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    spaniels, curs,/ Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept/ All by the name of dogs/…/ And so of men./ Now, if you have a station in the file,/ Not i' th' worst rank of manhood, say ’t”(3.1.104-115). Much like his wife mocked him for not being a man when he did not want to kill Duncan, he mocks the very men he has hired to kill his closest friend, relating them to dogs and calling them the “worst rank of…

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    INTRODUCTION The samurai is a class of highly skilled warriors, constantly developed in Japan after Taika reform of 646 CE. The reforms included land redistribution and heavy new taxes, meant to support and elaborate Chinese-style empire. Samurai is usually assigned in Japanese as bush or buke, were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. HISTORY The samurai is a class of highly expertise warriors, deliberately developed in Japan after the Taika reforms of 646 CE. The…

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    out to be a grave mistake. In an attempt to prove that he was worthy of leadership, Jack led the group to believe that Simon was the beast, so they killed him. In comparison, when Piggy was killed, Jack and his tribe had just taken up residency on Castle Rock and had set up a way to kill intruders. Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric went to Jack’s tribe to get back Piggy’s glasses, which had been stolen in the middle of the night. Ralph and Jack started arguing and Piggy wanted to stop them. He started…

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    The Hunt Adaptation is the action of becoming adjust to a new condition or new a surrounding. Every individual can adapt to a new surrounding, yet if unsuccessful one tends to do more harm than good. One author who brings this to reality is Richard Connell. In his work, "The Most Dangerous Game", Connell tells the tale between two hunters, Rainsford and Zaroff. Rainsford is a big game hunter from New York City who finds himself trapped on an ominous island after falling off his…

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    Discuss the role of women during the 1641 Rebellion. The 1641 Rebellion was the result of discontent with the British in Ireland due to a number of reasons, including but not limited to the failures of the Ulster Planation. During the Ulster Plantation many Irish lost their land and were left with less desirable land. As well as land and economic reasons, another factor resulting in the rebellion was Catholics unhappiness during the English Lord Deputy, Thomas Wentworth’s rule, many were…

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    Are The Lockout Law Working In the early hours of New Year’s day, 2013, a young man by the name of Daniel Christie was king hit and assaulted in the nitrous Kings Cross nightlife precinct; Daniel dies in intensive care as a result of his injuries 11 days later. This incident added to an already large statistic of alcohol-related assaults, which caused the wider Sydney community to call for harsher regulation of licensed premises, specifically in the nitrous Kings Cross nightlife district and…

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    Each region had different job opportunities because of the environment, like in the south the soil was rich and fertile thus allowing the mass production of cash crops. Enslaved Africans were an excellent commodity because the manual labor demand was high in the colonies. Some would also speculate that enslaving Africans was much more convenient opposed to the Native Americans. For varies reason such as their strength fight. Tribal nations were much more equip to fight the colonist and…

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    whatever his wife wants. One day Macbeth was walking in the forest with a man named Banquo, when several witches went up to him and gave him a prophecy that he will become King of Scotland and Thane of Cawdor. Very soon after Macbeth’s encounter with the witches he receives word from some other thanes that King Duncan of Scotland…

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    tried to escape his fate by running off to Thebes. When he arrived, a Sphinx was sitting on the castle doors causing destruction…

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    Plague doctor When the Black Death began to spread across Europe and parts of Asia, the search for cures and treatments became desperate. After multiple bouts of plague across decades by 1656, plague doctors became notorious for their foreboding wardrobe. They often wore long leather suits, glasses, a pointed mask that looked like that of a birds’ head or beak, and finally, a long pointed cane or stick was held to keep the infected at “safe” a distance (Link 1). These physicians were…

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