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    King Richard

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    RicThrough the comparison of different texts‚ the audience gains deeper understanding of a composer’s contextual values. Shakespeare’s historical tragedy ‘King Richard III’ reflects a theocentric world view of Elizabethan England. This melodrama has been reshaped by Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama Looking for Richard exploring the relevance of Elizabethan beliefs after the influence of postmodern ethics on humanitarian ideas. Both Shakespeare and Pacino utilize the dominant media of their time to portray

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    Oedipus the King

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    because of his actions. Most people say it’s because of his actions. For starters‚ Oedipus’s problems are because of his actions. For example Oedipus thinks too highly of himself as a king‚ he believes everyone should listen to what he says at all times. In the story on page 61‚ it states “come speak plainly or it will go hard with you.” Oedipus says this to the shepherd so he could make him talk about what happened to him as child when

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    King Lear

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    List types of roles: In this performance‚ Madison Jackson plays the role of Goneril‚ King Lear’s eldest daughter. What was the theme explored? The scene ‘Goneril’ demonstrated a range of social themes such as power‚ greed and loyalty. Thirst for power‚ caused by the loss of a fathers love‚ push Goneril to evil acts‚ presenting her as a callous‚ unremorseful women. In a dramatic speech‚ Goneril expresses her unwavering love toward Lear all so she may greedily acquire his riches and fortune. However

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    is the murderer‚ but since the king knows himself to be innocent (or thinks he knows)‚ he accuses Creon of plotting with Teiresias against him. The quarrel of Oedipus and Creon brings Jocasta from the house; seeking to calm down her husband and prove that oracles cannot be trusted‚ she tells again of how Laius died. When she mentions that he was killed ¡§at a place where three roads meet‚¡¨ Oedipus suddenly begins to suspect that he may indeed have killed the king without knowing who he was. To settle

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    Death Penalty

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    Scott King‚ Widow of Martin Luther King) Capital Punishment should be considered cruel and unusual punishment. The Catholic Church is adamantly opposed to the death penalty. The death penalty should be banned as long as there are non-lethal means to defend and protect the people’s safety. In the United States‚ the death penalty is still in practice today. Capital punishment in the United States is exercised almost exclusively for the offense of manslaughter. Even though no one is on death row for

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    Oedipus the King

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    dramatic irony. Oedipus is a proud man. He thinks of himself as the savior of Thebes. Oedipus tells the people of Thebes‚ "I am the land ’s avenger by all rights/ and Apollo ’s champion too. (154-155). What rights is he talking about? He may be the king of Thebes and he may have solved the riddle of the Sphinx but no one proclaimed him as Apollo ’s champion. Oedipus makes the same mistakes over and over again. Instead of receiving Creon ’s news from Apollo ’s prophet privately‚ Oedipus had to have

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    The Black Death

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    The Black Death: How Different Were the Christian and Muslim Responses? Janeece Richardson Jonesboro High School Abstract This paper discusses the responses of the Christians and Muslims during the Black Death. According to research Muslims tended to stay more calm and relaxed. While Christians started getting upset‚ this led to pointing fingers. In particular‚ this paper states exactly how the Muslims reacted versus the way the Christians reacted towards the cruel Black Death.

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X are seen as unprecedented heroes of the Civil Rights movement. They relentlessly campaigned for equality between blacks and whites. Through their powerful leadership and strategic rhetoric they became Messiah like figures and generated a huge following throughout the United States and the rest of the world. Although the rhetoric of Martin and Malcom had an enormous impact on the progress of the civil rights movement‚ we should not romanticize these men. Despite

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    King of Kong

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    The King of Kong: A fistful of Quarters. The King of Kong: A fistful of Quarters provided many techniques and insights into interviewing different people. This documentary profiled people and showed how they had become the people they were in there everyday lives. Many times it showed previous achievements or failures and how they directly affected a persons will to succeed in the future. At the beginning of this film‚ Billy Mitchell was introduced as the successful gamer of the 80’s that everyone

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    Death Be Not Proud

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    Singh English Coursework John Donne and Tony Harrison both discuss death in their poems. They were written in different eras and both poems have different views on this subject. John Donne had a rather privileged upbringing as he was born into a prosperous family and studied law at Oxbridge. Donne‚ however‚ was also unfortunate as he lost is father very early in his life and this could have affected his views on death. Tony Harrison on the other hand was born into a proud working class family

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