Test: Chapters 9-12 Directions: Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 1. The Founding Fathers failed to eliminate slavery because a. They did not truly believe in democracy. b. A fight over slavery might destroy national unity. c. They were more concerned with securing equality for women. d. The North‚ as its industry expanded‚ began to rely more heavily on slave labor. e. Economic conditions would not allow such a loss. 2. Immediately after the Revolution‚ the new
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This a satire all about rap and I’ll explain to why it’s all a bunch of crap. Word! (ment to be rapped). Rap is not music for the soul. In fact it shreds your soul. Rap does more harm to society than good. Rap in recent and past years made some controversial songs and introduced many controversial topics to songs such as many of the lyrics‚ music and sound as well as the references in the song makes rap so controversial. Rap was introduced around 1970 and became a big sensation in the 1990s
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parodies of the original‚ The Simpsons and Arthur‚ were able to recreate similar scenes of Macbeth. Each cartoon’s parody focuses on tone‚ language‚ and dramatic effect all tying in to the modernization of Macbeth. No matter which way Macbeth is parodied the central theme is that guilt can eat someone alive through their minds. Shakespeare’s Macbeth introduces an audience to a character who gets eaten alive because of guilt. In The Simpsons version of Macbeth‚ Marge Simpson persuades and compels Homer
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and the relationships we acquire. Two landmark films in American cinema‚ Citizen Kane and It’s a Wonderful Life‚ touch upon the topic of the valuation of a man through different means and character development. Along with the television series The Simpsons‚ both of the aforementioned works expounds upon where value genuinely lies in American culture. In Orson Welle’s 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane‚ viewers follow the life path of newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane. The film begins with Kane on his
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Aime farfan English 12B Ms. Wright April 29‚ 2013 Who is the real monster? In all stories there are many roles to play but the most important roles is the role of the bad guy and what he/she bring to the story. The bad guy role is played by the monster or at least that what your make to believe in the story he is created by victor a man who’s purpose was to create life or was it society who judged the monster for being what he was created to be. The question remains who is the real monster
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In 1995‚ OJ Simpson was tried for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (his ex-wife) and her friend‚ Ron Goldman. Surprisingly‚ the twelve jurors found OJ Simpson not guilty in spite of a lengthy and highly publicized trial. I believe the jury’s not guilty verdict was a result of many reasons. The defendant was a popular athlete and actor whom many looked up to and admired. His main defense lawyers‚ Robert Shapiro‚ and Johnnie Cochran were top notch. During jury selection‚ both defense and prosecution
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Environment Satire It has come to my attention that our nation is in the middle of earthweek. At a time when we all stop‚ as Americans‚ and take a look at all of the great accomplishments we have made that we could have possibly overlooked while running around with our busy schedules. We recognize our efforts to create powerful industries and production plants that produce endless chemical compounds and new materials. The discovery and use of fossil fuels‚ of which has fed our automobiles and
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The most abundance evidence for Haliburton’s targets in "The Clockmaker" is Americans. "The Clockmaker" was written when Nova Scotia had "No capital or markets and with a population which had acquired habits that were not suited for a life of meagre income and sober farming" (Klinck‚ 92-101). Haliburton blamed the Americans for this. One of the reasons he wrote "The Clockmaker" was to enlighten Nova Scotia and the rest of the world about the true heritage and resources of the colony. "The salvation
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Satire Essay “A Modest Proposal” Obesity in America Obesity is a major epidemic in America. American’s are known for their obsession with food. At church last Sunday‚ the pastor was preaching on the topic of “fasting”. Fasting would be defined as the abstinence from eating certain or all foods in an effort to rely solely on God for inner strength. The pastor talked about how we as Americans are constantly looking for our next meal. We are always anticipating when and what we are going to eat.
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boom for the television company they were getting ratings and views and calls everybody was talking about it so they had to keep it going. Anything for views. Anything for ratings was the attitude of the news Channel. The movies statement was clear. Satire or not‚ for news and television it’s not about the content‚ it’s about the profit. Chayefsky was scary accurate when it comes to media today. Not to mention the film was made before social media and the Internet was in almost every house hold across
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