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    like Haig were incompetent leaders. How far does the sources support or contradict this interpretation? Some people have the view that British generals such as Haig were useless leaders. Famous sources like ‘O What a lovely War’‚ ‘Blackadder’ and ‘The Trench’ support this. However from the 1980s many military historians have challenged this interpretation and states that under Haigs leadership‚ Britain and her allies won the war from encouraging new weapons and military tactics. After Haigs death

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    Was Allied Leadership Effective? By Isaac Ng World war one started in 1914 when the prince of Austria-Hungary was assassinated‚ supposedly by the Serbians‚ This led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and causing all of the allying countries to join in‚ such as Russia‚ Britain‚ France and Germany. The ally between the Germans and the Austria-Hungarians was called the Axis while the ally between Russia‚ Britain‚ and France was called the Allied Leadership. Many historians believe that the

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    Chapter 32 Wicked Butcher‚ Man Faced Demon Spider   Part 1    Ning Rongrong at Oscar’s side sobered from her half conscious condition‚ startled saying:  “Little Ao‚ what are you doing?”    Ning Rongrong’s voice immediately aroused the others attention‚ Zhao Wuji was also an  intelligent person‚ and his immediate realization was anything but reassuring. Unfortunately‚  they were still one step too late.    Tang San became the first person to eat a mushroom sausage‚ six illusory wings swiftly  appeared at his back

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    Year 11A Callan Brombacher Mini Essay: Macbeth is a “tragic hero” or the “dead butcher”? Mrs. Dolman According to Aristotle’s view‚ a tragic hero is a lead character in literature that evokes a sense of pity from the audience. The character is virtuous and renowned but not entirely good. The hero has a fatal flaw that brings him his success and death. Through the course of the story‚ the hero commits a great wrong creating a shift from good fortune to bad. This is usually where the sense of

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    MacBeth’s Transformation from "Brave Macbeth to "This dead Butcher" William Shakespeare’s play "MacBeth" tells the story of Macbeth change from a brave general‚ to a vicious murderer. At the start of the play Macbeth is acknowledge by the king as a brave and honourable general‚ after he heard of Macbeth’s great victory in the battlefield. He promotes Macbeth to Thane of Cawdor‚ which was still unknown by both Macbeth and Banquo when they came across the three weird sisters. "All Hail Macbeth

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    reference to two extracts‚ how do Conrad and Butcher make use of image of decay to convey a sense of danger? Images of decay to convey a sense of danger is presented in both extracts‚ ‘Heart of Darkness‚’ on the subject of its ‘Nature.’ Marlow felt endangered in his exploration‚ as Butcher from ‘Blood River‚’ who claimed that‚ the vast majority of deaths’ are the result not of combat‚ ‘but of the Congo’s decay.’ The idea that since Conrad’s time‚ Butcher assents that the Congo is going backwards

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    Jacksonian Democracy was or was not democratic? Jacksonian Democracy marked the age "of the common man" and the era for an improvement on government and society. When Andrew Jackson was president‚ he led the nation of the United States into dramatic changes both socially and politically which affected the government system and the lives of the American people positively. He fascinated the American people greatly because he stood for values they stood for such as a better government system. Because

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    Was the U.S. Justified in Going to War With Mexico? (Yes) The United States of America in the 1800’s was a rapidly growing country. Many people moved west for religious freedom while others were strong believers in Manifest Destiny. In order to occupy land‚ settlers had to find land that wasn’t already occupied. Since most of the west was a part of Mexico‚ this was not easy to do. Luckily‚ Mexicans also wanted settlers in their western lands because that area was not developed. Mexico invited

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    The poo was all caught on tape it was emapasised through dramatic emphasis and onomatopiea was used to dramatize the actual meaning of it falling into the toilet‚ "touch down" he yelled as the poo took a while to break off and quickly shoot up the back of the toilet.The poo was all caught on tape it was emapasised through dramatic emphasis and onomatopiea was used to dramatize the actual meaning of it falling into the toilet‚ "touch down" he yelled as the poo took a while to break off and quickly

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    Running head: Was It Worth It? Was It Worth It? Marisa Wallace Allied Health Institute According to Albert Camus (as cited by Khalid‚ 2013)‚ "The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and‚ despite himself‚ does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all -- he must fight to uphold it‚ unceasingly (Khalid‚ 2013)." We all come to that cross in the road where we are faced with choosing between doing right and doing wrong. When we chose to do wrong‚

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