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    Shameless is a television show about a white family of seven. Frank Gallagher is the alcoholic father who only brings problems to his family. Monica Gallagher is the bipolar mother who leaves her family after having her last child for a woman. Fiona is the eldest child who basically is the mother/father and the main provider of the family. Fiona is also a sex addict who attracts the “bad boys” bringing her unnecessary drama in her life. Then you have Lip the player and brains of the family‚ the one

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    The different portrayals of female characters Antigone and Lysistrata illustrate the fundamental nature of the proper Athenian woman. Sophocles’ Antigone allows the reader to see that outrage over social injustices does not give women the excuse to rebel against authority‚ while Aristophanes’ Lysistrata reveals that challenging authority in the polis becomes acceptable only when it’s faced with destruction through war. Sophocles and Aristophanes use different means to illustrate the same idea; the

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    Despite the simplistic fact that King Charles I was the legally lawful leader of England‚ Parliament was more than justified in executing Charles I due to the divergent and passionate views of law and life between the people and the king in politics‚ society‚ and religion. Parliament never desired a position where they could control England with full-fledged power. They simply wanted enough limitations on the king’s power that would guarantee the people certain rights that the king

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    Was the bombing of Dresden and Hamburg justified? During the Second World War‚ allied forces targeted German cities for mass aerial bombardment. Two of the cities which felt the full brunt of RAF bombings were Dresden and Hamburg. This air campaign killed an estimated 600‚000 civilians and destroyed or seriously damaged some six million homes. The strategy used also came at a cost as Bomber Command throughout the bombing campaigns had 57‚143 men killed. The target’s for area bombing were chosen

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    How are women portrayed in the society today? What are the roles of women in Things Fall Apart and today’s world. Living in the society today there are 100 women for every 105 men. From back in the days‚ it is wise to say that men are actually dominating over the country. Out of 195 countries in the world‚ according to the internet‚ there are currently 16 women who are the president and prime ministers of their countries. That is only 8% of women controlling over the countries. From this result

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    Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? I have carefully selected six different sources which are either for or against the USA dropping the bombs on Japan. I have tried to find ones which support or oppose the dropping for their own separate reason. Source 4 is against the dropping of the bomb. It is an eye-witness account from a five year old girl; I think this is a reliable source because a five year old girl has no reason to lie about the events. It is sad because a girl of that age

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    Fear and Trembling‚ Abraham tried to explain to Isaac that he is to be sacrificed‚ but said‚ “Do you think it is God’s command? No‚ it is my desire” (9). Abraham acted in this manner for Isaac to not blame God‚ but to blame Abraham himself. Issac should not lose faith in God where an analogy was used to show a mother blacken her breast milk to withdraw the child from suckling her breast. The mother remains the same‚ but the breast changes. Abraham did what God asked him to do‚ however‚ it was unwillingly

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    President Harry Truman is justified for sending atomic bombs from the United States to Japan civilian cities. Two parts of Japan in particular named Hiroshima and Nagasaki were targeted to kill off the civilians. The bombs were supposed to target a certain range of people‚ the hiroshima ranged from 90‚000 to 146‚000 and the Nagasaki ranged from 39‚000 to 80‚000 deaths. These bombs initiated the action of surrender from Japan and this happened on August 15‚ 1945. There are documents that prove Harry

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    of Venice. He is mostly shown as a vengeful character and depicted as a blood thirsty villain. However‚ he was also a victim of abuse and harsh criticism as a result of his belief and religion and had several reasons for revenge against his counterpart‚ Antonio‚ as he was mocked by him and had suffered many problems on his behalf. Although he had many reasons for revenge‚ were they justified? Shylock hated and did not respect Antonio as he had injured and insulted him in the past and made it very

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    Was Truman’s Decision Justified? Would you rather fix a problem with something that would cause minimal damage or fix it with something that causes mass destruction? This question didn’t seem to come to thought when Truman was deciding between invading Japan‚ or bombing it using the atomic bomb. Truman’s decision to bomb Japan was not justified because he killed a bunch of innocent people‚ he destroyed major cities instead of only his main targets‚ and in the end‚ Europe was still left divided.

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