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    Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense

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    Area of some rectilinear figures Area of a Triangle : 1/2 x Base x Heights Area of Equilateral Triangle : Sqrt(3)/4 x (Side)2 Area of a Triangle - Hero’s formula : Sqrt{s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c)} where 2s = a + b + c. Area of Rectangle = Length x Breadth Area of a Square = (Side)2 Area of Four Walls = 2 x height (Length + breadth) Area of Rhombus = 1/2 x (Products of Diagonals) Area of Trapezium = 1/2 x (Sum of Parallel Sides) x (Distance between Parallel lines) Area of Parallelogram

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    Music has a strong presence within the play‚ providing variety and emotional subtext to many of the play’s scenes. It places the scenes within historical contexts and on some occasions suggests the irony of the situations in which the two women face. Examples include the use of the songs ‘Rule Britannia’ and ‘Jerusalem’‚ both of which depict the greatness and supremacy of England. However they are ironically used in reference with the fall of the British Empire and the capturing of the citizens whom England

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    Juliet are tragic figures. The characters’ personalities‚ the feud‚ and simple bad luck cause most of the problems that arise throughout the play. Tybalt indirectly causes Romeo’s exile by attempting to incite him to a duel‚ which leads to Tybalt fighting with Mercutio‚ which in turn causes Romeo to kill Tybalt in revenge. Killing Tybalt caused not only Romeo’s exile: it also triggered a chain of events leading to the deaths of Romeo‚ Juliet‚ Paris‚ and Lady Montague. Another example of an event beyond

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    How to Create a Figure Drawing One of the most intriguing things to create is the human form. It is so complex and astounding that it never ceases to amaze when rendered. In creating a the rendering of a person you must first chose the right medium and support for your drawing‚ usually a paper of adequate thickness and tooth grade. (Smith pgs. 42-51) If the drawing is to be a long kept picture the quality of the paper must be considered. An acid free base with a PH of between

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    Both the Laocoon and the seated figures are three dimensional sculptures‚ however‚ when comparing the two it appears that the seated figures look as if they are relief sculptures. The Laocoon statue depicts the tragic death of Laocoon and his two sons when they were punished by the gods for warning the Trojans to not admit the Greek’s wooden horse into their city. As the seated statues found at Temple Abu Simbel‚ have the qualities of a relief sculpture which consist of only being able to view the

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    China Figures ’It’s those little figures‚ sir. In the middle of the table. The little china figures. Ten of them‚ there were. I’ll swear to that‚ ten of them‚’ sputters Mr. Rogers as he realizes that after the deaths of Marston and Mrs. Rogers’ deaths‚ the number has been reduced to eight. Both the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme that is framed in each bedroom and the Indian china figures that are the centerpiece for the table are symbols that are used by the murderer to describe his disposal of

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    Marchetta‚ there are many representations of how fathers are portrayed in this novel. Question. Marchetta’s believes that a positive fatherhood figure is essential within a Childs life such as Michael Andretti helping his daughter‚ Joesphine Alibrandi achieve her emancipation. Marchetta contrasts Michael against negatively representations of fatherhood figures such as Senator Barton and Francesco Alibrandi. In the beginning of the novel‚ Marchetta represents Michael as an imperfect father who is

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    After reading several different poems‚ "The Great Figure" really stood out to me. Although the poem is short in length‚ I feel like it has a story hidden within each word‚ phrase and verse. The poem is about someone seeing the number 5 on a fire truck‚ in the rain‚ as the truck is racing through the city. The image connects the to the poem and also tells the same story as the poem. In the image‚ the number 5 appears three time in three different sizes. The different sizes creates the illusion

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    of the argument; however I will stress the pro-Christ figure argument. Gatsby is killed by George for allegedly killing his wife Myrtle‚ running into her with his car; however the reader knows it was Daisy who was actually driving the vehicle. Gatsby never denies his association in fact he tells Nick that he will take the blame for Daisies "sin". Now this is the most convincing text as to the argument for Gatsby being a Christ like figure. Although there are plenty others that caught my eye throughout

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