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    Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince is a book that examines the qualities and strategies required for a ruler in order to maintain power. Despite being composed in the 16th century, the ideas presented are applicable even to mythical kings from texts over a thousand years ago. Throughout the story of Seneca’s Oedipus, substantial connections could be made between Oedipus and The Prince’s ideas of rule, such as methods in acquiring principalities, channeling subjects’ fear, the use of cruelty and controlling

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    listener or group of listeners” (Kennedy 72). Although Browning mastered this genre during the Victorian era, his poems were often “greeted with misunderstanding and indifference” (Simpson 1275). Along with his work featuring “grotesque rhymes” and “jaw breaking diction” (Simpson 1275), he was

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    The Truth About White Supremacy: American History X As a Hispanic, I suppose I should expect or, be prepared, rather, for racism and discrimination. Thankfully, I have not experienced either.. yet. Our world is not perfect; things take place that we rather not know about, but ignoring the problem seems to only make matters worse. The movie American History X, is an admirable attempt to inform us about these types of malicious ignorance that plague our society. The impeccable acting, artistic

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    which is proven in his journal entry where he wrote “I want to tear a throat out with my own teeth like a pop can...I want to grab some weak little freshman and just tear them apart like a fucking wolf. Strangle them, squish their head, rip off their jaw, break their arms in half, show them who is God” (4). Additionally, he is a psychopath because his “pattern of grandiosity, glibness, contempt, lack of empathy, and superiority read like the bullet points on Hare's Psychopathy Checklist. Eric Harris

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    The five people you meet in heaven By: Mitch Albom Setting Pier with ferris wheel, photo booth, and roller coasters Ruby Pier 1940-1980 Characters Eddie- the protagonist, Eddie was killed on his 83rd birthday and then he wakes in heaven Marguerite- Marguerite is Eddie 's wife who he meets at Ruby pier The captain- The captain is Eddie 's commanding officer at war Eddie’s mother- his mother was known his mother was known as for her tenderness Eddie’s father- Eddie was abused by his father

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    deceived the Akhaians” (112-114)- delays choosing a suitor, loyal to Odysseus o Lack of arête for the suitors-“My house is being plundered: is this courtesy?”(68) • Book 3 o Nestor recounts Odysseus’s arête and skill o Nestor hopes Telémakhos will get revenge with the suitors as Orestes did when he demonstrated arête and “killed the snake who killed his father” (334) • Book 4 o Meneláos & Helen tell stories of the arête Odysseus showed & the Trojan Horse Characters: • Gods: Zeus(“summoner of cloud”, “Father

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    The Godfather Movie Essay

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    “The Godfather”, written by Mario Puzo in 1969, was adapted into film and directed by Francis Ford Coppola in the 1970s. The story is about an Italian crime family and the struggles they face due to this crime. The movie stars Al Pacino and Marlon Brando, the two playing the youngest son and the father of the family. This film is regarded by many as one of the greatest because it is like reading a book, its dealings with moral issues, and its social impact. The year is 1945; with the war just ending

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    Female Serial Killers

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    Not many people know that women can murder others, let alone, be serial murderers. What has been perceived generally in our societies is that women are the creation of God who sacrifice for others and care selflessly. It is the males who are seen as the abusers, the ones who murder, kill others for their selfish motives. That is true but not completely. The majority of people who abuse, or kill are males. However, women are also seen as doing these acts so anonymous to their “feminism”. Women also

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    Joseph Diez Prof. Pauline Davies COM 100/13011 2/11/2015 Informative speech Visionary of a lifetime General Purpose: To inform the audience Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the progression of Steve Job’s life, and what he contributed society Thesis Statement: Steve Jobs was always a brilliant student, but had a bit of a tough upbringing, but as anyone can see

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    Madame Bovary Essay

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    The confinement of females under mental and physical distress is the central theme in Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, and Wilkie Collins The Woman in White. Flaubert’s Emma Bovary is a narcissist whose self-induced obsession with literature restricts her from having a happy fulfilling life, as nothing compares to the excitement and adventures she reads in her novels. While the plot of Wilkie Collins The Woman in White depicts two women incarcerated against their will in a private mental institution

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