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    Betrayer or Patriot chart

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    Evidence  Betrayer or Patriot  Act and scene  (provide citation)  Explanation  Our course will seem  Patriot  too bloody‚ Caius  Cassius‚  To cut the head off  and then hack the  limbs‚  Like wrath in death  and envy afterwards;  For Antony is but a  limb of Caesar:  Let us be sacrificers‚  but not butchers‚  Caius  Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Page  Here Brutus explains  8  that while they must  kill Caesar to save  Rome from  dictatorship‚ they  must not kill Marc  Antony as well‚ or  they will appear to 

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    Nation and True Patriot

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    A Patriot A patriot. Many people have different views and opinions on such a title. For example‚ in Oliver Goldsmith’s “National Prejudices” he describes one man with a rather questionable view on patriotism as a “Pseudo-Patriot”. (Goldsmith. 33) Some believe a patriot is someone who loves their country full-heartedly and without question. This of course is how most would see it I assume. A true patriot is someone who can have pride in their country and everything it stands for with honor‚ and

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    Why Were The Patriots

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    The Loyalists were the people who didn’t want to be divided from the Britain. The Loyalists were loyal to the Britain although they weren’t being treated as a human‚ by the Patriots. If you were a Loyalist you would be hanged or immediately sent to jail. And families that were patriots and loyalist would be separated. The patriots stayed in the thirteen colonies and the loyalists came to what is known as Canada now. Loyalists ancestors descend from places like England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland. The majority

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    Loyalists vs. Patriots

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    monarchy has now become a tyranny; the innocent victims will no longer tolerate the unbearable acts and the ridiculous laws. Because of these insufferable actions made‚ two sides have been formed. The loyalists and their ill faith in this‚ now corrupt‚ country. And there are the patriots‚ who stand for the much deserved justice and fairness of the colonists. My beliefs stand strongly with the patriots‚ for I only wish the good fortune and liberty of my people‚ and in order to achieve that‚ we must

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    The Patriot‚ starring Mel Gibson‚ Heath Ledger‚ Jason Issacs‚ and many others‚ is a suitable example of what Hollywood does to history. Although certain events and issues handled in the film are correct‚ there are glaring examples of liberties taken with the source material‚ which is history itself. The Patriot begins rather idyllically‚ which is a warning sign to begin with; the film is about the Revolutionary War after all. Mel Gibson plays a character named Benjamin Martin‚ who is actually an

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    The Patriot Film Analysis

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    The Patriot Film Analysis The Patriot is an American historical film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is set in South Carolina‚ one of the thirteen British colonies set in America. The film follows the story of a “Patriot” named Benjamin Martin. This character is a portrayal of American Revolution War hero Francis Marion. In the film Benjamin‚ is recognized as a war hero from the French and Indian War. However he has retired from a life of battle and is attempting to follow

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    The Patriot Film Analysis

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    The Patriot The film The Patriot directed by Roland Emmerich follows Benjamin Martin‚ a hero of the French and Indian War‚ and his service in the American Revolution fighting against the British. The Patriot is a film that romanticizes the fact that freedom is not free. The intended purpose of the film is to make Americans and those who fought for freedom to feel good about their country. In fact‚ freedom is a continuous theme in the movie from start to finish. This can be seen at the start of

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    Patriots Vs Loyalists

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    Patriots and Loyalists essay; kendall hein When examining the events of The Boston Massacre‚ the similarities and differences between Patriot and Loyalists’ perspectives must be considered. The similarities between Patriots and Loyalists must be considered to better understand the Boston Massacre. One strong similarity was that both groups had different sides in arguments including having justice. In Creating America‚ Garcia notes that this caused both Patriot and Loyalists to "be in communication

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    of the great sacrifice and bloodshed from common men and families that paid the price for independence. Several men and their families were captured‚ tortured or killed as traitors. Many lost their lives or sons’ lives in fighting the war. The Patriot is a well acted and gripping revisitation of the Revolutionary War with painfully realistic‚ bloody battle reenactments that compromise dramatic integrity. It has captured the brutal

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    Throughout history many characters have been noticed to have power‚ in this case the group that was called “Patriots’’ or Sons of Liberty‚ were a very special group of colonist that used varies attempts of calling the the British attention‚ yet the main question was were they actually Patriots or terrorists‚ well terrorism at that time wasn’t as gruesome as today but for sure that it was still a thing‚ now‚ what is to ask is why did they do it‚ well the answer is that they didn’t like paying taxes

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