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    Gulliver Travels as a satire

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    Edward Young. Satire is one of the genres of Greek origin (satyr) used in literature where there is a use of different elements like irony‚ sarcasm ‚ ridicule‚ parody‚ burlesque‚ juxtaposition‚ exaggeration and so on to simply laugh upon the flaws in the society or to show the foolishness and decay in human personality‚ organizations and at different places. Although satirical works tend to be very funny‚ their main object

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    Tim Burton is one the most influential and perhaps oddest individuals in the film industry today. Having not only directed about a hundred films‚ he’s also produced‚ written‚ and animated others‚ while making his own art! Of course‚ Burton’s diehard fans will recognize his work‚ but there is a wide audience that hasn’t even heard of Burton’s films and certainly hasn’t heard of his background. Who exactly is Tim Burton and how has he changed the industry of film with his unique sense of style? How

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    DON HONORIO VENTURA TECHNOLOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER EDUCATION PROGRAM Bacolor‚ Pampanga AUTOMATED GATE PASS SYSTEM A Thesis presented to the Faculty of Computer Education Program In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Presented By: Ms. Nouf N. Marzan Mr. Patrick John S. Laxamana Ms. Aidee S. Ide Mr. Jansen D. Vital 2013 CHAPTER I PROBLEMS AND ITS SETTINGS 1.1 INTRODUCTION – INTRODUCING THE PROPOSED

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    Ballad

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    Ballad Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a form of verse‚ often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas‚ Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards

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    Agwuncha‚ Kelechi 2/12/2013 ILASS II | | Greek Mythology Research paper | Greek Mythology Greek Mythology began in the fifth century B.C.‚ and mainly involved the people of ancient Greece‚ who believed in myths about Gods‚ Goddesses‚ and heroes. Stories were passed down through all forms of entertainment‚ theater‚ and drama. The people of Greece worshipped numerous Gods‚ including Apollo‚ God of the Sun‚ who had a bow‚ and chariot to drive across the sky daily (borrowed from an earlier

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    After Mark Twain and Edgar Allen Poe‚ William Sydney Porter (known as O Henry) is the most read author in the world and bears the title of « master of the short story ». He has been called many things. Some people have called him the twentieth-century Balzak. Some have called him the American Maupassant because of his so well made surprising endings. The short story is the one fundamental and self-contained genre in American prose fiction‚ and the stories of O. Henry certainly made their appearance

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    How did the pursuit of leisure reflect class differences in the late colonial period? The pursuit of leisure was very reflective of class differences in Australia‚ although at times the lines between middle-class leisure and working-class leisure were blurred. In this essay I plan to evaluate the types of leisure activities participated in by each of the social classes‚ including looking at the differences between female and male leisure activities‚ and also which leisure activities led to intermingling

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    really a category of art that use various kinds of technical combinations of imagery and sounds to tell stories. However‚ how the story is told‚ often make fictions seem real‚ non-fictions become personal‚ fantasy appear realistic and musicals‚ like Burlesque‚ http://youtu.be/9snF_LsF-OI expand into song and dance. There is always

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    Rom Chocolate Brand

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    During the communism years‚ mostly during Nicolae Ceauşescu’s "reign"‚ when basic products (food) were rationed and the other products were exported for economical growth‚ Kandia SA created the ROM chocolate bar. More exactly‚ ROM is a chocolate bar filled with rum cream‚ a unique product created for the local‚ Romanian market‚ first created in 1964. The brand‚ from the begining‚ was succesful‚ because of the lack of choices and‚ of course‚ the restrictions which were applied by the communist government

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    The invention of printing subjected the existing field of histories – whether allegedly true‚ romantic or novel – to a process of trivializationand commercialization. Romances had circulated in lavishly ornamented manuscripts to be read out to audiences. The printed book allowed a comparatively inexpensive alternative for the special purpose of silent reading. Abridgements of ancient historians‚ popular medieval histories of knights‚ stories of comical heroes‚ religious legends and collections of

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