Ronil V. Matuguina August 16‚ 2010 Reaction Paper #2 IE Theme: Forever witches is a story that depicts “selfishness” This simply shows that the main character in the story “Maring was actually a selfish person. This was proved in the part of the story where Mating uses voodoo doll on Julio‚ to make him love her madly. Maring wants to be the only woman Julio will ever look though Julio was tortured. Maring didn’t think about Julio‚ she loves only herself‚ because she didn’t
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To what extent was World War II Hitler`s war? The second World War can be considered “Hitler`s war” due to Adolf Hitlers responsibility and actions that caused the war. He had an enormous impact and role on many events such as secretly increasing the size fo the army‚which made World War 2 possible. On the other hand‚ the failure of the League of Nations and defects in the Treaty of Versailles also triggered the outbreak of the war. It gave Hitler many oppurtunities to support his ambitions and
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The Dark Side of Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is considered to be one of the most dominant female characters in literature. She is portrayed as an innocent‚ loving wife at the start of the story. She receives the letter from Macbeth that explains the witches’ prophecies. She then rapidly changes into a heartless and conniving human being‚ she decided to plot against Duncan for the sake of her opportunity to become queen‚ but does not want to do the deed herself. Lady Macbeth is deemed as the villain
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To what extent was Destalinization responsible for Khrushchev’s fall from power in 1964? Many Historians have debated as to why Khrushchev fell from power in 1964. Historian John Laver states that the failures in foreign policy “are what provided the final straw for many colleagues” however Pravda were eager to blame “his hare-brained schemes”. To assess the reason for his fall from power in 1964 one must assess the policy of De-Stalinisation‚ his failures in foreign policy and his economic reforms
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corrupt. Macbeth: The theme of power is substantially seen through the character of Macbeth. This is shown when Lady Macbeth demands Macbeth to kill King Duncan after hearing the prophecies of the three witches‚ stating that Macbeth will become king. Macbeth initially did not want to commit this crime ultimately because Duncan was his king‚ as well as his guest in whom he shall protect. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth was portrayed as a coward in the eyes of his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ for denying
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Macbeth Questions Act 1 Scene 1 and 2 The quote “fair is foul” and “foul is fair” are paradoxical statements as they mean the same Act II Scene I+II 3) Macbeth sees a dagger floating above him in the air and its tip aiming towards Duncan. Macbeth tries to grasp the dagger but fails. He thinks it is a real dagger‚ which is a false creation. This is to show that Macbeth is ready to kill Duncan‚ but is afraid of the consequences and the guilt which comes along with it as a result‚ “Is this
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was formed. Wellington’s tory government was not swept out of office to be replaced by reforming whigs because it could not cope with the revived radical movement. The radical agitation was no worse than the Tory government had faced in the 1810’s. What destroyed the tories were splits in their ranks after Lord Liverpool’s death in 1829. By 1829‚ the Canningites in the government had come around to
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Abusive Relationships Abuse‚ an adjective‚ to treat (a person or an animal) with cruelty or violence‚ especially regularly or repeatedly. Shakespeare’s Macbeth asserts the daily moral and emotional struggles that husband and wife face in Elizabethan time‚ as well as modern day. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were both keen to the idea of becoming King (and Queen) of Scotland after the witches spoke to Macbeth and assured him that it was his destiny. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had made
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The three witches that are introduced at the beginning of the play are responsible for the introduction of the ideas that caused Duncan’s death and Macbeth’s destruction but not for Macbeth’s actions themselves. They hail Macbeth as three things: 1) Thane of Glamis 2) Than of Cawdor‚ and 3) King. Macbeth is already Than of Glamis‚ but when Duncan makes him Thane of Cawdor as well‚ he begins to believe the rest of the prophesy could come true and that he could be king. The witches could predict the
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say‚ without any ambiguity‚ that it is Macbeth himself. He lifts up the knife and plunges it into Duncan‚ and he does it because he wants to be king. There are other factors that might have something to do with his motivation‚ which I’ll go into below. But ultimately‚ he does the deed. He actually does the murder. If you were putting him on trial‚ there would be no question of blaming anyone else primarily. The witches do have something to do with it. Macbeth has no plans to kill the king or wishes
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