In the year of 1912 in the fifthteenth day of april a ship that had been thought to be indestructible‚ sank from an iceberg that had been said to be larger than the ship itself. That ship was called the Titanic. The Titanic was said to be a beauty and some might’ve said it was the largest ship they ever seen.The Titanic had about over 2‚000 passengers when it sailed in 1912 and had only 705 people saved by the ship Carpathia when it sunk. What some didn’t know was that Carpathia was the only ship
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“Life is a dream for the wise‚ a game for the fool‚ a comedy for the rich‚ a tragedy for the poor” said by Sholom Aleichem. The quote implies that one can have a good life if one has power or if one is judicious. Also‚ it is a game for the illiterate‚ a joke for one that is rich and powerful‚ and misfortune for needy. In the book‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller has a character a that is a part of a huge calamity. It was labeled as the Salem Tragedy because in Salem‚ plebeians and uninvolved people
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HMHS Britannic and the RMS Olympic. Inside the ship‚ were three classes‚ first‚ second and third. There were 689 passengers in first class‚ 674 passengers in second class and around 1‚026 in third. Third class back in that time was for the passengers who could not afford
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Almost everybody has seen or heard of the movie “Titanic” with Jack and Rose and how a poor guy falls in love with a rich girl but not know all about the ship. The Titanic is a very fascinating and interesting story. It is spectacular and mind boggling how it was built‚ how it sailed‚ and how it sunk. Stories on this event are super depressing for some people‚ but it is still interesting on how every event took place. The Titanic was called the unsinkable ship‚ but the people were about to be proven
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Frankenstein In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley both Victor Frankenstein and his creature have monstrous characteristics. They both fit under the definition of monster. The creature is a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness‚ deformity‚ wickedness‚ or cruelty. Victor is one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character. In society a monster could be a person who does awful things. They both do awful things all throughout the book. The creature murdered people‚ but Victor
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The Goth subculture started during the early 1980s in the United Kingdom as a gothic rock scene. This Goth fashion could be termed as an offshoot genre of the post-punk subculture. Even though several such subcultures surfaced during that period‚ the Goth subculture had been the longest surviving among them and had managed to even diversify and spread to other countries. The Goth scene‚ with its cultural proclivities and imagery‚ had been influenced to a large extent by the Gothic literature of
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Josh Burke Mrs. Nutter AP English 12 2 August‚ 2013 In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein creates a creature to which he immediately abhors and detests. Frankenstein believes he is responsible for the monster’s well being‚ however‚ he states that his duty to his fellow man was more important: “My duties towards the being of my own species had greater claims to my attention because they included a greater proportion of happiness or misery” (Shelly p.207). He ran from his home leaving
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Who is to blame for the Cold War? The Cold War starting in 1945 was an escalation between two super powers that were threatened by each other and determined to prove their power. It was political conflict‚ hostile tensions and a series of miscommunications between the Communist World‚ the USSR and the capitalists‚ the United States that made the Cold War a reality. Although the Cold War was caused due to certain circumstances and miscommunications between the powers‚ the United States is largely
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problems for you and others? In The Scarlet letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was blamed for being an adultness and ever took the blame for Dimmesdale‚ who didn’t say anything till seven years‚ which made him feel guilty not revealing to truth. Many readers think blame doesn’t affect anyone. However blaming can cause many problems for people who take the blame‚ just get blamed because of pure hatred‚ or a person regretting themselves for blaming others. Blaming causes problems for everyone! It
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Who is to Blame William Shakespeare was a talented man‚ he wrote many plays including Macbeth. Macbeth is is a great story but‚ it takes Shakespeare a while to get to the rising action and the climax. Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth is about how these people want the crown so badly they kill people for it and if they are afraid someone is going to get in their way they kill that person too. Also it is mainly about who gets the crown or not and who is the smartest. My claim would be
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