I think Macbeth is still a relevant text for high school student. Why I think this is because Macbeth uses timeless themes and emotions in the story that some are still relevant today. Macbeth shows the characters point of view and their struggles. Macbeth also contains a complex story plot that shows cause and effect. Why people still enjoy Macbeth is partly because human nature hasn’t changed that much from Shakespearean Time to the 21st Century. What i’m trying to refer is that the play contains
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Wiston‚ who lives in a society whose government controls every aspects and every instant of their citizens lives; including their thoughts. Although the year 1984‚ never became like the daunting reality portrayed in the novel; many still believe this prediction is still relevant and probable in today’s world. However‚ myself among many others believe that Orwell’s prediction will not be happening‚ at least in the forthcoming future. This is because of several factors which will prevent such totalitarian
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the Bible. These young men and women were used by God in powerful ways. There is Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ Daniel the young man later turned prophet‚ the young shepherd boy who would rise to prominence as Israel’s greatest king and many others who courageously changed the world for the better. Names like John Mark who wrote the Gospel of Mark with Peter’s perspective and Timothy‚ the young pastor mentored by the Apostle Paul. Teenagers should be able to identify with these young men and women because
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planning on recreating a population just like that. Having a civilization like the one Lois Lowry wrote about become real‚ would be an alarming concern. The nation that we live in today would no longer be the same. There would be no more deciding for ourselves. Everything would strictly
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Hysteria The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953. The Crucible is about a group of girls who practice witchcraft and then accuse innocent people of being witches in order to avoid consequences. Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953 during the McCarthy period when many Americans were accused for having Pro-Communist beliefs. The Crucible draws many parallels between the witch-hunts of the 1690s and the McCarthy trials of the 1950s The Puritan life was a very plain‚ straightforward
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many people try to eliminate racism but some still are racist. You might not think about racism everyday but it happens a lot around the world. Even though all genders and races should be treated the same they are not and it can lead to personal issues just because of people looking different from each other. All women and men are created equal and the same. People in the world do not treat others fairly. We should get treated the same way not because you like white people or black people better
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because there are people who are racist. Racism is making a judgment about someone and treating him or her inversely than other groups because they are from another ethnicity. In today’s society racism is said to be judging a men not by his characteristic or his brain but by his race. Majorities of people today think that racism does not exist in America‚ but every single day people in the United States are raising their children to believe that it is ok to think lower of other people and actually teaching
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Immigration Today Immigration is an important issue in the US because being the “melting pot” that we are and having the reputation of providing the “American Dream” to all who come here‚ it becomes very attractive for immigrants who come from less appealing countries. Yet this number of immigrants is so incredibly high that the country’s policies on becoming a citizen cannot keep up. To become a citizen an immigrant must apply for residency and have resident status while residing in the
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The world needs something to fix the chaotic state it is in and chivalry is that factor. Chivalry is still necessary today to help people understand the morals that are still needed in the world today. Back in the days of the knights they lived by this code which was chivalry. They had rules that made them better as a community‚ and keep everything running smoothly. If that could be brought back to today’s society things might start to run a little smoother again. If we would embrace chivalry in
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Can you believe that the United States of America has been a county since the late 1700’s‚ and the laws and rights that applied back then still apply today? Think about everything that has shifted since then. We have medicines‚ strong education‚ and even new technology that is still being produced today. I believe that America’s gift to my generation is technology and medicines‚ and also freedom. Freedom is a big part of all our daily lives and some of us take it for granted. When the veterans
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