Tatiana Pavlova 2 ATM‚ IV year Text Analysis The Lumber Room (by H.Munro) The story tells about a little orphan Nicholas who was trusted to his tyrannical and dull-witted aunt. One day Nicholas was “in disgrace”‚ so he duped his Aunt into believing that he was somehow trying to get into the gooseberry garden‚ but instead had no intention of doing so but did sneak into the Lumber Room. There a tremendous picture of a hunter and a stag opened to him. Soon his aunt tried to look for the boy and
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Plato’s “Phaedrus “ Socrates: I heard‚ then‚ that at Naucratis‚ in Egypt‚ was one of the ancient gods of that country‚ the one whose sacred bird is called the ibis‚ and the name of the god himself was Theuth. He it was who [274d] invented numbers and arithmetic and geometry and astronomy‚ also draughts and dice‚ and‚ most important of all‚ letters. Now the king of all Egypt at that time was the god Thamus‚ who lived in the great city of the upper region‚ which the Greeks call the Egyptian Thebes
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Prince Hal appreciates his youth by living a life of stealing and spending much time with his companion of robbers. He also knows that he must become the responsible leader that his father wants him to be. He plans to be mature and impress those who did not believe he can be a responsible king. After he has a conversation with his father‚ the King he makes a goal to prove it to his father that he can be that mature responsible leader his father wishes to see by promises to kill the leader or the
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accomplishments. The Greeks in this case have believed in over two hundred gods‚ and were known for the myths and fables the Greek society contained. In Greek society death was not a glorious thing‚ the dead were considered helpless‚ pathetic‚ and a disgrace. Terrible sinners that died were brought to either three regions of where the dead would end up going based on if they were religious or not‚ and if they sinned or were good Samaritans. The three regions of afterlife were hades‚ Tartarus‚ and Elysium
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Christianity is a major theme of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. It is evident throughout heroic Sir Gawain is hugely reliant upon his Christian faith. Gawain’s shield‚ one of the most distinguishing symbols of the knight had a pentangle which represented his virtues‚ most of which can be ascribed to Christianity. Spurring him on through challenges was a picture of the Virgin Mary on the inner portion of his shield. The tale of Sir Gawain can even be seen as an allegory of the Biblical story of
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The Song of Roland An epic poem estimated to have been written between 1130 and 1170‚ The Song of Roland relates the latter part of Charlemagne ’s conquest of Spain from a Christianized point of view reminicent of the Crusades. The author ’s (or copyist ’s‚ as some argue) name is given at the end of the epic as Turoldus‚ most likely a monk or member of the clergy‚ though no one knows for sure (Roland‚ pg 14). Translated by Glenn Burgess‚ this verion of the poem contains 298 stanzas. It gives
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1933 Germany was ruled by Adolf Hitler‚ who belonged to the Nazi party. The Nazi believed the world should be purified by eliminating all races‚ especially the Jews. Their belief was that the Aryan race was the most pure and that the Jews were a disgrace to humanity. Hitler was in power during World War II; during WWII he built concentration camps where anyone who did not have Aryan traits or was a Jews had to be sent to. Elie Wiesel was born on 1928‚ in a small town Sighet‚ Transylvania (now part
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The themes of class and class consciousness‚ as seen in Pride and Prejudice‚ strictly regulate the daily lives of middle and upper class men and women at this period in England. In her novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrays class-consciousness mainly through the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth as it was from when they first met until the time when Elizabeth visits Pemberley . Austin also shows class-consciousness through many of the other characters in the novel‚ such as Mr. Collins
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collapse during his administration‚ his economic theory did not benefit America in the long run. The Iran Contra dealings‚ in which the U.S helped far-right militants the “contras” overthrow their government. This caused him to leave office in sheer disgrace but still very popular with the general public. Corruption seethed in his presidency‚ not with money but with military neoconservatism‚ which ruined his presidency for the center and center-left (US
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DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Dowry system is a main problem in our society and it has disturbed and made disgrace to our society. Dowry system is the main culture system where parents of the bride give lumps of money‚ expensive gifts and jewellery to the bridegroom. The dowry has been done by many ordinary families in the North India. The dowry is event is where there is a huge requirement the bridegroom get millions of money as a dowry from the bride’s family depending upon the qualifications and education
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