Malcolm X Malcolm X was one of the most iconic figures of 20th century America. He is often grouped with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ because both men were involved in the civil-rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However‚ these two men were drastically different. While King preached about nonviolence and equal rights‚ Malcolm X condoned violence as a means to get what one wants. While Malcolm X was justified in some of his endeavors‚ his philosophy as a whole was unhealthy and damaged
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Secondly‚ Shakespeare represents the idea of Brutus having more power due to controlling the conspirators and letting Brutus himself in the leadership role. In Act Two Scene One there was a passage that shows how Brutus was leading the conspirators to do the right thing for Rome. “No‚ not an oath: if not the face of men/The sufferance of our souls‚ the time’s abuse/ -- If these be motives weak‚ break off bedtimes/And every man hence to his idle bed/………. If he do break the smallest particle/Of any
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VI. Bacon’s Rebellion A. Berkeley’s fears of the freedmen were justified. B. In 1676‚ sparked not by a Dutch invasion but by an Indian attack‚ rebellion swept Virginia. C. It began almost as Berkeley had predicted‚ when a group of volunteer Indian fighters turned from a fruitless expedition against the Indians to attack their rulers. D. Bacon’s Rebellion was the largest popular rising in the colonies before the American Revolution. Sooner or later nearly everyone in Virginia got in on it‚ but it
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I think that Hop Frog is justified for killing the king and his seven ministers because of how cruel they were towards Hop Frog and Trippetta. During the wine scene in the story‚ the king exhibits his cruel nature by forcing Hop Frog to drink the wine. Even though the king knows that Hop Frog is not comfortable doing it he still makes him‚ knowing very well how it affects Hop Frog. The other seven ministers do not take pity of Hop Frog‚ even they smirk and laugh at the king’s horribly cruel stunt
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reason he was so dangerous? The very thing he accredits his success to in the quote above: his ability to speak. Hitler had a kind of rhetoric all his own that persuaded people to his side with horrifying effectiveness. “Language is a powerful weapon‚ and in the hands of a skilled person‚ it can be used to manipulate others.” Cassius in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is perhaps one of the best examples of this. In the first act alone‚ Cassius uses his abilities to appeal to Brutus’ sense of
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I think that it is justified. One reason I think it is justified is that it saved Japanese and American lives. It saved Japanese lives because it shortened the war which would of killed more than 18‚000 soldiers. Millions of Japanese soldiers would have been killed if they had more battles. Also that was the most number of soldiers that had died in one battle‚ 6‚800‚ of The battle of Iwo Jima. The US then got worried about the soldiers so President Truman decided that he had no other choice than
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Knee Massacre was one of the biggest and most violent confrontations between the Native Americans and the American people and government. It claimed as many as 300 or more of the 350 Indian lives in Wounded Knee Creek‚ South Dakota‚ and half of those killed were women and children. It was the final major clash between the Native Americans and the U.S. military‚ and it finally proved that white men are the “true savages” of humankind. Yes‚ the Native Americans’ resistance was justified. White Americans
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corruption of a government‚ and that is exactly what the Haitians did. The Haitian revolution from 1791-1804 was the most successful slave revolt in history. With every revolution comes questions such as; why did they revolt? What lead to the revolt? Were they successful? What was the end result of the revolution? The revolution of the French colony of St. Domingue‚ now known as Haiti‚ was justified because the Haitians formed a new state with a new successful government‚ they separated from France‚ and
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almost every society in this day and age. As seen on many occasions in Julius Caesar‚ the conspirators spend a lot of the play plotting against Caesar‚because they fear what he might do if he comes to power. Brutus is portrayed as the tragic hero‚ and he gives numerous speeches to convey his opinions and feelings about the subject matter. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the character Marcus Brutus makes many appeals to rhetoric‚ specifically ethos and pathos‚ in order to
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SukWoo Lee Period 2 1/19/13 Position paper Imperialism Justified During the end of the 19th century after the war and trying to recuperate‚ America had gone into a state of expansionism. The never ending change with the economy‚ agriculture and the industrial growth. Democratic National Platform‚ 1900 states “We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire…” With this new sense of power‚ expanding for the Americans was inevitable. The spreading of the “good” word of God with
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