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    death‚ killing the king‚ to Hamlet’s mother even dying. As seen throughout the play‚ Hamlet stopped at no cause to gaining his father’s revenge. This meant even if it he had to destroy his family‚ making cowards of them all. As seen in act 3 scene 1 when Hamlet says “Conscience doth make cowards of us all.” He Implies that actions speak louder than words‚ and that’s exactly what he shows when killing the king. Death can strike at any moment‚ it’s unpredictable just like lighting. As the characters

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    Macbeth reveals that she is a powerful character who adds complexity and depth to a play about murder‚ madness‚ and revenge. Due to her ambition to become queen‚ Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to murder king Duncan. She accuses Macbeth of being a coward believing that he is not worthy enough to match his acts with hi desires telling him “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?”(1.7.39-40). Lady Macbeth is trying to bring out the evil within her husband‚ she

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    The passage “‘My mother‚ Pierre. The Ten Commandments‚ it’s a terrible sin to kill another person. What would the priests say? I’m not sure I can be a warrior. What if I’m a coward?’ The words poured out in a jumble as confused as his thoughts (p.145) shows perspective and character development. My interpretation is Luc is stuck in the middle of confusion. He had promised his mother that he won’t kill and will only be used as a translator. “‘I won’t hurt anyone‚ Mama. They just need me to speak to

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    In the Lake of the Woods In today’s society‚ there are many people who have someone who they can lean on for support or someone that they can look up to. There are also many people who are quick to assume things about other people when they have no idea about what might be going on in their life. In the novel “In the Lake of the Woods” John Wade suffers from the loss of his wife and is quickly convicted of her murder or disappearance without anybody being concerned about asking John what might

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    give Assef the kite because it belonged to Amir. Amir peeked into the alley way and saw Hassan getting raped. He had one last chance to make a decision. “I ran because I was a coward.” (Hosseini 77) Amir is comparing himself to a coward. A coward is a person who shamefully lacks in the courage to do something and Amir was a coward. He could have saved Hassan‚ his brother but he was afraid Assef would hurt him and did not want to put himself in danger. So he allowed Assef to rape Hassan. As we learn towards

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    Amir had followed suit but stops suddenly when he sees Hassan being beaten by the gang and raped by their leader. He watches in the shadows‚ as his friend is tortured‚ all the while refusing to surrender the kite. Like the coward his father always said he was‚ Amir sprints away from the scene. When Hassan returns home late‚ tattered and bruised‚ Amir pretends to have not seen the attack and accepts the kite and his father’s affection with bleeding guilt. Perhaps the reader

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    a battle. Henry‚ the main character‚ wonders if he is strong enough and has enough courage to fight. During his first battle he fights and doesn’t run away and they win. The next day the enemy attacks them and Henry flees from the battle like a coward. He wonders off and wonders if what he did was right finding that nature agreed with him. Later he regroups with his squad and fights with rage due to his friend Jim Conklin’s death. Henry regains his courage and fight like a true soldier and they

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    FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY Important People in Montag’s Life In Partical Fulfillment Of English 2 Ms Irina Abramov By Helen Hernandez November 9‚ 2012 “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them” -Ray Bradbury. In the past there were events that affected book writers. People will get together to burn books because they thought it was inappropriate or they were against their literature. Montag is a fireman in a futuristic society who would start

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    godlike reason   To fust in us unused. Now‚ whether it be   Bestial oblivion‚ or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th’ event—   A thought which‚ quartered‚ hath but one part wisdom   And ever three parts coward—I do not know   Why yet I live to say‚ “This thing’s to do‚”   Sith I have cause‚ and will‚ and strength‚ and means To do ’t. Examples gross as earth exhort me.   Witness this army of such mass and charge‚   Led

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    ‘Declaration’ but cannot‚ as the public stigmatised him as a mental patient and is therefore insane. This pushes Sassoon to the point where to prove his point‚ he returns to the fighting on the basis of getting killed just to prove that he was no coward and not running away from the fight (Sassoon‚ pg. ). The readers really get a feel for some of the ordeals that the men must go through on a daily basis at home and in the battle front‚ it raises the question‚ how people could live through all this

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