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    carried away from this work is that it’s really up to the author- or in this case, playwright- to determine the effect that they want to get out of the reader. All of it is in their hands. In essence, the audience of Hamlet is the puppet and Shakespeare is the puppet master pulling the

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    Adolf Hitler is one of history’s most terrifying leader. As a child, Adolf has been raised by Germans. He has been brainwashed, thinking that all Jews were bad. Although, Hitler is the one blamed for all the killing, he shouldn’t be taking all the blame. The German people should be also be blamed. The Germans were the ones teaching racist statements to each other. It is absurd that not one of the people stood up against Adolf Hitler. Instead, the people cheered him on as the “hero” to his

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    that Neil learns from Mr.Keating, Neil understands the meaning of “carpe diem”. He learns to escape the conformist crowd and does what makes him happy. In the way of Neil’s father is his totalitarian father who lives through Neil like a puppet master to a puppet. However Mr.Perry’s vision of happiness and Neil’s vision of happiness are so discrepant that Neil kills himself. In conclusion, the sole cause of Neil’s death is Neil’s father. Mr.Perry’s unrelenting pressure to have his son go to an Ivy

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    philosophers and thinkers have pondered this over the years, and some believe that when we believe we are presented with choices we are being deceived, and as B.F Skinner said, ‘human beings.. are not free, because all men are really puppets or robots. Man is a meat machine.’ He argues that as a

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    Japanese Animation and Identity Essay

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    Japanese Animation and Identity In Orientalism, Edward Said claims that, “as much as the West itself, the Orient is an idea that has a history and a tradition of thought, imagery, and vocabulary that have given it reality and presence in and for the West” (5). The complex network of political, economical, academic, cultural, or geographical realities of the Orient called “Orientalism” is a way of coming to terms with the Orient, or to be less geographically specific, the Other. Although Said

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    central myth in Riddley’s society. Eusa in these stories attempts to split the “addom” to obtain the “1 Big 1” which leads to an apocalyptic war. Because of this “1 Big 1” Eusa has to wander the earth and suffers from the “Master Chaynjis” and has to live with the consequences. This puppet show gives a horrifying account of Eusa spllting the atom or the “Littl Shynin Man the Addom” when it states, “On the stags hed stud the Littl Shynin Man the Addom in be twean thay horns with arms owt strecht & each han

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    smoothly again. On the other hand this makes lady macbeth feel more powerful than ever before because she has changed her husband's mind and persuaded him to do as she said. This shows how much power she has over macbeth and how she is like the puppet master and macbeth is her

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    “Et tu, Brute,” Just like Caesar, King Duncan met their demise from the blade of a trusted “friend's” sword (Julius Caesar, 3.1.77). Macbeth’s role in the murder of King Duncan is among the most menacing of crimes. Although Macbeth commits the murder, his wife instigates the entire plan. Lady Macbeth forced Macbeth into murdering the King which puts Macbeth in a delusional state where he questions his actions. The premeditated murder of King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth can be blamed on one

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    Master Puppeteer

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    In The Master Puppeteer, a book written by Katherine Paterson is based off on historical fiction. The story establishes three main characters: Jiro, Kinshi, and Yoshida. There is a mysterious bandit who robs the rich and gives to the poor, his name is Saburo. Two boys named Jiro and Kinshi are trying to find out who this mysterious person is. Jiro is a thirteen year-old boy who wants to master puppetry at the Hanaza. When he accompanied his dad to deliver a puppet, Yoshida, the owner of the puppet

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    poor and old carpenter, after receiving a talking piece of pinewood from his neighbor Master Cherry, decides to carve it into a boy named Pinocchio. When Geppetto finishes his work on the piece of wood, Pinocchio’s adventures begin. Geppetto is willing to sacrifice everything he has, including his coat, to provide for his son, however, Pinocchio doesn’t act like a mature and loving son. Indeed, the mischievous puppet will face many challenges that will separate him from his father and turn him into

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