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…The Wars of Roses - histories nastiest family feud; a bloody clash between opposing royal families, that of York and Lancaster. The result of which would yield a king and its respective dynasty, ruling over the profound nation of England. Since…

…Why do People Loathe Smokers? A response to Florence King The death of a human soul is a sensitive subject. People react negatively if they believe the death of a human being could have been potentially avoided. Smoking has always and will always…

…Although Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez came from very different backgrounds, their success as leaders of the Civil Rights Movement bears many similarities in its historic development. One major similarity between King and Chavez is that they were…

…Martin Luther King, Jr. and Henry David Thoreau both advocated for the use of civil disobedience in response to governmental or social wrongs. While they articulate different versions of this response, both hoped for change and reform in what they felt…

…In the ironic story of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, is an ignorant man, one with an extremely violent nature. Even though he is somewhat intelligent, his ignorance can be easily seen. Oedipus has no truthful knowledge of where he came from…

…Shakespeare's King Lear opens with the 'Love Contest' in which Lear, King of Britain, sinfully surrenders all of this power to his three daughters - Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia as a reward for their public declaration of love towards him. This untimely…

…THE KING STREET KILLING THE BOSTON MASSACRE In October 1768 King George III sent troops to Boston to watch the colonies. This was the first time troops had been sent to control the colonies. They had been sent because the Stamp Act had made…

…King Louis XVI deserves to be king of France by both his heritage and his virtue. Despite a shadowed childhood, Louis grew up to be a caring king who greatly respects his subjects' happiness and ideas. His excellent memory and profound knowledge…

…by segregation codes, he often traveled in private railroad cars and stayed in good hotels. Any number of historic moments in the civil rights struggle have been used to identify Martin Luther King, Jr. -- prime mover of the Montgomery bus boycott, keynote speaker…

…, was reflective of their own ethnic backgrounds. However, of the two, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of a more universal type of peace. Not only did he want to desegregate public facilities, he sought civil rights and liberties for all. Chavez took the examples of Dr…