King Lear inevitably meets his downfall by the end of the play‚ this happens through a combination of factors both in his direct control and through ways which are entirely out of his hands. Through his daughters disrespecting him through his foolishness over dividing his kingdom‚ the banishment of certain characters‚ unsuccessful manipulation and other methods Lear encounters madness and finally his death. From the beginning of the play the viewer can watch Lear deteriorate as his apparent madness
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How far do you agree with Nick’s view that Gatsby is “worth the whole damn bunch put together”? The title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man‚ around thirty years old‚ who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. Indeed‚ Gatsby has become famous around New York for the elaborate parties held every weekend at his mansion‚ ostentatious spectacles to which people long to be invited. And yet‚ Nick Carraway’s description of the protagonist asserts
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To what extent do you agree that the most important thing in life is the pursuit of material wealth? Material wealth brings happiness and joy to people‚ allowing people to be freed from financial issues. However‚ one may not know that the pursuit of material wealth is taking a huge risk and may bring about much harm to a person‚ a family or even the whole community. In my opinion‚ the material wealth will cause detrimental effects to a person‚ should a person pursuit material wealth. Therefore
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Do you agree with Milton Friedman’s (1970) claim that : « the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits » ? Milton Friedman was an American economist‚ statistician and writer‚ who had a massive impact on the research agenda of the economics profession. His famous words “the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman‚ Milton. 1970) led to many controversial debates on whether businesses should have ethics or if profit should be their main goal. Corporate
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Do you agree with the view that in the years 1515-1525 Henry VIII wholly surrendered power in government to Cardinal Wolsey? To a certain extent within Source 4 (by J.J. Scarisbrick 1968) supports the idea that possibly Henry VIII actually did surrender power over to Wolsey. The evidence within the source that suggests this possibly for being the truth is ‘a self-indulgent King had wholly surrendered the cares of the state into the Cardinals hands’. To further support this case‚ it is clear that
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Singapore. Issues ranging from foreign students topping the ‘O’ level chart thus reducing similar opportunities for local students‚ to the perception that foreigners are taking away jobs from Singaporeans. Therefore‚ this could be a drawback. I agree that the Singapore government has maintained strongly that having an open immigration policy helps to fill critical sectors in our economy‚ especially in the finance‚ technology and creative industries. In addition‚ the government believes that having
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Do you agree with the view that Gladstone’s conversion to the policy of Home Rule for Ireland was driven primarily by political ambition? - Gladstone converted to the policy of Home Rule in 1885‚ shortly after the November 1885 election. He remained committed to this policy for the rest of his political life‚ despite the fact it had a divisive effect on his Liberal Party‚ and the fact that introducing Home Rule to Ireland would be very difficult. Historians and contemporaries‚ have cited
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To what extent do you agree with the view that ‘the Old Poor Law made poverty worse’ The Poor Law was the way that the poor were supported in 1815. Each parish had to take care of its own poor and provide money to cover the basic costs of living for those who couldn’t. However‚ the cost of the Poor Law was increasing every year and many criticisms were found raising ideas of whether the poor law was helpful or not. A major and obvious problem with the poor law was that the population was rapidly
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How far do you agree that Lady Macbeth is presented like a Fiend-like Queen Throughout Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ it can be argued that Lady Macbeth‚ who ruthlessly questions Macbeth’s masculinity catalysing his unnatural acts of violence and brutality‚ is presented as a fiend like queen. Nonetheless‚ her calling on spirits in order to remove her gender identity as well as masking her moral consciousness in order for her to transgress against the divine right of kings suggests that she does not entirely
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‘In the 21st century‚ gender inequality is still prevalent in the world.’ Do you agree with this statement? Answer: 1. Gender inequality is still prevalent in the world in the 21st century. Employment inequality is present in the societies today. In terms of employment as well as promotion‚ most women are usually at a disadvantage as wage discrimination exists between the male and the female gender. Most women generally have fewer opportunities in getting a job as compared to men. A country
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