won him so many battles because he was able to create strategies for battle like no one else. Some people may say that he was not intelligent for pushing himself and his army to the limit in his quest for power which is what ultimately lead to his downfall. In addition‚ Alexander The Great had many remarkable achievements during his reign. When Alexander was only 20 years old‚ he took over as king of Macedonia and commanded his military. According to
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this‚ I found the novel being very engaging. The Downfall of a Man: One cannot live without love. Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano is an impressive novel in every sense of the term. Be it by its unique writing style or by the towering amount of cultural references included in every line of text‚ this book demands the full attention of its reader. Throughout this complex piece of literature‚ Lowry has been able to depict a simple event: the downfall of a man into the depths of hell. In contrast to
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare follows the story of two young lovers‚ forbidden to be together by their family’s ancient feud‚ who take their own lives for their love. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet meet‚ fall in love‚ and get married‚ in secret by Friar Lawrence‚ within the span of two days. Afterward‚ Romeo kills Tybalt‚ Juliet’s cousin‚ as an act of vengeance for Tybalt’s murder of Mercutio‚ his best friend and Romeo is then exiled from Verona. Meanwhile‚ Juliet is arranged
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With careful contemplation on the circumstances that pushed Macbeth to commit atrocious acts‚ I believe that Lady Macbeth was the trigger that caused him to lose his humanity in exchange for becoming the king. By consistently highlighting the benefits of becoming king‚ Lady Macbeth takes advantage of the opportunity provided to her to convince Macbeth that he was entitled to the crown. Due to Lady Macbeth’s actions‚ Macbeth had limited himself to a certain perspective and allowed himself to become
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The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald is 1920s literature criticizing the "roaring twenties" by pointing out it was full of dishonesty‚ crime‚ alcoholism‚ wealth inequality‚ and partying. The book follows Nick Carraway‚ the Buchanans‚ and Jay Gatsby as they venture through the darker characteristics of the gilded 1920s. Unfortunately‚ Gatsby meets an early demise by receiving a gunshot to the torso by a man named George B. Wilson. Wilson was mad because Gatsby performed a hit and run on Wilson’s
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dependent on making use of workers to produce capital‚ and this makes the country successful and powerful. Without exploiting or excluding people‚ a country won’t be able to be a powerful self-sufficient economy which will in turn lead to an economic downfall that would devastate a country. The purpose of exploiting and excluding people is to benefit a country by allowing it to economically expand. This explains why a country’s mindset is to prioritize economic success and power. The country prioritizes
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Operation Downfall was the modus operandi arranged against Japan after Pearl Harbor. This procedure was divided into two parts: Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet. This plan was the creation “of Admiral Chester Nimitz and generals Douglas MacArthur and George Marshall. It was comprised of two mammoth amphibious operations‚” but Downfall never transpired. U.S President Harry Truman elected to drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ respectively‚ bringing the war to a quick conclusion
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The Great Depression was an economic downfall that was during the 1930’s. In the previous decade people lived in prosperity and believed it would continue. Many thing accounted for the overall cause of the Great Depression‚ like over optimism and buying on margin‚ but the main cause was speculation. Speculation is investment in stocks in the hope to gain‚ but with the risk of loss. In the 1920’s the stock market was booming.The way of buying a portion of a company became a way to make easy money
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The play “Romeo and Juliet” is a devastating love story. In only a matter of few days‚ to be precise 5 days‚ unfortunate events unfold. The feud between the Capulets and Montagues‚ one that no-one knows or what started the feud‚ caused violence and hatred among the citizens of Verona. Nonetheless‚ there are people whose actions help lead to the tragic fate of the star-cross lovers and other unnecessary people. People who don’t think twice of their actions until after the consequences. Maybe‚ just
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“I would rather obey a fine lion‚ much stronger than myself‚ than two hundred rats of my own species.” – Voltaire. Even in the years leading up to when France would fully plunder itself into a thought process that seemed to have no end‚ the great kings were supported by their subjects. Louis XI was only one in a great monarchical chain that had ruled France for years. It is speculated that Louis XI was the cause of decline for French monarchies; however he was known to the public as Louis the Beloved
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