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    Tragedy in the Modern Age

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    also generally considered that the art of tragedy writing declined in the post-Shakespearean age‚ and that no proper tragedy has been written after the seventeenth century. ‘Modern tragedy’ itself is a question-begging term‚ and it is a matter of dispute whether some problematic plays of the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuries are to be categorized as tragedies at all. Broadly speaking‚ the term ‘modern tragedy’ refers to plays that present the miseries of the human condition in a tragic

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    Manufacturing plant on Walk 26‚ 1911. Von Drehle depicted not just the detestations of the caught laborers in the industrial facility additionally incorporated the poor condition of specialist’s wellbeing and low wages. The turn of the twentieth century was set apart by development in correspondence‚ motorization‚ science and transportation that upheld American mechanical extension. Researchers and industrialists cooperated to create innovations tackling the force of power and growing ebb and flow

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    Modernism

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    Question: How does the author of this extract understand modernism? Support your response with a direct quote from the text. Modernism can be described as a movement that has been took place in late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This essay will discuss how the author understand modernism by‚ explaining how modernism eventuated to the integration of mankind and the way that it can jeopardize past traditions and create new ideas. Firstly‚ it can be mentioned that one of the outcomes

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    Romaine Brooks

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    Romaine Brooks The story of Romaine Brooks‚ female artist from the early twentieth century‚ holds a story unique and challenging. This artist contains many struggles and experiences yet continued to make history as an upcoming female artist who would not let the spoils of her early childhood keep her from living the life of a pioneer in the world of art. Romaine Brooks was born in Rome‚ Italy‚ and lived from 1874-1970. Brooks grandfather was a multimillionaire‚ but Brooks seemingly privileged

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    langlois article

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    Number 2‚ pp. 351–385 The vanishing hand: the changing dynamics of industrial capitalism Richard N. Langlois Alfred Chandler’s portrayal of the managerial revolution of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries does not extend well into the late twentieth century‚ when widespread vertical disintegration began replacing the classical multi-unit managerial enterprise. This paper attempts to explain the new economy in a manner consistent with Chandler by providing an enlarged theoretical

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    Trust Design Bridge-Pratt

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    but three minds always work better then one so as we figured out the best way to built it we would test it ourselves. The Pratt truss was first developed in 1844 under patent of Thomas and Caleb Pratt. Since the 1840s through the early twentieth century‚ the Pratt has diagonals in tension‚ verticals in compression‚ except for the hip verticals immediately adjacent to the inclined end posts of the bridge. Pratt trusses were initially built as a combination wood and iron truss‚ but were soon constructed

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    said‚ "human character changed." This hyperbole contains a kernel of truth. Around the turn of the century a fundamental cultural transformation occurred within the educated strata of Western capitalist nations. In the United States as elsewhere‚ the bourgeois ethos had enjoined perpetual work‚ compulsive saving‚ civic responsibility‚ and a rigid morality of selfdenial. By the early twentieth century that outlook had begun to give way to a new set of values sanctioning periodic leisure‚ compulsive

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    Immigrants flooded into the United States during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century‚ providing cheap labor‚ creating an economic boom‚ and making the United States a global superpower (Gale). Although immigrants enabled the industrial revolution‚ most Americans believed the immigrants were a threat: “They worried that the newcomers carried or spread disease‚ they were disturbed because the immigrants followed different religions and customs‚ and they felt outnumbered by the large

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    Vietnamese's costume

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    suit their roles in society (except the important festivals or ritual ceremonies‚ weddings..). One of the most ancient dress was wearing by women until the early twentieth century is " Ao tu than".(show pic). When the women wore “ao tu than”‚ they often took a Flat “non quai thao”‚ to suntan or as jewelry. In the 18th century‚ the man in all 3 regions of Vietnam started wearing simple-pyjama ( originated come from the South culture)‚ known as the “ Áo cánh” in the north and “Áo bà ba” in the south

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    ability to reformulate itself has created a way for authors to explore and investigate ideologies and protests whilst keeping the issues contextual to the time. More has done this extremely well‚ establishing the genre at the beginning of the 16th century‚ in his novella Utopia. By using Rafael as the narrator he successfully presents his alternative of a communistic style state where everyone is equal‚ whilst keeping him safe; also convincing them that it was a non-fiction text and as a result protecting

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