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    majority of the murders are considered dishonorable violent murders. The reason as to why so many murders take place is all because Macbeth wants to become a king of many powers. The murder of King Duncan (King of Scotland) is dishonorable‚ because the witches in the beginning of the story mentioned Duncan would one day take place on the thrown. Macbeth of course did not want anything to take his power away from him. So Macbeth had to murder Duncan when the time was right to ensure that he stays king

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    Question: Why did so many people move to colonial America? In the 1600s‚ immigration began. Throughout the 1600 and 1700s‚ the population in colonial America increased rapidly. This was caused by a variety of reasons: enslavement‚ economy‚ exportation‚ religious purification‚ and freedom from the English government. One of the main reasons Africans immigrated to America was because they were either coerced or forced to come to the colonies from Africa as slaves. In Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting

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    happiness and joy. So it is their first consideration in all celebrations‚ including weddings. Even the bride`s home is decorated in red on the wedding day. In addition‚ the greater part of people prefers traveling during holidays. Sometimes between people of different nations during their communication emerge various misunderstandings about their conduct. If you don’t know some traditions of the country‚ it can lead to offences; it can even sow seeds of discord between nations. So before going somewhere

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    Why did so many Europeans collaborate with the Nazi occupiers? As the dust settled in Europe‚ collaborators were hung‚ sent running naked down the streets or imprisoned‚ while the resistance set out to define post-war Europe. The illusion of a clear distinction between Hitler’s henchmen and enemies shaped the psychology‚ language and power structures that are still present today. Collaboration and resistance‚ as categories of human behaviour‚ gained their historical relevance from the weight

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    As you know the play Romeo and Juliet is so iconic and so many people have read it. But‚ why did Romeo and Juliet die? Who is the one to blame? The main blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the family feud because of the tension and secrets throughout both families. Firstly‚ tension between the families because Juliet’s parents want her to marry Paris‚ but Juliet knows she can’t because she is already married. “marry my child‚ next Thursday morn‚ The gallant‚ young‚ and noble gentleman‚ The

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    November 2014 To Stay or to Go? When Achilles was first born‚ his fate was to die by Troy. He is the son of King Peleus‚ a nymph‚ Thetis. Achilles was brought up by Chiron‚ who taught him how to fight and become a great warrior. Achilles mother knew about his wretched fate. As a baby‚ it is said that she took the infant‚ Achilles‚ to the River of Styx in hopes that submerging him in the water would make him completely immortal so he could escape his fate. She submerged all but his heel‚ which would soon

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    The Rise of Hitler 1. Why did so many German people join the Nazi Party? In the early 1920s‚ Germany was especially hard-hit during the Great Depression after the first World War‚ mainly because of the Treaty of Versailles‚ which made Germany go into an extreme hyperinflation. People could not buy anything with a reasonable price. In 1922‚ a loaf of bread costed 163 marks. In September 1923‚ it would have costed 1‚500‚000 marks and in November of that same year which was the peak of the hyperinflation

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    On March 5‚ 1770‚ a group of brave colonists gathered around a British Soldier at a local tax office. They hurled insults at the soldier‚ and with the confusion that ranged gunshots were heard; Five men were found wounded on the ground. Although the Boston Massacre seemed to be the colonists’ fault since they started off by hurling insults‚ we must remember how the British Soldiers treated the colonists before. For example‚ the Quartering Act forced families to have open their homes to British Soldiers

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    ’star-crossed lover’ ending their lives for each other’s passion and love. Their deaths were caused by many factors such as their destined fate to die‚ unlucky happenings and misfortune and their sudden adolescent passion. These elements are the reasons of tragic moments of this Shakespearean play. Firstly‚ the stars foretold the two lovers’ deaths. Astrology played an important element in the play because many people during that era‚ believe in it‚ a study of the stars and planets‚ which‚ they thought‚

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    Why So Many Foreigners Join Jihadists? Wang Zixuan 201201228 Mon 13:30 The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is a jihadist group based on al-Qaeda in Iraq‚ formed in April 2013. It has become one of the main jihadist groups fighting government forces in Syria and Iraq. Its leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi‚ who joined the rebellion that erupted in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. Its original aim was to establish a caliphate in the Sunni-majority regions of

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