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    explain why Macbeth kills king Duncan of Scotland and many of his loyal followers. Shakespeare wrote many motives for Macbeth to use but some of those motives are more important than others. The main motives of Macbeth are the three witches, ambition, and Lady Macbeth. The three witches are the main motive of Macbeth. After the battle Macbeth and his friend Banquo run into three

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    were not given the same rights as white men. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr., “Graduation” by Maya Angelou and “A Homemade Education” by Malcolm X, the authors discuss their experiences and fight against inequality. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Maya Angelou were just a few of the hundreds of thousands of blacks who restlessly fought for civil rights. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Maya Angelou showed that in the face of adversity to persevere you must always

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    around a royal family and its members’ greed to inherit the throne through extreme methods. King Claudius kills King Hamlet by pouring poison into his ears. He then goes on to inherit the throne despite there being rules against treason and murder. He also marries the dead King’s wife after three months of grieving. All these actions portray how hungry he was for King Hamlet’s wife and throne. The dead King appears in the form of a ghost to his son Prince Hamlet. He narrates the whole story of how

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    Theseus: A Greek Hero

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    Theseus a man who kills a deadly creature called the Minotaur, and still not classify as a hero? Theseus fills the character of a hero because he was born of Royal family, was born for destiny and the adventures he went on. Theseus was loved by every Athenian, while having all the qualities of a traditional hero, such as strength and courage, he was also intelligent and wise. He would go on outrageous adventures. The Athenians thought he went crazy and put him in exile until he died. To start

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    Assassination Of Sumone

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    their paper and read about the new murders of their corrupt nobles. It's not always nobles, sometimes its slave kings in the south or men with too much money for their own good and sometimes assassins who are after the same target.The paper states that the person who killed all these men is the most infamous assassin of them all, the black death. The paper never describes this man who kills for a king's treasury for the only thing they can ever see is the black, skin tight suit with exquisite designs

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    Macbeth Feminist Lens

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    manipulative towards Macbeth in order to get him to murder King Duncan so he can become king and is very controlling in the planning of King Duncan’s Murder. She decides when and how they should kill King Duncan since Macbeth keeps questioning his decision to go through with the murder in which, Lady Macbeth has to step in and convince him otherwise. She scolds her husband for not acting more like a man, because he does not want to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth claims, “What beast was 't, then, that

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    character who plays the role of a fearless warrior by choosing to put others before himself, acting bravely, and having the utmost amount of courage. The Knight in The Canterbury Tales, Lancelot from First Knight, and Beowulf all have these important character traits. Anglo-Saxon culture and Middle English Literature help to prove the idea of an indefectible warrior. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer describes a most distinguished knight, who always served nobly in any war for his king. He had fought

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    King Thrushbeard

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    productive citizens of society. While children enjoy the mere esthetics of fairytales and interpret them at their face value, s are aware of the didacticism hidden beneath the appealing plots and characters of the stories. Unlike s, children would not be able to extract any metaphorical meaning out of fairytales even if fairytales were intended to have distinct messages. For this very reason, fairytales have been studied along with a branch of child psychology to determine whether or not a message

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    Odysseus from The Odyssey, written by Homer, and Martin Luther King Jr; the civil rights leader who can be credited as the man who lead to the end of segregation are both notable leaders. They were very different in many ways but they also had similarities. What do they have in common? They both had great qualities shown by great and inspiring leaders; bravery, intelligence, loyalty, and perseverance. Although Martin Luther King Jr. was humble and Odysseus showed hubris they both were effective

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    Can a King truly be loyal? The author, Shakespeare, wrote a drama titled Macbeth, which took place in Scotland. In the story, the main character, Macbeth wanted to become King by killing anyone in his way and at the end he died as King. The theme that stood out most is honor vs disloyalty based on the actions of Macbeth, Banquo, and Macduff. To begin with Macbeth was once a good warrior who was loyal to King Duncan until three witches told him his prophecy of being King. Then he became blood thirsty

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