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    The Tale Of Fairy Tales

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    1. What is the genre of this story? Are there any other possible genres this story could fall into? This story is a Fairy-tale. Fairy-tales often have very archetypal and flat characters, often only embellished in re-tellings by various authors/story-tellers. It can be presumed that this is because most fairy-tales come from European oral tradition, so only the most essential things about the plot remain. In this case, the archetypal folkloric characters are the king, the princesses (the youngest

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    The Greek Hero Of Fame

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    Greek Hero Essay Why should Perseus be in the Greek Hall of Fame? Who was given gifts by gods and goddesses? Who was almost killed by his grandfather? Whose father was the biggest man on campus? Well, that was Perseus, son of Zeus, and killer of Medusa. Perseus was a descendant of Zeus and Danae, Acrisius, his grandfather did not like him, so he sent him and his mother away in a chest in the ocean. Perseus should be in the Greek Hero Hall of Fame, for multiple different reasons. When considering

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    I tremendously enjoyed the play King Charles III by Mark Bartlett. It dealt with the very modern issues of privacy and the press through the medium of blank verse and the modern-day monarchs with some Shakespearean precursors lurking in the background. Charles III opens just after the death of Elizabeth II, and traces the remaining royals’ actions and reactions through the next coronation. We see Charles, attempting to follow his own moral compass, becoming embroiled in politics He nearly destroys

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    Children bring out the underlying disposition and wicked intentions we all possess. Richard III, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play about the Duke of Gloucester who desires to be the king of England. He does this through the manipulation and murder of many characters, including Queen Elizabeth’s children, Prince Edward and the Duke of York. These children emphasize some of the “adult” themes in the play and reveals the devastating nature of these themes. Their characteristics and deaths all

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    (Grant, 140). Elizabeth I of England and Catherine de Medici of France were both powerful female monarchs during the Renaissance whose rules shaped the current religious affiliations of France and England. The reigns of Elizabeth and Catherine differed in their extent of power and matrimony, but were similar in influence and support of the arts, and Elizabeth was ultimately the more successful monarch. Elizabeth’s and Catherine’s reigns differed in their amount of power over the government and church

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    “Emperor of China; Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi” Emperor K’ang-hsi was one of the greatest Chinese emperors of all time. Ruling from 1662 to 1722 he was also one of the longest ruling emperors in Chinese history and for that matter the world. K’ang-hsi brought China to long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos. Jonathan Spence writes from the eyes of K’ang-hsi getting his information from K’ang-hsi’s own writings. Though a little biased towards himself this book still

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    Counts vs. Daimyo Essay

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    Counts vs. Daimyo By examining Japan and Medieval Europe’s past, both areas had feudalism incorporated in their social structure. Feudalism was a relationship among the upper class, in which a member of the nobility was granted land, and in return promised to protect the king, who gave them their land. The nobility referred to are counts in Europe and daimyo in Japan. Both are generally governors who rule over a substantial subsection of the empire with certain duties and obligations. Daimyo and

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    The Prince by Machiavelli is a book full of advice for rulers on how to rule their kingdom. This essay compares the work of Macbeth by Shakespeare and the Prince and determines whether Macbeth was a good ruler. Macbeth is the main character in the play, who became king by overthrowing the former king. This essay reviews factors from the Prince which are visually perceived in the play Macbeth, such as the topics of an army, principalities, and the demeanor of a ruler. In the beginning of the

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    Dawn crept in, and Fleeter awoke. Leaving the chambers, he walked back up to the upper halls, just outside of the king's Main Hall. He hesitated, but decided not to go in to see the king. The news of his companions may not have been decided yet. Wandering the place, he headed into the stables to check on Andrin. The stable was quite big in architecture, housing about 20 magnificent horses. Fleeter immediately spotted Andrin, for he stood out with his pure black body and mane, for horses

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    Snowflakes Short Story

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    The story about the snowflakes started with a god named Iris. She was a queen in a big kingdom with her husband named King Jesus. He had the powers of the sun or the heat. Their story started when they were small. Their parents did not want them to get married or have any relation, because both of them are really different, and if they close to each other they could hurt each other. The years were passing, and they were growing, but they did not care about their powers, because what matter is their

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