PROFESSOR ANDREA DAVIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES Course: AP/HUMA 1300 9.0 Course Webpage: http://moodle.yorku.ca/ Term: Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Prerequisite / Co-requisite: none Course Director Dr. Andrea Davis (416) 736-2100 x 55158 821 Kaneff Tower aadavis@yorku.ca webpage: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/faculty.html Course Consultation hours:
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the modern age? Thesis: The impact of the Irish Potato Famine would not have been as devastating if England hadn’t controlled Ireland by foreclosing thriving industries‚ passing negative political acts‚ and lacking concern for Ireland’s welfare. II The famine would not have been as severe if England did not foreclose Ireland’s successful industries‚ such as the silk industry‚ tobacco industry‚ and fishing industry. A. Britain put a heavy tax on Irish silk imported to England‚ but there was no
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Is the Irish Constitution Out Dated? The Irish constitution was set in 1937 and it hasn’t been changed since then. This being fifty five years ago I think it has withstood the passage of time relatively well. However it does need some changes as the Irish Society has changed since then. Most of it has aged well‚ but in the case of Moral standards‚ Family structures‚ economic development‚ immigration etc. it has been found to be at odds with the will of the modern people. I think a constitution
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Religion and Irish society Ireland has long been recognised as a country whose culture‚ laws and way of life are predominantly influenced by its heavy catholic ethos. The passing of both the civil partnerships bill and the divorce referendum‚ the growing number of non denominational ‘educate together’ schools and the ready availability of contraception in recent years are all excellent examples of how our country is evolving to become on a par with our international counterparts. There can be no
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persist (Lalor‚ 2003) In the words of Luke Gibbons (1996)‚ this report was ‘set out to remove the school from the sacristy and place it in line with the need for greater technological change in society’. The report helped to shape the future of Irish Education and through giving greater impetus to nascent trends‚ contributed to an expansion of the system and to issues such as social inequality and educational effectiveness being placed on the political agenda. Overall‚ however‚ the report was
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5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”
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8 Death Rides a Pale Horse “I have heard the stories that go round‚ ’bout how I lost my sight; few‚ are brave enough to ask. You‚ Little One‚ are braver than those who claim to be brave.” Charity did not respond; she was busy studying his face. She could tell that he must have been a handsome man at one time; now‚ not so much. His skin had the appearance and texture of the underside of a dried boar hide- his face‚ trenched with deep‚ fissures that reminded her of the lines on the map she saw hanging
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the most popular part of the culture today is Irish Dancing. The “Act of Union” was an act formed in 1801 between the two countries of Ireland and England‚ this act was formed to join Ireland and England together. The first time this act was proposed was in 1798‚ but this act was not officially put into effect until 1801. Many reforms were put in place due to this act. One of the reforms was
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Women in Irish Politics This essay will examine why there are so few women in politics and if gender quotas could be the solution. Women make up over half of the Irish electorate but yet remain markedly underrepresented in the Dáil and in wider political debate. Political debate in Ireland has been dominated by male voices over the years and because of this over half of our entire population’s opinions have been drowned out to some degree. The Dáil has always been at the very least 84% male. This
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Death Stops for No One Jaime Hayes Death Stops for No One The poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson is an extended metaphor on death‚ comparing it to a journey with a polite gentleman in a carriage taking the speaker on a ride to eternity. Through unusual symbolism‚ personification and ironic metaphors Dickinson subjugates that death is an elusive yet subtle being. Dickinson portrays death as an optimistic endeavor while most people have a gruesome perspective of death
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