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    even though later he would support Franco’s regime believing it to be some sort of authoritarian regenerationist. The views Unamuno had of Japan have been briefly studied in a conference paper titled Japón visto por Unamuno by Fernando Blanco Cendón. Acording to Blanco Cendón‚ Unamuno saw Japan as a counterexample of his own individualistic and subjective philosophy. His reasons for disliking the Japanese were the idea of Japan collectivist and

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    relationships were not for Blanco‚ nothing ever seemed to work out for her. In other words‚ that is how she got her nickname the "Black widow" and how she was able to drag this nickname throughout her life. However‚ she was responsible for several other killings. Blanco was not only known as the "Black widow" she was also known as‚ "The Cocaine Godmother" and "The Queen of Narco-Trafficking" those nicknames are what also led her to many murders throughout her life. At a very young age‚ Blanco got herself affiliated

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    Cocaine Cowboys Before the seventies Miami‚ Florida was the hotspot for drug smugglers to smuggle marijuana into America because South Beach was virtually unwatched land for miles. Cocaine eventually rose to become the drug of choice for people in Miami and was more expensive then weed‚ causing it to replace marijuana imports with more profitable cocaine imports. Cocaine became so popular with the club scene and celebrities and other wealthy people that its demand raised Miami‚ Florida to be

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    Griselda Blanco also known as “The God-Mother and The Black Widow” was a female drug trafficker that committed numerous murders while she was trafficking cocaine from Colombia to the USA. Griselda was born on February 15‚ 1943 in Cartagena‚ Colombia and since a young age used to traffic drugs to Southern California‚ Miami and New York from Columbia. Griselda was raised in an abusive household that leader her into a life of crime and prostitution at a very young age. She was eventually associated

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    tv/married-to-the-king-of-cocaine). She had a five-year illicit relationship with the King of Cocaine and dependably discussed his magnetism‚ appeal‚ and savagery in spite of his culpability. The medication ruler additionally had an association with Griselda Blanco‚ otherwise called The Cocaine Godmother. After Pablo’s demise‚ Maria and her youngsters live under nom de plumes. The family is as yet paying the cost of his criminal inclusions. This shows the sad drawback of being identified with the King of

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    At the tender age of 16‚ Jon Roberts without having a mother or father‚ he moved from place to place and later became an enforcer for a loan-sharking operation which was run by his uncle in Staten Island‚ New York. He was arrested for dealing cocaine and taken to the tombs in New York City. After being arrested for kidnapping‚ Roberts was given the opportunity to join the military to have his criminal record expunged as he served with the 101st Airborne for a period of one (1) year in Vietnam with

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    the novel‚ Griselda travels beyond time and space with the cuckoo. The author creates unique fantasy stages such as the butterfly land‚ other side of the moon‚ or the country of the nodding mandarins‚ and then sends little Griselda and the cuckoo into that world. The unique way of The Cuckoo Clock is that Mrs. Molesworth depicts this fantasy world realistically and explains the concept logically‚ making it more believable. For instance‚ there is a scene where the cuckoo asks Griselda to sit with

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    “THE CLERK´S TALE/ENVOY” Tutor: Alejandra Simari Student: María Alejandra Amui Azize 2013 INTRODUCTION Chaucer´s portrayal of the two characters under analysis is clearly a study of opposites. The Wife of Bath and Griselda are as different as it is possible to be. The reader perceives that both characterizations are caricatures or at least extreme characters and not real women and wonders at the meaning of such opposition. A possible explanation to this dichotomy

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    Chaucer includes “L’envoy de Chaucer‚” which concludes the tale as a sort of epilogue. What is interesting about this appended piece is that‚ rather than reflect Petrarchan sentiments‚ it seems instead to adopt Boccaccio’s paradigm on the tale of Griselda. Just prior to L’envoy the clerk announces that he “wol with lusty herte‚ fresh and grene / seyn [the pilgrims] a song to glad

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    subservient wife‚ Griselda‚ give up her only son to be killed because he fears that the people do not approve of his marriage‚ and do not want a lowly air to the throne. After her son is ‘killed’ Griselda remains loyal to her husband. Following the Marquis’ taking of her son‚ he then told Griselda that he was to divorce her and marry another woman (which turned out to be his daughter). Griselda was saddened‚ but she still remained loyal to her husband. Finally‚ the Marquis asks Griselda to plan his new

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