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Virtue and Fortune

Made with PicMonkey In Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince translated by William J. Connell there are two main ideas that constantly arise in the book.These ideas are virtue and fortune. Professor Van Den Abbeele described virtue in lecture as "... the quality of being a ... man or male in the...

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Does War Control You or Do You Control War?

World War One British Soldiers. Digital image. Express.co.uk. Express, 23 Aug. 2014. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. <http://www.express.co.uk/news/world-war-1/502452/The-Battle-to-feed-Tommy-The-diet-of-a-WW1-soldier>. Do people's actions revolve around War? In the play Mother Courage and Her Children Brecht depicts a world where everyone is motivated by war. This is linked to the Marxist ideal...

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Is Mother Courage Really Couragous

Daniel, Michal. Meryl Streep (Photo: Michal Daniel). Digital image.CurtainUp. N.p., 19 Aug. 06. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. <http://www.curtainup.com/mothercouragecentralpark.html>. The Humanities Core Writer's Handbook , "Analyzing Drama" brought up an interesting exercise (exercise one) that I took inspiration from for my blog post today (64). This week in Humanities...

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Modern Hostility: The New Cold War?

Guardian Composite. Digital image. Theguardian.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/19/new-cold-war-back-to-bad-old-days-russia-west-putin-ukraine>. Is the new cold war arising? Many have reason to believe that this is true. What makes this cold war differ from the former cold war lasting from 1947-1991 is that currently this war is due to "Russian opposition to NATO...

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What do you hope to get out of Humanities Core?

N.d. Misha's Musings. Web. 2 Oct. 2015. <https://nemisha8.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/science-vs-humanities/>. Humanities core is an exciting and interesting class that I believe will make me a better writer and reader of novels and poetry. What I wish to get out of humanities core is a better understanding of literature. I hope...

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