is a heroine. Portia is not expected in the beginning to emerge as a heroine or even as a major character. She is merely a background character from the subplot. As the play begins to wind down‚ the reader will find many examples in which Portia saves major characters from their own dilemmas. The first (and most obvious) character who is helped by Portia is Antonio. She discovered a flaw in what Shylock believed to be a flawless plan. Just when Shylock thought that he had finally found a judge
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Time Is Money Time is an abstract thing. Time is all around us. It governs everything we do and how we do it but how do we perceive time? The oldest meaning of the word as it is described in the Oxford English Dictionary is‚ ”A finite extent or stretch of continued existence.” This description does not make a lot of sense to a lot of people. Then how do we understand time? ”Time is money” is one way to look at it‚ but what exactly does this mean to us today? The idiom is commonly attributed to
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question for this essay is "Describe a significant experience or achievement that has special meaning to you." "Time is money" a clich� that is known to all. Parents remind their kids of it‚ teachers preach to their students about it‚ and even society reinforces it with wages being paid by the hour. In such a world‚ technology has and perhaps always will be advancing forward in order to save the average person more of this "money". For instance‚ in the field of biomedical engineering‚ long strides or
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like slave machine satisfying their greedy owners. Nine Chinese sociologists wrote a letter calling for an end to the work practice‚ which they commented as "a model where fundamental human dignity is sacrificed for development" (Apple Factory). The Time Machine novel is written by H. G. Wells reflecting exactly this social issue that we are facing: it is the exploitation from the upper class. In this book‚ the leading character is named The Time Traveler‚ who is
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Frankenstein Should we kill the beast or save the beast? Does the beast deserve to live another day? Or shall he be killed for what he has done to everyone already? My chose is he doesn’t deserve to live another day and these is why! In the novel Frankenstein victor agrees to make a wife for Frankenstein‚ But I disagree with his chose. Reason one is the couple. What will happen if the monster for Frankenstein does like him? The monster will be alone and may want what Frankenstein wanted another
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Save Me‚ Mickey From all of the 27 chapters in the book “Funny in Farsi”‚ my favorite chapter was the fourth chapter‚ Save Me‚ Mickey. The reason why this chapter is my favorite is because when I went any place during my age of five to seven‚ I effortlessly got lost. When I find out my parents weren’t with me‚ I begin to shed tears and wail for them. But according to what Firoozeh had written in her book‚ she seemed much calmer than I was when she was lost. As I read this book‚ I wanted to be like
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women who are from a different planet. They explain to them that there is a villain who is holding their father captive. In order to get to that place where her father is‚ they must travel through time and different dimensions. Ultimately‚ Meg‚ Charles‚ and Calvin manage to beat the bad character and save her father from the evil darkness. 2. What was your favorite part of the book? Explain why you liked it so much. My favorite part of the book would be Chapter Four. I thoroughly enjoyed it because
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Introduction Time management has become a more and more critical element in all human activities. It is not only closed related with individual’s performance‚ but also businesses’. Frank J. Lucco (1994) pointed out that effective time management is the most important ingredient for success in the 1990s. In order to do something to make the most effective use of people’s time and work schedule‚ understanding some effective time management techniques has also become a necessary part in people’s
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people here consume water more than a person needs triple times on world level. Though that my country geographically considered one of driest regions in the world we have two main sources of water: Aquifers. Sea water (desalination). People waste water sometimes without even notice that: while they making ablution‚ washing a car‚ cooking‚ shower…etc. When Government noticed how people consumes water they took Preventive methods to save water‚ such as: Awareness campaigns through the media
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they do not have the time to get everything done; this especially applies to the non-traditional learner. Work‚ family‚ school‚ and other obligations are constantly competing with each other for the students’ valuable time. Some students become overwhelmed with all of these obligations and drop out of school. This can be avoided with simple time management techniques the student can implement on a daily basis. Time management is simply the way you regulates or schedules your time. It is an important
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