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    History of Regret

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    Student Name Professor’s Name Unit Code Date History of Regrets After reading Houston’s memoir Farewell to Manzanar‚ it brings out the treatment of the government of the United States to the Japanese living in the country at the time of world war two were discriminative. In the Executive Order 9066‚ it is evident that the policies the government was trying to enforce were solely aimed at oppressing the Japanese. The order opened up a gap that would allow the military commanders to make the

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    Gentlemen of the jury‚ we have heard the defence glorify Macbeth in an effort to cloud the horrible acts of murder that he committed. The question that we are here to answer today stands‚ ?is Macbeth guilty of the murder of our beloved kingDuncan?. Many questions cloud our judgement today. Did Macbeth have a motive to kill the king? Did Macbeth meticulously premeditate the murder of Duncan? Did Macbeth carryout‚ then cover up the murder of King Duncan? Ladies and gentlemen it will be difficult‚ nay impossible

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    tragic hero‚ there are many similarities between the tragic heroes in Macbeth and King Lear. However‚ the differences between the two outline the re-occurring themes in both plays. In Shakespeare ’s plays the central characters ’ own weaknesses and lust for power lead to corruption. The unchecked power in Shakespeare ’s Macbeth and King Lear ultimately leads to corruption‚ tragedy‚ and the hero ’s fall from grace. In MacbethMacbeth ’s power goes unchecked within himself‚ his wife‚ and within the kingdom

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    Namrata Savaliya “Ambition” An ambition is an eager‚ and sometimes an excessive‚ desire for creation‚ honor‚ ascendancy‚ power‚ or the attainment of something. Every person is said to have his or her anomalous ambition. One might have dream to be rich‚ or having a villa. On the other side‚ one wants to become famous‚ a scientist or a doctor. Similarly‚ I have too my own ambition. I don’t want to become wealthy; I don’t want to get any fame. My aim of life is very simple and it is to serve

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    REGRETS OF THE DYING Bronnie Ware For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions‚ as expected - denial‚ fear‚ anger‚ remorse‚ more denial and eventually

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    Fret and Regret

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    Case-1 Fret and Regret 1. Explain in detail using concepts from the course what the problem Ian is faced with. Ian has 2 major problems; he doesnt want to use Iphone 4S instead of Galaxy S2 and he doenst want to broke Molly’s heart. First problem is about his personal taste and desires. Ian thinks that with Galaxy S2 he can benefit from extra technological advantages such as 4g‚ extra storage and computer remote contrale. This shows that in Ian’s opinion Galaxy S2 has better quality rather than

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    as Macbeth drives himself insane trying to claim the throne. He hears that the Thane of Cawdor died and he could become king. The Thane of Glamis develops an ambition to be king and kills Duncan‚ who is already the king. Killing Duncan drives Macbeth insane‚ and eventually‚ he loses all feelings towards life or death and goes numb. Since Macbeth’s ambition is to become king he is willing to do anything‚ but because of this‚ he begins to go psychotic by the end of the play. Macbeth’s ambition to

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    Scenes 5 - 7 of ‘Macbeth’‚ How does Lady Macbeth convince her husband to kill king Duncan? Focus on her language in Act 1 Scenes 5 -7 in your answer. In this essay I will be focusing on the language used by Lady Macbeth throughout the play and how she uses it to convince her husband to murder the King. At the beginning of the play‚ when Macbeth is on the way back from battle‚ he has already begun thinking about what the three witches had said and killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth‚ who appears

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    in what way you ask? In ambition. For in our world‚ Shakespeare’s‚ and Golding’s‚ Ambition truly is the source of all evil. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare does well to disguise ambition as the true source of villainy‚ behind the façade that is Lady Macbeth and the witches. Without ambition‚ there would never be any action‚ no good‚ no evil‚ would Eve have picked the apple from the garden of Eden‚ without the ambition to gain further knowledge? The two traits of evil and ambition are well aligned in both

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    murder of Duncan has horrible consequences both for Macbeth himself and for Scotland. In Shakespeares famous play‚ Macbeth‚ the themes of murder‚ guilt‚ ambition and the ruthless pursuit of power is explored. He does this through the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who are tied together in an eerie search for absolute power. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth reveals many traits that have horrible consequences for Macbeth himself and for Scotland. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth portrays

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