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    churches ever since I can remember. I no longer go and do not believe that you have to go to church or be a deeply religious person in order to believe in the supernatural theory or to have a relationship with your higher power. However‚ there can be flaws found in the supernatural theory. For instance‚ if you believe that God has spoken to

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    Shakespeare’s foreboding tragedy of “Macbeth” explains the story of the tragic hero‚ Macbeth‚ who strives to be the King of Scotland. However‚ he is destined for his downfall near the end of the play because of his tragic flaw‚ his obsession of power. In turn Macbeth’s obsession with being held to a higher rank and the influence of women both lead to his tragic downfall. It is evident that Shakespeare gives Macbeth an overconfident‚ tone throughout the play. In the beginning of the play it

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    The United States of America recently had a presidential election. If you’re reading this statistically you are not happy about the results because the candidate you voted for did not win. The candidate that won the majority of popular votes lost the election. The number of Americans that voted for Hillary Clinton is larger than the number of Americans that voted for Donald Trump. Trump won the most number of electoral college votes‚ but lost the popular vote. He did not win because the majority

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    Humanity’s goal since the beginning of time has been‚ more or less‚ achieving heaven on earth and total harmony between human beings. This goal has never been fully realized because of key human flaws‚ the most important one being the crucial difference between short and long term goals. We see evidence of this factor’s penchant for ruin in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ and Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People. Piggy of Lord of the Flies comments on this indirectly when he says

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    Duncan. In fact‚ the worthy King does see to it that as an added prestige and a gift of gratitude to such a noble gentleman‚ the title of Thane of Cawdor which has been retrieved from a most ’disloyal traitor‚’ and somewhat ironically considering Macbeth’s fate‚ ’what he has lost‚ Macbeth has won.’ It appears‚ that upon the meeting of the three witches‚ who do deliver the three prophecies that indicate such a prosperous future for Macbeth‚ he is fuelled by his own ambition. It could be argued that

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    Educational Flaws in America’s System The United States has always been known for its high political status and producing exceedingly educated political leaders. Just a couple decades ago the United States classified first in the world in percent of students completing school and maintaining a steady career. But‚ according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that no longer stands accurately for the United States. Back then‚ America was the unchallenged education

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    Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s action resulted in a lot of guilt. Guilt can mean two different things. It can either mean your responsibility for a crime or your state of mind after committing one (Nelson‚ Cassandra). Their conscience did not kick in at the same time but they both suffered from it. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were hurt physically and mentally by their guilt. Macbeth suffered right after committing a crime‚ while Lady Macbeth’s guilt was delayed. Their guilt was also brought out by their

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    Moreover‚ besides the "wired sisters"‚ Lady Macbeth is patently viewed as a significant affect to the actions of Macbeth. As Macbeth’s wife‚ she has a strong impact to contribute to Macbeth’s downfall. She is more relentless as well as more ambitious than her husband‚ immediately conceives the horrible idea of murdering her royal guest. She encourages Macbeth‚ to betray his will with the most merciless determination(). In order to assist her husband to gets what is foretold to him‚ she commits the

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    Macbeth’s reaction towards the witches was that he was startled by them at first‚ but also curious to know more about their prophecy. He was intrigued to know more about their evil predictions‚ like him becoming the thane of Cawdor and his children becoming kings even though he will not be one. He wanted the witches to explain these strange predictions “ ..Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence‚ or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting. ?”  After learning

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    Through the play of Macbeth‚ a lot of the women have influences on Macbeth that is evident. The way Macbeth’s actions follow these women’s influences make the reader question Macbeth’s true state of mind. In the very beginning of Macbeth‚ it almost appears Lady Macbeth has some positives influences on Macbeth‚ but at the same time she stabs at his morality and ego. For example lines 60 - 65 Lady Macbeth questions what Macbeth is doing and she asks him‚ “Are you a man?” She Brings Macbeth down

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