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    Introduction Revenge and betrayal go hand in hand as revenge can lead to betrayal and betrayal will always lead to revenge.Both shakespeare and dickens use motifs of betrayal and revengein othello and oliver twist respectively. Othello is a domesticated traged play about a black army general also known as a moor that lives in venice. he is very respected and is married to desdemona. iago is one of othellos most trusted lieutenents‚ but othello decides to promote someone else who is under qulified

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    Was Oliver Cromwell Good Or Evil After the Civil War‚ Oliver Cromwell took over as protector of England. There are many different interpretations of him for example‚ the Jews thought Cromwell was a hero however the evidence more strongly suggests that he was a villain. The poor believe he was a hero because he gave them the extra tax money that was increased on the rich. This shows he had no care for the people that help him in Parliament and in other areas of managing England‚ such as controlling

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    To me Oliver Twist is a primary example of life for the poor during the middle class. It also shows how life was during the Industrial Revolution and what some people had to do to survive. Oliver Twist is a story about a boy who works at a parish workhouse after his mother dies. While he is there he is barely feed any food and is over worked. As an orphan without any friends‚ known relatives‚ or other ways to survive he probably would have died if he hadn’t gotten thrown out and went to London

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    There have been a lot of heroic figures throughout the history of world. They contributed their lives to their own nations‚ and sacrificed themselves as victims in order to achieve better goodness. Oliver Cromwell is one of those heroic figures who contributed his entire life to take back the tradition of England‚ which was deteriorated by King Charles I. Cromwell however isn’t a typical hero- in actual facts many people wouldn’t even consider him to be a hero at all. Cromwell is a controversial

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    Brooke Herr AP English III 3A Mary Oliver shows both the beautiful and terrifying aspects of nature in “Owls”. She uses a variety of rhetorical questions to show her style throughout the entire passage; which gives us a better look at the complexity of nature. For instance the very first paragraph starts with an extensive sentence that flows with imagery. “When the great horned [owl] is in the trees its razor-tipped toes rasp the limb‚ flakes of bark fall through the air and land on my shoulders

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    Hero or Villain: Why has Oliver Cromwell’s reputation changed over time? It’s been 352 years since Oliver Cromwell is dead. He was one of the most controversial figures in the British history. How did his reputation change? Why? And what has been changed? During the period of king Charles II’s reign (1660~1685) and as well as the 1930s and 1940s‚ many people considered him as a villain‚ who killed Charles I to get more powerful. Under Cromwell’s rule‚ people feared him because he was cruel

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    Mary Oliver Journey

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    Literature world: deep messages of the poems How strong is the message of a poem? Mary Oliver is a woman who writes amazing and Deep poems about life problems‚ dark introspection‚ and other styles of writing. The time period of the poem is not exactly define‚ it just explains what it happens when you have a problem with yourself. The poem “The Journey”‚ Mary Oliver is trying to explain the journey that we have to do with ourselves with every single struggle we have‚ using theme‚ mood‚ hyperbole‚

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    author has his own style of writing. He may use an idea in one of his novels in another. In the books Great Expectations and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens‚ the author uses descriptive plots‚ exiting characters‚ and a meaningful message to prove that two ideas in a book although similar can be presented differently. Throughout the plot of Great Expectations and Oliver twist‚ Dickens uses robbery to show the similarities and differences within the book. After a young child‚ Pip‚ visits his parents’

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    Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” is a critique on the hyper-materialistic society of America during the 1980’s. “Wall Street” not only explores American society during the 80’s but also criticizes the culture of excess and indulgence that marked the era. Broadly speaking‚ an entire generation of young Americans who came of age during Ronald Regan’s presidency would come to value the American ideals of prosperity‚ consumerism‚ and success. “Wall Street” is a representation of America during a period

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    the better." Over the many years since the publishing of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist in 1838‚ many have come to know it as not only art but also as an account of the social and economic problems of the industrial revolution. Along with his other works‚ he would eventually inspire others to put an end to child labour‚ one the most horrific examples of human exploitation that went on in the industrial revolution. Oliver Twist addresses three major themes of the 19th century‚ the failure of charity

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