Niccoló Machiavelli‚ in The Qualities of the Prince‚ gives the qualities a prince should have to maintain his power‚ or for an aspiring prince to acquire the throne. Martin Luther King‚ as a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement‚ did not aspire to the throne but to freedom and justice for the African-American community. In this context‚ he wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail which was addressed to the clergymen who had previously sent him a letter that criticized his
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another. In order to be a decent writer‚ one must first master the art of reading. In On Writing by Stephen King‚ reading is the best way to improve one’s writing. In order for an author’s voice to shine through in their writing‚ they must develop their own personal writing style. By reading a variety of books‚ a writer is able to pick which styles they prefer‚ and shape them to create
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Today I will introduce a famous and outstanding scientist to you. A brief history of Stephen Hawking. The main contents include four aspects Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist‚ whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford‚ England. His parents’ house was in north London‚ but during the Second World War Oxford was considered
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I settled down to read‚ Stephen King’s On Writing‚ I did not snuggle into my favorite place to read‚ but rather the desk at my job. His description of his comfortable blue chair is his study made me wish for a more enjoyable seat to be reading his prose. But as a too busy for her own good college student I knew that work was going to have to be the place to read his prose. While receiving his telepathic messages‚ a passage stuck out to me. “You can approach the act of writing with nervousness‚ excitement
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Oedipus The King; Did the prophecy cause his destiny? Undoubtedly there has been a tremendous amount of speculation and dissection of this play by countless people throughout the ages. I can only draw my own conclusions as to what Sophocles intended the meaning of his play to be. The drama included a number of horrific and unthinkable moral and ethical dilemas‚ but I believe that was what made the play so interesting and that is exactly the way Sophocles intended it to be. The play was obviously
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King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s. It is a play about King Lear and his three daughters. Many characters in this play encounter suffering all throughout; including Cordelia‚ Edgar‚ and King Lear. Although King Lear brought the suffering on himself‚ Cordelia and Edgar did not. Cordelia‚ Lear’s youngest daughter is a prime example of moral strength‚ the same can be said about Edgar‚ the legitimate son of Gloucester. The first act of the play deals with King Lear
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legend‚ Chretien describes Lancelot as a major important character in Arthurian romances. Chretien takes his audiences to the psychology of love that deals with Lancelot’s tests and trials that will lead him to be a loyal adulterer. In Lancelot‚ or the King of the Cart shows the risks of secret love between the Lancelot and the Queen contrasted with the benefits that also inspire others. On his journey saving Queen Guinevere‚ Lancelot’s quest founded on his love for the Queen. Lancelot is successful on
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Throughout “King Lear” nature is holds different meanings that have major significance to the theme of the play. Characters speak to it as though it’s a personified entity; they refer to the celestial objects in the heavens above and even to that of animals of the Earth. When the characters speak to nature‚ they do it as a means of justifying their intentions or previous actions‚ and also as a means of invoking it in some form. Nature is also used to describe the disposition of a character and the
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tragic than Prometheus‚ because he falls straight down from having a happy family to becoming a murderer of his own father and a husband of his own mother. Oedipus ruled as a kind and beloved king of Thebes‚ and who also marries Jocasta; the widow of dead King Laius. Whereas he finds out that the murderer of King Laius is he himself‚ who brings diseases as the punishments of the murderer to Thebans‚ he “angered more than ever‚ Oedipus told the old man to get out of his sight and never come near him
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B.B. King Early life B.B. King is a famous blues guitarist‚ songwriter and singer. Riley B. King was born on September 16 1925 in Itta Bena‚ Mississippi. When he was a young child‚ his parents divorced. He lived with his mom. When he was nine‚ his mom died. He was alone until his father‚ Albert King found him a few years later‚ working in a cotton plantation. King sang in the choir at church and he also performed professionally with the Famous St. John Gospel Singers. During this time
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