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William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of King Lear is a dark tale of betrayal whose popularity is seen in its many productions and adaptations. The play itself not completely original, in fact, as the main plot and characters are Shakespeare’s versions of the British cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth’s recounting of the story in History of…

One of the most dramatic and revolutionary changes in Russian history is the restriction of the consumption of alcohol. Mikhail Gorbachev instituted his anti-alcohol campaign on May 16, 1985 in order to decrease alcohol consumption by Soviet citizens and instead teach them the rewards of moderation. Some such rewards were a better life at home…

The outcome of The Battle of Lexington and Concord persuaded my interest to the Patriot cause because it echoes Locke’s statement that three natural rights, which are “Life, Liberty, and Property”, protect us. These significant words Locke proclaimed has held valuable meaning over the past eighty-six years. It is our duty to fight for what…

a) Which of these two sources would a historian studying kristallnacht find more useful?Source A is a summary of a journalist’s column by another historian. The source tells us about an officer telling goebbles who then tells Hitler about a plan of mass attack, which he and the SA were going to launch against synagogues…

From the 6th to 15th centuries in Europe, there was a time widely regarded as The Middle Ages. This period of time also goes by many other names. Some of these are The Age of Faith, The Dark Ages, The Age of Feudalism, and The Golden Age. The chaos and disorder during this time, sparked…

The “ Khap ” is an antediluvian construct which has written mentions found back from the Rig Vedic times. These are social- political groups, which normally comprise of the upper caste and aged work forces from the Jat community, which are united by geographics and caste. They consolidate their place and power covering country consisting…

There were many reasons that lead to the war of 1812; the main reason was that British ships were attacking American vessels, which cause the President Jefferson to enact the embargo act, which banned all American vessels from sailing to foreign ports. When Madison became President, he adopted a new policy, which allowed trade to…

Stalemate Essay, Research Paper By the terminal of 1914 the war had reached deadlock. This was due to the failure of both the Germans Schlieffen Plan and the Gallic Plan Seventeen. Both these programs were said by each side to stop the war ‘ by Christmas ’ and neither side had perceived the thought of…

Dr. Bardsley’s article is very well organized which I truly appreciate. In “Women’s Work Reconsidered: Gender and Wage Differentiation in Late Medieval England”, Dr. Sandra Bardsley argues “that the rate of rural women’s wages relative to men’s wages remained consistent before and after the plague.” In other words, the Black Death did not play much…

Overfishing is one of, if not the most, dangerous threats to our oceans right now and it’s continuously progressing. It’s been wreaking havoc on our oceans and its inhabitants since the 1950’s and 1960’s. Because of it, we will likely have no more seafood. Overfishing is when too many people fish for one species of…