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    I think the reason why men and women have unequal salaries are that they are not really seen as equals in the eyes of society. While society deems men and women as equals‚ there is still a clear contrast between the two; “Male babies get blue blankets; females get pink ones. Boys are expected to play with trucks‚ blocks‚ and toy soldiers; girls receive dolls and kitchen goods. Boys must be masculine— active‚ aggressive‚ tough‚ daring‚ and dominant—but girls must be feminine—soft‚ emotional‚ sweet

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    “There were no great women artists in the Renaissance” When we think of great renaissance artists the first names that would come to most peoples mind would be Leonardo Di Vinci or Michelago. When it is looked at into more depth it would then lead to Giorgio Vasari and the father of Italian renaissance Giotto Di Bondone. Even when you type into Google ‘Great renaissance artists‘ the first names that come up are Michelangelo‚ Raphael‚ Sandro Botticelli‚ Titian‚ Donatello‚ Masaccio‚ Filippo Brunelleschi

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    Time Period: Enlightenment: 18th century France and England A.K.A. the age of reason climate of inquiry Lessening Control of the Church The Protestant Reformation- Martin Luther The Printing Press Scientific Developments The New World (America!) Philosophies of the Time Rationalism: Rene Descartes (math)- humans‚ by reason alone‚ can discover universal truths Sir Isaac Newton- Mechanical science. All truth found in nature‚ rejection of supernatural religion. Emphasis is placed on

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    Men vs. Women “Roles of men and women now vs back then.” How things used to be. Things have changed so much from the 1800’s to the times we are living in now. When you ask someone about this time period they will immediately tell you home much thing have changed especially between women. Nowadays we see women doing things that would be seen as bad‚ or as weakness from men. Before women were to marry young with a man that can support her and their family to come‚ be stay at home moms‚ and one of

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    Difference between Needing and Wanting Almost every novel written has some kind of motif on romantic love from Romeo and Juliet to The Fault in Our Stars and Candide proves to be no different. Through Candide and Cunegonde’s extremely complicated relationship‚ Voltaire emphasizes the lesson that love is a wasted yet encompassing struggle. Candide has always had strong feelings for Cunegonde‚ from their first kiss he was hooked‚ every adventure throughout his entire‚ overarching journey was for her.

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    Candide is a thought provoking and compelling story with each event of the plot carefully intertwined into the inner working of the story. The book is an impeccable example of typical 18th century writing style. The plethora of coincidences and connections is rather overwhelming at times‚ compelling the story to be more and more unbelievable as more of the ubiquitous vicissitudes pile up and connect everything back around‚ relating every new plot development or character to something else in the

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    We were searching for a characteristics of woman that attract men. After all‚ we distributed the questionnaire among Labuan Matriculation Colleges’ student (LMC) 2012/13 to get the specific answer. The questions are universal which can be answer by both gender‚ male and female. All the respondent are majority from Sabah and Sarawak‚ while some are from Peninsular Malaysia who studying in LMC. In this research‚ we were only focusing

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    Candide is a challenging book to read and analyze because the novel does not follow the writing style of a novel today. Despite this‚ the interactive oral was successful. My understanding of contextual and cultural considerations‚ including how and why certain characters partake in particular activities‚ expanded through the discussion. The discussion centered on who Candide‚ the main character‚ is. We concluded that Candide represents naivety. Developing Candide’s innocence and sheltering it‚

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    writing and texts describing journeys. It is stated that ’different forms of non-fictional travel writing influenced the development of eighteenth-century literature’ (The Open University‚ 2012‚ ’Forms of travel writing’‚ transcript‚ p. 2). Voltaire’s Candide (2006[1759]) is an example‚ readers enjoy a philosophical journey that follows a series of challenges to Pangloss principle of optimism. The journey of Voltaire’s characters ’poses questions about finding faith and hope in an unforgiving universe’

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    He grows up in the castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss. Candide falls in love with the baron’s beautiful daughter Cunegonde. The baron catches the two kissing and expels Candide from his home. On his own for the first time‚ Candide is soon conscripted into the army of the Bulgars. He wanders away from camp for a brief walk‚ and is brutally flogged as a deserter. After witnessing a horrific battle

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