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Louis Riel Hero Or Traitor
364 wordsLouis Riel was an interesting character. He was Metis, educated in Montreal. When Canada bought land between Ontario and British Columbia from The Hudson Bay Company, Riel urged them to stand up to the government. For they were moving in and just giving away land that the Metis had been living on for years. Riel wanted to take action right away and made prisoners of the first settlers to come. This, I think was a bad move, first I think he should have voiced the opinion of the Metis people livin...
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Antigone And Creon Source Of Conflict
1,275 wordsIn the following paper, I plan to discuss the source of conflict between the title characters of Antigone and Creon in Sophocles' "Antigone." I also plan to discuss how each character justifies his or her actions and what arguments they give for their justifications. I will also write about the strengths and weaknesses of these arguments. The final points I try to make are about who Sophocles thinks is right and who I think is right. The main source of conflict between Antigone and Creon is the ...
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The Soldier Macbeth Is A Hero Man Coward
841 wordsMacbeth is a hero and a coward, often at the same time depending on what meaning of the words you use. Macbeth is the hero of the story but he doesnt act like a hero, except for a time at the beginning of the play (Act 1 Scene 2). After Macbeth murders Duncan, he doesnt ever become his heroic self again. Macbeth then becomes a coward, which he demonstrates by killing in cold blood all the people that pose even a small threat to him, including his companion and comrade, Banquo who is suspicious o...
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Overview Of Thomas Hutchinson Political Career
816 wordsThomas Hutchinson, chief justice and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, despite his goal to prevent passage of the dreaded Stamp Act, was violently hated by the people of Boston. In the middle of dinner on August 26, 1765, the most violent mob in the history of America attacked the mansion of Governor Hutchinson. If he and his family had not fled the table and escaped their home, they might not have lived through the ordeal. But, why would an angry Boston mob ransack the home of man who wante...
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Lust For Power Lady Macbeth
1,095 wordsIn the tragedy of Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character, Macbeth, starts out as an honorable nobleman and a heroic swordsman who descends into pure evil because of his lust for power. We see this lust for power and control becomes stronger and stronger even as he is King. He makes three fatal mistakes throughout the play: he allows himself to succumb to the witches temptations, he allows himself to be manipulated by Lady Macbeth, his wife, and he also ignores his conscience. If it were not f...
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Thane Of Cawdor Hail To Thee Thane
1,110 wordsMany people rely on appearance to make a judgment. Never judge a book by its cover. Judging a book by its cover will lead to disappointment. In the play, Macbeth, there are many victims to appearance. Duncan believed his nobles are loyal but in reality, they were scheming against him, Malcolm had made himself appear like a bad person to Macduff, but in reality he is the opposite, a good trusting man, and the last victim to judgment is Macbeth, who trusted the witches but they tricked him, in the...
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Antigone Conflict Between Human Law And Higher
1,954 wordsIn the play Antigone, there is a conflict between Creon and Antigone over which law to obey in regards to Antigone attempting to bury her brother, the law of the state or Gods laws. It is a conflict between a human law and a higher law. Antigone believes in following Gods laws, even if it means breaking the law of the state, a law set by Creon which states that Antigone's brother Polyneices is not to have a burial and no one is to touch him. Antigone believes that it is Gods law that she should ...
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Burying Her Brother Bury Her Brother
1,756 wordsIt takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles's tory Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon's order that no person should bury Antigone's brother, Polynices, which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case, though, is Antigone's decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively; they cause problems within the royal family, disagreement among the people and direct...
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Soviet Union Nuclear War
1,660 words... was denied entry to GRU library. By this time KGB had suspected him to be involved in leaking the governments sensitive issues Trial of Penkovsky: Finally KGB suspended Penkovsky as a traitor. They moved quickly. On October 22, 1962, Penkovsky was arrested for treason. 10 In early 1963 Oleg Penkovsky went on trial. The proceedings were highly publicized with lots of fanfare and publicity. During the trial Oleg Penkovsky gave his confession to the espionage charges filed against him. Some mon...
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Second World War Communist Ideology
2,067 words... people who were guided by high ideals, " says Kalugin. "Philby thought communism was the future of humanity. The Cambridge Five remained loyal to the very end, even when the system compromised itself. They didn't lose faith in the Soviet system. The Russian wife of infamous Cold War British 'double agent' Kim Philby reveals the details of what happened to the communist spy after he fled the West for Moscow. So this is the Russian woman the notorious British 'double agent' Kim Philby was devo...
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Bertolucci Chooses Borges Plot Story
790 wordsThere are a number of differences between Bernardo Bertolucci's movie The Spider Stratagem and the story on which it is based, Jorge Louis Borges The Theme of The Traitor and The Hero; however, overall Bertolucci does a pretty accurate portrayal of the essence, at least, of Borges story. Besides changing the setting of the plot, there is also much more information relayed in the movie. This is very much due to that the story is simply a suggestive piece, while the movie had to fill in all of the...
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Synoptic Gospels Good Qualities
2,792 wordsThe Apostle who betrayed his Divine Master. The name Judas (Judas) is the Greek form of Judah (Hebrew praised), a proper name frequently found both in the Old and the New Testament. Even among the Twelve there were two that bore the name, and for this reason it is usually associated with the surname Iscariot [Heb. a man of Kerioth or Kerioth, which is a city of Judah (cf. Joshua 15: 25) ]. There can be no doubt that this is the right interpretation of the name, though the true origin is obscured...
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Lust For Power Quest For Power
648 wordsLiterary Essay Macbeth In William Shakespeare s Macbeth, the play s central character Macbeth displays the atrocities created by greed, one of the play s many themes. The play Macbeth, illustrates to the reader how greed for power and wealth can destroy oneself and everyone in his treacherous path. Macbeth shows this as he is not happy being a high ranking thane. He assassinates Duncan to become king, but not before he kills the innocent and dooms himself. Macbeth proves the argument that giving...
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Louis Riel Land Claims
366 wordsLouis Riel: Traitor or Hero? Louis Riel was an interesting character. He was Metis, educated in Montreal. When Canada bought land between Ontario and British Columbia from The Hudson Bay Company, Riel urged them to stand up to the government. For they were moving in and just giving away land that the Metis had been living on for years. Riel wanted to take action right away and made prisoners of the first settlers to come. This, I think was a bad move, first I think he should have voiced the opin...
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Save Her Son King Of Epirus Pyrrhus
2,403 wordsSUMMARY OF ANDROMAQUE No ordinary surprise awaited the audience assembled at the Bourgogne when Racine's Andromache made its appearance. In addition to being a tragedy of the order so long desired in vain, it was to them what the Cid had been to their progenitors in the days of Richelieu, the sudden revelation of a genius previously unsuspected. In framing his plot, Racine deviated very widely from the legend of the captivity of Hectors widow and son at the palace of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. Thr...
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