Most of the people of Maycomb in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee have experiences or stories that make them worthy of compassion. Mayella Ewell fears being shunned by society and commits an unvirtuous deed. Mrs Dubose causes Jem and Scout to suffer with her insistent rude and racist comments‚ but carries the weight of battling a morphine addiction on her frail shoulders. Though they may cause suffering to various characters‚ these individuals have suffered themselves‚ or fear a greater consequence
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Inequality There comes a time when everybody must experience the discomfort‚ either positive or negative‚ in a economic situation. If you come from a low-income family‚ have you ever found yourself shopping at Saxs Fifth Avenue stores? Or if your wealthy‚ do you find yourself worry about the prices of such objects? Is this impartial? In the story‚ "The Lesson" Toni Cade Bambara shows that the reality of the American economic system is unfair. Bambara illustrates her point that class inequality is
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On Monday 28th‚ 1856‚ a runaway slave by the name of Margaret Garner took the life of her two year old daughter‚ attempting to also do so with her other three children‚ in an effort to keep her family from the horrors of human slavery. Over a century later‚ the story is retold through fictional characters in Beloved. Through the release of the contemporary novel‚ Toni Morrison shows how the circulation of cruelty exposed to people conjures the inhumanities in society. Using the experiences of a former
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To what extent do you agree or disagree that corporations can (or should) try to change consumer behaviour? Base your argument on your reading as well your own knowledge/experience/opinions. As the modern world is becoming more and more complex and competitive‚ money and profitability are key words for most companies. The main role of companies is to make money but I think that they should also make consumer behaviour change if this is for good causes. This is a quite idealistic situation but
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What do you understand by the term “Lancefield groups”? History In the early 1930’s Rebecca Lancefield recognized the importance of serological tests for the identification of organisms. The system is based on specific antibody agglutination reactions with cell wall carbohydrate antigens (C polysaccharides) extracted from the streptococci. Lancefield also showed that further sub division of group A into specific serological types was possible using type-specific M (protein) antigens. The groups
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During the two hundred years between 1400 and 1600‚ Europe witnessed an astonishing revival of drawing‚ fine art painting‚ sculpture and architecture centred in Italy‚ where artists began to look back to the way in which Greek and Roman artists had worked. Not many classical paintings had survived‚ but there were descriptions from which artists tried to copy them. Those two centuries which we now refer to as the Renaissance (Rinascimento) was given this name (French for ’rebirth’) as a result of
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their education. Most women at least go through secondary education‚ which would be more than enough to tutor their children with. This has allowed for the development of greater minds as more children are able to cope with their studies even if they do not have tuition. In the long term‚ better education would help to develop our society even more. With the allowance of women to gain education‚ it has allowed them to play a
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How far do you agree that the Russo-Jap war was the main cause of the 1905 revolution? There were many factors that contributed to the 1905 revolution in Russia. They range from political opposition groups such as the Bolsheviks and the social revolutionaries‚ to the failure to reform. The Russo-Jap war of 1905 acted as the trigger to the revolution. However many factors such as increasing political discontent within the cities and countryside were also important and these issues can be linked back
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anything about the individual that claims to possess it. Characters like Falstaff‚ Hal and Henry all recognise the worth of honour but are all aware that it is only a implement to look better in the eyes of others‚ it has no real use‚ especially if you die trying to claim it. Although Falstaff has no use of the common code of honour‚ he will go to great lengths to look honourable in the eyes of others. Hotspur is a character who is committed to honour‚ whereas Falstaff has an apparent lack of honour
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“The play ‘Twelfth Night’ delights in chaos and confusion” To what extent do you agree with this statement? The plotline in many of Shakespeare’s comedies are often considered complicated and confusing. The plots of these plays usually follow a general structure where a comedy contains five acts and where the climax of the play is found in the third. This is where where a big event in the play is carried out to mark this event. This confusion is usually resolved in the last act‚ followed by the
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