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    Good morning/afternoon your honor‚ ladies and gentlemen. Today I will prove to you that what Cortes did during this time of era was perfectly normal. I will have 3 witnesses to support my evidence of what Cortes did was normal. What I mean by normal is that most European Sailors would treat foreigners differently depending on what materials or valuables that the natives had as soon as the explorers arrived on a new piece land. Most of these explorers would do things out of the name of god. Some explorers

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    earliest vernacular of English literature‚ but because it‚ similarly to the Odyssey‚ is a wonderful adventure story containing many tropes succeeding fantasy stories would later employ. The hero Beowulf is of course handsome‚ strong and possesses all the traits that are desirable to his culture. The villain‚ Grendel is of course hideous in appearance‚ cruel‚ and reclusive. “Then a powerful demon‚ a prowler through the dark‚ nursed a hard grievance. It harrowed him to hear the din of the loud banquet

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    Is Shylock a Villain or a Victim? In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock‚ a Jewish money-lender‚ is portrayed as the cold-blooded‚ greedy antagonist of the story. Some people may see him as the villain of the story – and in some ways he is – but‚ really‚ this is a result of the stereotypes associated with Jews. He is quite a peculiar character and his role in the story is indefinite because he has traits of both a villain and a victim. A villain is ‘a wicked person or criminal’

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    catholic religion. Nevertheless more implications arose when Cortes landed in Mexico‚ there was a language barrier between the Spaniards and the natives as well as the standard of living or culture was totally alien to the Europeans. But the Spaniards were after one thing only‚ gold….

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    Some people say the Andrew Jackson is a no hearted villain but there are way more reasons why people should see him as a hero. Andrew Jackson became president in 1829 in the United States. His terms where from 1829 to 1837 after him not going up for re-election. Andrew Jackson was also a controversial man because he treated Indians horribly and the members of his cabinet were his friends. Andrew Jackson is considered a hero to me because of the bravery and commitment he has when it comes to wars

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    My Carl Jung Villain has the power to shape shift into any person he needs to. Because he believes in the collective unconscious‚ he thinks that people are able to inherit traits from previous generations and experiences. Therefore‚ he will be able to change his personality and outward appearance when he deems it necessary. Carl Jung’s arch nemesis is Sigmund Freud‚ the superhero that everyone looks up too. Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud have very different concepts of the unconscious. Freud believed

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    deceiving. From the beginning Cortes made moves to openly try to undermined Monctezuma. Cortes made early alliances with the know enemies of Monctezuma and the Aztecs. This is not the actions of a good and trust worthy friend. Someone who is trying to become friends with a person they don’t know well doesn’t make friends with their enemies. Cortes’s also tried to buy off Monctezuma when he wrote in his letter "Moctezuma came down the middle of this street with

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    of Mexico and the interaction between Hernado Cortes and Montezuma who was the ruler of the Aztec Empire. The three accounts share some similar stories on between Montezuma and the Spaniards or conquistadors especially Hernado Cortes. But the three accounts also differ in the stories it tells. The similarity between the three accounts is that Montezuma and his lords and nobles receives or greets Cortes and his men. In addition it seems that Cortes and Montezuma were in good terms with each other

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    Maleficent’s original power and awesomeness. Maleficent had been changed from a truly villainous villain to a misunderstood heroic antihero. And the question that fluttered through my head was: but why? Why would Disney take a perfectly

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    The Villains of All Nations is book written by Marcus Rediker that follows the origins of the pirate boom before and after the War of Spanish Succession. The book covers infamous pirates like Bartholomew Roberts‚ William Fly‚ and Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard.It discusses the grim environment of working the seas for the government‚ what lead many people to turn to piracy‚ the tale of the first women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read‚ how piracy impacted slavery‚ the pirates bonds of brotherhood

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