The Villains of All Nations is book written by Marcus Rediker that follows the origins of the pirate boom before and after the War of Spanish Succession. The book covers infamous pirates like Bartholomew Roberts‚ William Fly‚ and Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard.It discusses the grim environment of working the seas for the government‚ what lead many people to turn to piracy‚ the tale of the first women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read‚ how piracy impacted slavery‚ the pirates bonds of brotherhood
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on Hamlet have suggested his tragic flaw is his inability to act because he thinks too much. Do you agree? Every character in every book has benefits and flaws that will affect the outcome in their own situation. Sometimes their benefits overcome their flaws and everything turns out great. Other times a characters flaw can ruin what they have planned or ruin them as a person. A tragic flaw is a weakness or limitation of character‚ resulting in the fall of the tragic hero. (DiYanni G-9) In Hamlet;
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and say no. Just‚ no. It can’t work out like this. It’s not supposed to end like this. In what kind of fucked up story does the bad guy win? In what kind of story does the victim end up in disbelief that she never got the justice she deserved. That’s when you realize you’re the villain. But no‚ the other person’s not innocent either‚ they’re the villain too. They’re worse than you‚ but you’re still the villain‚ because you let it get this way. Everything’s your fault. And you hate everyone. And you
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“Language shapes the way we think‚ and determines what we can think about.” – Benjamin Lee Whorf Introduction The idea that language affects the way we remember things and the way we perceive the world was first introduced by the influential linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf (Harley‚ 2008). The central idea of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis‚ today more commonly known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis‚ holds that “each language embodies a worldview‚ with quite different languages
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To what extent is religious language meaningful? There are two ways to approach whether religious language is meaningful. Some philosophers such as logical positivist have a cognitive approach based on facts and learning through experience. Anthony flew is one philosopher whom shares the belief that something can be seen as meaningful through assertion‚ statements that can be proved empirically through synthetic reasoning. The other approach to the statement is a non-cognitivist method‚ which
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To what extent are democracy and dictatorship different? In order to answer this question we must first examine the generic basis of both democracy and dictatorship separately. The term democracy originates from the Greeks‚ and is defined as “rule of the people” coming from the words “demos” (people) and “kratos” (power). It was coined around 400 BCE‚ to denote the political systems then existing in Greek city-states‚ notably Athens. Commonly‚ two forms of democracy are recognised‚ these being
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* Macbeth as a tragic hero: Discuss In Macbeth written by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth who is the main character is a tragic hero that suffers from Hamartia which is ambition in Macbeth’s character and that leads him to his downfall‚ A tragic hero character according to Aristotle must be moral‚ have virtues and suffers from Hamartia which is a flaw in character that eventually leads to his defeat and downfall at the end of the play. Macbeth is a great person who was
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In Frankenstein also known as The Modern Prometheus‚ the protagonist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ to an extent is a tragic hero. This is because it follows some of the many common traits of a typical Aristotelian tragic hero. These include how the Frankenstein is lead to his downfall due to his excessive pride. Other points include how Frankenstein‚ the hero discovered his fate by his own actions and also how he saw and understood his demise‚ and that his fate was because of his own actions. The last point
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Teacher’s Guide for Worksheet One The structural and linguistic features of the types of writing introduced in Worksheet One are defined and summarized as follows. This is just a guide to some typical and common features and is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Features may also vary in different communicative contexts. I. Informal Letter A letter is ‘a missive communication in writing‚ addressed to a person or body of persons; an epistle’ (From Oxford English Dictionary OED online. URL:
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Feature writing Anything that’s not straight news‚ editorial or sport. Gives a human dimension to the news Responds to the reader’s curiosity while entertaining at the same time Truth and accuracy are still important Can’t editorialize – NOT inverted pyramid style Sub-stories of the news Skills similar to fiction writers Narrates that keeps the readers absorbed Brings out the drama of people’s lives Know which details to highlight Vivid descriptions -Colorful dialogue -Humor Begins with
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