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    Each text shows viewers characters that are both heroes and villains. The protagonists in each text‚ Simba and Hamlet‚ both discover that their fathers have been murdered by the antagonists‚ Scar and Claudius. After the death of Mufasa‚ Simba blamed himself and with the encouragement of Scar‚ he ran away from Pride Rock to escape the fear of what his kingdom would think. As Simba becomes older and reunites with Nala‚ he understands the fulfillments he is destined to do. When he returns to Pride Rock

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    Killed 6‚000 Thebans‚ sold 20‚000 into slavery‚ destroyed the entire city I think that Alexander the Great‚was a villain when his dad was alive‚but when his dad died he became a hero. Spent three years killing men and selling women and children into slavery I think that it mean that Alexander the “Great” wasn’t that great to men back then.And he wasn’t nice to women and children. Military campaign was brutal and it didn’t matter how many men died I think that even though men are not

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    Alexander the great is a villain not‚ a hero. Alexander lied‚cheated‚frightened‚and killed in his time of rule‚if he did all of these things why is he called Alexander the Great? Alexander killed millions of innocent people he also made millions of people scared of him‚“In 327 BCE‚ with the Persian Empire firmly under his control‚ Alexander turned his attention to India. He had some victories before reaching the Ganges river‚ which he intended to cross in order to conquer more of India”. Alexander

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    MINING FOR MEANING: A STUDY OF MINIMALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE by JEREMY ROBERT BAILEY‚ B.A.‚ M.A. A DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Wendell Aycock Chair of the Committee Sara Spurgeon Scott Baugh Ralph Ferguson Dean of the Graduate School December 2010 Copyright 2010 Jeremy Robert Bailey Texas Tech University‚ Jeremy Robert Bailey‚ December 2010

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    Julian Assange Hero or Villain? The question of whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange‚ whose organization can be credited with releasing thousands of classified documents from various countries‚ is a hero or a villain depends entirely on one’s political opinions. Those who believe in transparent government and freedom of speech/publishing would call Assange a hero. Those who believe governments must have some secrecy from citizens would call him a villain. As a believer in the ideals America

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    Andrew Carnegie being a true villain is a near complete and utter fact‚ whilst him being a hero is blasphemy. He wanted wealth and fame‚ and chose not to support others unless they were on his ground or were earning him lots of money. He showed barely any respect to anybody‚ let alone

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    The Best Villain Dr. Loins recently moved to a new home in Chicago to create a new chemical factory with is lab assistant Claire. In this essay you will find a mix of courage and bravery. As Dr. Loins and Dr. Bryant fight to the death. In this essay you will find a mix of crime‚ romance‚ as well as strength. Dr. Loins was one of the greatest chemical creators of all time‚ he grew up in Dallas Texas and from the age that he was able to start taking lab classes‚ is when he started. As he grew up

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    In the story “Lather and Nothing Else” the barber is the villain. For instance‚ the barber claims he is on the “opposing side” of Torres‚ as he says “I [am] on the side of the existing regime” (Téllez 182). This proves he is the villain‚ as a regime is a word used to describe a group/government that values order and control over personal freedom. Moreover‚ the barber recognizes that letting Torres leave his shop alive is a questionable decision. This is shown through one of the barber’s thoughts

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    In many instances the hero and the villain are easy to decipher‚ but in the novel Frankenstein these two identities tend to mend together to create confusion among readers. Many can debate that because Frankenstein’s creation viciously slaughtered so many people he is the perceptible “bad guy” in the story but‚ what those individuals must take into account are all of the variables in the creations life that caused him to behave as he did. Imagine being one of the hideous and repulsive beings on

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    “The Rime of Ancient Mariner” was the most powerful romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ a leader of the British Romantic movement‚ was born on October 21‚ 1772. He was a most romantic England poet who wrote his poems in romantism period. This essay will discuss the story which Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest and some of the moral implications through the study of “The Rime of Ancient Mariner’’. The story which the Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest was

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