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    Albert Einstein once said: “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and do nothing.” The Civil War started because of differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. The war was fought from 1861-1865, and it was the bloodiest 4 years in U.S. history. It started when the Confederates bombarded the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter.…

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    The Confederacy was more than a cluster of succeeded states who wanted to still be able to keep slavery. Anne Sarah Rubin’s work “A shattered Nation: The Rise & Fall of the Confederacy” dives into the sentiment value of the Confederacy to the citizens. In this work she uses journals, diaries, and speeches to construct a consensus of the Confederate people from eighteen sixty-one until eighteen sixty-eight Important to note that Confederacy did not exist with the provocation of war and it never…

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    Theatrical creation and ethics belong to two different areas, but the theatre writing and ethics but also there is a dialectical relationship between unities. Reflect the realities of life are one of the action theatres. So in the process of creation of drama usually involves a description of the social status quo, causing the audience ponder ethics, passed to the audience in many different outlooks on life and values. The ethical considerations what are highlighted from The Laramie Project and…

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    How is the futility and hypocrisy of war and bureaucracy explored by Joseph Heller and Francis Ford Coppola in Catch-22 and Apocalypse Now respectively? Catch-22 authored by Joseph Heller and Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola are critically considered two of the finest examples of contemporary anti-war literature and cinema, despite neither being explicitly against the concept of combat as such, but rather, both opposing the bureaucratic absurdity that war inevitably entails.…

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    Long Term Care Abuse

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    Isn’t it scary to think that one of your elder family members that is in long term care can be suffering from abuse and neglect? These members of your family can be suffering and you may never even know it. Research in previous years has shown that thousands of elder Americans suffer from abuse and neglect every year. Whether people want to think about this or not, it is a serious issue and a growing concern as the number of individuals that will require some type of long term care is growing.…

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    by Nately’s whore, returns to the hospital, and turns back on the Colonels’ deal since he refuses to disrespect the memory of his fallen friends. The chaplain informs him of Orr’s survival and escape, in which the book concludes with Yossarian’s desertion. Through persistent resistance of his commanding officer’s orders throughout the entire novel, Yossarian remains the only one left alive out of his original squadron of men. His pursuit of survival and unwillingness to participate towards the…

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    Military Procedure: D-Day

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    Did you know that D-Day is a nickname for the military procedure called Operation Overlord? D-Day is also a term for the day any military operation is carried out. Operation Overlord happens to be the most widely known of operations known as D-Days. (“D-Day Overview”) Operation Overlord was one of the largest amphibious invasions ever planned, and many people are not sure what exactly happened on D-Day. There were five beaches on the coast of France that were attacked on D-Day. The president at…

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    PROSTITUTION Prostitute is a person who allows her body to be used for sexual activities for payment. So, prostitution is sale of sexual services like oral sex or sexual intercourse for compensation. It is one of the oldest professions of the world and has been there since time immemorial. In ancient India prostitutes were referred as Devdasis, who originally were celibate dancing girls used in temple ceremonies and for entertainment of upper class. Devadasi literally means God’s female servant…

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    Children are always greatly influenced by their parents and therefore any mistakes made by their parents affects the child negatively. In the case of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the children’s parents and advisory adult characters are what contribute to their tragic demise. One of the most prominent influences in the play is Friar Laurence. He plays one of the most vital roles in orchestrating a plan that eventually leads Romeo and Juliet to their deaths. Juliet’s parents are to be…

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    travelled with Theseus to be his queen out of gratitude by her father and king of Crete, Minos. At the start of the play, Theseus is not present as he has voluntarily decided to exile after committing murder, as an act of penitence. However, his desertion sets up the future conflict. Hippolytus is the title character of this play, and is the bastard son of Theseus. Hippolytus has been groomed from an early age to be a champion warrior and hunter, and for that reason is highly devoted to Artemis…

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