King Leopold’s Ghost By Adam Hochschild Question 1 Between 1880 and 1920‚ the population of the Congo was slashed in half: some ten million people were victims of murder‚ starvation‚ exhaustion‚ exposure‚ disease‚ and a plummeting birth rate. Why do you think this massive carnage has remained virtually unknown in the United States and Europe? During all this death there was only a few who would go down into the Congo because of all its dangers. So with hardly anyone already going down
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Who was responsible for the loss of life with the sinking of the Titanic? By Rebecca Gutteridge Year 9 RMS Titanic‚ so called the ‘unsinkable ship’‚ became the largest maritime disaster in history when she hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage through the North Atlantic. Much indecision surrounds
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The Role of the Ghost in Hamlet The ghost is a symbol of instability in Denmark and it is the omen which signifies to Denmark that something is wrong. In Shakespeare’s play‚ to Hamlet‚ the ghost is a symbol of his father whom he has great admiration for‚ as he numerously refers to his father as a Greek God: ’Hyperion’‚ and constantly measures the discrepancy between his father and Claudius: ’Hyperion to Satyr.’ The greatest juxtaposition of the two opposites serves to emphasis the salient differences
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Hamlet’s tragedies comes from a number of things. Hamlet is already upset and angry over his father’s death. Not knowing who killed his father truly has him distraught. When the play starts you can tell Hamlet is in grief‚ to the point he wishes he was dead. Hamlet even thinks about suicide. “Oh‚ that this too‚ too sullied flesh would melt had not fixed his canon against self- slaughter” (Hamlet‚ 1.2‚ 132) The second cause of Hamlet’s tragedy would be his mother Gertrude. The fact that his mother
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Ghost of Banquo William Shakespeare’s Macbeth portrays the character Macbeth as a fearless and powerful leader. It has been said that Shakespeare’s character Macbeth is the only single character in all of his writings that has seen a ghost without other characters present. In order to stay King of Scotland‚ Macbeth kills his friend Banquo‚ only to see him a few moments later as a ghost. The fact that only Macbeth can see the ghost of Banquo represents both his ambition to become powerful and
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The revenge play or revenge tragedy is a form of tragedy which was extremely popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. The best-known of these are Thomas Kyd ’s The Spanish Tragedy and William Shakespeare ’s Hamlet. The genre was first categorised by the scholar Fredson Bowers. Contents [hide] 1 Origins‚ conventions‚ and themes 2 History 3 Influence 4 Film 5 References Origins‚ conventions‚ and themes[edit] The only clear precedent and influence for the Renaissance genre is the work
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After reading "A Dolls House" by Henrik Ibsen‚ I realized that just like life‚ Noras overt symptoms were simply a byproduct of a problem that lies much deeper than simple financial spontaneity. Torvald‚ a patronizing‚ and solely appearance-driven man sets up the relationship for failure from the beginning. The fact that he treats Nora like a child and almost as a toy is not only demeaning to anyone‚ but it is actually awful that any man could treat a woman that way. I do not believe that Nora is
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action. In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” William Shakespeare uses Brutus‚ Cassius‚ Casca‚ Trebonius‚ Ligarius‚ Decvius and Cimber to create drama throughout the play. Throughout the beginning of the play these characters band together to plot a conspiracy to murder Julius Caesar due to their jealously of Caesar defeating the great Pompey. “Nor heaven‚ nor earth have been at piece tonight: Thrice hath Calphurnia in her sleep “Help‚ ho! They murder Caesar! Who’s within?” (“The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”
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side of the road until they were found. The dance is called Ghost Dancers. In Ghost Dances there are a eleven dances‚ there were three people who represented the dead and the rest of the dances were the Sullivans who were just doing their normal everyday activities and didn’t know when death was going to come and take them away. These dances used traditional folk movement and accompanied by the andies folk music. At the beginning of Ghost Dances the Skelton like people that represent death start
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William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice is being brought to life in the blockbuster Deception. In this new age film‚ the FBI has spent countless hours hunting for Al Capone. It is suspected he is going to Chicago to help mobster Johnny Torrio carry out his operations. Othello is selected as the Unit Chief of a special FBI task force to investigate Al Capone and Johnny Torrio. Part of his job is to select the people who will be working with him on this task force. He chooses
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