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    William Shakespeare‚ a world-renowned playwright‚ poet‚ and actor‚ has been known for centuries all around the world for his great variety of brilliant‚ poetic‚ and creative plays written during the Elizabethan Era. Shakespeare’s plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and Western literature‚ traditionally divided into the genres of tragedy‚ history‚ and comedy‚ and comprising of various imaginative settings‚ plots‚ characters‚ and conflicts. They have been translated

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    Jay Gatsby‚ the main character from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a fascinating character who takes on an interesting persona. Gatsby is so “great” because of his unusual nature of dealing with his lifelong problems and his status in society. Gatsby is a man who has many dreams‚ just like every other American citizen‚ but he pursues them to an abnormal extent to which many view him as “great.” Gatsby’s ultimate dream is to rekindle his relationship with Daisy‚ a girl that he viewed

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    by individuals in the U.S. Each person has their own “American Dream.” Whether it is to live a happy life or have financial prosperity‚ one thing is obvious; the “American Dream” can be interpreted in many different ways. The novel The Great Gatsby symbolizes the “American Dream” by F Scott Fitzgerald. The central character Jay Gatsby thinks money is the answer to anything he encounters. Gatsby desire started when he was a child and through his hard work he attained financial prosperity. Jay has

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    greatness. However‚ some of Gatsby’s actions and wants tarnish his overall greatness. Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby” is a great man in that his desires and passion are unparallel to other rich men similar to him‚ but his greatness is also questionable because of the crimes that he has aligned himself with. According to the book‚ Gatsby gained most of his wealth from participating in illegal activities. These activities soared Gatsby amongst some of the most powerful men in New York. The book is

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    Who is to blame for the death of King Duncan in the play Macbeth? In this essay I am going to look at who is to blame for the murder of King Duncan. James I was superstitious and he was paranoid about the supernatural and he was afraid he would be killed. The reason why James I was scared was because he’s family got killed by witches. Kings were representations of god. In the olden days people were scared of supernatural beings such as witches. Witches use rhyming couplets such

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    World of the Great Gatsby is a Bad Thing Money in the world of the Great Gatsby is a bad thing and it negatively influences everyone in the book. Throughout the book‚ we see its negative influences and it corruptive powers. There are examples of this being true throughout the book. From how it destroyed Gatsby to even how its ability to desensitize the rich from their ethics and morale code. Money destroyed Gatsby. From the very beginning‚ money became Gatsby’s bane of existence. His entire life was

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    Why is the definition of death an important question for the issue of donation and transplantation? The definition of death is an important question for the issue of donation and transplantation for several reasons‚ but most importantly‚ because doctors may only harvest organs after a person has died because otherwise they are going against the medical principle of Primum non nocere meaning “first‚ do no harm”. This means that doctors must wait until a person is fully dead before removing organs

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    Scott Fitzgerald‚ Gatsby gains his wealth not to pursue the dream of being super wealthy. No‚ was searching for the hand of a lovely girl that he wished to marry but didn’t have a penny to his name. Years later Gatsby began to host many parties grab a hold of Daisy’s attention‚ so that maybe one day she might step in and he may be united once again but under holy matrimony. Fitzgerald does not resolve the ending in an unexpected way‚ “The Great Gatsby” ended with Gatsby dead and Daisy still with

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    Romeo and Juliets death As solving huge problems in life‚ some come with a cost. In the great play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ written and directed by William Shakespeare‚ two young ‚pressured‚ star-crossed lovers take their lives so they can finally be together in the after world. Romeo and Juliet did not make these choices on their own. In the play most characters had an impact on our two lovers to choice to take their own lives‚ but I think these three characters( Tybalt‚ Friar John‚ and Juliet) had

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    circumstance‚ or is he responsible for his own destruction. In the early pages of the book‚ Victor already tells Walton and the reader that he is enticed by world and won’t give up on his dream of being successful in science‚ “The world was to me a secret‚ which I desired to discover” (Volume 1 Chapter 1 pg.20). Victor explains to Walton how he enjoyed the recollections of his childhood before hardship had soiled his mentality; he altered his future because of his obsession with Natural Philosophy‚ which

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