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    some time before they are able to serve justice to those that wrong them. Odysseus is clever in the way he will serve justice to the suitors. Instead of returning straight home‚ for which he desires after a long brutal journey‚ Odysseus does some reckoning to find those who are loyal. With the aid of Telemachos‚ Eumaios‚ and Philoitios‚ Odysseus was able to kill

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    The Power of the Finger Imagine being denied work and being accused of a crime that you never did‚ simply because someone said so. McCarthyism‚ named after Senator John McCarthy‚ is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without regard for proper evidence. This practice led to many innocent people being falsely accused of being communists in the US during the 1950’s‚ denying them the right to work as well as other rights. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ accusations

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    Falstaff: Why We Love Plump Jack In William Shakespeare’s play Henry IV Part One‚ Sir John Falstaff is a fat‚ drunken‚ middle aged man with a lousy sense of honor. He becomes somewhat of a surrogate father to Prince Hal‚ all the while teaching the young prince his ways of partying and drinking through whatever life brings him‚ which does not earn him any respect along the way. Along with the immense time that the two spend together‚ Falstaff’s influence on Prince Hal wreaks all sorts of havoc on

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    New World Order of Politics & Religion: The war on terror and the Neo-Christian Crusade. On March 6‚ 1991 George Herbert Walker Bush‚ then President of the United States in a speech before the U.S. Congress‚ uttered the words "new world order". This revelation spoken by Bush created controversy and speculation. The occasion for the congressional address was to speak concerning the Persian Gulf War that expelled Saddam Hussein’s Army from Kuwait. Bush said‚" Now‚ we can see a new world coming

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    A Review of “The Summoning of Everyman” Summary Everyman is a play which was written to express the importance of morality‚ to whoever read it or experienced it being performed on stage. Some scholars say that it was written sometime in the late 1400’s‚ while others insist that it is a translation of a Flemish work called “Elckerlijc”‚ which was written by Peter van Diest in 1495. Everyman is an allegory play which is heavily based upon Christian

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    Women Have Come a Long Way

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    Women Have Come A Long Way "A Doll House" is no more about women ’s rights than Shakespeare ’s Richard II is about the divine right of kings‚ or Ghosts about syphilis. . . . Its theme is the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she is and to strive to become that person." (Bloom 28) Ibsen portays this behavior in A Doll House through one of the main characters‚ Nora Helmer‚ by setting the scene in Norway in 1872. In the late 1800s‚ women did not play an important role

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    Youth and Politics [pic] Youth Politics is a category which involves or otherwise impacts the Youth. It was first identified in the American Politics with the formation of the American Youth Congress in the 1930s. Omar Abdullah’s recent speech in parliament on the confidence motion started with‚ “I am an INDIAN first and Muslim second”; and brought the focus on the importance of the Youth in bringing new ideas‚ freshness and transparency in the Indian politics. One of the stories that unforgettably

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    In the great Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth provides to be the catalyst of the murder of King Duncan resulting in Macbeth’s rise to power. In act one‚ scene five‚ at Inverness‚ Lady Macbeth receives a letter in her private chambers proclaiming her husband to be fated to become king. However‚ King Duncan still reigns over Scotland. Lady Macbeth paces deliberating with the knowledge that Duncan is to arrive at Inverness‚ as a plot begins to unfurl into her mind. What be this I see? The

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    The Effects of Manipulation The Crucible is a very complex story with several interlocking themes. It is so diverse that it can connect to modern day issues and give an accurate parallel to current events. Out of all the themes in the book‚ there are some that are very prominent and can easily connect to the other smaller themes. The focus of will be on how Abigail’s manipulation and deceit took advantage of others willingness to conform causing mass hysteria. Abigail has many issues that she tries

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    Archimedes‚ considered on of the greatest minds of the ancient world was born on the island of Sicily in the Greek city of Syracuse in the year 287 B.C.. Syracuse at the time was an independent Greek city-state with a 500-year history. He was the son of Phidias who was a Greek Astronomer and Mathematician. All that we know about Archimedes comes from his existing manuscripts‚ and from ancient historians such as Plutarch and Cicero among others centuries after his death. Considering the length

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