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    We can often see beggars At the corners of streets or roads with shabby clothes sitting on the ground‚ stretching out their hands And there would also be a bowl or something concave with some coins in it . Some of them seem to be disabled‚ some of them carry their children and beg money for them‚ others sing sadly in front of you. we would feel sorrow while we see such people and cannot help having compassion for these beggars‚ so we give money to them. Nevertheless‚ It would be better not giving

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    Beggars should be abolished: for it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them.’ Said Friedrich Nietzsche. In simple terms beggary is a state of extreme poverty but now a days it has become a profession for most of the people. Those 15 seconds‚ when you’re anxiously waiting for the red signal that is just about to turn green- a small child comes up to your car sticking his face in the window as hard as he can to make himself seen‚ or holding consumer goods‚ like tissue packets

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    Édouard Manet Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher) 1865/67 Upon entering the room‚ Manet’s Beggar with Oysters immediately caught my attention. The vagabond has the appearance of being captured in a moment of introspectiveness. In the painting‚ a bearded man‚ wearing a hat‚ covered with a blanket appears from an empty‚ dark background. An invisible light brightly illuminates his face. At his feet six oysters lay on a pile of hay. By setting him against a hollow‚ dark background‚ Manet seems to

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    giving money to beggars is a good thing. It gives them what they need to provide themselves with food. It also means that you recognize that they have a problem‚ so it’s also a sense of dignity. The prior difficulty of helping these people out with money is that you can never know where they put it‚ what they do with it. A lot of homeless people are drug addicts‚ so they probably spend most of what they get in alcohol and other drugs. An alternative to giving money to beggars - but still helping

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    Tragedies are mostly similar creatures. Whether it’s William Shakespeare’s Othello or Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ a tragedy must abide by certain standards to be called a tragedy. Of course‚ it must be fatal; someone or something must die. Certain complexities like tragic flaws or foreshadowing may also appear. Irony plays a key part and takes many forms‚ including tragic‚ dramatic‚ or cosmic irony. There is‚ however‚ another necessary mechanism to create a solid‚ working tragedy: hamartia

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    Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the

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    English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my
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    concerned about beggars. They are pleading for money to feed them and their families with disadvantages look. But we often ask these questions: Should we give money to beggars? Should we be indifferent to them? Both questions are important and may have their reasons. Giving money to beggars differs from being indifferent to them. The purpose of this essay is to contrast the emotion of the givers‚ the living of the panhandler and their rights. First‚ let’s talk about giving money to beggars. One of the

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