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"Still I Rise" is an empowering poem about the struggle to overcome prejudice and injustice. It is one of Maya Angelou's most popular poems. When read by victims of wrongdoing, the poem becomes a kind of anthem, a beacon of hope for the oppressed and downtrodden.It is a reminder of the abuse of power by those who sit in government, the judiciary, the military, and the police force. For members of the public, it sends out the clear, repeated message of hope. No matter the circumstances, there must always be hope to cling to. Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shou

The eponymous protagonist of Christopher Marlowe’s remarkable tragedy, Doctor Faustus is a tragic hero of contradictory characteristics, like grandiloquence, vaulting ambition, and unusual, even deliberate myopic vision and a propensity to squander powers achieved at the expense of bartering his soul to the devil. When the character is first introduced in the play, he is aspiring to be a musician. The introduction of the Chorus is imbued with the premonition of the ominous future of Doctor Faustus, but when Faustus cogitates on the wondrous deeds, he is about to accomplish with his magnificent powers, it appears glorious .He reflects on the prospect of acquiring wealth from all over the world, and envisages reconstructing the boundaries of the European countries, and availing access to the vast knowledge existing in the world about the entire universe. Faustus may be a presumptuous and megalomaniac, but his ambitions are very impressive and the reader is compelled to sympathize with hi