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    Joe Louis America’s Hero… Betrayed by Joe Lavine is a sports documentary filled with propaganda from beginning to finish. Joe Louis was an African-American born on May 13th of 1914 in Lafayette Alabama. Also‚ as a black male‚ his ancestors came from generations of slavery until his great-grandfather. Louis was the eighth child of Munn and Lilly Barrow. Concluding there would be financial issues to support the family. Joe had to take on several jobs at a young age; however it was the only way to

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    Four Types of Informative Speeches The last part of chapter 14 is a bit confusing as it attempts to categorize the different approaches to Informative Speaking. For our purposes‚ we will assign Informative Speeches to the following four (4) types‚ and this is to REPLACE pages 337-344. Use these‚ and NOT the ones in the text‚ to guide you in the development of the Informative Speech. 4 Types of Informative Speeches 1) Descriptive – in the most general sense‚ you are trying to get the

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    dozens and dozens of brilliant plays‚ most of those plays have been made into movies. One such play that has been made into a movie is “Othello.” The play “Othello” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. It is about a black general in the Italian army‚ Othello‚ and what happened between him and his wife‚ Desdemona. The main villain in this play is Iago; who is a soldier under Othello’s command. Iago tells Othello numerous lies about Desdemona and Othello’s friend‚ and former right-hand man‚ Cassio

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    October 7‚ 2014 11335181 “Annotated Bibliography” *fix alphabetically* Robinson‚ J. (2014). PAY ATTENTION!. Entrepreneur‚ 42(9)‚ 60-65. The online article named PAY ATTENTION is written by a man named Joe Robinson. Joe Robinson is one of most quoted experts when it comes to work effectiveness. He has appeared on different television shows‚ newspapers and radio stations. Some of the examples are The Today Show‚ CNN‚ NBC Nightly News‚ National Public Radio’s

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    The Smog Tragedy of Donora‚ PA October‚ 27th - 28th 1948 On Wednesday October 27th 1948 through Thursday the 28th an environmental tragedy occurred in Donora‚ PA. By Friday there was a notable increase in illness and the first death occurred early on Saturday‚ and by late that night 17 persons were dead. Two more died on Sunday and another a week later. Rain came on the Sunday afternoon‚ and cleared away the smog‚ but hundreds of people were still ill. 20 people died and thousands became ill.

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    Macbeth is a tragedy in which the main character‚ Macbeth‚ is told by three witches that he will become king of Scotland. He then made the decision to kill the current king. Macbeth becomes king but has to kill more people so that he can keep his power. Eventually everyone‚ including his own army‚ turns on Macbeth. He is forced to meet his fate. It can be argued that Macbeth’s ambitious behavior is what causes his thirst for power and that the witches only play a collateral role in his inevitable downfall

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    How appropriate do you think it is to describe The Great Gatsby as a tragedy? ‘The Great Gatsby’ may be seen as a tragic love story due to the love affair between Daisy and Gatsby which ultimately leads to his death. It could also be appropriate to describe ‘The Great Gatsby’ as a tragedy due to Nick’s attitude towards Gatsby that is almost tragic as he can’t see any fault in him. However‚ I think that ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ rather than being a tragic novel‚ is rather a Modernist‚ romantic fiction

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    Notes on Poetics by Aristotle Part VI-Defining tragedy‚ it’s elements and Imitation Defines tragedy as an imitation that is serious‚ complete and with a certain magnitude. The success or failure of the tragedy aspect is dependent on action‚ and action consists of distinctive qualities through character and thought. Character is the association of virtues we give to the agent. Thought is fund everywhere‚ for everything must be justified. Therefore it is relevant for any statement or truth

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    Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy‚ for example‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ car accidents‚ the 9/11 attack‚ or even death. Deepak Chopra tells his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy‚ brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a tragedy. I disagree

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    Many believe that the title of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is inappropriate since Julius Caesar was not the tragic hero of the play. Several feel that the true tragic hero of the play was Caesar’s right hand man‚ Marcus Brutus. For centuries this debate on whether who should possess the title of the tragedy is still unknown. However‚ I think that the play should be entitled The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus‚ because Brutus contains more qualities of a tragic hero than Caesar does

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