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    Why Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Be President Hillary Clinton was the first lady and the Secretary of State. In 2008 she tried to become a potential candidate for the president of the United States and she lost to former senator Barack Obama because as former senator Obama pointed out to Mrs.Clinton during one of their debates that she would be the type of opponent that Republicans would love to run against due to past political choices and her views on certain subjects. Currently she is campaigning

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    Problem with Hillary‚ is more effective in reaching out to a broader audience than Fox News on the topic of Hillary Clinton’s untrustworthiness because many people have predetermined bias on newspapers conservative bias. Throughout the nonfiction‚ Klein questions‚ “Could Hillary point to any accomplishments during her four years as Secretary of State?”(85). Klein’s point of view is that of a reporter‚ and effectively conveys to his audience the questions that many Americans have about Hillary‚ which

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    Scholarly Works Faculty Scholarship 2009 Hillary Clinton‚ Sarah Palin‚ and Michelle Obama: Performing Gender‚ Race‚ and Class on the Campaign Trail Ann C. McGinley University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub Part of the Law and Society Commons‚ Politics Commons‚ Sexuality and the Law Commons‚ and the Women Commons Recommended Citation McGinley‚ Ann C.‚ "Hillary Clinton‚ Sarah Palin‚ and Michelle Obama:

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    A thousand splendid sunds

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    complete power over the kingdom but must work together to make their father feel as though he has no power Act1 Scene2 Edmund who is evil and manipulative tries to set up Edgar by writing a letter that makes it seem as though he is going to kill their father Gloucester Gloucester is so mad and furious once Edmund uses his manipulative ways to tell him about the letter When Edmunds done with Gloucester he goes to Edgar and tells him that he’s furious so its best that Edgar avoids there father Act1

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    In this scene‚ what do we find out about Edmund’s birth? How do you suppose Edmund feels about his father’s comment on his birth? In the first scene it is acknowledged that Edmund was born out of wedlock. In Act 1 Scene 1 lines 14-15 Gloucester said‚ “And had indeed‚ sir‚ a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her bed.” Edmund must feel very unhappy that his father sees him as a bastard Being a bastard Edmund does not enjoy the privileges of status a normal child would have . 2. Find

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    The subplot of King Lear

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    because they cannot be accommodated by traditional formulas‚ moral or literary and thee sub-plot exists partly to establish that fact. The simplification of the sub-plot can be seen first of all in its method of defining character. The behaviour of Edmund‚ the bastard‚ for example‚ is more comprehensible than that of Lear’s bad daughters. The contrast is between Edmund’s conventionally explicable villainy and the seemingly incomprehensible evil Goneril and Regan. The two daughters‚ who have been given

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    Fate in "King Lear".

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    daughters. An old man loosing his mind and his two daughters are trying to control him as if he were a child instead of a king. The second plot involves Edgar the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester and Edmund the illegitimate son. Edmund is a vile man full of hatred and greed for power. Edmund betrays his brother and father in order to accumulate power. It is fate that brings the characters of this play to commit the acts and make the decisions that decide their destiny. The play starts off as

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    ’nothing’. In the sub-plot‚ Edgar‚ like Cordelia who is banished‚ has to leave‚ though unlike Cordelia‚ he is given no chance to prove himself because his brother Edmund cleverly creates the plot against him leaving him no choice other than to flee. As King Lear is deceived by his own daughters‚ so is Gloucester deceived by his own son Edmund. Edmund‚ with the use of a falsely-written letter‚ pretends that Edgar is

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    King Lear-summary

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    flees his daughters’ houses to wander on a heath during a great thunderstorm‚ accompanied by his Fool and by Kent‚ a loyal nobleman in disguise.Meanwhile‚ an elderly nobleman named Gloucester also experiences family problems. His illegitimate son‚ Edmund‚ tricks him into believing that his legitimate son‚ Edgar‚ is trying to kill him. Fleeing the manhunt that his father has set for him‚ Edgar disguises himself as a crazy beggar and calls himself “Poor Tom.” Like Lear‚ he heads out onto the heath.When

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    The Deception in King Lear

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    The Deception in King Lear William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is a play full of deceit‚ betrayal and meaningless promises. This becomes evident in the first few lines. We first learn of the empty words of Goneril and Regan as well as their hatred for their father‚ King Lear. This becomes the center of the play and also leads to the madness that the king suffers from. The first words that Goneril speaks are totally empty and are the complete opposite of what she really feels. She

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