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    issue of US using the atomic bomb on Japan. Some may feel that United States was justified and others might feel that US was not justified. The usage of atomic bomb in Japan might seem wrong today‚ but it was the best option during the war. The United States was justified in using the atomic bombs against Japan in World War II. Some may feel that the United States was justified in using atomic bombs against Japan. The US was obligated to use the atomic bomb‚ because‚ after the Potsdam Conference in

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    Southern Gothic

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    A Good Man Is Hard To Find Flannery O’Connor was one of the most known authors for writing southern gothic short stories. Southern gothic became a style of writing in the wake of the civil war and brought up questions in society like‚ ‘Why is violence such a large part of the south’s culture?’ and‚ ‘How did the South have such a hard time picking itself up after its defeat in the war?’ Southern gothic is usually decayed‚ grotesque‚ or derelict settings and situations and had themes of ambivalent

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    Gothic Essay Gothic literature can be described in various ways. There are numerous elements such as death‚ tragedy and corruption that make up this genre‚ however there is a lot more to it. Accidents of life and the inevitability of fate are commonly seen in many gothic texts and most themes are mutual throughout plays‚ novels and poems. The dark element intrigues us and back in the 1900’s‚ when gothic literature was very common‚ it no doubt scared people. Historically‚ people around the time

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    Justified killing

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    Is there such a thing as justified killing? Many would argue that the killing of another individual is by far one of the worse crimes that can be committed. Though under certain circumstances such as capital punishment‚ or to kill in self-defense‚ justified killing is okay. These options are only acceptable if there is no viable alternative to doing so. Everyone has the right to live‚ and once someone decides to kill another individual then they should lose that right. They don’t deserve to have

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    Either/Or Outlook Analysis

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    The Either/Or Outlook Either/or Outlook – a claim that presents an artificially limited range of choices. An either/or fallacy occurs when a speaker makes a claim (usually a premise in an otherwise valid deductive argument) that presents an artificial range of choices. For instance‚ he may suggest that there are only two choices possible‚ when three or more really exist. Those who use an either/or fallacy try to force their audience to accept a conclusion by presenting only two possible options

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    dubbed “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima and was followed by another‚ named “Fat Boy” at Nagasaki three days later in an attempt by the United States to end WWII. Germany had been defeated and the allied forces were sure to win the war. The main concern was how to defeat Japan. Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 14th‚ 1945. President Truman’s decision to use the bombs is often criticized given that the effects of an atomic bomb are so devastating and long lasting. Was the atomic bomb really

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    Gothic Literature

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    The gothic style originated in Europe during the 12th to the 18th century. It applied to medieval styles of art and architecture‚ particularly buildings such as cathedrals and other churches. Gothic literature began in England with the novel the ‘Castle of Oranto’ by Horace Walpole. From this novel‚ gothic fiction developed and flourished‚ becoming a significant literary genre that inspired famous works such as Frankenstein‚ Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Gothic texts share the central theme

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    COLERIDGE: Kubla Khan Coleridge worked out an own theory of imagination‚ which can be divided into a Primary one‚ in other words the faculty by which we perceive the external world‚ and a Secondary one‚ which regards the faculty that a poet has to idealize. Fancy is instead inferior to it‚ because it’s just a logical faculty which enables the poet to associate metaphors or other poetical devices. In fact it’s the imagination that allows the poet to transcend the data of experience

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    Synonymy in English Learning objectives: after you have studied the material you should be able to: 1. Define the notion of "synonymy"‚ give the definition of the term "synonyms" by Russian and foreign linguists. 2. Speak on the criteria of synonymy‚ the sources of synonymy and the main synonymic patterns. 3. Give the classification of synonyms (ideographic‚ stylistic‚ absolute). 4. Analyze the entry (article) from a dictionary of synonyms. Literature to be studied: • "English Word"

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    Gothic Renaissance

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    English Renaissance was much influenced by the pan-European Renaissance which is said to have originated in the 14th century in northern Italy. Often known as the "age of the Shakespeare" or "the Elizabethan era‚" the English Renaissance created stimulation in art‚ architecture‚ literature and music of whole of England. The transition in the England was accepted with reluctance and it was rather a medley of the forgotten Gothic and the naïve Renaissance. No field in England was untouched by the revolution

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