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    Alexander Hamilton, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and major author of the Federalist papers, was the United States' first secretary of the treasury. He was born approximately January 11, 1755, on the island of Nevis, British West Indies. About twenty years later, Hamilton became General George Washington's assistant. In 1788, he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ratify the U.S Constitution. He then served as the nation's first secretary of the treasury, from 1789 to 1795. On July 12

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    From start to finish the author uses pathos to capture the reader’s attention. Kaplan paints a fearful, gruesome, scary picture of how throughout history people have viewed vampires and zombies. The author shows this with his word choice, metaphors, and the stories he chooses to explain. From the start, the author uses words such as fear, scared, morbid, evil, and terror throughout his entire story. In just the first page of the text he uses the word fear three times accompanied by terror when writing

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    Victor Frankenstein made a monster that he was scared of himself and what he had made. Victor was a smart man but he was tempted to find a way to escape death and made a monster that would kill William and the reason that Justine died. But the monster known today a s frankenstein shows us a lot of trying to to a person and fix into society but many people are scared of how he look and they ran him of of the village that he walk into. The main support that shows that frankenstein wants to be a human

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    finalization of writing the Constitution, he did powerfully influence of its ratification. However, he didn't accomplish this task alone; he was assisted by John Jay and James Madison. Together, they wrote a collection of eighty-five essays in defense and support of a new Constitution. Hamilton is credited with 51 essays, 29 to James Madison, and 5 to John Jay. This collection, known early as The Federalist, later became known as The Federalist Papers, and we still refer to them as such, today. The

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    Introduction: The parties are William Marbury and James Madison. William Marbury was commissioned by president Adams as Justice of the Peace, along with many others, on the last day of office. The commission had to be delivered to William Marbury on the same day by John Marshall, the Secretary of State, but that did not happen. The following day Thomas Jefferson, who was from the opposing party, became president and he appointed a new Secretary of State, James Madison. President Jefferson declared the commissions

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    Alpha Zero, or Zero as he simply called himself was filled with hatred, the experiments done on him and his kind filled him with rage. These scientists had no right to destroy his kind. Alpha Two, a female of his kind, had just succumbed to death after another round of torture was used to determine how much she could withstand. She had been born of the same batch of experiments as he was, basically in canine standards she was his litter mate. He was pacing his cell back and forth, having already

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    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a great horror story about a man named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster in his quest to create life. There are many odd twists and turns in this book leaving the reader dangling off the edge of curiosity. Victor discovering the secret of life, his creation killing his family, and Victor seeking revenge are all major points in this book. Victor Frankenstein, from a young age, was very interested in the mysteries of life. He finds a book by Cornelius Agrippa

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    The author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, shows a story of an ambitious scientist whom desires to create life but in turn creates a monster. Victor Frankenstein, a mad scientist, rejects his own creation of his monster and simply put it aside as if it never happened. Throughout this novel, Victor Frankenstein through his unspeakable acts shows that the monster is the victim of his own creator. Victor, a mad scientist from Geneva has done an unspeakable things that undermines the laws of nature by

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    On the other side, Ralph and Jack are the two main characters that represent the contrast of good and evil. Ralph is described as an intelligent attractive young boy. In the book, he symbolizes civilization and leadership. Likewise, his leadership skills make him seem trustful, and that is why the children elect him democratically as a chief. He takes charge of being rescued and keeps the order in the island. Also, he is the only one that remains calmness and positivism about get rescued. Throughout

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    Do I think Frankenstein's monster was really a monster? No I don’t, honestly he was the most human. Victor was the monster. Although ‘Frank’ did kill Victor’s wife and a small boy, Victor cut off his owns wife’s head. If you're calling ‘Frank’ a monster because he killed two people then yeah maybe he is. “Regular” people do that and worse to other people daily. So considering this every person who has killed someone is a “monster”. Right? Or maybe, it’s the way he looks. The old man was not scared

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