“Period Piece” by Joyce Cary Summary “Period Piece” by an outstanding Anglo-Irish writer Joyce Cary is a humorous short story. It is basically about a respectable middle-aged man‚ Frank Tutin‚ who has fallen in love with his young secretary Phyllis. As a result Tutin wants to divorce his wife Clare‚ but the mother-in-law Mrs. Beer protests against it. The story begins with the fact that Tutin wants to leave his wife and three children after sixteen years of married life. Clare does not object
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During the Interwar period‚ Canada experienced a time of prosperity‚ as well as a time of Great Depression. While Canada was flourishing‚ they fabricated nation building processes that are still used today. During their time of blossoming‚ prior to the Great Depression‚ Canada starting becoming an independent nation‚ developing a military‚ and experiencing economic gain. Canada starting becoming an independent nation during the interwar period by slowly withdrawing from the control of the British
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1. Describe a time when you experienced a significant period of suffering. How did you deal with that experience? How did you find comfort in the midst of suffering? The significant period of suffering that I had experienced‚ was a broken relationship that ended in January of this year. I had just found out that my boyfriend of three years of dating‚ had gotten another girl pregnant and was seeing her‚ while I was still with him. I loved and fell in love with him‚ but I did not know that he was still
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During the period between 1450-1750‚ Western Europe has gone through various religious upheavals and drastic changes. Some of these changes have led to conflict‚ often bloody‚ and subsequently shifts of power within the West. In contrast‚ some of these changes have also led to the technological advancement of the West and the eventual world dominance of Western Europeans in economics‚ politics‚ and innovation. These revolutionary changes and eras include the Renaissance‚ Protestant Reformation‚ the
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The Puritan Period and the Age of Classicism (1620-1780) • Puritanism was a great moral and political reform that happened after the death of Queen Elizabeth • Literature was more critical and intellectual (made readers think than feel) • John Milton was crowning glory of the period • Paradise Lost (The Fall of Man) was the greatest religious epic of England • John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress • With King Charles II the Monarchy was restored • Next 40 years was known as Restoration
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class. Period after period‚ day after day the same process is followed. School is boring with the same thing over and over. Schools should fit in free periods into student’s schedules. There are a number of positive effects this would have on students. It would be good for teachers‚ provides pupils a chance to catch up and complete assignments‚ and in general a break from the jam-packed academics program. After working diligently all day‚ a chance to socialize with a few friends is exactly what you
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Enlightenment period was a time of great reasoning and new ideas. It was the time of many changes‚ and certain people in society didn’t necessarily like the change. It inspired a lot of the world as we know it today. Without certain knowledge like the Copernican theory we might not have made it to the moon‚ and without Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Lock the American justice system might not have been created. Scientists and those seeking that knowledge in the Enlightenment period were met with
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The Early Dynastic Period is an interval toward the beginning of what is routinely viewed as the historical backdrop of Ancient Egypt. It was the finish of the developmental phase of the Ancient Egyptian culture that started hundreds of years before the time of Prehistory. It was throughout this period that the celestial majesty turned out to be settled as Egypt’s type of government‚ and with it‚ a whole culture that would remain for all intents and purposes unaltered for the following three thousand
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extent‚ Hong Kong became a modernized society in the period of 1970 – 1997 according to the political and economic development of Hong Kong in this period. In terms of politics‚ political modernization is the transformation from traditional autocratic system to modern democratic system. The democratic system included the form of representative government‚ popular election and multi-party system and Hong Kong could mostly achieve it in the period of 1970 – 1997. First‚ there was democratic development
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Edo Period‚ also known as Tokugawa ruled Japan from March 1603 to May 1868. This period was also called the Edo period because the capital Tokugawa was placed in Edo‚ now Tokyo. This period corresponds to the Tokugawa shogunate government. Tokugawa Ieyasu started the dynastic when he accepted the title of shogun granted by the emperor in 1603. The Edo period brought to Japan 250 years of stability. Most daimyo had sworn loyalty to Ieyasu Tokugawa‚ they also give out their properties‚ comprising a
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