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    Throughout William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth acquires a growing desire for power. Although this desire is but a simple part of human nature‚ Macbeth is led on by the three witches. These three witches play a key role throughout the story‚ foreseeing the future and giving both Macbeth and Banquo their prophecies. By doing so‚ the three witches corrupt Macbeth‚ giving him an unquenchable thirst for power that only grows as the story progresses. In Act 1‚ Macbeth starts out as a loyal and true

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    Tactics have always played a strong role in many activists and social movement group. Past social movement organization used tactics such as sit-inns‚ marches and boycotts in order for people in authority to enact change. Today as some of these tactics have become routinized‚ some activist and social movement organization have taken it into their own hands to change tactics so that their message will have a stronger effect. Tactics can be seen as a form of communication and performance claimant use

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    The Role of Women in Creation Stories Men tend to be the dominant figure in many modern societies; this could have something to do with the role women play in creation stories believed by a particular society. In some of the creation stories studied‚ women are portrayed as inferior to men even though they possess great strengths or the ability to manipulate men. The creation stories of Genesis‚ Enuma Elish‚ and The Creation of Pandora from Works and Days all have feminine characters that are portrayed

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    LG: Local Authorities play an important role in the society we live in. They have been set up by central government to make it easier to provide a vast variety services to the people. Local authorities or councils as they are also known‚ are made up of elected councillors‚ which are voted in by the people of the local area (thepeoplesbudget‚2014). Local authorities have been split into a range of unitary and two tier councils. Unitary governments tend to be in the larger town and cities in England

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    The Role of Tattoos Whether it’s been as a mark of slavery‚ cultural purposes or as a form of art‚ tattooing has been practiced globally for centuries. This paper will debate that regardless of the division of views within today’s society regarding the practice of tattooing‚ it has played a consistent as well as an important role in human culture with regards to identities. Let’s start by picking your brain for a moment. If I were to ask you what your opinions were towards tattooing‚ what would

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    Bam! Smack! Zap! All sounds someone might see in a Batman comic book but have you ever thought what these comic book superheros might be like in real life? In real life‚ vigilantes often don’t go around saving old ladies from muggers and rescuing cats from trees‚ instead they fight to end something much bigger such as homelessness or world hunger. Vigilantes in real life are drastically different from the fictional characters portrayed in comic books and movies‚ they have different ideologies‚ they

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    perioeci and the helots both played an important role in the economic and military aspects of Spartan society‚ and contributed much to Sparta’s fame and military prowess. For the Spartan citizens‚ the other aspects of their life were left to the perioeci and the helots. Plutarch describes the perioeci as the "dwellers round about"‚ a substantial group of mixed origin who achieved their status in a number of ways‚ and that their "commercial and economic role must have become very important". Charles McArver

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    Guilds played an important role in the Medieval towns. A guild would make sure that anything that was made was made with good quality and sold for a decent price. Being a guild in the Medieval society was an honor because it meant you were a skilled worker and had respect for society. Some of the guilds would check on other members to make sure their work was up to standards. Guilds who got caught cheating the public were made to work at their own cost‚ but the worst punishment would be expelled

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    either like they do now‚ and if they did it was usually to the Drive-In theatre with their family. Dairy Queen was a big spot to go to for a special treat. Most families went to Church together every Sunday and sometimes on Wednesday too. Kids did not go to the mall alone - only with parents and only to buy something‚ not just to walk around it with friends. Kids were also WAY more disciplined back then. You didn’t hear and see kids screaming and throwing fits in public like you do now. Parents cared

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    historians‚ she stood for significant advancement when it came to woman empowerment‚ and she was the first to break into a scene which can safely be called a ‘men’s club’ till then. For the war effort‚ however‚ she encouraged both boys and girls to do their part for the country‚ either through combat or through working for the country back home. [4] References: 1. Retrieved From: http://www.scribd.com/doc/189672338/Ages-of-Comics-Davey-Beauchamp (Accessed on: March 09th‚ 2015) 2. Greenberger

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