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    Description of Teachers and Tutors in Tom Jones The History of Tom Jones‚ a Foundling‚ written by Henry Fielding‚ appeared in the 18th century‚ when the novel was only beginning to be recognized as a literary form‚ following the works of Daniel Defoe or Samuel Richardson. Samuel Taylor Coleridge appreciated Tom Jones “for having one of the most perfect plots ever planned”1‚ but the intricate plot is certainly not the only thing that makes this novel a masterpiece. Fielding creates a powerful

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    absolute king‚ Louis XVI and started a republic * Socio-economic Sense: means great improvements in people’s living conditions or ways of doing things * What was Industrial Revolution? * Begin in Europe in mid-18th century * Improvements were made in areas including industry‚ energy‚ transport‚ communications‚ medicine‚ science * Change people’s life * Also called the Age of Machine 2. Cause of the Industrial Revolution

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    on life‚ but can match each other physically and are very compatible with each other. b. Gilgamesh and Enkidu grow very close to one another even though they are from different upbringings. c. The first version of Gilgamesh dates back to the 18th century BC in Babylon. d. Even though it seems that Gilgamesh and Enkidu are like brothers they were raised very differently. II. Body a. Gilgamesh and Enkidu came from opposite upbringings but are both fit to be king. a.i. Places a.i.1. Enkidu

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    Research Question: In what ways did new ideas and institutions challenge established authority in eighteenth-century France? Saajan Patel Moyer pd. B During early 18th century France and late 17th century France there were people called Enlightenment thinkers such as Denis Diderot that created new ideas to spread knowledge. Denis Diderot created the Encyclopedia during the enlightenment. By doing this he made more people know about the enlightenment ideas‚ which challenged established authority

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    MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect  True    PRIVATE "<INPUT TYPE=\"radio\" NAME=\"UiSelection_22\" VALUE=\"false\" DISABLED>" MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect  False   Answer Key: True Question 3 of 25     Score: 2   (of possible 2 points) Who was the 18th century ballerina who was admired for her dazzling virtuosity‚ especially in the beaten jumps called entrechats? PRIVATE "<INPUT TYPE=\"radio\" NAME=\"null_29_0\" VALUE=\"0\" CHECKED DISABLED>" MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect A. Marie Camargo   PRIVATE

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    commentary of how excessive power is capable of leading to violence and suffering. Although the Marquis St. Evrémonde appears in only three chapters in “Book Two: The Golden Thread”‚ he is critical to understanding the French aristocrats of the 18th century and their role in causing violence. Because he is the only true royal depicted in this novel‚ everything from his physical description to his actions represents the malevolence in other aristocrats. “A face of a transparent paleness; every feature

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    William was the highest point on the Hooghly River that ships could reach. Unlike Madras and Bombay‚ however‚ principles of urban design were experimented in Calcutta. Calcutta had grown out from its position in the last decades of the eighteenth century as East India Company`s main seat; the city was embossed with the hallmark of authority. In the context of colonial architecture‚ there was established two chief axes. The first one led from the civil arm of authority circling a massive square dominated

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    the Mayflower to the feminists that were brought up in the pre-revolutionary era. Between the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century‚ the role of women changed in terms of their place in the family‚ their economic contributions‚ and their position in the community. American women of the 1600’s were an exceptionally oppressed group‚ while the women of the 18th century began to be more comfortable showing their true colors. In the puritan communities of the 1600’s women had a

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    horror and romance. It was developed in the late eighteenth-century as a reaction to the central ideology of the Enlightenment that valorized human reason (“Gothic Origins”). Some of the characteristics found in many novels are a fascination for the past‚ especially the medieval era. It also contains supernatural and magical impressions combined with reality. Gothic Literature has inspired many great novels to emerge the last few centuries‚ and has become a key theme‚ that has been revolutionized

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    responsibility of teaching women the truth of God in men; in doing so‚ he infers that women lack the intellectual ability to understand their own religion. (7) Moving forward in history‚ Simone de Beauvoir‚ the leader of New Feminist movement during the 20th century offers a vivid portrait of women having no authority of their own lives as “man is her whole existence”. She uses her language to evoke sadness and sympathy from pointing out the unjust reality to her readers. (9) The absolute superiority that males

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