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    Explain the different types of discrimination Discrimination has many meaning and many different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as a person making a judgment against someone else by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be the people are discriminated against (out casted/left out) because they choose to be different or have a disability or different colour of skin or even religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action

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    There are six sins that can keep you from going to heaven if committed. These sins include gluttony‚ envy‚ pride‚ laziness‚ anger and lechery. Greed can blind a man to taking the evil path and thinking it is the right one. It can also make it hard to differentiate between right and wrong. The Pardoner’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer is a tale showing gluttony taking the life of three so called faithful friends. The desire for money and wealth makes one discourteous‚ greedy and sinful as portrayed by the

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    be straight‚ long‚ short‚ frizzy‚ or curly; with different colors and textures‚ but in the case of “Rapunzel” it was golden and very‚ very long in which it took the audience to a deeper understanding of who she really was. Her hair in a way represented distress and at the same time freedom in which she strived from living in an enchanted tower in the middle of the forest. The story of “Rapunzel” is sought to be one of the most recognized fairy tales for children and parents alike. As a result the

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    The Cinderella Myth

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    The Cinderella Myth The tale of Cinderella is encoded as a text of patriarchal moral instruction in which a sense of female agency will always by definition be absent. In this folk tale‚ which is also a fairytale‚ female character is positioned in terms of what it is not: not dominant‚ not powerful‚ not male. Cinderella herself‚ non-hero of a dubious tale‚ evinces more depth than most archetypes. She is capable of developing relationships‚ meting forgiveness‚ manipulating her own destiny‚ even of

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    League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X‚ inspired by the mod Defense of the Ancients for the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. It is a free-to-play game‚ supported by micro-transactions. It was first announced on October 7‚ 2008‚ and released on October 27‚ 2009. League of Legends was generally well received at release‚ and has grown in popularity in the years since. Gameplay Players are

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    Explain what is meant by the term "barriers to trade;" use examples. (10) In order to understand what we mean when we say "barriers to trade" we must first grasp the idea of international trade and free trade – which is what these "barriers" are preventing. International trade is made up of imports (M) and exports (X)‚ and is one of the components of aggregate demand (X-M). For some economies‚ international trade is an extremely significant contributor to GDP‚ as they have goods and services which

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    `In Another Country` By E. Hemingway `In Another Country` by E. Hemingway Hemingway creates a powerful and true-to-life story about real experience of many soldiers who came home but remember all casualties and hardship they were faced with during the WWI. On the other hand‚ their stories full of bravery‚ honor and courage. They need to adapt to new world‚ but the only way for them is to change their habits and personal values. Settings and objects reflect inner psychological state of the characters

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    The Tempest "Claiming Caliban" Caliban in "The Tempest" was the son of Sycorax‚ and his character is a symbolic representation of indigenous or "savage" people. His character represents the stereotypes of indigenous or uncivilized people and a direct contradiction of his more "civilized" counterparts‚ most specifically Prospero who is seen as his conqueror or master‚ and how he is below that of Prospero and therefore the indigenous people of the Americas were below that of the European colonists

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    Characterization of the Prioress from The Canteberbury Tales The Prioress represents the church during the time the pilgrimage was taking place. In the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales‚ the Prioress is described as "fashionably out of date"‚ and "worldly"(page31). In the Canterbury Tales her appearance was described as anything but nunly. Her smile was simple and coy‚ her nose was elegant‚ her eyes glass-grey her mouth was very small but red. The clothing that she wore was very flashy

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    it to the Dutch word dodoaars referring to the birds knot of feathers. Even though the Portuguese visited the island first in 1507‚ no records show of them mentioning the bird. But‚ according to the Portuguese dictionary‚ the word “dodo” is derived from doido meaning “fool” or “crazy”. Extinction Because the dodo bird’s natural environment lacked any significant predators‚ dodos were fearless of people. This‚ combined with flightlessness‚ made them an easy prey. With combination of human hunting

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