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William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers who ever lived. His plays and poetry have affected people for generations and have impacted history: "The gifted playwright [Shakespeare] who moves audiences to laughter and tears has also moved history" (Marche ix). His works radically changed the English language through the creation of thousands of new words and phrases. His plays addressed topics that were relevant both then and throughout history, giving them long-term popularity. This…

Ronald Reagan believed he had life figured out when he signed a contract with Warner Brothers in August of 1945. However, in October of the same year, the Warner Brothers studio front gate hosted the Battle of Hollywood: a strike called by the Conference of Studio Unions. The strikers clogged the building’s entrance for weeks, causing the actors to sneak into the studio through the storm drain in order to continue production despite the protests. Reagan chose to enter the front of the…

Introduction: Thesis statement The gifted educational system has it been forgotten or is it just not important to educate students who excel cognitively at its most optimum efficiency. Given the opportunity, the educational system should fund an enhanced curriculum for gifted children or continue a general curriculum for all students. Key Points Some may believe that gifted students should be handled with the utter most care. Because they are our nation’s top students and most gifted minds and…

The United States of America is nation where democracy reigns and freedom rings. The forefathers of this country wanted nothing more than a nation without a monarchy rule set in place. When we won our freedom in the Revolutionary War, questions arose as to who would lead this great nation. A king and a queen were out of question, but they did not want an anarchy, so a compromise was met. To this day America has been led by a position called the president. The president is the one Americans look…

The Berlin Airlift was a very important point in history. People were still shaken up from World War II and many countries, especially Germany, were hit hard. Even though the Soviets believed that they had control over the destiny of West Berlin, the Berlin Airlift was an example of the determination of western nations to not give in to the threats of communism and oppression. Many lives were saved through this act of heroism. The Berlin Airlift is a time in history that will always ring in the…

Repetition Is the Foundation of Any Effective Speech Throughout history, speeches have been known to change many lives both during the speech’s time and in the modern era. At the foundation of any one of these speeches is the literary element known as repetition. Though repetition is known most commonly for its literal meaning of repeating words, this literary device is much more than that. A speaker’s repetition can cause the listeners to react an abundance of ways ranging from cheering for…

What is the most influential invention of the late 19th century? Well, there are many choices to choose from. There is the light bulb/electricity which is mainly associated with Thomas Edison, the airplane created by the Wright Brothers, the telephone created by Alexander Graham Bell and his partner Thomas Watson, and the automobile/assembly line which is mainly related to Henry Ford. These people and their inventions have had an unbelievable effect on our world today. I cannot imagine this…

If dropped, an eight hundred pound kiloton nuke would cause a fire with soaring temperatures, ranging from four hundred to five hundred degrees fahrenheit, to destroy the surrounding one hundred and fifty-two miles. The flaming disaster would last for approximately three to six hours. The United States dropped the only two nuclear bombs ever used in war in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Currently, in a world filled with turmoil and war, the potential use of nuclear warfare has the…

America has had many interferences with foreign nations, some good, most not so good. There was a “war” that included Russia, or the USSR, it’s also known as The Cold War. It was a basically a series of proxy wars in different countries to prove who’s government would fall first and who was the true global superpower. Next we transition to the 1940’s and the 1910’s with both World War I and World War II. To make it as simple as possible, WWI was America and Great Britain vs Germany, and WWII was…

World War II was a time when humans waged war against each other in the hopes of winning dominion over one another. Whether it was evil, territory, people, or racial tendencies, the fabric of war covered the world in a bloody scarf of destruction. After the United States entered the war, it proposed a way to execute strategic pinpoint bombing on high value military targets. These raids become the source of reflection and controversy. Some concluded that the bombing of civilians was deplorable…