George Bernard Shaw wrote Arms and the Man in 1893 during the Victorian era when most plays were lighter dramas or comedies in the vein of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ which was a play about manners and other Victorian conventions. Still‚ in many ways‚ Arms and the Man‚ despite some of its themes‚ is a perfect example of Victorian literature. The play opened to the British public in 1894 to mixed reviews and was one of the plays included in the Plays Pleasant Volume which included a few of Shaw’s
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Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC operates as a securities broker/dealer in the United States and internationally. It provides executions for broker-dealers‚ banks‚ and financial institutions. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in New York‚ New York. As of December 15‚ 2008‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC is in liquidation. Madoff founded the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC in 1960 Bernard Madoff was born on April 29‚ 1938‚ in
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Ponzi scheme. Why do we fall for it over and over again? What is a Ponzi scheme? A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often solicit new investors by promising to invest funds in opportunities claimed to generate high returns with little or no risk. In many Ponzi schemes‚ the fraudsters focus on attracting new money to make promised payments
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and especially when it shifts from Willy’s dreams to the reality‚ we see a change in his attitude towards his son. When Biff was the star rugby player‚ the only thing that mattered to Willy was his success in the sport. As a matter of fact‚ when Bernard informs Willy and Biff about the possibility of him being “flunked in math”‚ Willy’s reply is
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poor communication disrupts almost everything in an organization. There are a number of barriers to effective communication (Huczynski & Buchanan 2010). This paper intends to highlight the barriers and how three organizations (Professional Sports‚ Bernard Mathews‚ and NHS trust Hospital) have been able to handle the barriers to ensure effective communication. Barriers to Effective Communication Barriers to communication are factors that might hinder effective communication between parties in the
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struggle between control versus individual freedom and happiness in the World State itself. These characters‚ therefore‚ present a message put into the novel by Huxley. The main characters include Mustapha Mond‚ who is the center of all control; Bernard Marx‚ who seeks freedom and then returns to the control of the World State; and Lenina‚ who represents the struggle of those of us in our own world who do not want to stand out‚ but who have the opportunity to choose whether it is accepted by the
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in the novel‚ Bernard Marx is an outsider his caste system as an Alpha Plus. Immediately one can infer that he is different from the rest of his peers‚ labeled as an outcast. Which in most cases
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Brave new world is our future and is supposed to be representing our world. At first it was difficult to get the connection but with more understanding I’m beginning to understand what the meanings are being everything. Some of the topics Huxley describes seems very odd because it makes no sense to us‚ but then there are other examples he uses. The way Huxley tries to show us certain things he sees about our world is different and mind boggling. One part of the book that confuses me is when Fanny
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Just like 1984‚ Brave New World also derives a theme from government control. Brave New World’’s theme is destruction of human instincts and nature for happiness and control leads to ignorance and unhappiness. First‚ on the baby-making-tour‚ Mr. Foster says‚ “Reducing the number of revolutions per minute‚ […] The surrogate goes round slower; therefore passes through the lung at longer intervals; therefore gives the embryo less oxygen. Nothing like oxygen-shortage for keeping an embryo below par.
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The plot of the great book seller Small Island (2004) is formed around four characters: Hortense‚ Queenie‚ Gilbert and Bernard. Each character has a different past‚ identity‚ ideology‚ dreams and expectations. But they also have one thing in common: all of them change after the war. Although‚ everyone experiments the war in a different way‚ all felt affected by it. At this point‚ all that they have experience before or what they believe in seems lost‚ with no sense (Gilroy‚ 2004). This war is not
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