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    immigrants. By way of imparting the aliens to us, no longer as attractive, noble creatures, by making them half of-human and half of insect, the movie continuously trips us up through making the racist gaze our gaze. It confronts us with our complicity with racism, by making us identify with the attitude of the racist, inviting us to experience the revulsion of the xenophobe – and then pulling the carpet from beneath our feet. it is this tension that produces what should be the most…

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    Fig.5.1 The history cannot deny the presence that Hannibal Barca added to the universe, he was a child of Hamilcar Barca in the Punic of Carthage military belongings, for the most part considered one of the best military administrators ever. His dad, Hamilcar Barca, was the main Carthaginian officer among the start of Punic conflict, his other younger siblings were called Mago and Hasdrubal, he was his brother by the fact that he was married to Hasdrubal the myth. Hannibal’s family tree…

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    To many people, death is the ultimate end, when nothing continues, and the book of life closes. However, in the majority of video games, death is a failure state. Due to the primarily action-focused nature of games, death has served as a failure-state for thousands of games, from Mortal Combat to Pac Man. The question is, how do games use death, beyond that of a failure state? To examine, we’ll see an extremely common method seen in FPS’s, such as Doom or Wolfenstein the New Order, a newer…

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    a target on their back from the empires. Over time from plundering the societies that were victim to this started to unite and fight together against the Vikings. One of the main weaknesses was that over time the empires started to hire Viking mercenaries and have them fight their wars for them, an example being the rulers of Brittany in the late 9th century used the Vikings for this such instance. Meaning that one ruler would hire one tribe and the other ruler another and have the Vikings fight…

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    "Evil is good, good is evil", - said the witch, immediately asking "carnival" character stories. In the next scene, a wounded sergeant, and then tan report to Scottish King Duncan of the terrible battle and complete victory his troops over the mercenaries and rebel forces Norwegian-Macdonald On the King and acceding Thane Cawdor. Both effort unprecedented personal courage and valor of the Scottish commander Army Macbeth. In the third stage himself appears Macbeth. His first words in the play…

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    probable, nothing in this story is coincidental and the characters are capable of recognition and reversal. Pride and Prejudice is a classical comedy and is highly influenced by Aristotle’s Poetics. It is a model for 18th century literature where the mercenary and the ignorance of people was a popular topic for novels. Pride and Prejudice is an exemplary novel that will go on and remain a…

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    In the United States, students learn about the history of their country, and they remember these events as the stepping stones of their nation. They learn about the American Civil War, where families fought against each other. They learn about our contributions in both World Wars. They learn about the founders of their country breaking free from a tyrannical ruler. However, this last one is not true. The American Colonies broke off from a just ruler who cared about his people, and they painted…

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    control over teachers and students. It has also taken control over the way education is imparted. It has changed the motto of the system from “knowledge at the end of the day” to “money at the end of the day”. This, in turn, has instilled greed and a mercenary attitude in teachers. The teacher's focus, now, has shifted to the ubiquitous task of satiating the never ending demand of the administrators’ greed; in turn, satiating theirs too. The last and the most potent evil that pervades the system…

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    Opposing Visions of a Leader and the Ways in Which a Political System Should be Run In times of war, violence, political upheaval, and uncertainty, revolutionary thinkers often emerge to question how rulers can be effective, and what responsibilities they have to the people they rule. Socrates, who fought in the Peloponnesian war and lived during the thirty Tyrants period questioned authority. He challenged societal norms; and tried to change the values of the public. Machiavelli, lived…

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    Alexander the Great was born in July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia. He was one of the best military leaders in the history. He received the civilized world, required by his great passion of world conquest and the creation of a universal kingdom. He was the son of Philip of Macedonia, who was a brilliant general and organizer. His mother was Olympias, princess of Epirus. Alexander received the best qualities of his father and mother. As a child he used to get discouraged after listening to news…

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