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    Azocar as president. Due to the 1980 constitution‚ however‚ Pinochet was able remain as army commander for eight years. 2.2. Consolidation of power & attitude towards opposition General Pinochet utilized many horrible and brutal systems for guaranteeing his long term control over Chile. Firstly‚ Pinochet understood that for him to achieve what he wanted‚ he would need to change the way the Chilean government worked. He did this by remocing every single political partie‚ which disposed of

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    The Morals in Macbeth

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    William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth (1606) is a morality play that warns its audiences‚ past and present‚ about the destruction that follows when ambition goes beyond moral constraints. To fully understand the extent to which Macbeth is a morality play‚ it is essential to give consideration to the context of the time during which the playwright penned the drama. Theatre was a major social event that not only brought society together but also taught the audience‚ regardless of their social class

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    Creon

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    able to change and violate the laws of the Gods by forcing his people to follow his laws instead of the Gods’. When Polynices died Creon didn’t burry his body nor did he let others of Thebes‚ since he considered Polynices a traitor for rebelling against the city. For traitors‚ Creon believed they didn’t deserve the proper burial and should be left to decompose. But little did he know that he had violated one of the God’s laws. The law that every human body was to be buried no matter what type of

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    Ellison is the story of a young‚ African boy‚ who withstands humiliation to give a speech amongst the towns leading white citizens at an event called a "Battle Royal." The story escalates when the boy‘s grandfather’s dying words were that he was a traitor and a spy in enemy’s country. The tension rises when the boy is blindfolded and made to participate in a boxing match with his fellow classmates against his wish. The climax occurs when the fight gets over and the boy is finally allowed to give his

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    Macbeth Deception

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    his eyes closed but then Ross reveals to Duncan that the Thane of Cawdor betrayed him by joining hands with Duncan’s enemy‚ the king of Norway. Ross describes this deed as‚ “Norway himself‚ with terrible numbers‚ assisted by that most disloyal traitor‚ The Thane of Cawdor‚ began a dismal conflict.” Due to this betrayal‚ the Thane of Cawdor is executed‚ so Duncan chooses Macbeth to receive this title. Duncan chooses Macbeth because he is fearless in battle‚ especially against the Norwegians when

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    Revenge and forgiveness play huge roles in Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ but first lets focus on what revenge means and examples from The Tempest. The definition for revenge is‚ “ the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands in the act of avenging” ‚ when someone inflicts hurt or trouble onto you‚ you almost have a second nature action to try and get that person back in any shape or form. For example if someone trips you while you are walking down the

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    happening. According to a text “Edward Snowden: Traitor or hero?” after exposing a National Security Agency program to spy on Americans and foreigners; Edward Snowden fled last year to Russia. Some are asking whether the U.S government should treat Snowden leniently. Can’t you see the writing on the wall? It makes many wonder how many other secrets are out there. The reason this caused so much tension is because some hail him as a hero and others as a traitor. The debate between privacy and safety is

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    Annabel Lee‚ The Raven‚ and Alone are all amazing poems by the famous Edgar Allan Poe. They all have many things in common but the most know is torment. Most of Poe’s poems and stories are about torment and love. Each poem or short story has a specific way of explaining the narrator’s loneliness and sorrow. His past has a lot of effect on the poems he writes. He expresses his emotions through his poems. Annabel Lee is a poem about how a man loves his lost love‚ Annabel Lee‚ so much not even death

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    Birago Diop's Vanity

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    THE POEM VANITY If we tell‚ gently‚ gently All that we shall one day have to tell‚ Who then will hear our voices without laughter‚ Sad complaining voices of beggars 5     Who indeed will hear them without laughter? If we roughly of our torments Ever increasing from the start of things What eyes will watch our large mouths Shaped by the laughter of big children 10    What eyes will watch our large mouth? What hearts will listen to our clamoring? What ear to our pitiful anger Which

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    degradation. There are many important figures in history that have fought to keep the peace. General Dallaire is a good example of this through his labor in Rwanda genocide. Gertrude Kearns reflect through her paintings the Dallaire’s psychological torment and the chaos of the carnage he witnessed. In the middle this escalating violence in Rwanda‚ General Dallaire held firm and confronted a nearly impossible situation. Since the UN repeatedly refused to send reinforcements‚ he remained there

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