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People all make choices, thousands of them a day, actually. People can choose anything from what outfit to wear or to how to react in a situation. The choices people make define them. Choices appear in all daily life and also in literature. In the book The Young Elites, the protagonist, Adelina, makes some good and bad choices. She is a villain, though, because “life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it” (“Charles R Swindoll Quotes” 1). In several instances of the book, she has…

Jake Garmo Block 5 AP English Language A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones Important Quotes: “He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon.” Even with all the abuse Viserys caused his sister, Daenerys not only loved Viserys as her brother but as the true king as well, up until his death. By calling Viserys an imitation dragon, she is saying that he was no true king at all. A dragon cannot die from fire as Viserys did. In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire,…

about and attitudes towards gay people. Also know as homophobic beliefs. The gay liberation also wants to “from a larger, broader and more diverses group of people who have been persecuted and oppressed because of being different, or queer”(Ball, Dagger and O' Neill 252). The gay liberation movement relates to the ideology of socialism. One of the arguments socialists make is the division of the class in society. They believe if one class of people holds most of the wealth and noticeably limits…

Macbeth Poster Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy that tells the story of a Scottish general named Macbeth who is told his prophecy from a trio of witches that will eventually lead to an enormous tragedy. This in my opinion is why the story is called the tragedy of Macbeth. At the beginning of the story Macbeth gets a prophecy told to him by 3 witches which reads “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” which is said by the third witch in act 1 scene 3. As the play progresses…

Article 1- Ancient Chinese Military China’s military is one of the oldest ones in the world. To start, early chinese armies were made up of peasants with bows, spears, and stone maces. The Xia(2200 BCE-1600 BCE) developed massive infantry based armies and navies who battled mainly for the control of the rivers. They were the first to use the chariots and copper weapons. At first, the chariot was used by the nomads as a way to travel vast distances. However, over time, China started to develop…

Witches, darkness, all forms of Supernatural power. Not only is this a topic its a great one to talk about, its a theme used at its finest by many authors. An example being Macbeth by Shakespeare written in 1606. The witches’ appearance throughout the scene, Macbeth suffered horrific hallucination and the apparition words to Macbeth. All of these points shows supernatural affects Macbeth throughout the play. To start off, the witches’ appearance throughout the scene keeps the play interesting.…

Macduff and others he has wronged. The supernatural element of the play is not only meant to intrigue the audience, but it is also an incentive for action. The supernatural appears to Macbeth in different forms throughout the play including a floating dagger, the three witches, a ghost, and prophetic apparitions.…

typical medieval sword; the blade, the crossguard, and the pommel. The pommel was simply a knob of metal at the end of the hilt but there was some shaping to these knobs, and they acted as the swords counterbalance. Daggers & Axes There was two distinct types of dagger - the classic dagger and the knife blade. The former was characterized by a tapered double edge blade, whilst the latter possessed a curved edge.…

Shakespeare's shortest and popular tragedy, Macbeth, explores the natural and the supernatural worlds of Scotland. One of the major theme of the play is Natural vs Supernatural. Natural is the normal, good side, on the other hand, unnatural is the bad, disordered side. The motif of unnatural has occurred several times throughout the play. The play leans more towards the supernatural, the same side that lead Macbeth to his demise. Unnatural events occur when the main characters do something evil…

So the role of Revenge is used to emphasize what it means to be a man by showing that manly people would defend themselves and do a daring task. In the early scenes of Macbeth, Macbeth finally gets the courage to kill Duncan even though his previous actions showed that he was too scared to kill Duncan. As Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth the plan, Macbeth is worried about if he is caught and he might feel guilty about killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth furiously says to Macbeth “ We fail? But screw your…