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    when an order comes not to let her go‚ she was then placed in a prison cell where she met Else Gebel. As time went on the Gestapo found more and more evidence to prosecute the Scholl’s. The trial took place on the 18th of February 1943 where Judge Roland Freisler not only sentenced Sophie and Hans Scholl to death but also the Probst’s. Sophie Scholl was a very brave person to be an upstander and even when she was sentenced to death she was brave.

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    2012 Trailer The purpose of the film trailer 2012 is to advertise the film and increase the margin of potentional viewers thus increasing profit margins. The film is generally directed at men who are usually associated with liking action movies and this is a action film. Although the film has a few genre’s mixed in the prominent genre is definitely action as it has a lot of montage clips showing buildings falling down mass destruction overall apocalyptic situations. This film is ground-breaking

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    circumstances associated with feelings. In English 2325‚ one of the main objectives to be covered is gaining pleasure and insight from reading literature pieces. Throughout the Song of Roland and the Aeneid‚ insight and pleasure‚ were prominently seen and the key course objective was met effectively. Within the Song of Roland there are many instances where a reader can gain insightful knowledge from the literature. Throughout this text‚ people can realize the significance of never giving up even if obstacles

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    Moral is an important part of a book or any media‚ it plays a vital role in a person’s learning and thinking. The book “Peak”‚ by Roland Smith tells a story about a young boy is climbing Mount Everest. It has numerous morals throughout the pages. The adventure of Peak is more than a climber summiting Mt.Everest. It included many other elements‚ love‚ family‚ politics‚ hope‚ and many more‚ which made the book special. Following the Peak’s path‚ is another and another surprise along with morals.

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    Although The Poem of The Cid was written during the Spanish crusades‚ The Cid could not be further from the heroic crusader ideal‚ as established‚ for example‚ in The Song of Roland. Roland was so passionate‚ so convinced of the rightness of his beliefs that he was willing to demonstrate all of his heroic qualities in the pursuit of achieving martyrdom as posthumous evidence of his devotion and courage. Charlemagne and God himself bless Roland’s mission to kill as many heathens as he can. The Cid

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    June 1642 What is it that I haveth seen today upon the scaffold? Could this be thy truth or are my own eyes deceiving me? I have fought grievous mishaps by the sea and by the land just to finally meet with my beloved Hester. After living in captivity under the heathen-folks for about a year or less‚ mine own eyes are completely drawn to her on the scaffold holding a small babe. My eyes were snatched by the infant only by the scarlet letter burning my once dearest wife’s bosom. It was as if the

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    When I was ten years old I was obsessed with the Godzilla movies. I didn’t know why Godzilla captivated and demanded my attention: Godzilla is a collection of low budget‚ poorly written‚ action thrillers about this massive mutant lizard that goes around fighting other enormous mutant monsters. I knew the movies were bad‚ but I just couldn’t help watching every single one of them. Watching every Godzilla movie was a larger task than expected. There are a total of thirty nine movies. Thankfully‚ by

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    War is an inconvenience that destroys everything. To Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth‚ the first world war started out as a personal inconvenience. However as time passes and the war drags on‚ she later realizes that the war is also a universal inconvenience that spares no one and nothing. War affects thousands‚ and destroys everything in it’s path. Brittain’s changing viewpoint on war is shown in chapter eight‚ passage three‚ taken from pages 370-372. The passage shows her obvious disdain for

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    The Song of Roland: Insight Into Another World Historians have now been able to date the first manuscripts of The Song of Roland as far back as the 11th century CE (1060 CE)- to be more specific‚ 1130 CE. However‚ some historians have dated the poem itself back to 1060 CE‚ but the most widely accepted date has been 1098 CE. If you take a look into the historical events of this time‚ you will see that‚ by this time the First Crusade- which began in 1096 CE and ended in 1098 CE- was over

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    The popcorn is buttered‚ the soda is filled to the brim‚ and an elderly former drag queen settles in to watch a riot play out onscreen. Much to her dismay‚ none of what she remembers of that heated day in 1969 is reflected there. Director Roland Emmerich has manipulated history with his latest movie‚ Stonewall‚ released September 25th‚ 2015. The film depicts the Stonewall Riot; the event in LGBT history often credited with uniting the LGBT community into one movement. The riot consisted of an ethnically

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