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    afterlife or life after death. To the people that see it as evil might think of it as a way of controlling someone. Like the famous play by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth‚ the protagonist Macbeth encounters three witches after fighting the thane of Hardwell. There the three witches’ plant a seed of madness inside Macbeth’s head by telling him the future and he commits unspeakable crimes to make their predictions come true. Macbeth suffers for his crimes but was but was it his own fault or was the witches

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    Great Gatsby

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    January 18‚ 2012 Great Gatsby Essay Most people get out of bed with ambitions of accomplishing goals and dreams for themselves for the sense of fulfillment. But rarely you’ll find people who don’t; instead you’ll find people who just can’t let go of the past‚ which could easily just lead them to a horrendous death. On Long Island in the summer of 1922‚ Gatsby is a perfect role model of exactly that. Gatsby grew up a poor Midwesterner and fell in love with

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    “A League of their Own” review During World War II when men were gone overseas fighting for the war‚ women needed to fill the jobs they had left‚ including sports entertainment. In the 1992 film “A league of their own‚” ‚ a group of young ladies join the first All American girls professional baseball league and defy the laws of gender roles in that era. Penny Marshal directed this film. It Features Tom Hanks‚ Geena Davis‚ Lori Petty‚ and Madonna. Tom Hanks gained recognition by winning Funniest

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    The Great Gatsby‚ a classic written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ exposes the frailty of humanity. Fitzgerald’s narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ tells a gritty story in which he learns about the corruption of money. Though Nicks strives for perfection‚ he is a failure because he fails to become the savior he aspires to be‚ cope with city life‚ and realize that people are humans and not perfect. Nick fails to accomplish his dream of fitting into the upper social class because he can’t seem to realize that people

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    H. Rider Haggard once said‚ “Man doeth this and doeth that from the good or evil of his heart; but he knows not to what end his sense doth prompt him; for when he strikes he is blind to where the blow shall fall‚ nor can he count the airy threads that weave the web of circumstance”. Though‚ when it comes to the horrific events that occurred in the novel The Outsiders‚ who is to blame? The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ covers the life of two rival gangs‚ the lower class Greasers and the upper class Socs

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    The Obesity Blame Game Are We Taking It Too Far By Blaming Fast Food Restaurants For Obesity? When Is It Individual Responsibility And When Is It Appropriate To Place Blame? Obesity has increased in tides across the country. The statistics on obesity are staggering. Scientists report that by 2030‚ more than half of the population will be obese. It is fact that more than sixty million Americans who are twenty years and older are obese. Nine million children and teens between the ages of nine

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    Janaki Chadha Mrs. Ciarrocca AP English 3/ Block C 21 March 2012 Why Death of a Salesman Is Relevant Today On the surface‚ Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller does not seem to have much relation to modern day high school students. The story of the demise and ultimate death of Willy Loman‚ a failed salesman in his sixties‚ does not immediately come across as something high school juniors would be able to relate to. For the most part‚ it appears to be read as part of English curriculums across

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    Who Is Macbeth To Blame?

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    often a common discussion among readers. Does Macbeth create his own fate or is he a victim of circumstance? Macbeth is perceived as a victim of circumstance‚ and a victim to his own unavoidable fate. Macbeth and his friend Banquo come upon three witches‚ or the wyrd sisters‚ who tell Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor‚ and one day he will become King. This is the small summary of Act 1 Scene 3 in Macbeth. Is Macbeth really the one to blame for becoming a power craving maniac? It could be Lady Macbeth

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    "The Raven" - Edgar Allan Poe’s view about his own fate. Yordan G. Georgiev Shumen University Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19‚ 1809 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He is one of the most significant writers in the American history. Well known for its mystery and horror stories he is considered part of the Romantic movement in US and the inventor of detective fiction genre. On January 29‚ 1845 he publishes his poem "The Raven" in the "Evening Mirror" which granted

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    Name: Sherin Khawaja Class and Section: 11SD Q: Compare and contrast Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. How are they similar and how do they differ? Given that Tom is portrayed negatively‚ why does Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby? In the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ two men‚ Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan‚ fight over Daisy‚ an upper-class woman from an old‚ wealthy family in the time after the first world war during the age known as

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