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    Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was born on July 20th, 356 B.C. His parents were King Philip, King of Macedonia, and his mother, Olympia, daughter of King Epirus. Alexander grew up very wiser than any other child. At a young age, he was tutored by the great philosopher, Aristotle, who actually was a big influence to his life. Throughout his childhood, he grew up with a close friend named Hephastion, who later became his bodyguard when Alexander became king. Aristotle taught Alexander

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    The interpretation of Stoker’s vampire novel can be made from a political perspective. Stoker’ novel is in respond to the political threat represented by the monster dracula. Stoker paints the character of dracula to bring out the features of a colonizer who is yearning to spread his power and authority beyond his home territory (England) with the objective of controlling other domains. Certainly, it could be said that his his control of his own castle is waning fast. It is for this reason It should

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    The common adage “history will judge”, is often stated about controversial figures. History has undoubtedly judged Napoleon Bonaparte, but the ambitious French military leader of the early 19th century has not been judged as an absolute tyrant or hero. Although Napoleon seized political power in France and created his own empire, he is still considered one of the best military leaders in history due to his many victories. Napoleon Bonaparte was a tyrant who was also considered a hero by the French

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    To proceed with, Illuminati really has a "religion", more known as a conviction framework, called Luciferianism or Illuminism. Luciferianism roots from the word Lucifer, which is referred to by numerous as Satan, the dull leader of the underworld. During the time spent completely understanding the thinking for utilizing such a dim ruler as a name of a religion, one must first comprehend the history. In the Bible, a story is told about Lucifer, the most elevated of the heavenly attendants; yet, he

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    Macbeth is a Tragic Play written in 1606 by a well-known writer William Shakespeare. This play revolves around Macbeth’s quest of becoming the king of Scotland in which Lady Macbeth is also equally involved. As there are many themes in Macbeth from which one of the major themes in this play is Ambition on which the complete play is built up, In Act 1 scene 2 captain brief’s Duncan about the Battlefield, how Macbeth chopped Macdonald’s head on the Battlefield and how Macbeth Defeated Norwegian Army

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    Macbeth was brave and for Scotland he fought, From his courage, attention from Duncan was brought. Taking advantage of Macbeth’s vaulting ambition, He was manipulated to act upon witches’ vision. A seed of betrayal was planted in his heart, A trail of blood did that small seed start. With his wife’s help, they formed a scheme so grand, While Duncan is oblivious that his own death is planned. To Duncan’s chamber, Macbeth followed a dagger it seemed, Seeing the hallucination with clots of

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    Near the end of the Hundred Years War, dissent in England led to civil strife, and many of the royal family of Plantagenet were killed in their attempts to seize the throne. Back in 1337, Edward III declared war on France, after Philip VI’s refusal to return territories to England. This struggle would devastate both nations for 116 years until 1453, ultimately leaving England with even less territory in France than they had started with. In 1422, near the end of the war, the effective king Henry

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    There is always two sides to every story and when in comes to war people always pass the blame to the other side. When going through “The Muslim Reaction” by Ibn al-Athir the goal was to discover which people were responsible for what different events, which led up to the conquering of Jerusalem by the Franks. There is always more player behind the scenes and more stories than are told in the broad histories. There are questions that have to be answered first is why do the Franks go to Jerusalem

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    Although Mary Shelley and Julia Alvarez are very different authors, and Frankenstein and In the Time of the Butterflies are very different books, there are still similar themes between the two fictional stories. Some common themes are the power of words, murder, family relationships, and misused power. Additionally, there is a similar style of writing that mixes the narrative voices used to tell the stories. Some parts of the stories are first person narratives and some are second-hand retelling

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    In 1603, William Shakespeare wrote a tragedy that took place in 1066, called Macbeth. A tragedy is when a good man brings about his own downfall due to a tragic flaw. The play is about an ambitious man, willing to do anything to get to the top. This man goes by the name of Macbeth. Macbeth comes up with the idea to kill the King with the help of some people. The witches were the first people to plant the idea of becoming king in his mind and Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth into killing Duncan. Although

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