the groups. They were assigned the hardest labor‚ such as quarrying clay and making bricks‚ and many did not survive the brutal circumstances. In many camps they were kept in separate housing under different treatment. Sachsenhausen isolated pink triangle prisoners in blocks 35 and 11‚ which were kept separate from the rest of the camp by a wall in order to prevent “homosexuality propagation”. They were only allowed to sleep in their nightshirts‚ and were to keep their hands visible and outside of
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A Shakespearean play “Othello the Moor of the Venice” by William Shakespeare‚ sets in a castle in Venice‚ a famous Italian city. We get introduced to Iago and Othello. Iago was considered an honest and truthful man when in reality he is the most hateful and inconsiderate person in this play. Othello‚ on the other hand‚ is a very social veteran and is respected by those around him. Later in the play we see a change in Othello’s personality when it comes to his wife Desdemona‚ because in the end there
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Lytton Strachey’s excerpt depicts the popular misconceptions and the actual reality of who Florence Nightingale was. Strachey’s euphemism of calling Nightingale "the Lady with the Lamp" as opposed to the "agitations of her soul" portrays the idea that her reality was much more different than her false perceptions. Though he admires Nightingale with awe‚ he conveys his opinion by using dark and tainted diction - "morbid"‚ "Demon possessed her". Though this might suggest into the thinking that Nightingale
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Character Name: Portia Character Traits: Loyal “Oh‚ me‚ the word ‘choose’! I may neither choose who I would nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father. Is it not hard‚ Nerissa‚ that I cannot choose one nor refuse none? (Act 1 Scene 2 lines 22~25) “In terms of choice I am not solely led by nice direction of a maiden’s eyes. Besides‚ the lott’ry of my destiny bars me the right of voluntary choosing. But if my father had not scanted me
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Shylock as Villian in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice the antagonist of the play is Shylock. Shylock is a wealthy Jewish moneylender. Shylock is probably the most memorable character in the play because of Shakespeare’s excellent characterization of him. Shylock is the antagonist in the play because he stands in the way of love‚ but this does not necessarily make him the villain of the play. Shylock can be seen as both the
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Shakespeare’s Purpose of The Merchant of Venice There are different intents to illustrate in each of Shakespeare’s plays. In one of his plays‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ his intent was to illustrate that whatever you do to a person or to a group at the start‚ will always come back to you at the end. (karma) However‚ if we take an honest look at those thing that we have done‚ it doesn’t always come back as the same. Just as judging a person by the cover isn’t always right‚ you need to dig deeper into
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The Merchant of Venice Questions Act IV Before the trial proper begins‚ what does Antonio say the Duke has already tried to do (4.1.1-12)? Antonio says he knows the duke has done all that he can to lawfully counter Shylock’s malicious intentions‚ and that since nothing else can be done‚ Antonio will respond to Shylock’s rage “with a quietness of spirit”. What does the Duke assume Shylock will do (4.1.15-33)? What is Shylock’s response? Why is Shylock unwilling to show mercy? How does he respond
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Florence Kelley Florence Kelley was an American social worker and reformer who fought successfully for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. In 1876‚ she entered Cornell University but her poor health kept her from graduating until 6 years later. She then studied at the University of Zurich where women were permitted to obtain postgraduate degrees and where she applied her developed passions for Socialism. Kelley married a Polish-Russian physician‚ Lazare Wischnewetzky
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Florence Kelley’s Persuasion of Child Labor Laws A once hot topic became a now law-enforced face. Child labor has been a controversial issue and Florence Kelley was one of the many protestors that brought success to the child labor laws. She was an avid fighter and was not only against child labor laws but also woman’s suffrage. On July 22‚ 1905‚ Kelley gave and impeccable speech at the Convention of National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia about child labor laws. To successively
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Ancient Rome once stood at highest peak of authority and size‚ that is until Rome faced the inevitable fall of its civilization. Lasting several centuries‚ at its height‚ Rome stretched from western Europe to North America and throughout the Mediterranean and into Western Asia. In addition‚ many modern day influences did originate from Rome like art and architecture. Although‚ from political instability‚ to the various social and economic problems‚ and weakened frontiers‚ for the majority‚ Rome destroyed
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