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    When Romeo finds Juliet asleep without knowledge of her plan he assumes she is dead and ends up killing himself by consuming a deadly potion. When Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead‚ she stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Friar Laurence is most responsible for this tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s death because he said “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove‚ to turn

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    Did you ever wonder why Herbert died? It all started on a dark stormy night while playing chess. A man from far away land knocked on the door. He told a tail of a magical paw. The paw would let you make three wishes. In the story monkeys paw the son Herbert’s dies. I believe Herbert is the blame. Since Herbert didn’t believe in the paw he caused his own death. We were going to be rich and happy. Wish to be an emperor. He was making fun of the mystery of the paw. That could have been a reason he

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    Who should be responsible for Television Violence? Composition II Who should be responsible for Television Violence? Can we afford to continue ignoring the connection between television violence and the increase in mass murders? The answer is no. We have to take a stance now and fight for stricter regulations by the government and the Federal Communications Committee (FCC). Television has been associated with influencing controversial acts since the beginning of its creation

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    Oedipus Rex: A Symbolic Path to Truth In the ironic and tragic play Oedipus Rex‚ the titular character (Oedipus) goes on a journey to discover who he really is. The story starts with the King Lauis abandoning his son Oedipus because the prophet said Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. As the story goes on Oedipus finds a sphinx and solves the sphinx’s riddle which kills it. Oedipus is immediately named King of Thebes. As the story comes to an end he starts to ask the question‚ who

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    3. People often want to blame someone when "things go wrong." People spend hours in court trying to find the guilty person. So‚ how would you explain the death of Curley’s wife? Who was irresponsible? In our time people like Lennie are put to death similar acts. Argue who is responsible and explain how events took such a tragic turn. "As you would blame others‚ blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself‚ forgive others." - Chinese Proverb. This quote accurately depicts an ideal situation

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    After all these conspiracies‚ there is more evidence to support that Mrs.Monroe had died from a suicide or murder. What if her death was a murder? The accusations of the Kennedy?s seem reasonable that they could be responsible for her death. They were worried that she would tell the world about their love affairs and secret government information. On the other hand‚ is it that serious for them to kill her? In their perspective they feared she would spill government

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    Who you think was responsible for the assassination of Kennedy? The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one of the biggest cases built up on theories and endless misplacements. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday 22nd November 1963‚ in Dallas‚ Texas. This mystery has not yet been solved; people have different opinions and blame different people or groups. I think that Kennedy was assassinated by the American intelligence plot. Again everyone has their own opinions‚ but I will explain during this

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    depicts Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes in Ancient Greece‚ must find and punish the old king’s killer. But tragically brings on his downfall while uncovering the killer and lunges himself right into the prophecy‚ where he is going to kill his father and lay with his mother‚ that he tried to avoid. Plays such as this one contributed to Greek society by teaching lessons to the people. In Oedipus.Rex‚ he later found out the prophecy came true and must be punished for killing his father‚ but Oedipus is innocent

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    Who Was Responsible for the Start of the Cold War? Although differences between communism and capitalism - two opposing systems - existed before the start of World War II‚ relations between the United States and USSR deteriorated rapidly after the war. The US was so opposed to communism that a policy of containment was developed to prevent communism spreading. In addition‚ open hostility‚ lack of understanding‚ and deliberate provoking further separated the two countries. Though the Cold War was

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    Fate | Free Will | Quote: “Shall I expel this poison in the bloodFor whoso slew that the king might have a mind”This quote shows the presence of fate when Oedipus declares his intent to solve the murder of Laius which is expressed by the metaphor of “expelling the poison in the blood” and righting the wrong. The second part of the quote‚ “for whoso slew the king might have a mind to strike me too with his assassin hand” also shows the intervention of fate when Oedipus denounces the murderer in

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