using his cunning traits to outsmart authority. Crichton manages to point out Edward Pierce’s social status. To retain his wealth‚ he contacted people involved with crime and poverty in the lower-class‚ such as Agar‚ “a known screwsman‚ or specialist in keys and

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    Sherlock has come to a conclusion that “doctors make the greatest criminals”. He is completely correct. Doctors are equipped with a whole list of skills they need to be great doctors. There are many factors that come into play in “the adventure of the speckled band”. Some skills that doctors have that makes them a great criminal are the creativeness to work out a plan‚ the background knowledge of the body and how toxins would affect it‚ and the patience and steady mindedness of a doctor. Dr. Gimesby

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    Machiavelli Machiavelli wrote a novel titled The Prince‚ in which he gave advice to princes of that time and of princes to come on how to be a successful ruler. Machiavelli introduces human nature and how a Prince’s actions can frame his success if Machiavelli’s advice was followed. He believed it is better to be a feared prince‚ rather than a loved one. These actions would lead to great success if the Prince instills fear‚ but not hatred. A prince must be viewed by his people as virtuous for them

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