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    Political hero On 30th November 1874 Winston Churchill was born. He was born into a wealthy family with his father‚ Lord Randolph Churchill‚ being a tory politician. Churchill attended the royal military collage where he embarked on an army career. However he perused politics and became a conservative member of parliament‚ which didn’t last long as he later changed to be part of the liberal democrats. Winston Churchill did a lot of changing between serving in the army and being in politics‚ for

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    Curley’s wife and I will be discussing the ways Steinbeck presents her appearance‚ personality‚ dreams and the ranch worker’s views her. Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife as a flirtatious woman and attention seeking towards other men. This is shown on (page 53) “She wore a cotton house dress and red mules‚ on the insteps of which were little bouquets of red ostrich feathers roughed lips‚ wide spaced eyes‚ with red fingernails”. This quote foreshadows and signifies that Curley’s wife will have

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    Of Mice and Men - Notes Steinbeck never names Curley’s wife. She is defined by her relationship to Curley‚ as his property‚ not as an individual. Namelessness also has the effect of reinforcing how insignificant she is in the life of the ranch‚ how dependant she is on Curley‚ for her identity and how little she is respected by all. In the book‚ Curley’s wife is shown to be a very mean‚ unfavourable‚ self-willed‚ troublesome‚ young and lonely girl with no one to comfort her‚ so she

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    Shylock: Victim or Villain? In the Merchant of Venice play written by William Shakespeare the character Shylock is highly debated as victim or villain. Throughout the play Shylock is mistreated by everyone. Shylock is physically‚ emotionally and mentally abused. By the end of the play Shylock has lost everything he owns‚ including his daughter Jessica. Thus Shylock is in fact a victim during the play. Unfortunately during the play the reader reads about Shylock being mistreated by everyone around

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    very courageous‚ I resonate more with the villain because they are smarter and more creative‚ always stand up for what they believe in‚ and are willing to do anything to achieve their goals. I will take these values with me into the next stage of my life. As Marilyn Manson once said‚ “In any story‚ the villain is the catalyst. The hero’s not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He’s one-dimensional intentionally‚ but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is

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    as a youth. Napoleon attended French military school‚ where he was able to prove his strength and mathematics‚ and at sixteen‚ received his deputation as second lieutenant. Some would say that Napoleon was a hero and others would say that he was a villain. In my eyes‚ I see him as a hero due to: he was able to turn a very troubled social and political situation in Post-Revolutionary France around in one year of coming into power‚ he was very smart and some even claimed that he was a genius‚ and because

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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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    Beowulf and Grendel define each other as we know a hero is incomplete without a villain and in order for a hero to be famous the need of a villain in his story is necessary. Grendel is a necessary evil in the story and is needed to depict Beowulf‚ as would not be what he is if Grendel wasn’t there. A hero cannot live in a fantasy tale without a villain furthermore a person cannot live without having a nemesis‚ this gives their lives a purpose. A purpose to live‚ fight‚ and be famous. Grendel is

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    Superman‚ an army soldier… What about Adolf Hitler? Many people have heroes that they look up to‚ whether they be fictional or real. Others‚ however‚ may see these heroes as villains‚ and hate them. When you hear people talking about Hitler‚ you likely think of the Holocaust‚ leading to Hitler being thought of as a villain. Going more indepth with the thought of Hitler‚ he‚ believe it or not‚ was honored as a hero of Germany‚ and was idolized before the Holocaust. He started as a simple painter

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    Machiavelli: Hero or Villain? Writing one of the most acclaimed books of all time must not have been easy; not one bit. Stating that‚ the fact that Frederick Douglas‚ among many others‚ is capable of criticizing Machiavelli and his genius work on The Prince‚ really infuriates me. Unconsciously‚ Niccolo Machiavelli became one of the first and most important philosophical leaders of all time after writing The Prince. Although The Prince is considered one of the greatest pieces of political theory

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