In the Odyssey‚ women are the source of many difficulties for Odysseus‚ such as Calypso. Odysseus was kept captive by calypso for seven years which delayed his long journey home. Circe and the sirens also cause problems for Odysseus and his crew. However it is not only women that are the source of Odysseus’ difficulties as men and gods also hinder home. Poseidon is a constant threat to him along with other gods such as Aeolus refusing to help Odysseus after his men betray him. Out of all of Odysseus’
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Right from the beginning‚ Man rules supreme over all other life forms. He establishes himself at the top of the food chain‚ he goes through painstaking experiments to lit up the darkness that comes at night and through decades of scientific progression he is able to pit himself against the unpredictable weather changes. Thus he is able to place himself parallel to cosmic significance. He then proceeds to defeat the onslaught of diseases and the invisible enemies known to us as bacteria and viruses
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Sharma ‘The Treaty of Versailles’ was too harsh. Do you agree? In some ways the Treaty of Versailles was Too Harsh on Germany and in many ways it was also fair. Some historians also argue that the Treaty of Versailles was in fact too lenient. The Treaty was too harsh on Germany as it crippled them‚ economically and physically. They had to accept all the war guilt when technically it wasn’t their fault. It angered many citizens of Germany as they were being blamed for crimes they had not even committed
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Title: What do you understand by ‘stigma’ and do you agree that social policies can stigmatize people? In this essay I am going to give my own understanding of stigma and explain how I think that social policies can stigmatize people. I am also going to discuss the problems that individuals may have if they avail of these social policies. My understanding of stigma is that it is something that has a bad reputation linked to situations‚ characteristics or people. Also my understanding of social
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Do you agree with the view that the National Health Service was the most important domestic reform passed by Clement Attlee’s Labour government of 1945-1950? Post war Britain was in shambles. Altogether‚ 50-70 million people were dead as a result of World War 2 and 33% of all houses were lost in the war. However‚ Labour shocked Britain when they overtook the Conservative Party in the 1945 elections. Historians argue Churchill’s laid back attitude was the cause of the war leaders’ failure
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By the end of the novel fowler is a greatly changed man. Do you agree? In the novel “The Quiet American”‚ which is written by Graham “Vintage” Green‚ follows a man called Thomas Fowler‚ who is a British journalist currently travelling in Vietnam. Thomas Fowler is aged in his fifties or so and his work has been covering the French war in Vietnam. Throughout the book Fowler becomes a greatly changed man‚ through meeting characters and becoming twisted in events. Fowler at the start of the book has
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Q. Do you believe that freedom of expression is fundamental for the successful working of a democracy? . I believe that the freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of a liberal democracy. A democracy‚ in the well-known words of Abraham Lincoln is a way of government “of the people‚ for the people and by the people.” For this political system to be realized in daily life‚ the unhindered articulation of the will of the people is vital. The freedom of expression allows for this articulation
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Mulk Raj Anand is a productive essayist. He is a point of reference of Indian writing in English. He is the main writer writing in English to pick as his crude materials the low class life of the discouraged Indian masses. He doesn’t falter to turn the surge light on the darkest spots in India life. In his books‚ he depicts the bound existences of the less wealthy and underestimated. His heroes are sweeper‚ a coolie‚ a worker‚ delicate and quiet young lady are all casualties of abuse‚ class-scorn
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Technology has indeed made us less human. I do agree with this statement. What is technology? Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools‚ techniques‚ crafts‚ systems or methods of organization in order to provide means of solution. We "interact" with technologies on a daily basis. Over the years‚ technologies have been invented to address society’s problems or to fulfill its growing desire for speed and convenience. However some humans desire so much into technology that they disregard human
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Essay “Security cameras should be placed in schools”. Do you agree? Recently‚ there has been a great deal of controversy about placing surveillance systems in schools. Some schools administrators install them in hopes of preventing and discouraging bad behavior and crime. As far as I am concerned‚ the disadvantages of security cameras considerably outweigh the advantages. To start with‚ the placement of security cameras in schools is an invasion of privacy. Cameras cannot be used
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