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    William Shakespeare’s elaborate use of characterization within the play Henry V. Proves suspicions that King Henry V did not believe the St. Crispin’s Day speech for his soldiers, but rather used it to further his own success. Shakespeare demonstrate this through the characterization of Henry. Shakespeare creates Henry to have characteristic such as, Henry’s immaturity, never to take the blame, his abuse of power through unnecessary games, and his deceiving and manipulative ways. A…

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    Sometimes it is easier to blame other for our wrongdoings, than to admit to oneself and taking full responsibility for our own actions. In the book Existentialism and Human Emotions, the author, Jean-Paul Sartre address the statement, “existence precedes essence” and makes two logical conclusions such as freedom and responsibility that ties to the concepts of anguish, forlornness, and despair. The understanding of “existentialism precedes essence” is an awareness that there is no predefined…

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    Introduction Brazil is the largest country on the South American continent, which covers 8,515,770 sq km territory in total and is the 5th largest country in the world. Its population is 205,823,665 people, according to the data collected in July 2016, and mostly consists of white (47.7%) and mulatto (43.1%) people. The percentage of black people is 7.6% of the whole population. The official language, that is also the most widely spoken, is Portuguese; however, other tongues, such as Spanish,…

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    A Theoretical Prespective of First Lady Michelle Obama While many men and women alike, perceive the simple participation of females in political aspects of life to be achieving equality, this is simply not the case. Accounting for factors addressing the relation between portrayal and an individual 's behaviour also shape one 's political agency or freedom. This, when considering historical context, is especially true in regards to women in politics. Michelle Obama is not only seen as the First…

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    The French Explorer and navigator Samuel de Champlain was born on August 13th, in 1574 in Brouage, France. Champlains had a mariners backgroud as thats what his family was, just before he turned 20 he began exploring North America in 1603 when he was invited on an expidition of François Gravé Du Pont, who was his uncle. Champlain also once he returened back to France wrote a book of this trek, it was the first completed story with full descriptions of the St Lawrence since Jacques Cartier's went…

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    The second prolog of the novel begins by Miguel De Cervantes expressing his frustrations with the author who published a fake sequel to Don Quixote. This metafictional approach uses irony to address the plagiarism and blends the two worlds of reality and fiction. Cervantes claims he does not want to malign the dishonest author, Avellaneda. However, Cervantes goes on ranting about how this counterfeit author should ashamed of himself. As the paragraph progresses, there is a sense of growing…

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    In my opinion, Sandia Laboratories should not try to hide the case, or pretend the one never existed. Sandia claims to be leaders in global security, so most probably they know what are the consequences of such a big threat as espionage. Personally, I believe that they did not want their reputation to be run-down. At the end, they are experts in nuclear weapon systems, defence & assessments systems, energy & climate systems and finally, in global security and yet, they have been compromised.…

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    The famous duo, Kim Kardashian West and her husband Kaney West are constntly argueing, but this time, Kim is about to light a match in their already broken relationship. Radar Online, March 3, 2016 reported Kim told Kanye that he is not designing her dress for the Met Gala. The theme for the Met Gala this year is Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. Vogue said it will “focus on the dichotomy between handmade haute couture and machine-made fashion,” because of the Metropolitan…

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    SCENARIO ONE Janice loaned Jolene a designer leather coat to wear to a Taylor Swift concert. The day after the concert, Janice goes to Jolene and requests the return of her coat. Jolene denies that the coat was loaned to her and claims Janice gave it to her as a gift. Janice is upset because the coat was very expensive and now she will have to buy a new one. She wants to sue Jolene for the price of a new, designer, leather coat. 1. Name the cause of action in tort that Janice could bring…

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    The two stories, “Good Enough” and “The Quinceanera Text” are very interesting passage with deep thought written into them. “Good Enough” is about Dori who wants a very expensive shirt but her family is very poor. The shirt that is received is a fake but Dori comes to realize that Ana does not care what people think and comes to love the shirt. “The Quinceanera Text” is about fifteen year old Ana wanting a phone. Many other presents are received but Ana’s parents cannot afford a phone. Something…

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