guys like Andrew Carnegie‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ Gustavus Swift‚ Philip Armour‚ John D. Rockefeller and others who rose to the top and ran monopolies or near-monopolies in the Gilded Age (1870s-1900ish). They were seen as bad because they employed ruthless methods to run competion out of the market‚ but on the other hand‚ weren’t breaking any laws or rules in this laissez faire timeperiod. These guys also gave a lot of money away: Carnegie built tons of libraries‚ and Carnegie Mellon University got
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When Ying Zheng governed the China‚ he was so ruthless‚ many people don’t like him‚ he lost popular support. Ying Zheng hoped the "brute force" to rule the people forever‚ but that was not the case. Neininger said the heroes of Chinese history and mythology are called in to provide unquestionable evidence that only a kindhearted ruler can secure a lasting reign; Yao‚ Shun‚ Yu‚ King Wen‚ the Duke of Zhou and Duke Tai are all exemplary paragons of virtue. The Chinese history told that rulers had to
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of their drug business. Even though Mexican cartels are depicted as being violent and prone to crimes‚ their cartel behavior indicates the “business-like” purposes behind what they do. However‚ people generalize all cartels according to the Zetas ruthless acts of violence‚ one of the most dangerous cartels in Mexico. Unlike the Zetas‚ the Sinaloa Federation which consists of the loosely-knotted alliance between the Sinaloa Cartel and Juarez Cartel‚ is business-orientated and has become the most powerful
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Parliamentarians set fire to the church. Around 2‚000 people died in the storming and massacre of Drogheda; a number of prisoners surrendered before Cromwell gave the order to kill them. He was also ruthless‚ Cromwell proved himself as a villain. On his order his men nailed a baby to a church door. This was heartless and ruthless‚ all the signs of a villain. What man in his right mind would do such a thing? Cromwell’s actions brought out his bad side. (Source D supports this by explaining that Cromwell’s men used
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(Father)‚ a shoe maker‚ and Yekaterina Dzhugashvili(Mother) a domestic servanet. Though he survived he developed small pox with would hurt his development leaving him with physical deformities. This ill deformed child eventually became the great ruthless dictator of the Soviet Union. A frequently disputed question is‚ was it ”Nature or‚ nurture” which caused stalin to become dictator that he was. Some believe he was born evil with others believe it was actaully his horrifying childhood which contributed
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revelation‚ plot advancement‚ suspense‚ surprise but not dramatic irony. Most fundamentally‚ Harry’s ruthlessness is revealed when he tries to shoot Tom. After Tom refuses to help Harry‚ Harry “tries to fire the gun” (130). This action shows how ruthless Harry is because it demonstrates that Harry will do anything that is necessary to escape without hesitation even though it is killing his own brother. With the revelation of Harry’s ruthlessness‚ the plot advances closer to the breaking point in
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demonstrate how ambition can turn a loyal soldier into a bloodthirsty murderer with his scheming and devious wife turning weak and disturbed as ambition slowly destroys her. Macbeth’s ambition to become king of Scotland turn’s him independent and ruthless. “The dead butcher and fiend-like queen”‚ is an accurate description as this is all they amount to. At the start of the play Macbeth is a loyal soldier returning from the civil war. The witches tell Macbeth that he will become Thane of Glamis‚
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sports‚ and warfare. (B.E.) As he grew older‚ an inner beast was growing inside of him and at last it exploded when his father died‚ and Alexander was only then able to take the throne. But who would want an unjust leader‚ who is an egomaniac‚ a ruthless narcissist‚ and whose empire would not last? Alexander the “not-so-great” was a psychotic maniac with a huge ego. He was conceded and had absolutely no concern for others. For example‚ when Alexander’s army was struggling across the hot‚ dry
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Ulysses S. Grant makes Robert Lee surrender through war. Grant makes his army tear down buildings and torch them. His army is ruthless and undefeated taking down any threat there is and then he took down Lee. On April 7‚ 1865 Grant sent a letter to Lee that says “The result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance.”At first Lee didn’t let up‚ but then Grant stole food from Lee’s train. Lee couldn’t feed his starving soldiers. Grant then met Lee in a small town called
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The first great unifier of Japan Oda Nobunaga is well known for his ruthless and brutal nature. Many people of the period under the rule of Oda Nobanuga essentially disliked him. Oda Nobunaga had brought many clans and provinces under his control through the use of military force like a dictator would. He ended the civil war by essentially being in command. Two of his most infamous acts contributing to the fact of people disliking him include the destruction of Enryakuji Temple and the Siege of Mount
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