Alexander the Great‚ king of Macedonia‚ accomplished much in his lifetime. He added many new lands to his vast empire including Asia Minor‚ Syria‚ Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Persia‚ Sogdiana‚ and part of India. He became the conqueror of the world he knew. Alexander the Great was the son of Princess Olympias of Epirus (Cinderella) and King Philip II of Macedonia (Popovic). His parents hated each other and had an unstable marriage (Cinderella). Philip’s relationship with Alexander was also poor. He once told
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The Sinking of the Titanic was the Fault of Man The sinking of the Titanic can be interpreted as being the fault of man. The author‚ Walter Lord‚ and the Night to Remember movie signify key events that led up to the descending of the enormous ship. Some of the primary causes of the sinking are the construction of the ship‚ the carelessness of the crew‚ and the naivety of the Californian. The fabrication‚ or construction‚ of the ship could have been a major asset in the sinking of the Titanic
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Giovanni Da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland‚ including New York Harbor in 1524. Giovanni was born around the year of 1485 in Val di Greve‚ 30 miles south of Florence‚ Italy. He began to pursue his maritime career in about 1506 or 1507 and in the 1520’s he was sent by King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific. After returning to Europe from discovered New
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the death of his father and his mother marrying his uncle‚ but it is not an excuse to plan a murder. Hamlet displayed motives‚ the kiling was premeditated‚ he openly admitted that he was wanted to kill Claudius‚ and Hamlet does not fit into one spefic disease. First‚ Hamelt was mourning the death of his father‚ like any normal human would (1.2.133-138). Throughout the same time Hamlet was sickened by the behavoir his mother’s with Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle who killed his father. His mother marrying
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days because‚ almost everything is done online.Wifi was invented in 1940 by Hedy Lamar who was a model.. yes‚ everybody has this question when they first hear about the invention of wifi. It was invented by a model. Wifi is one of the most important inventions ever made. Wifi is really important for everybody. As of me‚ I think wifi changed my life the most. One of the reasons that wifi is really important in people’s lives is if there was no wifi people wouldn’t be able to do certain jobs
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Honest Iago: the Master of Deception Timothy Doan ENG3UE Ms. Waddell October 26‚ 2011 There exists two vital tools needed for complete manipulation: a charming personality and a sharp sense of persuasion. The combination of both these attributes will grant any individual with the rare gift to have anybody under their complete supremacy. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello‚ Iago is able to hone and master the immortal technique of manipulation as he pursues
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Wegener‚ made an incredible discovery and his ideas were shot down by all important people in his job industry. In the heat of attempting to change how scientists & the public thought about life‚ he began to search for many pieces of evidence to prove something‚ not only to the world‚ but to himself. I will be naming even more in the following text to help people better comprehend why Wegner was not insane and how reliable his work is to this very day. Wegener was convinced that all of Earth’s continents
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Who Was To Blame For The Cold War? The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable‚ and therefore no one’s fault‚ due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during the Second World War. Yet many of the tensions that existed
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with strict death penalties for those who defy authority are even harder. In the story The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ a brave and stern character named John Proctor dwells within the plot of the play. Proctor was one of the few sensible people in the town of Salem to see the lies in Abigail’s witchcraft accusations. Proctor has a great will and love for his word and his wife. Honest‚ upright‚ and blunt-spoken‚ Proctor is a good man with one detrimental flaw: he has committed adultery with a young
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important in Act III. Iago anticipates and manipulates the other characters so skilfully that they seem to be acting simultaneously of their own free will and as Iago’s puppets. For example‚ it takes only the slightest prompting on Iago’s part to put Othello into the proper frame of mind to be consumed by jealousy. Iago exploits Cassio’s discomfort upon seeing Othello by interpreting it as a sign of guilt: "Cassio‚ my lord? No‚ sure I cannot think it That he would steal away so guilty-like‚ Seeing
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