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    “Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just wanna watch the world burn...” Having artfully explored the origins of the caped crusader in Batman Begins, director Christopher Nolan puts Gotham City under a completely new perspective in The Dark Knight, the thrilling second instalment of his superb reinvention of the superhero franchise. Gotham has returned to a state of fraudulence and criminality. Crime

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    Make America Great Again Donald Trump is a brilliant business man. You either love him or hate him, but rarely a moment passes without coming across his name. In a day and age where technology is rapidly changing the way society has come to know politics, leave it to a political outsider to turn Washington inside out. The time has never been more opportune than now for a successful business person who embraces technology to run for president…and win. On March 23, 2015 seventeen people formally announced

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    Brilliant Lies by David Williamson shows that sexual harassment is a twisted combination of sex and power. Susy Conner uses sex to gain power, Gary Fitzgerald uses power to gain sex and Brian Conner was too drunk to realise his abuse of both power and sexual harassment. All of these characters wanted something and they all thought they knew how to get it by using either sex or power, or a little of each. Susy has always relied on her looks and sex appeal to get her by and to gain power. She used

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    Gold and diamonds have been sought after for centuries (Live Science website, 2014). The treasurable commodities were even worn and used in the ancient world, from a Chinese king who died in 128 B.C. to Egyptian Pharaohs (Live Science website, 2014). However, after centuries of mining the earth, how does the on-going search for the supply affect our world? Let’s delve further to see the economic, environmental and human impact of mining for these products. Economically, gold mining generated three

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    Title (Title alludes to your argument) Despite many people being against his way of thinking, Machiavelli’s way of thinking was brilliant because of his interpretations in The Prince. One of the main reasons why Niccolo Machiavelli was a great leader is because of his dual purpose writings, which led him to success. His most famous book is The Prince,the proof of his brilliant but misunderstood mind. The above mentioned book was originally written to help rulers - specifically, Lorenzo Medici. Many of

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    purpose of this essay is to asses allied leadership effective in WW1 and how effective it was. The topics to be discussed are, the brilliant tactics the allied leaders used, the great leadership outside of the war also leading to major technological advancements and meticulous planning lead to many victories. Although the casualties during WW1 were catastrophic the brilliant ideas of men like general Arthur Currie led to many soldiers keeping their lives. One such idea was when allied solders were

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    In the novel "In Cold Blood," Perry Smith committed many lethal murders while having no remorse. Some wonder if Perry's actions are due to his upbringing as a child, or the fact of who he was around in his life. Perry Smith went through many hardships in his lifetime. Some of which included torture by a nurse, all the way to being thrown into prison. Individuals are controlled primarily by their nurture rather than their nature, and I believe this is the case for Mr. Smith. Yes, Perry committed the

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    James Hurst, the author of the scarlet ibis, employs the technique of symbolism, and inanimate objects like the color red to convey hidden meanings that further clarify important themes in the story. Through his use of the color red, Hurst denotes both personal and universal emotions. Brother leads the reader through the many symbolic uses of the color in the story. Some of the ways the color is shown as a symbol is when Brother is comparing the red scarlet ibis to a broken vase of red flowers, the

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    Throughout this journal, Elena can be characterized as brilliant and hopeless. Firstly, Elena can be characterized as brilliant in numerous ways. For example, she understands Russian and even the commander is asking her to be a spy. Lina said, “‘Komorov asked Mother to spy and report to him. She said no’” (Sepetys 158). The commander wants Elena to spy on the prisoners and promised her that Lina’s family will be treated differently from others. In addition, they will get more foods and less work

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    Alexander The Great Dbq

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    Alexander inherited his father’s kingdom and army at the age of 20. Was Alexander a man of great character and accomplishment? Alexander was great for three reasons. He was a generous and brilliant leader. One of the many reasons he was a generous leader was when he founded 70 cities. He also showed he was brilliant by turning his resources into attacks. During one of the battles, he managed to turn his enemy's elephants against him. He spread Greek culture and culture. He spread many Greek ideas, such

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