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    The specific turning point in Hamlet occurs in act III of the play where Hamlet hesitates and decides against killing Claudius where he was sat defenseless. If Hamlet had rather not hesitated in killing Claudius‚ Hamlet would have had the potential to convince the kingdom to see his deed as something honorable due to his evidence from “the mouse trap” and would as a result‚ gain his fortune back. However instead‚ Hamlet’s flaw for over-thinking immobilizes him causing him to allow Claudius the upper

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    The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg took place in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania in July of 1863. This three day battle was a turning point in the Civil War for the North. Up until this point‚ every large battle that the North faced had ended up in defeat. General Robert Lee led the Confederate army and due to the continued victories‚ he decided to take the battle to the North. Lee set out for the South to win the war. The Union army was led by General George Meade. General Lee’s army

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    revenge-seeker‚ there are three major turning points that propose the start of Hamlet’s wicked evolution. In dealing with his father’s passing‚ Hamlet’s grief burdens him to be overwrought with emotion and causes him to contemplate the irrational‚ even murder. The Players’ scene‚ Prayer scene and Closet scene all present possible key turning points for this change. Although Hamlet’s sanity remains questionable throughout the play‚ these three scenes suggest possible points in which Hamlet becomes particularly

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    Robert E. Lee had proven to be invincible after his victories at Chancellorsville and Fredricksberg‚ and was finally defeated at Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide of the war permanently against the South and became a major turning point in the war. This battle gave the union a greater advantage for winning the war and on July 1‚ 1863 shots were fired outside Gettysburg that marked the beginning of what would become one of the largest and most significant battles in the world.

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    the importance of capitalism in our current planetary crisis. With the Anthropocene‚ scientists also struggle to come to a conclusion on what the major turning point is in history‚ to establish when human activity began to significantly alter the Earth’s natural systems. The idea of the Capitalocene helps to emphasize one particular turning point‚ being capitalism that has shaped the current geological epoch.

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    The most important scene in “Jane Eyre” is in chapter 26‚ where her seemingly perfect marriage with Mr. Rochester was prevented by the presence of his living wife. While serving as the turning point of the novel‚ this chapter conveyed the maturation Jane had gone through and included the emerging Gothic writing style during the nineteenth century. In chapter 26‚ Briggs showed up during the marriage ceremony to confront the near-newlyweds that “an insuperable impediment to this marriage exists”

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    Often in plays‚ the turning point is significant. The turning point usually occurs after the climax and begins the denouement. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ the funeral orations delivered by Marc Antony and Brutus is the turning point. Marc Antony delivers the more effective funeral oration because he plays with the commoners’ emotions and uses repetition to illustrate sarcasm which wins the crowd over. Funeral orations commonly focus on emotions. Marc Antony’s funeral

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    In the beginning‚ what is now the United States‚ started as colonies made up of people who came to this land in search of new opportunities and freedoms. Throughout the decades America has overcome many obstacles and expanded into a nation full of new ideas and opportunities. The rich history of the U.S has shaped this country into a country where Americans have developed a system of government with revolutionary ideas. These new ideas‚ and new political rights have lead to the unique sense of American

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    to plan my future. A future I will no longer have. Pamphlets line the walls‚ offering various solutions to make-believe problems. She sits in her La-Z-Boy desk chair‚ ripping apart at the seams from old age. To clarify‚I’m referring to the ancient counselor‚ not the chair. “I have brought you here because I have some concerns regarding a particular party over the previous weekend. Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?” I know exactly what she’s talking about. One night ruined my whole life

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    least ten years”(1). Therefore‚ Emily’s public persona is derived mainly from clandestine sightings‚ many of which are extrapolated on like a game of telephone. From the perspective of the townsfolk‚ Emily undergoes many shifts of image at each turning point in her life. At first she is “slender figure in white” (26)‚ at the mercy of her oppressive father. After her father passes and she is left penniless‚ she is “a girl‚ with a vague resemblance to those angels in coloured church windows” (30)‚ innocent

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