plays a major role as the King of Thebes. Antigone his niece also plays an important role‚ as her conflicting views with Creon led to a disaster‚ making Creon the tragic hero. The tragic hero King Creon created a law he thought would be good for Thebes; however‚ Antigone‚ who disobeyed the law caused Creon’s anger to enlarge. The outcome of Creon’s actions ended tragically‚ which is the reason why he is the tragic hero in this play. The conflict between Creon and Antigone is one of conflicting values
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Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the importance of defending and protecting the defenseless is very prominent throughout the entire story. To Kill a Mockingbird is about two children‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ who is referred to as Scout‚ and her older brother Jeremy Atticus Finch‚ who is referred to as Jem. They both live with their father‚ Atticus Finch‚ in the small‚ dull town of Maycomb. The novel showcases the events and timeline of Scout and Jem’s journey into maturity‚ as they learn about the importance of
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Maycomb‚ Alabama wrestle over several issues mainly involving the color of one another’s skin. Though many neighbors poke‚ prod‚ and exasperate each other‚ clever Scout‚ kind Miss Maudie‚ and gentle Atticus overcome serious situations with discernment. The perception Scout received by observing Atticus‚ assisted her through several childhood troubles. During her first day of school‚ Scout realized she held superior reading and writing skills compared to her peers. Scout’s advanced abilities greatly
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The next step in the Balanced Scorecard Model is to develop the strategic goals. This is where the vision of the organization is interpreted into achievable targets. These targets are derived from the gap between the desired outcome and status quo. The value gap represents the difference between aspiration and reality; it becomes the goal for the new strategy to fulfill (Norton‚ Kaplan‚ & Barrows Jr.‚ 2008). The vision setting process establishes the start of the strategy development process and allows
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Democratic India‚ Communist China As we known‚ the administration of the government is important to social improvement‚ economic‚ political policy and Gross Domestic Product for a state. Moreover‚ I can affect the position of a state to the world. First‚ let me introduce the situations of contemporary China and India. It is clearly that depending on the high growth economy‚ the power of China nowadays can shake the world. And there are over 40% world’s populations are the citizens of China and
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Atticus Finch always stood up for what he believed in‚ no matter the consequences. He lost friendships and attracted trouble from defending Tom Robinson‚ but by staying so defiant he subtly passes on wisdom to his children Jem and Scout about taboo subjects such as racism. Atticus always appeared to be a friendly man‚ who showed compassion to people regardless of their social class or skin colour. An example of this is when Walter Cunningham was invited to dinner‚ and straight away Atticus spoke
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the themes of many class lectures. It is wrongful not to explore and debate the relation between slavery and cotton in the South. It has been proven time and time again that the two are not mutually exclusive; the cotton industry directly--and indirectly--influenced slavery through purely its numbers‚ high demands‚ the “American Dream‚” and the Civil War. We must first look at the numbers and correlations between the population of slaves and production of cotton. There were 250‚000 slaves in 1754‚ before
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friendships are a large part of his life. In the novel‚ Rowdy; Arnold’s best friend has protected him since they were born. ‘ I’II protect you’’ Rowdy suncked in to the Andruss brothers’ camp‚ shaved off their eyebrows and cut off their braids after they made fun of Arnold’s ‘ Who did this to you”. Arnold and Rowdy share their dreams and never told anyone else. ‘I draw his dreams‚ And he only talks about his dreams with me. And I only
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even describe him. He was a valiant moor and an honorable general who fought and did everything in his power to protect Venice against the Ottomans. Oh how he loved Desdemona who loved him despite the color of his skin. I remember him telling me about how she used to listen to the stories of his life and his struggles. He loved her because of her ever radiant skin and beauty. There love is what led to his demise. I am so honored to of had been Othello’s Lieutenant and fought with him in battle. Othello
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The United States census of 2010 had an estimate between 308‚745‚538 people. 36% of U.S. citizens now identify as a race or ethnicity other than white. Race and ethnicity are one of the main factors of change of population. According to Barnhouse-Walters Studies‚ the concentration of poor minority populations in inner-cities and the concentration of affluent White populations in the suburbs‚ is the main mechanism by which racial inequality in educational resources is reproduced. The division of
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