On the evening of March 5‚ 1770‚ with a foot of snow on the ground‚ groups of Bostonians gathered around the Custom House on King Street. Some had buckets of water‚ after responding to a fire alarm. Others had clubs to defend themselves or perhaps to threaten the despised “lobsterbacks.” Private Hugh White was‚ in fact‚ being threatened by several wigmakers’ apprentices (Aron 24). When Captain Thomas Preston heard of Private White’s situation‚ he came with seven other soldiers to help. Words
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Why is blame so easy to hand out yet so hard to be handed? By definition‚ blame is the responsibility for a fault or wrongdoing. People tend to blame others or events for the sorrows in their lives‚ yet most can never stop and accept the repercussions of their own actions. For example‚ a bad test grade can only put blame onto the taker for not studying or seeking help. Likewise‚ a mere victim of a random shooting cannot be held accountable for the actions of the shooter‚ who is blamed fully. However
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wrote 38 plays in only 23 years and one of those plays was Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and was written around 1595. There are many unnecessary deaths in this play and everyone is to blame for them. Not including Romeo or Juliet‚ the whole Montague and Capulet family is to blame. If Lord Capulet had not made Juliet marry Paris like it says here‚”Marry‚ My child‚ early next Thursday morn/The gallant‚ young‚ and noble gentleman‚/The County Paris…”(3.5.112-114)‚ then she would not
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Romeo and Juliet is a love story between two fighting families‚ and in the end both of them die‚ but who is to blame on their deaths? I believe that both of their parents are to blame for Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths. I believe this because both their parents didn’t have a good relationship with them. For Juliet‚ the Nurse was basically her mother‚ and she really didn’t talk to her real mother. For Romeo‚ it wasn’t the same case‚ as his mother and father wanted a relationship‚ but could never find
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Article 231 in the Treaty of Versailles says the First World War was “the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies”. Survey the causes of the First World War. Was the wording of article 231 an accurate assessment? The wording of article 231 in the treaty of Versailles is an accurate
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Was Hitler to blame for WW2? (10 marks) Hitler’s aims were aggressive. He planned to destroy the treaty of Versailles‚ create a country of all German people and conquer land in Eastern Europe. But many other factors are thought to be the main reason war broke out in 1939. Hitler’s aims were aggressive and he made this aims very clear in his book ‘Mein Kampf’ (my struggle). To test the courage of the British and French to stand up to Hitler on an important matter of principle‚ Hitler announced
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The Tragedy of Macbeth were over power and manipulation. Although a lot could’ve been done to prevent Macbeth from murdering King Duncan‚ the guards and Banquo the play wouldn’t have ended the way it should’ve. Even though there’s many people to be blame for the influence of Macbeth’s behavior I strongly believe that Lady Macbeth plays a particularly integral role. Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth’s actions because she was pressuring him to do something that he didn’t want to do. She wanted
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suicide by jumping off a tower. When Macbeth became worried about his life being endangered he went back to the witches for consultation that he was going to be ok. But he found out things that tricked him into thinking that he was invincible‚ the witches were to blame they gave a false sense of security that he was going to be safe and that no one born of a women could harm him. So when Macduff came up with the plan to dethrone him he had many allies because of what Macbeth had done while he was king. But Macbeth still
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The Duality of Blame Terrible things happen‚ that’s a fact‚ but when they happen‚ who or what is to blame? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the famous star-crossed lovers end up committing suicide and dying in each other’s’ arms. Almost every event in this play added up to this result‚ but the four major events- the two meeting‚ the two marrying‚ Romeo being sent away‚ and the fake death of Juliet and real suicides- are evenly split between the two causes‚ fate and personal choices
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their lives because of their love for one another has inspired a lot of controversy as to whether the adults surrounding these adolescents could have done something to prevent this tragedy. The truth is the adults in the situation are ultimately to blame for the deaths of their love struck teens. This essay will explain why Friar Laurence‚ Nurse and to a lesser extent Mercutio‚ caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence is at fault for causing this catastrophe. Friar Laurence is one of
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