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    King Lear and 1984 Shakespeare's King Lear and George Orwell’s novel 1984 are politically motivated works of literature. They represent the past political environment of a country remotely described as Britain. King Lear particularly brings out this setting clearly. The government in this play is a monarch, the king decides to share the realm to his three daughters on a rather senseless base. And the offenders of the law are punished by execution or trial by combat. In contrast, some features

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    Burmese Days Analysis

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    was one of George Orwell’s first books, and the intro states that “As a policeman in Burma, George Orwell saw the underbelly of the empire; not the triumphant bugles or bejewelled Maharajas, but the drunken sahibs pickled by heat and alcohol in mildewed clubs, the scarred and screaming Burmese in their prison cells” (Orwell Reader 2). The described Burma sounds repulsive and unappealing. George Orwell must have seen Burma in a very different light after working as a policeman. George Orwell always

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    Written documentation has the power and ability to alter society as a whole. It can change the way man thinks, acts, and analyzes. The power of words can strike and lead to the power of the people. The power of the people can develop the culture, improve a society, and create rhythm and harmony in a country. In 1776, the power of words, diction, and syntax had the ability to transform a country. Thomas Jefferson, the author of “The Declaration of Independence”, clearly and precisely uses specific

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    Essay on Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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    Luther King in his letter from a Birmingham Jail.  " We can never forget what that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal..." (Classic Arguments 668).  King went on in his letter to say that it would be against man made law to help a jew in Nazi Germany.  What King said in his letter has to make a person think that not all laws are good for the group in society and morality is a justifiable excuse in breaking the law.

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    quartering of soldiers provoked the creation of a compelling and monumental document: The Declaration of Independence. In 1778, representatives from all 13 colonies assembled to divulge a plan that would free them from Great Britain’s tyrannical ruler King George III. In order to establish an effective and convincing plan, the colonial delegates needed to produce a testimony that would thoroughly persuade its audience to comply with their efforts to disband from the British. Founding father Thomas Jefferson

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    Roaring Twenties Essay

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    the first musical radio program was aired. Sound movies were first seen in the 1920's. The sound was not on the film, but on synchronized phonograph records, it became very popular and the first full-length "talkie", "The Jazz Singer", was released. In 1928, a 27-year-old Walt Disney introduced his first animated cartoon. The lead character, "Mickey Mouse" would later go on to star in the first animated cartoon to use sound, "Steamboat Willie". George Eastman demonstrated the first color motion

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    King George III looked absolutely stupefied. The colonists should love their mother country, not revolt against it! Those settlers found that they felt content without Britain by their side, a concept which not a single soul predicted earlier. King George III gained an important life lesson that is present in many short stories today. In “A Sound of Thunder,” Eckels time-travels to the age of dinosaurs, and the tour guide stresses exceedingly strict rules about not damaging history. Nevertheless

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    Carnival By Händel

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    Georg Friedrich Händel, a Baroque composer, born in Halle ‘an-die-Saale’, Germany on February 23, 1685 primarily performed as a keyboardist and had begun to compose music as a juvenile (Cudworth 7). At the age of 19, Händel’s initial opera Almira premiered in January of 1705 in Hamburg, Germany. Soon after the completion of the aforementioned work, he would voyage to Florence, Italy (upon the invitation extended to him by Prince Ferdinand de’ Medici) to master the Italic form (Cudworth 12). Moreover

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    not that way for my ladies. They went to see the spectacle after bringing me from the rooms where I've been imprisoned to the bell tower to watch in private. Evidently they are not worried I will leave, and they would be correct. If this is what my king desires, I will not defy him." she said, ignoring how odd I looked. Looking into my eyes, she proudly stated, "I am Anne Boleyn, the queen of England. But there are those who prefer to call me Nan Bullen." She laughed in a crazed sort of way. "Are

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    writer of reviews and articles realted to Jazz education, etc). The ensemble played many jazz classics, such as “Nolstalgia in Times Square” by the bassist Charles Mingus, and“Body and Soul” by George Stone. They also incorporated some other songs, such as “Tuning Up” by Toshiki Akiyoshi, and “Count Bubba” by George Goodwin. Throughout the entire performance, many soloists popped up and played with such tone and mood and dedication, with riffs and dazzling techniques. The group also had wonderful cooperation

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