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    What seems good turns bad, and what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle. In the movie, Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes looks as if he has the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a woman named Mercedes, and he is liked by almost everyone who knows him. This amazing life, however, ends up dangerous because of the jealousy among some of Dantes’s so-called friends. And the revenge of Dantes. As a wise man once said, ‘Jealousy is a form of…

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    Confessions starts off by Rousseau telling us how he grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. Even though he was a bit of a trouble maker he was very kind at heart. His dad also has a knack for getting in trouble and when he get into trouble with the law, that forces his dad to flee Geneva forcing Rousseau to have to move in with his cousin to study Latin and build illegal aqueducts. Rousseau tries his hand at a few professions as an apprentice, but he's just not a fan of the working life. A mysterious…

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    Count Of Monte Cristo

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    The Count of Monte Cristo, formerly known as Edmond Dantes, is a very significant character in the novel. After spending fourteen long years in the Chateau d’If, he is set on getting revenge on those that wronged him. In the beginning of the novel, Edmond is seen as a friendly, humble yet naïve young man who is eager to embark on his future. Dantes confesses early in the story, “I’m only nineteen…and I know very little. I wasn’t destined to play any important role in life. Anything I am and…

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    book, a man named Edmond Dantes is brought down by three men and later, gains the power to defeat them. In the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the author uses figurative language and diction to portray the theme of power. To begin with, the first form of figurative language Dumas uses to show power is irony. After Maximilian threatens to commit suicide the first time the count stops him,”’Try and stop me then!’ cried Maximilian,” and he continued with, “still struggling to reach his…

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    used he used to much of his power and he was overthrown and left all alone. The Count of Monte Cristo is related to Viva La Vida because Villefort abuses his power and makes mistakes which leaves him alone and corrupted. In Viva La Vida and The Count of Monte Cristo, the writer’s use of imagery and personifications portray the idea that abusing power leads to loneliness and corruption. Both Viva La Vida and The Count of Monte Cristo authors use sight imagery to convey the the idea that they…

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    The rise and fall of an empire will depend on the mind and intentions behind the leader. In The Count of Monte Cristo- by Alexandre Dumas and “Viva La Vida”- by Coldplay, both the author and the songwriter use imagery and allusion to convey the idea that desire and excessive power can lead to the fall of an empire. In The Count of Monte Cristo, a man by the name of Villefort, is the Royalist son of a Bonapartist. Villefort slowly made his way up the social ladder, was a trusted Royalist, and…

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    Coco Chanel's Motivation

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    In 1939, Coco Chanel would suddenly decide to fire all 2,500 of her employees and closed up her businesses entirely. A clear explanation was never provided, but it could be a reaction to the start of the war or it could have been revenge for the strike that occurred three years prior. Either way, Chanel chose to hide away from the fashion world with only money coming through a percentage of perfume sales that she owned. During this time, there is a lot of speculation about what kind of role…

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    August 22, 1928) in order of insertion of registration number. For the first time in Iran patent law and its civil and criminal protection applied in 1931 and the grant of the relevant license were assigned to the Ministry of Justice. Iran joined the Paris convention for the protection of industrial property in March 1959. Generally, in the comparison of the industrial property laws and the provisions of the Agreement on Intellectual Property Rights in Iran, it should be noted that patents law…

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    Recently, China has become more encouraging of innovation through increased enforcement of intellectual property rights. To solidify its position in the global intellectual property market, China joined WIPO in 1980 and the Paris Convention on Industrial Property in 1985. Additionally, China signed the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 1994, registered all trademarks with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1990, and became a member of the World Trade…

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    The definition of Intellectual Property Rights is an invention created from a person or company’s idea which is then patented for the legal rights to the concept. The apex of the amalgamation of Intellectual Property Rights and the global south is during a September 1986 meeting with the GATT member states in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Quad (United States, Europe, Canada, and Japan) wanted to push an idea during the eight round of discussions that, “to preserve as much as possible their…

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