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    Otzi Murder

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    According to the evidence, Otzi was murdered because somebody was jealous of his wife, specifically his brother. In some cultures, when the husband dies, his brother has to take care of the widow and offspring,this is called levirate marriage. Otzi was found in the 20th century by hikers in the Alps, who didn't handle him with care. They believed he was a hiker that got lost in a storm and never made it out. They found out he was about five thousand years old, when they carbon…

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    To begin with, Lady Macbeth, from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare was perceived as extremely ambitious, even more ambitious than Macbeth himself. Ultimately, she persuades Macbeth to kill the King so he could become king. This is because Macbeth, the newest Thane of Cawdor, receives his future from three decrepit witches. They told him he will become the Thane of Cawdor, then become the King. He told his wife, Lady Macbeth, what the witches have said about him. Now she wants the King…

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    In the novel, I Am legend, the vampires go through various adaptations from the current normal to help them develop culturally, environmentally, and evolve to become the new normal. Various changes happen to help advance the development of the new normal. Some examples are how the vampires are able to go out into the light without getting hurt, the advancement of having more of a human language and culture, and even learning about the threats in the world that could potentially hurt them. While…

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    results in feeding his ambition until it turns into insanity. The murder of Macduff’s family is proof that Macbeth’s ambition has turned into. Until this point, all murders had their purpose; it was to further Macbeth’s power and feed his ambition. Duncan was murdered because of ambition, Banquo was murdered because his sons would be king, and there was an attempted murder of Fleance because he was the son of…

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    we are introduced to her in Act 1, Scene 5. In this scene, Lady Macbeth receives a letter from her husband. The witches prophecies fuel her ambitions for her husband to become King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth not only encourages Macbeth to kill King Duncan, but she makes the plans herself. She knows that Macbeth has great ambitions but that he is…

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    Macbeth Fate Vs Free Will

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    of all, Macbeth was pressured into killing the king of Scotland. Macbeth’s wife was demanding that King Duncan should be killed. In the beginning Macbeth refused to believe in Lady Macbeth’s plan because he said “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir (I.iv.42-44).” Lady Macbeth was planning to kill him but by the time she was ready she couldn’t kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth…

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    Macbeth Bully Quotes

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    Macbeth’s repeated behavior was that he likes to persistently attack the same person so that he can cause them the utmost despair. He also murdered people in the highest positions possible. An example of this is in Act 2, when Macbeth killed King Duncan. Duncan was the king of Scotland and MacBeth murdered him because of his greed for power. He was greedy for power when the witches prophesize he would become king in Act 1. Then in Act 3, he killed the king’s guards and Macduff's family. In…

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    King Duncan and his guards went to Macbeth's castle to stay for the night to celebrate Macbeth's title as Thane of Cawdor. King Duncan was found dead with stab wounds in his chest in Macbeth castle in Inverness. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth think King Duncan's Guards killed him while they were drunk. Reasons to why he was killed are unknown. There were no witnesses to the crime, but one of the people in the castle, wanting to remain anonymous said they heard talk of such events going on in the…

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    The most damning evidence against Mary Surratt came from Surrattsville tavern keeper John Lloyd (Linder, 2002). According to Linder, Lloyd told the Military Commission that about a month before the assassination he was visited and asked by three other conspirators to conceal two carbines, ammunition, about twenty feet of rope, and a monkey-wrench. Mary Surratt suggested hiding them under joists in a second-floor room. Lloyd testified that three days before the assassination, Mary Surratt told…

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    Imagery In Macbeth

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    vegetation imagery to enhance characterization and support the continuous theme of fate. Macbeth's attitude is drastically different in the end compared to his behavior in the beginning. At first Macbeth is loyal to his friends, including Banquo, and King Duncan who says, "I have begun to plant thee, and will labor /…

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