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    William The Conqueror

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    Hello, I am King William. I also go by William the Conqueror. I was born circa 1028. My father was the Duke of Normandy, so I was born into a wealthy family. Despite my being in such a family, I was teased with such a bad nickname that it is not to be said on this paper. This is because I was not a legitimate son of the Duke. When I was about 8 years old, my father traveled to Jerusalem. As he was there, he became ill. Many were hoping he would pull through, but the worst outcome happened.…

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    in San Francisco, California caught the attention of the world. Harold Camping, CEO of Family Radio, started teaching and spreading the word that Judgement Day would begin May 21, 2011. God would rapture his chosen to heaven amid devastating earthquakes. On October 21, 2011, he would destroy the world by fire. Family Radio has been around since 1958 the video says. Tom was over Media Relations and worked closely with Harold. Harold was 89 years old. For 50 years, he volunteered as a bible…

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    The Original Ghostbuster

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    When the original “Ghostbusters” released in 1984, writers Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, as well as producer Ivan Reitman had no doubt that it would be great but had no idea that it would sell a million times over, becoming a famous worldwide franchise. It was the most successful film in America that year and one of the most successful comedies of the eighties (en.wikipedia.org). It is one of the most classic iconic films of its time and that’s probably why there are so many “Ghostbuster” fans…

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    be considered when reading. The importance of individuality and the necessary process of strengthening oneself, even the benefit of a degree of selfishness, are themes that appear throughout How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom and “I Stepped from Plank to Plank” by Emily Dickinson. Harold Bloom’s thesis is that how and what one reads has to be distinctly personalized to themselves; because of our constant race against the clock, reading needs to be for the individual alone. Dickinson enforces…

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    Why Did King Edward Die

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    known as The Battle Of Hastings. The first person who claimed he should be King was Harold Godswin. He was second-in-command. He was also the brother in law of King Edward. Harold stated that when King Edward was dying he said to him: "Into's Harold's hands I commit my kingdom." The royal advisors council then voted Harold as the King of England. Across the seas, William, the Duke of Normandy, had heard the news of Harold replacing King Edward and was furious. As a distant cousin of King Edward,…

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    behaviour. For example, in Harold and Maude movie, Harold and Maude are the main characters in the movie. Harold is a young fellow with an unusual mental interest with death and Maude is an old lady who is additionally keen on death however appreciates living and has carried on with her life without limitations. Through Maude 's impact, Harold loses his fixation on death and obliteration and grasps life driving his hearse over a precipice. Also, at the point when Harold…

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    Franz Kafka’s novel, The Metamorphosis, presents various themes in relation to his philosophy existentialism, which is demonstrated through the main character Gregor and his family. Throughout the novel, Gregor transforms into an insect following the idea that existence proceeds essence. He saw himself as a disturbance causing the transformation to a “pest”. “Gregor spent the nights and days with hardly any sleep. Sometimes he considered that, the next time the door was opened, he would take up…

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    Gaëton Dugas Summary

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    In the reading, Phil Tiemeyer, gives a unique spin off of the telltale story of the infamous Gaëton Dugas. A man who could arguably be called the Hitler of the AIDS epidemic. In fact, not only does Tiemeyer say that the things people have learned about Mr. Dugas was a fabricated myth, but he also defends Dugas, by saying he could not have even been patient zero. An audacious claim to make about the villain of the late 20th century, however, surprisingly Tiemeyer does not speak without compelling…

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    1066: The Year of the Conquest is a book by David Howarth trying to express the year 1066 through its battles. Specifically, the peace that the battles disrupted and the people involved such as the dukes, kings, earls, nobles, and the commoners. His goal is not to provide facts on what happened, his goal is to show his readers- whether they are scholars or those who enjoy history- the drama that unfolded that year, with as many reliable sources as possible. Howarth describes the year by…

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    In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses the Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero as a guideline for the characters and their tragedies. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is someone of nobility who has a tragic, fatal flaw. He believed that there are three characteristics of a tragic hero: Hamartia, hubris, and peripeteia. Hamartia is a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero; hubris is excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things; peripeteia is the…

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