Introduction Maestro was the first novel published by Peter Goldsworthy in 1989. Goldsworthy grew up in various areas of Australia completing his secondary education in Darwin. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974. Goldsworthy has been awarded various awards in literature and stage craft and has composed not only in the prose form but also in the poetic form and as a music composer for the stage. Syllabus Requirements The HSC syllabus [pic]‚ texts prescription list [pic] and rubric [pic] require
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calendar 445 days long and broke it down into 12 months (Lienhard). If leaders cannot be narcissistic enough‚ a year before his death‚ Caesar appointed himself as a ruler for life and was later assassinated‚ in 44 BC‚ by political rivals in Rome (Goldsworthy 60). This resulted in the final round of civil wars that disassembled the Roman Republic and produced the advancement of Caesar ’s great nephew and chosen heir‚ Augustus‚ the first
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The right of Private Judgement Challenging the Roman Catholic Church’s claims of being the ’protector of the Bible’ and the ’official interpreter of scripture’‚ the Reformer’s advocated the right of private judgement. Samuel (1994‚ p6) places private judgement on a par with the "authority of scripture" (sola Scriptura) and "justification by faith" (sola fide)‚ explaining at length the complexities of this principle. He explains how the Reformers understood Scripture to have an "objective truth" that
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was the Gallic chieftain ordered the tribe to move through Roman land” .Through a series of pitched battle the Helvetti were routed and Roman land had been defended. Then Ariovistus a‚ German warlord‚ launched a campaign to conquer land in Gaul. Goldsworthy highlights how this escalates commenting that it “led on to further conflicts with more distant tribes‚ till Caesar’s legions had subdue the whole area”. Caesar subdued all of Gaul and then began to venture further abroad. “Caesar made active preparations
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On the other hand‚ he wanted to provide a historical information about what had actually happened leading to the Punic War between Rome and Carthage (Goldsworthy‚ 76). This was to show the world how different factors may lead to war even though the cause of the war may not be intended. This consequently leads to the outbreak of war between two different countries. Polybius had the knowledge of the war the
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Outsider speech “I was an insider and an outsider. I was at home and I was exiled. I had never been happier‚ nor had I been so sad‚” Betty Bao Lord confessed; a U.S writer referring to her years in Communist China during the 1980s. Indeed year eleven‚ the concept “outsider” embodies both the notions of acceptance and exclusion no matter whether you’re a maestro‚ a Jewish WWII veteran or a migrant seeking appreciation. It is their intrinsic value that defines them rather than the exterior qualities
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‘Everything grew larger than life in the steamy hothouse of Darwin and the people were no exception.’ How important is place in this novel? Peter Goldsworthy’s Maestro demonstrates the importance of setting in understanding characters such as the protagonists Paul Crabbe and Eduard Keller. Written in a retrospective narrative from Paul Crabbe’s point of view and how the settings of ‘steamy’ Darwin‚ ‘suburban’ Adelaide and ‘hypocritical’ Vienna affected him. Upon moving from Adelaide to Darwin
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The historical background to the Reformation shows that‚ in addition to challenging Papal authority and the morality of the Roman Catholic Church‚ there was a search for biblical truth and recognition of the need for an accurate biblical translation. From this developed the Reformation’s key principles of supreme biblical authority (Sola Scriptura)‚ the sufficiency and clarity of scripture‚ the right of private judgement‚ and the literal sense of Scripture‚ which brought the reintroduction of the
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General Comprehension Questions – Maestro Darwin. 1976. 1. Describe Keller’s appearance and manner. What is emphasized? Why?Keller is a short european man with grey-white hair and an arched nose. He had soft‚ pale‚ clean skin with small pudgy hands that were always manicured although he was missing a finger. He takes more pride in looking after his hands than he does about any other part of his body. He is also a very classical man. Paul finds him very fascinating.2. Of what significance is the
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regarding the tasks that lead up to medication errors. This gives statistics from this particular study which states the many different reasons that medication errors happen from the staff. Vasileff‚ H. M.‚ Whitten‚ L. E.‚ Pink‚ J. A.‚ Goldsworthy‚ S. J.‚ & Angley‚ M. T. (2009). The effect on medication errors of pharmacists charting medication in an emergency department. Pharmacy World & Science‚ 31(3)‚ 373-9. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11096-008-9271-y
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