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    November 20‚ 2013 The Seneca Falls Convention Throughout history women were not treated the same rights as men. Women were thought of as property‚ wives and mothers. People believed that women were inferior to men. Women could not own property and most of their education consisted of learning how to run a home. Men thought that they were more intelligent than women therefore‚ they didn’t think a woman could hold political office or vote. Men also thought women should not be involved in

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    Sophocles‚ has a central theme of “one cannot escape their fate.” This theme is created using elements of dramatic irony‚ including diction‚ dialogue‚ and situational irony. This play is a Greek tragedy and it means the audience is already somewhat familiar with the main characters and the plot. The advance knowledge the audience has about what happens is known as dramatic irony. Dramatic irony in Oedipus the King affects the theme of “one cannot escape their fate” because throughout the play the

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    colonist and delegates needed to find a way of improving the government’s decisions because they did not agree and wanted to get away from Britain. In “Speech in the Virginia Convention” Patrick Henry uses ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to convince the delegates to secede from Britain and to fight back. In “Speech of the Virginia Convention” Henry uses the three appeals‚ but the one that really stood out to me the most was the usage of pathos. “We must fight…” This evidence shows that this is a pathos statement

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    “The Possibility of Evil”‚ is a story written by Shirley Jackson‚ which includes many examples of irony within the short story. It contains three types of irony. They include Dramatic‚ Verbal‚ and Situational Irony. The definition of irony as a whole is language which usually means the opposite for a humorous or emphatic effect. It can be when the reader knows more than the characters‚ a person says something and they really mean the opposite‚ or the story goes another way than intended. All of these

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    In the classic Greek play Oedipus‚ the King‚ written by Sophocles‚ he writes with dramatic irony to create suspense as you read along. By adding parts of the play that prove that the readers know more than the characters themselves do. For instance‚ when Oedipus gathered the townspeople of Thebes around and commanded them to give up the murder of Laius. Oedipus cursed the murderer (himself) saying “Upon the murderer i invoke this curse: may he live out his life in misery to miserable doom!” With

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    Dramatic Irony in Oedipus In the play written by Sophocles‚ Oedipus the King‚ there are several instances of irony. Dramatic irony‚ or tragic irony as some critics would prefer to call it‚ usually means a situation in which the character of the play has limited knowledge and says or does something in which they have no idea of the significance. The audience‚ however‚ already has the knowledge of what is going to occur or what the consequences of the characters actions will be. The degree of irony

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    http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/sale_goods/1980CISG.html 1 of 3 UNCITRAL Home Contact Us Site Map Search United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ‫عربي‬ Home 中文 English Français Русский Español United Nations Convention on Contracts About UNCITRAL for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna‚ 1980) (CISG) Commission Documents Working Group Documents Colloquia Materials General Assembly Resolutions & Related Documents Text - Explanatory note Status UNCITRAL

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    • Documentary theatre is based on real life stories and has a purpose to inform and educate the audience and inspire the audience about certain events and opinions on a topic ‚and some may believe it’s more of an “underground form of theatre” . • Documentary theatre also explores the connection between truth and realism as well as the spectacle in theatre in a contemporary way.This form of theatre is heavily naturalistic and realistic and therefore it can relate to the audience in a way in which

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    UK/INDIA DOUBLE TAXATION CONVENTION SIGNED 25 JANUARY 1993 Entered into force 25 October 1993 Effective in United Kingdom from 1 January 1994 in respect of petroleum revenue tax‚ from 1 April 1994 for corporation tax and from 6 April 1994 for income tax and capital gains tax Effective in India from 1 January 1994 Double Taxation Agreements are reproduced under the terms of Crown Copyright Policy Guidance issued by HMSO. CONTENTS Article 1 (Scope of the Convention) Article 2 (Taxes covered)

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    by Shakespeare. One of those elements is dramatic irony‚ which is based on the contrast of reality and misconception. In dramatic irony this contrast depends on the difference between what the character believes and what the audience knows to be true. The usage of dramatic irony‚ combined with other literary elements‚ builds suspense‚ tension‚ and concern for the characters in the play - one thing that the playwright or a writer desires to achieve. Dramatic irony is a plot device usually used when

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