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    To an extent‚ it is accurate to call the American Revolution a civil war. The definition of a civil war is a war between to opposing groups of citizens belonging to the same country. The American Revolution war split the colonies up between the patriots and loyalists. Both the colonists and British soldiers were all English and therefore became the opposing groups of citizens. In this case‚ the colonists were fighting their own countrymen in which they were apart of the same country. The British

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    self-aware in the quest to construct the ultimate society‚ rather than to flourish just for superficial purposes. Pericles also mentions that the Athenians were able to prosper because they build relationships through generosity and acted without mercenary intentions‚ however‚ their generosity always went rewarded thus working in their favor. However what differentiated the Athenians from other societies the most was that they possessed a resolution and willingness to act solely based on their dedication

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    interesting way‚ which can be understood. Of Mice and Men is a universal story because people everywhere can relate to the dreams‚ pleasures‚ and struggles of the characters. Whilst Charles Dickens pointed out problems within society‚ a blinding and mercenary greed for money‚ neglect of all sectors in society‚ and a wrong inequality‚ he offered us‚ at the same time‚ a solution. Through his books‚ we came to understand the virtues of a loving heart and the pleasures of home in a flawed‚ cruelly indifferent

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    King Leopold II of Belgium was a manipulative ruler who created injustices in the Congo Free State. Many missionaries and young idealists traveled to Africa for adventure but unexpectedly found themselves amidst a holocaust. Despite the many African rebel leaders’ attempts to stop King Leopold‚ over ten million Congolese people were killed. Henry Morton Stanley was able to acquire the land so easily because there was no established military in place‚ and because he would deceive the indigenous

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    Americans at the beginning of the war‚ things had turned against them in New York with the forced evacuation from Long Island and capture of their forces in Manhattan. While the British forces wintered in New York in the winter of 1776‚ the Hessian mercenary forces took up winter quarters in Trenton‚ New Jersey. On the night of December 25th‚ George

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    Korisos represents the ideal version‚ rather than an individual. The Korisos‚ which means "young man"‚ discovered in Anavyssos on the southern end of Attica in Greece in c.530 BCE. 2 There are several hypotheses about Kroisos. He might have been a mercenary who came to Athens for a battle‚

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    challenges the audience’s sense of normality Set in a burnt out theatre in the 1970s‚ Louis Nowra’s play ‘Cosi’ depicts the transformation of the protagonist‚ Lewis Riley. From the start of the play to the end‚ we see that Lewis turns from a mercenary to a humanitarian. Other than the changes of Lewis‚ Nowra doesn’t fail to introduce other key themes like love and fidelity‚ as well as‚ normality and madness. The word ‘normal’ is similar as to ‘regular’ or ‘usual’. But it also gives the impression

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    Satire of the Knight in Prologue and Knight’s Tale Satire. Satire is a biting literary tool‚ one that Geoffery Chaucer used liberally when he wrote his Canterbury Tales. Webster’s New World Dictionary says that satire is "the use of ridicule‚ sarcasm‚ etc. to attack vices‚ follies‚ etc." Using that definition‚ I think that all of the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales are satirized to some extent; some of the satirizations are more subtle than others. The Knight is one of the pilgrims

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    Elizabethan preoccupation with marriage’s financial aspect‚ evident in Claudio’s inquiry in 1/1 of Don Pedro‚ “Hath Leonato any son?” and the reply‚ “No child but Hero‚ she’s his only heir” illustrating what a contemporary audience might consider a mercenary approach that suggest doubt against his sincerity. However‚ for the Shakespearean audience‚ this commodification of women and financial basis of marriage was entirely acceptable. The greatest evidence of women’s subordinate position comes in 4/1

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    Utopia Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia‚ describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. Politics and history A global utopia of world peace is often seen as one of the possible endings of history. Within the localized political structures or spheres it presents‚ "polyculturalism" is the model-based adaptation of possible interactions between different

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