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    According to facts ‚ William J. Clinton ’Appendix A ’ made the strongest argument to promote racial equality. Racial equality means for black people to be looked as equal to white people. Many great speeches have been made such as Martin Luther King Jr’s " I Have A Dream " and Barak Obama’s " Remarks..." ‚ both addressing the same issues as Clinton’s. In my opinion ‚ Clinton’s was the strongest. Reasons for choosing Bill’s speech ‚ is

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    Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man’s decisions. This fictitious man is LearKing of England‚ who’s decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is‚ as one expects‚ a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. (Cain) This untimely abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events that

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    text. Identify one or more symbols‚ motifs or strands of imagery and explore the role which they play in King Lear Shakespeare’s plays were written in the Elizabethan era‚ which profoundly influenced his writing. During the Elizabethan time‚ there was the idea that God had set a place for everything in the universe‚ in hierarchical order. The Elizabethan’s called this‚ The Great Chain of Being. During this time if someone were to step out of his or her place in this divine line‚ it would not only

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    King Lear Essay You are a Year 12 student who has been commissioned to write an introduction to a new students’ edition of your text. You have been asked to discuss both your own contemporary‚ personal response to the text and also the way that other‚ different responses demonstrate the text’s enduring impact. Compose your introduction‚ exploring your personal response to the text and evaluating the text’s reception in other contexts. Throughout history‚ different texts have been interpreted

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    King Lear: Themes Many themes are evident in King Lear‚ but perhaps one of the most prevalent relates to the theme of justice. Shakespeare has developed a tragedy that allows us to see man’s decent into chaos. Although Lear is perceived as "a man more sinned against than sinning" (p.62)‚ the treatment of the main characters encourages the reader to reflect on the presence or lack of justice in this world. The characters also vary in their inclination to view the world from either a fatalistic

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    King Lear Consequences

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    King Lear: Consequences of One Man’s Decisions Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man’s decisions. This fictitious man is LearKing of England‚ who’s decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is‚ as one expects‚ a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. This untimely abdication of

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    King Lear—Essay (Act III‚ Scene 2) The Storm in Lear’s life KING LEAR  Blow‚ winds‚ and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanes‚ spout Till you have drench’d our steeples‚ drown’d the cocks! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires‚ Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts‚ Singe my white head! And thou‚ all-shaking thunder‚ Smite flat the thick rotundity o’ the world! Crack nature’s moulds‚ and germens spill at once‚ That make ingrateful man! . . KING LEAR 

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    King Lears Foolishness

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    King Lear is a metaphorical tale of an ailing man’s journey through hell in order to forgive his sins. Lear’s untimely‚ sinful surrender of his throne results in a chain reaction of events that send him through a treacherous journey. It is a tale that graphically describes the consequences of one man’s foolish decisions; decisions that greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. Lear suffers terribly‚ as a result of ignorantly dividing his kingdom among his eldest daughters‚ Goneril

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    King Lear and Morality

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    McDonald English 150-105 26 February 2010 The Presentation and Promotion of Morality in King Lear Throughout life humans are faced with many crises and obstacles. It is the way in which we react to these obstacles‚ however‚ that ultimately defines our personalities. This idea is found in works by William Shakespeare where characters are continually faced with conflicts and strife. In Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ characters react to conflict and chaos in a number of ways thereby revealing their personalities

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    King Lear is a Shakespearean tragedy that illustrates what happens when children are consumed by greed and lose their love for their parents. This is a great tragedy that is full of injustice at the beginning and the restoring of justice towards the end. The good are misjudged as evil and the evil are accepted as good. It is not until the end of the play that the righteous people are recognized as such. There is great treachery and deceit involved in the hierarchy of English rule. The play focuses

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