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    ways in which the poets present character and voice in; ‘Medusa’ and ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ The two poems; ‘Medusa’ and ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ (LGS) have their similarities and differences. The most obvious being both speakers are women and how they subdue men. However‚ the most apparent difference is the way both poets present character‚ with ‘Medusa’ and her jealousy and mistrust towards her partner; ‘…a doubt‚ a jealously’. The standards of a woman are lowered; she is bitter‚ vicious and twisted

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    Women in India have attained greatness through the ages – in political‚ academic and spiritual spheres. They enjoyed freedom and equal participation in public life in ancient India. In the Rig Veda‚ women are placed at the highest pedestal – ‘Yatr nariyastu poojayante ramante tatr devah’ or where women are worshipped‚ Gods preside there. The Taittriya Upanishad teaches us ‘Matridevo bhava’ or ‘Let your mother be God to you’.  Swami Vivekananda rightly said‚ “All nations have attained greatness

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    Martin Oderinde British Literature 9/25/2013 Kristen Pond Building the Perfect Woman 101 In Alexander Pope’s poem "An Epistle to a Lady" he clearly sets out to show the qualities of an ideal woman. These qualities are further enforced through the contrast of portraits of women who are in some way immoral or flawed. But do you believe these so called flaws are truly absent in a perfect women? Or is Pope being a little pessimistic and looking at these "flaws" in the glass half empty kind of

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    Island Voices

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    English Essay Island Voices “The use of symbolism is interestingly used to express the theme of ‘seeing’ and the effects of modernism in Tanjong Rhu and Lee” The stories in Island Voices were compiled to highlight the consequences faced by Singaporean as the city transformed from a traditional society to a cosmopolitan Asian city. Many of the authors of these short stories use literary devices to emphasize their message. I feel that Tanjong Rhu and Lee both use symbolisms to emphasize the

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    Employee Voice

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    Managing the Changing Employment Relationship Consider the different methods used to give effective voice to employees and critically evaluate the importance of this to the employment relationship Due Date: 14/01/2011 Word Count: 3216 The development of the different methods used to engage ‘employee voice’ strongly coincides with the timeline that businesses have endured through in the present/ twentieth century. In the UK in particular‚ the methods implemented could be correlated to

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    Voice Plagiarism

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    Voice Plagiarism Plagiarism is the purloining and publication of another author’s language‚ thoughts‚ ideas or expressions‚ and the representation of them as one’s own original work. The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal‚ emerged in Europe only in the 18th century‚ particularly with the Romantic Movement. This concept for artist is to “copy the masters as closely as possible” and avoid unnecessary invention In the 18th century in the sectors of academy and

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    when making decisions‚ or in this case writing poems‚ are more affected by emotion and events around them. The year 1923 was during an era that brought many new ways in which women were viewed due to the end of the women’s rights movement. The 19th amendment had been passed 3 years prior giving women the right to vote and more of a voice in society. Also around this time‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote the poem “I‚ Being a Woman‚ and Distressed”. The poem and Millay’s personality have a very feminist

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    What does it mean to be true to your inner voice? This question entices many responses. Does it mean that everything we think has to be done‚ said‚ or acted upon? If this were the case‚ the world would be full of chaos. Being true to your inner voice‚ in my opinion‚ simply means being able to feel comfortable with your inner voice. Radiolab’s podcast on Clive‚ demonstrates an excellent form of truth to an inner voice. Clive‚ an old man who suffers from the worlds worst case of amnesia and who cannot

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    Employee Voice

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    Aim Objectives Provide an overview for the presented discussion on employee voice Identify voice practices which represent an example of direct employee involvement and an example of representative participation Primary Research Methods Desk based research Analysed and assessed information; data and presented in report format Internet research focussed on Employee Voice Practices‚ Human Resource Management‚ Employee Involvement and Employee Participation

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    Voice Recognition

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    that of voice recognition. Voice recognition is commonly used to operate a device‚ perform commands‚ or write without having to use a keyboard‚ mouse or press any buttons. The user is able to talk to a computer with automatic speech recognition (ASR) programs and tell it what to do.(5) The computing innovation was created with the intention of being user-friendly and helping people with a variety of disabilities. My artifact illustrates this by going through the basic functions that all voice recognition

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