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    In an Antique Land

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    In Amitav Ghosh’s‚ "In an Antique Land"‚ the author compares his life with that of a slave named Bomma. He reveals that both men live in antique lands‚ foreign to their culture and surrounded by very different people. Ghosh also relates the book to Percy Bysshe Shelly’s poem Ozymandias‚ a piece on mankind’s hubris and the insignificance of the individual. Ghosh effectively juxtaposes Bomma’s life with his own as he tries to find himself and unlock the slaves past through the ancient papers of the

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    Are Viruses Alive? 1. Describe how a virus differs from bacteria. Most Viruses are harmful and their only purpose is to invade a host cell‚ reproduce and destroy the host cell in the process. Close to 99% of bacteria are beneficial with only a few that cause diseases. Life on earth could not exist without bacteria. Bacteria produce nearly half of the oxygen found in the atmosphere. Viruses have no cells‚ nucleus‚ cytoplasm or cell membrane. Viruses consist of tiny particles of nucleic acid

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    Henry the VIII broke form rome because of love. Discuss. Henry the VIII broke from Rome for a number of reasons‚ for example economic (money)‚ political (power)‚ religious (faith) and personal (love)reasons. One reason for the break with Rome was political reasons (power) because after losing most his finance in battle against the king of Spain‚ Francis I‚ who was angry at Henry for embarrassing his aunt Catherine of Aragon who at this time was Henry’s wife. When Henry found out the

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    Henry V Analysis

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    Henry V – William Shakespeare There can be little doubt that Shakespeare intended to present his protagonist in “Henry V” as the popular hero-king. His efforts are mainly concentrated on the portraiture of this “star of England”‚ King Henry‚ whom he deliberately chose out of the page of history as the finest representative of the best distinctive type of English character. He wanted his play to lead triumphantly to an English victory against overwhelming odds at Agincourt. What is not agreed among

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    Why the Confederate States Seceded Henry Blackburn ITT Technical Institute Knoxville Professor Clark Introduction This paper sets out to define or shed some light on the possible reasons of the separation of Confederate states from the Union. The North believed the highest power belonged to the federal government while the South believed that each state governed itself‚ and the question of slavery should be decided by the states not by the federal government. By examining these two points

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    The Lonely Land

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    Lonely Land” by A.J.M Smith can be compared with the poem by Marilyn Dumont called “Not Just a Platform for My Dance”. Smith’s poem‚ “The Lonely Land”‚ describes the land in detail. He says that even though the land is not perfect‚ it has its own beauty. “Not Just a Platform for My Dance” states that the land is not just considered as a place‚ but as something to learn from. Dumont also explains how the land teaches us everything we know. Even though both of the poems are about the land‚ one poem

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    Henry Sy

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    Henry Sy: Life‚ Works & Achievements Pietros Val Patricio Industrialist: Henry Sy Ethnicity: Chinese Country: Philippines Age: 82 Business: Retailing Fortune: $2.1 Billion Conglomerate: The SM Group of Companies SM Prime Holdings SM Investments Corp. SM Developments Corp. SM Shoemart‚ Inc. Highlands Prime‚ Inc. Charity: SM Foundation‚ Inc. Introduction One night at the North Forbes Park district of Makati‚ there was an old man who happened to lie down

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    Changes in the Land

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    Changes in the Land Native Americans were some of the first people to live and settle in America‚ and lived much differently than Europeans. Cabeza de Vaca and William Cronon explain their experiences with Native Americans in Cabeza de Vaca’s Adventures in the Unknown Interior of American and Changes in the Land respectively. Their lifestyle was very new and unfamiliar to both de Vaca and Cronon when they arrived in America. Cabeza de Vaca arrived in Southwest America in the sixteenth-century

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    hjhExam Practice: Early Modern British History: Crown and Authority 1. Source 1 implies that Wolsey did genuinely want justice for all in his role as Lord Chancellor. Source 1 is an extract from some of the written advice that Wolsey gave to judges in the court of Chancery; it says “tell the king… although it is the law‚ it may not be justice”. This shows us how Wolsey‚ although someone may be breaking the law‚ wanted their punishment to be fair. It is evident that Wolsey genuinely wanted justice

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    The Waste Land

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    The Waste Land‚ a 434-line modernist poem by T.S. Eliot revolves around a world of what seems to be chaotic and dead‚ and led by a single protagonist. Throughout The Waste Land‚ there are many uses of symbolism with tarot cards‚ astrology‚ and especially the game of chess: The game of chess is such a meaningful symbol throughout the story‚ that metaphors are used to describe the situation and emotions of the characters throughout the poem by describing them as chess pieces and in check-mate situations

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