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    finally attains redemption for his past misdeeds through saving Sohrab from Assef and bringing him back to the United State. Throughout the novel‚ it is hard not to notice how Amir is a a coward. He escapes from his problems‚ and allows someone else to do fighting for him. When Assef assaults Hassan‚ Amir is too coward to help his friend Hassan. All Amir focuses on is the blue kite that Hassan is holding in his innocent hands. Amir views the kite as a “Key to Baba’s heart”(71). While Hassan is being

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    the potential to possess. For instance‚ after Jack and Ralph descend the mountain from hunting for the beastie‚ Jack calls a meeting‚ stating his opinions on Ralph’s stance as Chief‚ ’ Ralph thinks you’re cowards‚ running away from

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    influenced and manipulated Macbeth’s judgment‚ and finally Macbeth’s long time ambition which drove his desire to be king. Macbeth’s growing character degenerates from a noble man to a violent individual. He is very ambitious‚ courageous‚ and a moral coward: all of these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. The prophecies which were told by the witches were one of the factors which contributed to the fall of his character. If it had not been for the witches telling him that he

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    First Entry - After Lady Macbeth receives Macbeth’s letter I just received a letter from Macbeth telling what had happened after the battle‚ “I met weird witches on my way back after the victory and I realized that they tell prophecies. While I stood rapt in the wonder‚ messengers from the King appeared and announced that I had just been named as the thane of Cawdor‚ which was one of the titles that the witches had previously mentioned when they called ‘Hail‚ king that shalt be.’(Act I‚ scene v‚

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    To be regarded as a great king involves many important factors such as being honorable‚ gracious‚ and fair. It is far more difficult to regard a king as being great than as being a failure. In Macbeth there are examples of great kings as well as failures as kings. Duncan is a fair and gracious king who is kind to all of his subjects‚ and Malcolm has the potential to be a great king through the way in which he fights to overthrow Macbeth. Macbeth‚ however‚ through his lack of noble qualities is another

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    Medieval romance novels have several characteristics including a near-perfect hero‚ supernatural elements‚ such as magic‚ an evil enemy‚ good V.S evil‚ a quest‚ damsels in distress‚ and a test of the hero. I will be focusing on an evil enemy and a near-perfect enemy for this analysis essay. A few classic examples of medieval romance are Beowulf‚ King Arthur and a main focus on Sir Gawain and the Green knight. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a story about King Arthur’s nephew‚ Gawain. The story

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    The tactics that Lady Macbeth use to drive her husband to this downfall are manipulation‚ dominance‚ and her evil nature. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into believing that he is a coward and a bad husband‚ which persuades him to agree to the murder of King Duncan. She dwells on the fact that he is a coward‚ when she says "My hands are of your colour‚ but I shame/ to wear a heart so white" (2.2.64-65). This instills feelings of embarrassment into his mind‚ and manipulates him into believing

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    turn black due to lack of circulation. This punishment continued during the harsh winters too. Conscientious objectors were starting to be seen as less humans and more as war criminals or even at times cowards because they decided to restrain from war. These men weren’t even close to being cowards because they were the only ones that had their sanity by standing up against war. Everyone else was blinded by patriotism‚ nationalism

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    Final Essay Questions 3 & 4 In the novel The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini‚ the main character Amir‚ narrates his own life story from being brought up in Kabul and moving to America. When in Kabul‚ his servant‚ Hassan‚ is raped saving Amir’s prized kite‚ Amir happens to witness it yet does nothing to save him. Throughout the novel‚ Amir faces the challenge of forgiving himself and those around him‚ and with the help of recurring quotes‚ foreshadowing‚ symbolism and the minor character‚ Rahim

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    In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there is a recurring them involving racism and incest in the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama during the 1930’s. Mayella Ewell is a nineteen year old girl living at home with her abusive drunk father‚ and 8 younger brothers and sisters. Her mother died thus leaving her to be the mother figure in the poor household. Mayella accuses twenty-five year old black man Tom Robinson of raping her. Mayella had multiple motives for falsely accusing Tom Robinson of her

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