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    individuals is immense (Gazzaniga‚ 1985‚ 1988; Springer‚ 1989). It can be concluded that internal factors such as genes work in unison with the environmental to shape the personalities and behaviours of individuals…What theory of Human Development makes a person what they are? Why does a person do what they do? Where does personality come from and how does it grow? These are some frequently asked questions when discussing the topic of personality. Personality does originate from a specific point‚ and from

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    Tragic Hero William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ was written in 1606‚ during the Renaissance. The renaissance tragedy involves tragic flaw that causes the protagonist to have a downfall. It also has a bloody and violent plot just like Macbeth did. In every tragedy‚ they have a tragic hero who has a tragic flaw. Macbeth is a great example of a Shakespearean tragic hero because of his tragic flaw. His tragic flaw is ambition because he murders people for his desire to obtain power. A tragic hero is someone

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    What it Takes to be a Hero Hello‚ My Name is Tammy Le. and today I will be telling you what it takes to be a hero. A hero doesn’t have to be someone from a cartoon‚ a comic or a movie. Anyone can be a hero‚ including me. What does it take to be a hero? Being a hero takes a lot of courage‚ intelligence‚ and a selfless attitude. A hero is unselfish‚ cares about others‚ and are idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. What makes Superman a hero is not that he has

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    Do you know who Harriet Tubman is? Also known as (Minty Ross) was a slave. At the age of five was out to do child-care. When harriet turned twelve she was doing field work and hauling logs. Despite she was a hardworking mother for many hard years‚ she lived in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Harriet was a slave until they her and the other slaves found a route and named it the underground railroad. She spent 10 years going back and forth Harriet was born a slave and raised on Maryland’s Eastern

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    we need to make a decision. Depending on different people with different personalities and habits‚ some people like to make a decision quickly on her/her own‚ while other people always like to ask for opinions from his/her friends. Although sometimes we need to follow our hearts when we face some hard-to-decide questions such as deciding to date girlfriend or boyfriend‚ many other times we should get other people’s suggestions and think them over. In my opinion‚ a person should never make an important

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    Hamlet is mostly seen as a “tragic hero” which is a person or character with a flaw in personality or judgement that will lead that character to actions that will end in disaster. Hamlet definitely has some flaws that make him fit the basics of a “tragic hero”. One major flaw that actually brings Hamlet to rest is his willingness to over-think. He often thinks about situations too much which causes him to procrastinate‚ this delay in judgement inevitably helps Claudius to escape and plot Hamlet’s

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    Henry Ford is a handy person because of his great skills at mechanics. At only 13 years old‚ young Ford decided to surprise his farm-grazing family by taking apart and fixing a pocket watch; unsurprisingly‚ these rural people were dumbfounded. At 16‚ Henry Ford couldn’t stand this boring‚ useless life on the farm. So‚ he ditched his family and apprenticed a machinist. In 1893‚ Ford was so smart that Thomas Edison‚ the person who made the lightbulb a thing‚ gave him a job at Edison Illuminating Company

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    are a lot of other things that describe honor as well. People can be honored but objects like the flag can be honored. Someone I find to be honorable is Martin Luther King Jr.. I find him to be honorable because he had the courage to stand up for what he believed in. www.biography.com states that he was also a Baptist Minister in Georgia and he also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. A time in history that honor was important was World War Two. Honor was important to this time because it was the

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    RIZAL: WHAT MADE HIM A HERO? "What matters death if one dies for what one loves‚ for native land and cherished ones?" A hero may be easy to spell but it is never easy to become. Heroes are people who have gained enormous identity among others. They are role models‚ well-respected‚ nationalistic and have contributed to society causing national unity resulting to something really big like freedom. Between the different faces of heroes we know who stands out among the rest? Is it Rizal or is Bonifacio

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    world”. Marlow is a philosophical‚ and a master storyteller. He is one of the representations of modernism‚ can be treated as a traditional hero because he is as the story tells‚ honest‚ skilful‚ solid man and a well developed thinker. Nonetheless he was defeated by the actions in his time and the “company”‚ where he suffers horribly by his memories of brutality to what happened in Africa. Marlow is an intelligent character

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