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    creation of a second monster leads to the destruction of Victor Frankenstein’s health. The monster is tired of not being accepted by the human species‚ and demands Victor creates a female monster companion for him. The monster pleas and reasons for hours about why Victor owes it to him to create a female companion‚ and Victor finally gives in. He agrees on the condition that the monster must abandon the territory forever‚ which Victor must believe will put a cease to the destruction of his own health: “I

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    Book Report on Pride and Prejudice The author of Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen who was born in Steventon‚ Hampshire‚ in the south of England‚ in 1775 and died at the age of 41. She began writing at the age of fourteen as entertainment for her family. Austen’s early writing often made gentle fun of popular fiction of the time. Love and Friendship‚ her first book (completed in 1790)‚ was not very kind to those writers who scorned emotional self-control. Northanger Abbey was written at the

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    Humanity’s attempt to control nature is not necessarily good or bad if pursued without the undertaker’s ego in mind; it is only when the goal is placed above all else and morality is pushed aside that the endeavor leads to disaster. Victor’s ego is the main reason he continues his project despite loathing his work and the toll it takes on its health. While he mentions the possibility of bringing people back from the dead in passing‚ he devotes much more time to describing the new race he plans on

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    if one of your family members die but do not get that they need? Antigone’s brother polynecius died and he didn’t get the proper burial his body needed so Antigone was really mad and upset. While Creon causes suicides‚ and ignores Antigone. Creons pride is the right one to blame because he is against all gods‚ he ignores Antigone‚ and he also caused many suicides in the city. To begin Creon is against all gods. First of all Creon believes he is the only king great king and he thinks that the gods

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    When Iago made the statement “I am not what I am” he was revealing that he is actually not the “honest Iago” as they see him. Shakespeare presents Iago as an honest servant of Othello when he is really a hypocrite‚ a liar‚ a deceiver‚ he is not the loyal lieutenant and good friend he pretends to be. Iago is presented as a collect of unsolvable puzzles. Everything Iago says causes worry‚ he invents elaborate lies in order to exploit and manipulate other people. He believes in lying and cheating for

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    Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice conveys various messages that pertains mainly about marriage and love. Most individual correlate marriage with love. However‚ in this novel‚ Jane Austen conveys the readers a totally different perspective of how marriage truly viewed as in her era. Prejudice among individuals due to class and status is one of the main theme the author mainly tried to convey throughout the story. Prejudices which are formed about people based on first impressions always leads to misunderstandings

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    Before learning a little more about the destruction of past societies‚ I felt that I had a good grasp of the history of not only our country‚ but general knowledge about the most important events that took place in the shaping of our society. Growing up as a female in the United States‚ I find myself coming to the devastating conclusion that the information presented to me about the world has some sort of bias because we are so close minded of the devastation that has happened‚ or still happening

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    the latest African countries added to long list that have lost all their lions‚ and Nigeria‚ Kenya and Uganda predict local extinctions in the next ten years. The population of the African Lion is decreasing because of trophy hunting and habitat destruction. However‚ you can help save the African Lion. The African Lion is a mammal and is a carnivore. They measure around 4.5 to 6.5 feet from their head to their body. They can weigh from 265-420 pounds. Currently‚ the African Lion is vulnerable

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    of nuclear/ weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Firstly‚ it will analyse the changing attitudes of strategic studies post-Cold War in the developments of nuclear technology proliferation. Moreover‚ it will critically discuss the influences of the nuclear weapons towards the security model in relations to why states still seek to develop weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in the contemporary global politics. Understanding the terror and recognising of the destruction capabilities of nuclear weapon

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    Destruction with Total Control In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell shows the thesis to be that totalitarianism is destructive. He shows this by the rather unfortunate setting which has been put this way because the lack of concern. The conflict with the characters shows how a place being led by totalitarianism will unravel even what were at some point the closest relationships. Also with the plot development‚ eventually the government will destroy everything‚ including your brain throughout

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