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    As long back as man has been around there has been some form of government. The form of government has varied and changed over the years of life, but the laws of nature have always been the same. John Locke wrote an essay titled “ 2nd Treatise of Civil Government” in which it states all things citizens in a government have the right of by nature, and it states what a men can and cannot do. The Essay by John Locke is what basically built American democracy, And gave the citizens their rights.…

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    because in Jefferson’s trail, justice was given by white people, like the judge, the jury, and the lawyers. But by the end of the novel, through Grant’s help and teachings, Jefferson knew that by dying like a man he will prove that the society accused him of being guilty not because…

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    a play written by Athor Fugard. It first produce at the yale Repertory Theatre in early 1982 and made its premiere on Broadway on 4may at the Lyceum Theatre. The play is all about man of magnitude it consist of three character Hally, Sam and Willie What it means to be a great man, basically the first of a truly great man is his humility .by humility I do not mean doubt of his power or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what…

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    is unfair. In the short story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," Gabriel Garcia Marquez shows that the lives of outsiders are unfair because the majority of society mistreat them. The main character Elisenda and Pelayo find an old man with enormous wings in their courtyard. Soon, the whole neighbourhood hears about the news of an outsider taking shelter in the couple's chicken coop. As days pass by, the townspeople do not get much out of the old man and so they mistreat him. Marquez shows…

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    At this point in their journey the dad’s actions do not seem right at all. He is practically killing the man by leaving him naked with nothing. Yet again, the son is able to persuade the dad to go put the mans clothes back where he had taken them so the man could get them back. This is near the end of the dad’s journey, which is why he may be showing little remorse. He has lost the majority of his hope for good in the world, but…

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    the entire history of art is the depiction of man and how it has developed over the centuries. From the art of the Paleolithic period, ancient near East, ancient Egypt, Aegean and Greek cultures, one can see the different ways art have evolved to preserve the legacy of man along with the reflection of the values of the cultures. First, the representation of humans began in the…

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    Lyric Poem Fragment 31

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    People have tried to describe love in many different ways throughout history. Thousands of years ago Sappho wrote many love poems to express the impression of falling in love. Her lyric poem fragment 31 is a specific example that presents the inconsistent and complex emotions of lovers. In this fragment, when the speaker discovers that her loved one was chatting with an unknown man, she develops mixed feelings toward the man and wonders about her own encounter with her loved one. The honesty and…

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    is it really an over dramatization? There are many people in the world today that are insane to some degree. Sure, television shows just want the viewer to be entertained, but there is some truth to it. “Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and the book Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane are both stories about the mentally insane. Edgar Allan Poe writes about a man that kills another because he does not like the man’s eye. The other story is about a man that thinks he is studying psychopaths, but is…

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    scenery. So that if people have been sitting in that dark corner, then they should move their stools. In fact, everyone is doing everything like sitting on a stool, if people always…

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    history there exists a strong desire to move to a more organized state; one to bring people together under a unified power to ensure protection from the State of Nature. Political theorists, such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, introduce political contracts to help mankind escape from the State of Nature and bring them into a civil society. While both Hobbes and Locke claim to protect the individual from domination, when man no longer has control over their natural rights under a political…

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