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    The one main advantage of the bicameral legislative structure of this country is that limits the abuse of power of Congress. No one group or class in the U.S. can dictate the terms or make legislature that will benefit themselves at the expense of others. Unreasonable demands of the Senate can be blocked by the Representatives and in turn the Senate can kill a piece of unjust legislation passed by the Representatives. The prevention of unfair laws and legislature is a clear advantage. One difficulty

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    all because he had the power to do so. Imagine being ruled by a dictator who constantly sought political power while only looking out for himself‚ leaving over 3 million of his “people” to die due to starvation. Meet Josef Mengele and Kim Jong-II. Both of the men described share one key trait; they possessed power. These men only being two examples out of numerous others who lived or live to seek power‚ only to abuse it. Its known to mankind that people in this world gain power to only use it negatively

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    In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ it becomes rather easy for the townspeople to lie and deceive one another as fear builds up concerning witchcraft in Salem. Abigail Williams is a jealous‚ ambitious young woman who manipulatively uses the town’s fear to her advantage and gets what she wants. Abigail’s primary goal is to regain the love of John Proctor‚ even if it involves accusing his wife‚ Elizabeth‚ of being a witch. As the turmoil of the witch trials intensifies‚ Abigail shifts her methods

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    be a disaster. We would have no guidelines that we could follow and people would have way too much power than say they do now. The United States Constitution was put into place on September 17 of 1787. This took

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    one should be ordered or governed. And still to this day‚ the answer to this question varies immensely throughout many societies around the world. In the novel 1984‚ the author George Orwell continuously highlights the societal issue of control and power as he warns of what will happen in the futuristic‚ dystopian society. As written in 1984‚ “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 1). This quote shows that in 1984‚ society is manipulated through fear by the likes of Big Brother and the Party‚ the main

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    Miss Svatek English IV AP –7 9 February 2012 George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984‚ includes many power struggles throughout the book involving various characters. If you delve into the content of almost any novel‚ there’s usually always some sorts of struggle for power. The novel 1984 bases itself on the totalitarian power to control a nation. With Orwell publishing his novel in 1949‚ Hitler’s power over Germany during World War II shows itself significant in the story. Many parallels to 1984’s reality

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    his use of power and political conduct. Considered the father of modern political thought‚ Niccolò Machiavelli was born on May 3‚ 1469‚ in Florence‚ Italy. In 1498‚ Machiavelli entered the service of the Florentine republic

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    As William Pitt once said‚ “ Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.” This quote represents the main theme of Animal Farm By George Orwell. In the novel the animals from a farm want to have freedom from the humans‚ after they get their freedom it does not turn out as how they imagined it. George Orwell gives the the theme of how power corrupts people or in this case animals in his novel. At the beginning of the novel the animals established Seven Commandments that they were going to live by but

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    Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible set in 1692‚ takes place in a small village in Salem‚ Massachusetts. At this time many puritans‚ who were of greater strictness in religious discipline‚ were to believe in witchcraft and considered it a very wrongful sin. This had led to much hysteria around the village. Miller’s work The Crucible presents a study of Manipulation‚ a tragic hero and hysteria in Salem during the 1600’s. In Arthur Miller ’s novel "The Crucible‚” the abuse of power and the use of manipulation

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    of times in the novel is how power corrupts leaders. Having complete or a large amount rule over something always seems to decrease a person’s morals and wishes for the people or animals they have rule over. This is shown in the novel when the pig Napoleon becomes leader slowly starts doing terrible things to the other animals on the farm. This power corruption idea relates to Mobutu Sese Seko’s power taking a big toll on his behavior and morals while he was in power of Zaire. Mobutu Sese Seko

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