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    success. While some people let ambition empower them to become their best selves, others let ambition control them to the point of failure. Through the characters of Macbeth in Macbeth and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, both William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller reveal how uncontrolled ambition and reckless dreams possess the capability to lead one to their destruction. Ambition leads the characters to be extremely gullible and destroys their moral conscience and integrity. Moreover,…

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    Society is often doused with radical change as it is necessary for its improvement. Often, several changes in certain situations can cause for man to long for the past- usually done through flashbacks and aspirations for future plans. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the main character, a salesman known as Willy Loman, confronts endless interruptions of flashbacks to the past in hope to bring back cherishing moments in which he urges his son, Biff Loman, to model his father in also…

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    experienced in the past. In Arthurs W. Franks “Letting Stories Breath: A Socio-Narratology”, he brings up the concept of how stories affect people’s reality and what is their true meaning. His excerpts are tied into Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Wife of Bath’s Tale in different ways. Each story is different but one thing they have in common is that they all influenced the readers’ thoughts. This impact is what associates all three stories to Arthurs W. Frank’s assertions.…

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    Today I will be discussing Arthur Miller’s 1952 play The Crucible and SmallPoppy’s 2015 YouTube video Instagram Husband and how it displays how although political motivations may be ambiguous, control is the ultimate goal. The motivation Proctor has to bring out the lies and deceit in the town of Salem while also combating his desire to maintain his reputation is similar to the men struggling to fight against their wives obsessed with Instagram while also maintaining their reputations as good…

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    chivalry gave rise to legends and songs, such as the tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. In the eleventh century, as feudalism established itself throughout Europe, stories about Arthur’s court became widespread. The theme of this story is that how did the stories Green Knight and Morte D 'Arthur use the code chivalry. Chivalry has three characteristics to it and they are Courage, Honor,…

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    As quickly as 6:55 in the film, the Monty Python crew enact a skit in which a man with a wheelbarrow asked the villagers to “bring out your dead”, bringing a visual reality of the black plague that killed millions in the time Arthur. Later in the film, as Arthur is pursuing his quest to find knights for his round table, he comes upon a very informed peasant. This feudal serf talks of the lack “progress of the current system” at 9:47, then at 11:52 the peasant demonstrates the lack of rights…

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    without love. This question is asked extensively in Troyes The Knight of the Cart. This story portrays Lancelot a brave and noble Knight fighting to save the lady he loves, yet the lady he loves is not his. Guinevere the queen of Camelot is betrothed to Arthur the true and noble king of England. Both Lancelot and Guinevere do drastic actions for each other throughout the book in the sake of love. These actions go to show how love can make even the best of people lose sight of what is important.…

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    I.a. Background Information The data in this report were based on the practicals in the laboratory. The data were used to identify and classify soils for engineering applications. The data were tabulated using Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) method, which is non-laboratory test and 2 classification of soils based on laboratory test. The two laboratory test classify soil methods are Classification of soil based on particular size distribution and Classify soil based on Atterberg Limits…

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    The development of the legend of king Arthur spans more than one thousand years. From the briefest mentions of a valiant warrior that fended off the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the island, to the elaborate in depth legend of a man destined to rule England with his knights of the round table. The development of this legend is a fascinating insight to how history was written, and more interestingly not written, and who ended up writing the version that stood the test of time. History is often written…

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    During the ninth century the most often told stories by the people was about King Arthur and his kingdom. King Arthur was the son of King Uther Pendragon and was the only heir to his throne. Arthur is a medieval, mythological figure who was the head of the kingdom Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur is most famous for his leadership, his ruling, and his ruthless judgment of Lancelot who is one of his Knights and Guinevere who is his wife. King Arthur’s legendary life was not…

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