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    Who or what is responsible for the tragedy in Othello? In Shakespeare’s Othello almost every character ranging from Brabantio to Emilia is somewhat responsible for the tragedy‚ emotions are also at play in the tragedy. Essentially the main person or later referred to as a “devil” is Iago‚ the fiendish manipulator pulling the strings. Throughout the play Iago jumps at any attempt to sabotage Othello and Desdemona’s relationship and quite literally anyone who gets in his way including his own

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    Following the end of World War II in 1945‚ the United States economy began to prosper. However‚ the end of the war brought on another kind of war‚ the Cold War. With suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the United States began to conduct research on alternate means to protect the national interest through an improved interrogation processes. One of these highly classified programs was known as “Project: MKULTRA.” According to Dr. Horowitz (2001)‚ the basis for MKULTRA

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    The Cold War (1945-1991) was basically an ideological standoff between the ideas of Communism supported by the Russians and Democracy/Capitalism supported by the Americans. Communism is a political ideology which has the central principle of ¡§communal or communist ownership¡¨ of all property and therefore the abolition of private property. Democracy is a form of government in which the people vote‚ have a representative government and via these representatives ¡§govern themselves¡¨. During the period

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    The play starts off in medieval Scotland; three witches appear revealing traditions that could be associated with witchcraft: they know in advance that the outcome of a civil war that is being fought in Scotland will involve Macbeth. Macbeth is first introduced into the play as a noble gentleman‚ ready to fight for his land and to do anything for his country. As the play goes on‚ his ambitions are made clear to the audience through his speech and soliloquys. The witches gather in a bleak place‚

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    Titanic‚ he had his fortune read. The fortune teller told him he would die aboard the ship‚ but he did not listen‚ and went on the voyage. She was right‚ and he died in the tragic accident (1). The Titanic is one of the most well known disasters in history. The RMS Titanic was the most luxurious ship of its time. It was said to be unsinkable‚ which created false hope for the passengers when disaster struck. The survivors’ haunting stories are still told today. Innovative technologies were used to study

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    key historic nature that developed in the Cold War with direct relation to fighting against Communist Soviet Union. Holding both domestic and international pillars that were statured upon military use and fighting against anything that stood for evil. Neoconcervation developed this notion of the democracy being the light of good and any competing ideology shadowed the darkness of evil. This can be directly seen with the progression Bush took against the War on Terror. Where Bush use complete and total

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    Oedipus is a king who suffers from hubris which leads to uncontrolled anger. Due to these two flaws‚ Oedipus kills his biological father and marries his biological mother‚ as the oracle had predicted. By the end of the play‚ Oedipus gouged out his own eyes and lost his position as king of Thebes. There is no way for him to avoid the Oracle. The Oracle only states what Fate had already decided; Oedipus was destined to commit these heinous acts. Oedipus is not completely responsible for what happened

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    it all in a heartbeat. In the novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ there is a character by the name of Okonkwo who had accomplished many things in his life. What happens when things turn bad? Does an individual contribute to things going wrong? As mentioned‚ Okonkwo has many accomplishments. He is considered a hero in his village‚ Umuofia. “Umuofia was feared by all its neighbors. It was powerful in war and in magic. Its priest and medicine men were feared by all its surrounding countries” (11). Umuofia

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    was a complete victory‚ with Chiang Kai-Shek‚ the opposition leader‚ completely pushed out of China and into Taiwan. The U.S. did not manage to contain communism whatsoever‚ and its assistance to Chiang Kai-Shek did not help his victory. The Korean war is yet another example of the U.S. being unable to contain communism‚ even with its own troops. Although the U.S. pushed the border all the up to China‚ Chinese troops were able to push them down until the armistice settled upon the 38th parallel as

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    diplomatic pressure is inadequate due to a country’s unwillingness to cooperate‚ and a military approach may generate unwanted attention or retaliation covert action may be the best choice. An example of this primary consideration is during the Cold War when the United States government would frequently turn to covert action when diplomacy with a hostile government‚ such as the Soviet Union was too weak. Conversely‚ military action also could not be used as the Soviets‚ had substantial forces in

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