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    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as the Fools of Hamlet             In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince Hamlet replaces the letter that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are carrying to England with a forgery of his own making, thus sending these two men to their deaths. He does this without giving it a second thought and never suffers from any guilt or remorse for his actions. Considering that these two men were friends from his youth, this would at first glance seem to reflect poorly on his

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    “A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told” -Chris Colfer. In Shakespeare’s tragic, but astonishing play Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus is known as one of the main protagonists. Brutus can be employed as either a villain or a victim in the play. In my opinion, I see Brutus playing a victim in the play due to his sincere, reasonable, and logical decisions and intentions. He faces major conflicts between his own personal feelings, loyalty to his friend, and loyalty to his country. Roman

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    different meaning for each character, it’s obvious that Edmund doesn’t really believe that love means loyalty and honesty because later in the play he says “to both these sisters have I sworn my love, each jealous of the other as the stung are of the adder,” claiming he loves both Regan and Goneril, while he still lies to each one about the other (5.1.63). Here, Edmund’s natural instinct to misinterpret love is what causes wickedness to form. Next, Shakespeare investigates the corruption caused by

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    Development of Setting and Suspense in The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy The author of this story is Thomas Hardy. The storyis set in the 19th century in a very close society. It is a rural setting in Wessex. The story follows a couple that have been divoreced but had a child along time before. The man of this couple gets married, the old girlfriend attacks the new wife, Gertrude Lodge, and she received a mark or scar on her arm from where she was attacked in her

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    executed. After Hamlet’s ship is attacked by pirates, he returns to Denmark with Guildenstern and Rosencrantz still heading to England to their ultimate demise. Hamlet says “There’s letters sealed, and my two schoolfellows, Whom I trust as i will adders fanged - They bear the mandate, They must sweep my way and marshal me to knavery.” (3.4 220-223) expressing his distrust towards Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. Hamlet’s ability to tell when to trust people and when not to would be a good quality to

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    How would someone risk everything they have to save the city they love? In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is building a way to make Caesar step down from ruling Rome. He does not think that Caesar has what it takes to rule Rome. Brutus then decides to join the conspirators and make a plan to kill Caesar and save the people of Rome. Once Caesar is dead, Brutus and Cassius flee Rome to a camp near Sardis. Mark Antony seeks for revenge for the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus is the tragic

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    Julius Caesar Tragic Hero

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    Tragic Hero Essay In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by distinguished playwright William Shakespeare, a hero arises, in the form of Marcus Brutus. The play is about the fall of the great Julius Caesar, a member of the triumvirate who wants to become the Emperor of Rome, and the conspirators involved. Despite the title, Brutus is the main character, and he is a tragic hero. Brutus assisted in the assassination of Caesar, his best friend. After Caesar’s death two factions arise in Rome, those who supported

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    “Business-to-business (B2B) exchanges or marketplaces provide dramatic opportunities to automate collaborative business processes with customers and suppliers, generate internal efficiencies, and reach new markets at minimal cost.” - (Kenjale & Phatak, 2002) The epigraph quote from a 2002 article in the CRM magazine provides the commonly used and accepted definition of Business-to-Business (B2B) exchanges. The key differentiating attributes of the B2B Exchanges from the Business-to-Consumer (B2C)

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    clang heard by Helen the night of Julia’s death. Sherlock confirming that indeed Dr. Roylott would lose part of his inherited money when his stepdaughters became married and so with the purpose of impeding their marriage he trained an Indian swamp adder (the speckled band) to kill both sisters is one crucial piece of peripheral trace date support that helped answer the enigmatic question of “What explains Julia’s last words: ‘It was the band! The speckled band!’” This piece of support creates soundness

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    INTRODUCTION Health and Safety is a key factor in built environment. This is due to the increasing levels of accidents. With the modern complexity in its built environment, the modern buildings become more sophisticated to be built. In order to build these structures the workers get exposed to many hazards. In modern construction the Health and Safety measures are critical in order to reduce the risk levels and to offer a safe environment for the workers to work upon. Construction work always includes

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