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Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Antigone are fighting injustice. Antigone is fighting the unfair edict of the corrupt and prideful king Creon. Mr. King is fighting the racial intolerance of a generation of Americans. Both Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. defend there actions in the struggle ag....

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Analyse the Assassination of Julius Caesar
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The main characters in Billy Elliot are all good people but are limited by their circumstances. Billy is a very strong person. He is passionate, caring, determined and loves his family but is also slightly unpredictable and undisciplined. Jacky is a hard, strong man. He has a very macho attitude and....

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Epic poems ordinarily are exciting tales of great heroism, where heroes fight an evil force. Since we havent lived in the past we have to read about it. By reading these epics we can have a better understanding of how the people lived, and more importantly what they lived for. It is a luxury to ....

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The Internet can be a very disturbing and adult medium. There are parts of the Internet that should not be viewed by children. Explicit information can be found which is intended for an adult audience but children who have access to the Internet have become exposed to this material. The question at ....

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The modern world as it is known today, will always be run by some of the main political and military building blocks that were placed by Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Napoleon ability to conquer a vast majority of Europe will always be looked upon as one of the greatest mi....

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It is not only important, but necessary to the future of Kentucky's children that we bring the problem of OxyContin abuse by pregnant women to the forefront of the fight against this powerful painkiller turned street drug. While media attention tends to focus its stories on the flash and drama of th....

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The Vietnam War, also known as the American War in Vietnam, was a result of nationalist forces trying to unite the country of Vietnam under a communist government and United States and South Vietnams attempt to prevent the spread of communism. Of all the wars in American history the Vietnam W....

Violence in America and Gun Control
Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where terrified women are viciously attacked and raped, where teen-age gangsters shoot it out for a patch of turf to sell their illegal ....

Water Is Wide critique
Sarah Keith Water is Wide Critique November 7, 2007 In Pat Conroys first book, The Water is Wide, he writes on a universal theme: a young idealistic man sets out to change the world, and runs into obstacles larger than he expected. The book is based on Conroys real life experiences of tea....

What Is a Hippie?
What Is a Hippie? What is a hippie? By definition one that doesnt conform to societys standards and advocates a liberal attitude and lifestyle but is this the real point? Most definitions miss the point by focusing on the visible behavioral traits. These limited descriptions fail to reveal ....

What is Self
"Self" is a part of The Creator, which exists in everything. It is just a small piece of the pie, yet unique in its own special way. It's what determines who we are. "Self" is the energy that represents timelessness. It lasts forever. Our "self" stays in our bodies from birth until death, and then....

Women of Jackdaws
There is no doubt that the contributions made by American women to the efforts of World War II were substantial, both to the success of their country and to their own social and working status within their country even after the war was over. The establishment of the Womens Army Corps in 1942 in....

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