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    How did the Tsar survive the 1905 Revolution? Introduction Controversy surrounds whether or not the revolution was a "dress rehearsal" for the 1917 revolution or a missed opportunity for Tsar Nicholas II to consolidate a constitutional monarchy. This dissertation will focus on the survival of the Tsar‚ as it is ultimately an open question whether he would have saved the monarchy. The dissertation will also reveal that in the Tsar ’s heart was more in reaction than reform. This coursework will

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    The Vagabond Into the Wild is an adventurous biography by Jon Krakauer‚ written about the travels of Chris McCandless. Who is also known as Alex Supertramp‚ he changed his own name to not be found. Krakauer was a journalist/adventurer himself‚ that led him to the attraction in Chris’s story. Krakauer shared Chris’s story because of the value and meaning his story has. McCandless left his family‚ traveled all around the country‚ then went off the grid in Alaska. His relationship with his parents

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    imprisoned many times. In 1896‚ after being attacked and beaten by white South Africans‚ Gandhi began to teach a method of "passive resistance‚" to‚ the South African authorities. _Part of the inspiration for this method came from the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Christ and Henry David Thoreau‚ a 19th century American writer‚ also inspired Gandhi. In 1914 the government of the Union of South Africa made important concessions to Gandhi’’s demands. They included recognition of Indian marriages and abolition

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    1. Compare and contrast individualism and collectivism as discussed in Estep: ch. 9. Humans are designed to cultivate both individualism and collectivism – let me explain. Both are good if used appropriately. The problem is when either is used exclusively‚ to the abandonment of the other. As individuals‚ humans are expected to grow and mature; a person accepts Christ individually. On the Day of Judgment‚ humans will be held to account for their actions and behaviors individually. It is this

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    ENGLISH-A CLASS XI Full Marks – 100 1. Prose – 20 marks 2. Verse – 20 marks Textual Grammar – 16 marks 1. Essay writing [350-400 words] – 12 marks 2. Rhetoric – 12 marks 3. Project – 20 marks Prose and Poetry – (40 m/40P) Prose 1. One of these Days-Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. The Sunder-bans Inheritance- Bittu Sehgal 3. Making Writing Simple- J.B. Priestley 4. Through the Tunnel- Dorris Lessing Poetry 1. Stolen Boat – William Wordsworth 2. You who never arrived – Rainer Maria Rilke 3. Snake- D H Lawrence

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    Challenge: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Archidamian War by Donald Kagan The Art of Fiction by Henry James The Art of War by Sun Tzu As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Atonement by Ian McEwan Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

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    1 Russia’s best known Modern Playwright 1.1.1 Master of the Modern Short Story 1.2 Anton Chekhov and his Influences 1.2.1 Nineteenth Century Russia 1.2.2 His Contemporaries 1.2.2.1 Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy 1.3 Anton Chekhov’s Mood Literature 1.3.1 Mood and Atmosphere 1.3.2 Subtle Literary Techniques 1.3.3 Criticisms of lacking any Plot 1.4 Anton Chekhov as a Humorist 1.4.1 Tragicomedy 1.4.2 Comic Relief 1.5 Anton Chekhov as a Realist

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    "Eh ! bien‚ mon prince‚ Genes et Lucques ne sont plus que des apanages‚ des domaines de la famille Buonaparte..." The sentence is an opening of "War and Peace‚" an epic novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of European languages may easily find out it is written in French‚ and some of them might also think it is somewhat out of place in this Russian novel. However‚ Russian history tells that it was common among Russian aristocrats to speak French in their

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    Reverend Joel Parker wanted to sue Stowe for bombarding his own character because it was “bad research and just full of lies” Sold 5‚000 copies in 2 days‚ 100‚00 by the end of summer‚ and 300‚000 by March 1853 “A model of the highest type” - Leo Tolstoy Talked about slavery‚ the Fugitive Slave Law‚ racism‚ and freedom Pro-slavery people thought Stowe was biased‚ while anti-slavery people supported the book Inspired people in ways others couldn’t‚ strongest part of her narrative was the effect slavery

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    “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” Leo Tolstoy‚ The Kreutzer Sonata. In Scott Westerfelds novel Uglies Tally Youngblood wants to have a legally required surgery that will make her pretty. In the process she gets caught up in a rebellion against society and comes to appreciate a world where not everyone is pretty. However in an ironic twist she has to turn herself in to the authorities to be turned pretty. If one glances at a magazine or turns on the TV‚ you got

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