Shakespeare's Play, Richard III According to William Shakespeare's presentation, Richard III in the eponymous play is a man driven by vengeance, ambition, and a thirst for power. ... The unattractive physique used by Shakespeare makes Richard III look like an anti-hero, and as a result, other characters and the audience repelled him. ... The bad character of Richard III was seen when he plotted and succeeded in eliminating three heirs to the throne before him, as well as King Edward IV himself (Shakespeare & Crowther 85). ... The scene and conditions describing George's persec...

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Richard M. ... His parents named him Richard after the Richard the Lionhearted. ... This wouldn't normally mean a lot but during this time there was a lot of fear of a World War III because of the Cold War in Russia. ... As president, Richard Nixon moved to isolate himself from the administrative operations of the White House. ... Rather than questioning whether it was a good idea to seal himself off from his cabinet and Congress as well as from the public at large, Nixon seemed to enjoy it. ...

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Almost every aspect of this country today, would not be the same if it was not for the African American leaders that stood up in their communities during the mid 1900's and preached words of a United States that was free from oppression against people of color. ... Children that came from white families and were white themselves would attend school with only white children. ... Rosa Parks was an elderly woman on her way home from work. ... According to the bus company records, about 90 percent African Americans who usually rode the buses to and from work joined the boycott and found other...

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Richard Yates, Sr., one of the amazed people who heard the speech, said this. ... Most of America liked Lincoln as a change from all the politicians they were used to. ... Booth learned from Harry Ford that later that night President Lincoln and General Ulysses S. ... with many shouts of applause from the audience. ... During Act III Scene II of Our American Cousin, John Wilkes Booth made his way up to the President's Box. ...

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Tacitus followed more or less the pattern of Thucydides but with a brooding moral interest in the decay of Roman society. 6 Medieval Historiography The concern with separating fact from fiction and legend often disappeared in medieval historiography. ... The other was the chronicle, ranging from the crude and simple annals of local monasteries to more orderly and organized accounts such as those of Saxo Grammaticus, Otto of Freising, Roger of Wendover, and Matthew of Paris. ... Medieval Islamic historians such as al-Tabari and al-Masudi wrote histories of great scope, often employin...

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