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    Many people will believe that achieving an ambition can be the only result of continuous positive effort and attitude‚ but it is also merely the same reason to cause negative influences to own self and others. Through the short story‚ “Paper”‚ by Catherine Lim‚ this idea is portrayed through the character of Tay Soon who‚ in particular‚ had prioritize his ambition for his dream house before putting the importance of everything else. With this decision‚ ignorance towards his family and even himself

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    Knowledge is More Powerful than Power There are many ways to be a leader‚ someway leads to a good future; someway is a dead ending. "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.... The leader works in the open‚ and the boss in covert. The leader leads and the boss drives." (Theodore Roosevelt). Like what Roosevelt said‚ leader and boss are different. Leader means use knowledge and skill let people follow and boss means use power let people follow. Creon and Prospero are the leaders in

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    "The Cruible” written by Arthur Miller portrays how power can destroy people’s life‚ if it falls into the wrong hands. In the town of Salem‚ power is never seen in a single person’s hand consistently at any time. it shifts from one person to another. Starting from Reverend parris‚ for being the one chosen by god to serve people with Christianity‚ he thinks he is higher in power then all the others who live in Salem. Salem is a small place with a small population. people believe in witchcraft and

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    The first song I chose was “Crazy Blues” by Catherine Russell. In my opinion‚ the simplicity of the song really allows you to hear and understand the actual lyrics of the song. The beginning of the song or the intro is the sound of the piano which leads right into the first verse of Catherine Russell’s really beautiful voice. The piano closes out the song in the end as well. This song was a slower tempo but I think it definitely worked well because it allowed you to feel what she was singing about

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    Which actors will be great powers in 10 years and why? I have the impression that the world has not changed so much between 1970 and 2017 - except for the fall of communism. However‚ it has changed a lot from 1930 to 1970. And even more from 1890 to 1930. Let me evaluate these four decades. The year 1890: Freedom‚ moderate governments‚ and regimes‚ solid bourgeois decency‚ and social influence of aristocracy. 1890-1930: The rise of mass political movements‚ demagogues‚ and totalitarian regimes. 1930-70:

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    Catherine Grout’s Art Intervention Space explains that the public space art is a practice activity for the public to participate through public communication medium. Moreover‚ interactive media art relies on the interaction of the participants. It desires about exchanging the idea of authors and the feelings of the audiences. Christian Moeller has explored the way about applying the interactive media art in the architecture art since 1990. His magnificent work Audio Grove and On Air particularly

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    How does the Catherine Tate sketch use language? Catherine Tate uses a wide variety of linguistic techniques and lexis throughout the comedy sketch with the Prime minister. The effects these techniques have on the audience are focused as they effectively engage the audience whilst being humorous and tactile. The tenor used is strong and inappropriate. Our expectations of a girl participating in work experience with the Prime Minister are somewhat obedient and well mannered‚ yet the complete

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    In the 1700s Great Britain was on the bottom of the bottom. They had less agriculture production which led to higher prices. They were falling behind Asia. In 1750‚ Great Britain began to look beyond itself for economic power. They began to practice mercantilism. This meant that their government was going to begin to control foreign trade to ensure that their country’s prosperity and security. The first move in becoming a major power was their play for Indian Calico. Calico had become very popular

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    Power Times Two After reading the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ many similarities and differences can clearly be drawn between the characters Claudius & Lady Catherine De Bourgh from the book Pride and Prejudice. Both of these characters are looked at as the most powerful in both stories. They tend to scheme selfish plots to keep power but also they have many obvious differences that draw the line between each character. Claudius & Lady Catherine De Bourgh have some obvious differences such

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    Nguenang jordan.1s ENGLISH: book report about power. Answer to the problematic: 1.To what extent can we say that power is a mere illusion? To answer this question‚ we will interest ourselves about texts learning in class. Shakespeare‚ through his plays want to explain notions like power who appears notably in Hamlet(the prince of Persia)‚ Macbeth and the Seven Ages of Man. Macbeth‚ Scottish nobleman‚ has been persuaded by his wife to kill Duncan the king of Scotland and usurp his throne.

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