sorry”. Upon checking the soldiers pockets Paul found a dairy containing the photos of the soldiers wife and child‚ Paul kept telling the soldier that he would visit the woman and child with whatever the soldier wanted if he was forgiven. Paul full of remorse kept saying he was sorry till the soldier took his final breath. Meaning‚ even if there is a place for humanity during war it only surfaces after the taking of a life. This was the biggest truth during that
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I believe Macbeth is both a victim and a villain and over the course of the play his character changes. Macbeth is a tragic hero because he possessed qualities of hero: a person from a noble family‚ basically good‚ but‚ plagued by his ambition‚ ends up committing horrible act‚ bringing his own downfall‚ leaving us with pity and terror. Macbeth is a victim of fate because of the three witches‚ the influence of his wife‚ and his own fears. Because the witches fueled his greed by telling him how no
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TROIS THEMES DANS L’ETRANGER D’ALBERT CAMUS In the novel‚ The Stranger‚ author Albert Camus confronts some important issues of the time‚ and uses the singular viewpoint of the narrator Meursault to develop his philosophy and effectively weave together themes of absurdity‚ colonialism‚ and free will. Through the progressive disruption of Meursault’s life and his characterization‚ Camus presents the absurdity of the human condition along with
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Throughout the course of the years‚ a variety of people such as scholars‚ teachers‚ and historians have discussed a controversial topic‚ did George Orwell want to assassinate the elephant? George Orwell was a sub-divisional police officer in Burma that was hated by the Burmese because of his association with the British. Despite several claims‚ George Orwell actually opposed imperialism and its rules‚ yet his actions have muddled several and have caused them to think otherwise. One day‚ he is notified
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strangles Desdemona because of imagined infidelity‚ which makes him look like a fool. Both men have different ideas of honor‚ perceive their own honorable status differently‚ have different relationships with their wives‚ and different feelings of remorse. Ultimately they both kill their wives to defend their own honor. Proud‚ noble‚ and brave warrior Othello is well respected and his military skills and adventures are widely known. He is charismatic‚ charming‚ self-reliant and well traveled.
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Night by Elie Wisel and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are both books that have differences and similarities in the relationships of their main characters. These characters are Elie and his father‚ which are two Jews trapped in a concentration camp for the book Night. The other book Of Mice and Men includes two other characters‚ who are Lennie and George. These two characters have very close friendship‚ and take care of each other. These two relationships differ and coincide‚ in how they treat
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"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe‚ I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: ’Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.’ That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday." Part 1‚ Chapter 1‚ pg. 3 Mersault’s preoccupation with the exact date that his mother had passed genuinely perplexed me. This man had just lost his only family in the world and he was caught up in‚ what I believe to be‚ a frivolous detail. Off the bat‚ the book starts off with these lines‚ foreshadowing
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All through the catastrophic play of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the main character‚ Macbeth‚ makes countless poor choices. The three witches’‚ also referred to as the three weird sisters‚ prophecy is the event that tipped him over the edge and into mental deterioration. From Act 1 to the very ending of act 5‚ Macbeth suffers through the consequences of his actions and choices which are the ultimate cause of his mental deterioration and downfall‚ as well as the development of psychological disorders
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Lady Macbeth was relentless when she tried to manipulate Macbeth. Macbeth is a weak minded character and with Lady Macbeth’s constant commentary she was able assure the murder went as planned. After the crime is committed Lady Macbeth feels no remorse‚”Who was it that thus cried? Why‚ worthy thane‚ You do unbend your noble strength to think So brainsickly of things” (___). Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into thinking the murder was a good thing by constantly making him feel like a coward for
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descriptions of gang development theories. Copy and paste the correct description into the table below next to the appropriate theory. There are five descriptions and four theories. One description is not valid. Gang members are violent and rarely show remorse or feelings regarding their violent and criminal actions. Members may join a gang because it provides them a release for their personal problems‚ which may include drug abuse‚ low self-esteem‚ and family problems. Gang members typically come from
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