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    The American Dream is described as the perfect lifestyle. No one wants challenges or problems; they want the ‘perfect life’. This idea is stabilized by the different desires‚ wants‚ and needs for each person trying to obtain it; every individual has a different dream but it still can be obtained‚ as we see from Gatsby and Nick. The people in this country all have different backgrounds‚ they have come from different situations. The dreams of each of these people are different and the journey to achieve

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    One‚ two‚ three‚ four– Ocean needs to be explored more. The passage "Do we really know more about space than the deep ocean?" by Kate Kershner describes how people know more about the ocean. "The passage‚ Ocean us." Space: Which Is True Final Frontier "by Taylor Casti" Express that people have more information about space than Ocean. The ocean needs to be explored because ‘’17.8 billion dollars is going toward space exploration’’ and only 3 people have gone down to the deepest point in the ocean

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    Attorney General of the State of Nebraska moved to court to obtain an order directing that a citation be issued against the defendant to explain why proceedings should not be held against it and punishment given for contempt of court (Nebraska v Frontier Airlines‚ 1962). The plaintiffs’ allegation in this petition was that the defendant had knowingly‚ intentionally‚ contemptuously‚ openly and publicly flouted‚

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    Characters in Hamlet

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    and Marcellus and tells them that he will act mad: “How strange or odd soe’er I bear myself—As I‚ perchance‚ hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on” (1.5.177). Hamlet is clearly doing this so Claudius will not see him as a threat and will think of him as harmless. Hamlet is insane while actually sane. This is a perfect example of Hamlet being the smartest person in the room‚ as well as a perfect example of how madness shaped the play. If Hamlet did not act mad Claudius could have

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    An American Empire?

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    According to the German economist Moritz Julius Bonn‚ "the United States have been the cradle of modern Anti-Imperialism‚ and at the same time the founding of a mighty empire."1 Those words written two years after the Second Word War capture tensions in American policy and public discourse that define the country’s uneasy position in the twenty-first century. America’s role as guarantor of global stability raises the question whether an empire can operate effectively under anti-imperial premises. Unmatched

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    I am examining the characters of the Duke and Macbeth and how they can be considered disturbed characters. The play‚ ‘Macbeth’ and poem‚ ‘My Last Duchess’ both show psychological truths and insights into the characters. While the Duke shows himself to be disturbed straight away in the poem‚ Macbeth’s mental deterioration takes place and develops as the play proceeds. ‘Macbeth’ written by William Shakespeare and set in 1050 contains themes of status‚ power and death while ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert

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    11.1‚ subsection: Lewis and Clark‚ it states‚ “Many Americans also dreamed of finding a Northwest Passage and opening the Pacific to American commerce and influence‚ including President Thomas Jefferson. In April 1803‚ Jefferson achieved his goal of purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France‚ effectively doubling the size of the United States. The purchase was made possible due to events

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    The Impact of Jack London on American Culture “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club” (London). These words quoted from Jack London thoroughly represent him as a writer and a person. His experiences throughout his life strongly shaped his unique writing style. The impact of his life on his writing is expressed in the quote explains his naturalistic and aggressive writing style. Two of London’s most famous books‚ Call of the Wild and White Fang‚ fully express London as

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    Do you know how Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Gertrude? In Hamlet’s 3rd soliloquy Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Gertrude. Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to Claudius. First example is Hamlet puts on a play to see if Claudius would break down and confess that he killed King Hamlet. “That guilty creatures sitting at a play. Have by the very cunning of the scene‚ been struck

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    Character is Fate – Essay “A man’s character is his fate” once said the Greek philosopher Heraclites. By this he meant that our personalities and actions shape the outcomes of our lives and therefore our destiny. This statement opposes the traditional view that man’s fate is determined by an external force (name it god or even chance). This argument is basically one of faith: do you believe we shape our own futures by how we act‚ or are our lives programmed in a certain unchangeable way? In other

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