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    Honor- someone who did something to earn high respect. Honor to me is someone who put others first before thinking of themselves who is also respected. Albert Einstein is honored for the laws of nature he has discovered‚ which truly change the way we look at science. Einstein created one of the most famous known equations which is known as E = mc2. The equation says that mass (the m) can be converted to energy (and the E). A little mass can make a lot of energy‚ because mass is multiplied by c2

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    An Act of Betrayal in Hamlet Through King Claudius’s choice to murder former King Hamlet and marry Gertrude‚ he betrays his brother‚ Hamlet‚ and even his own morals. This act of disloyalty and deceit turns Claudius against the other characters‚ and leads to their eventual demise. In Act I‚ the ghost of King Hamlet proclaimed his anger towards Claudius‚ and spoke to Prince Hamlet of his “foul and most unnatural” death (Hamlet 1.5.25). In this exchange‚ the former king explained that his murderer

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    put in.”(59) Because If felt happiness He will not leave that ranch. Everyone has their own loneliness side‚ not just Candy and Curley’s wife. Because nobody talks with Curley’s wife so he felt lonely‚ when candy lost his dog he felt lonely ‚ what is the thing that when you lost‚ and you will be the one just like Curley’s wife and candy felt loneliness. The reality is always

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    Macbeth‚ A Tragic Hero William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ was written in 1606‚ during the Renaissance. The renaissance tragedy involves tragic flaw that causes the protagonist to have a downfall. It also has a bloody and violent plot just like Macbeth did. In every tragedy‚ they have a tragic hero who has a tragic flaw. Macbeth is a great example of a Shakespearean tragic hero because of his tragic flaw. His tragic flaw is ambition because he murders people for his desire to obtain power. A tragic

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    showing his patriotism towards Rome. Mark Antony perfectly fits the description of an honorable man as he remains loyal to Caesar and avenges the death of his friend. Cassius‚ on the other hand‚ is seen as a character who lacks integrity and honor for his actions are accomplished through his personal beliefs and out of jealousy‚ ignoring the general good. Marcus Brutus‚ Mark Antony‚ and Cassius are significant characters that are portrayed in this play to show how their different

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    scene 4) Hamlet threatens Horatio and Marcellus to let him go so he can follow the ghost. He does not have a good thought about it. He simply follows the ghost even with Horatio is trying to talk him out of it. Another example to support Hamlet’s irrational acts is when he is in the Queen’s chambers in (Act 3 Scene 4) when he stabs Polonius without knowledge of who it is. As soon as he hears someone speak‚ "What‚ help!”with  little thought‚ draws his sword and speaks "How now‚ a rat? Dead for a ducat

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    Heroes will come for aid to where they called for. It might be heroes that are seen in movies and books leading their country in battle or rescuing the princess from the dragon. Perhaps‚ the tragic hero is the rarest hero of all. William Shakespeare has imaginatively made the absolute most acclaimed the tragic hero and plays ever. With one of the best stories‚ Othello. Othello is a tragic hero because of his titled characteristics‚ his tragic mistakes‚ and his tragic defeat. There must first be

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    Lord Alfred Tennyson‚ a consummate poetic artist‚ consolidated and refined the tradition bequeathed to him by his predecessors in the Romantic Movement (especially Wordsworth‚ Byron‚ Keats‚ Shelley). Beginning in the after math of Romantic Movement‚ Tennyson’s development as a poet is a romantic progression from introverted and inert states of mind towards emancipated consciousness. The growth of consciousness‚ and the relationship between the self and the world beyond‚ are fundamental concerns

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    Throughout the story of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ Frederick discovers personal growth through the areas of courage‚ intelligence and racial pride. First‚ Frederick has courage to move to a different city and leave all he had behind. Second‚ Frederick displays intelligence through several instances including the ways in which the way he preserves his life and remembering his past in great detail. Lastly‚ Frederick discovers racial pride by being a former slave‚ inspiring other

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    Life is a series of paradoxes. Society uses opposites that help us define the meaning of values and attributes that are acceptable. Could we know what is desired without knowing what is unwanted‚ recognize hatred without love or good without evil? In the novel A Clockwork Orange‚ our humble narrator Alex‚ is a teenager in a futuristic city where citizens are controlled by a corrupt‚ authoritarian government. Adult society seems to have been brainwashed into a trance as their free will is stifled

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