A good ruler is supposed to lead his country and keep his kingdom united but Edward II prefers to waste time and enjoy himself with his flatterers. Edward II is introduced to the audience as a ‘pliant king’‚ a pleasure seeker who prefers to divide his kingdom than have his lover Gaveston exiled from the kingdom. Later in the play‚ his orders are disregarded by the nobles and a civil war within the kingdom of England ensues. By the end of the play we see the king at his most tragic‚ having lost everything
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John Watson and Sherlock holmes‚ but they weren’t there to meet him‚ they discover a walking stick that the mysterious visitor left behind. Watson notices that it’s a nice walking stick and is engraved under the handle‚ the engraving says "to James Mortimer MRCS from the friends of the CCH" its dated 1884. Watson deducts that it belongs to a doctor and is from a hunting club‚ but he’s pretty wrong. Holmes tells him that the stranger is a doctor‚ but the h in CH stands for hospital not hunt. Holmes decides
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The Truth About Sherlock Holmes Many people have heard of Sherlock Holmes but do they really know who he is? Everybody sees him as a famous worldwide detective but in fact he is more than that. In the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes who is the protagonist‚ serves as a determined character always unfolding any kind of mystery and is a very complicated but yet fascinating man. During the whole book Sherlock shows us that he is bold‚ arrogant
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Aiding and abetting a felony” This phrase refers to Watson and Henry because they were aware that the escaped convict‚ Seldon‚ was just within their grasps. Because that they had found that Seldon was Barrymore’s brother‚ they decided that they should be kind-hearted towards the family. This promise was not kept when Watson and Henry were out of the sight of the Barrymore’s during the night; they chased down Seldon but lost him in the darkness. Barrymore
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and contemplating what the writing inscribed on the stick could mean and if it could give them any clues as to who owned the stick and why they were coming to see them. After meeting Dr. Mortimer‚ Watson and Holmes listen to the tale of the curse of the Baskervilles. After hearing the story read by Dr. Mortimer‚ Watson and Holmes know what they are needed for and the mystery of the story begins to take off from there. In
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on further‚ in order to find out what it is. The walking stick has a name engraved on it‚ but we do not know who “James Mortimer” is or why he was there in the first place. Conan Doyle uses unanswered questions as a technique to make us want to read on to find out the answer. In chapter two‚ Holmes finds out about the legend of the hound from a manuscript that Dr. James Mortimer shows to him. This creates tension because we immediately think of
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. The 2012 Derivative Debacle Table of Contents Company Overview 3 Derivative Debacle Overview 4 Events Leading Up to the Debacle 5 Credit Default Swaps and their Use 5 Why did JPMorgan Lose Nearly $6 Billion? 7 What Did we Learn from this Debacle? 9 Works Cited 11 Company Overview JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the leading financial services firm in the world with operations in over fifty countries. It was founded and based in the United States where
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Cited: Crevecoeur‚ Hector St. Jean de. "What is an American." n.d. King‚ Martin Luther. "I have a Dream." n.d. Mortimer‚ Adler. "The Pursuit of the Truth." n.d. Thoreau‚ Henry David. "Civil Disobedience ." n.d.
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At a moment in you life you may catch yourself looking in the mirror and not be happy with what you see. Would you take it to the next step and go under the knife just to change that? Many people have considered plastic surgery a must because of how uncomfortable they are with their bodies‚ and it has became social norm in the generation that we live in. Although there are some side affects to plastic surgery‚ some people don’t realize that there is many ways it can help. Some people take it
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king remaining in imprisonment in his own kingdom and still remaining the titular head of the kingdom. This kind of situation forces him to understand the tragedy of power or the irony of kingship: “I wear the crown‚ but am controlled by them By Mortimer‚ and my unconstant queen...” Though it is rather
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