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    ‘Literature shows us that sexual desire must be restrained.’ In light of this view‚ discuss the ways in which writers represent sexual desires and its consequences. Within ​ Volpone‚ ​ a key object of sexual desires would be Celia – who is so beautiful‚ Jonson deemed it fit for her name to mean ‘celestial’. As a result of her beauty‚ and its subsequent sexualisation (such as her “soft lip” that “would tempt you to eternity of kissing”)‚ Corvino obsesses over possessing her‚ as if she were a widely

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    Variety show is about showing talents and skills using creative minds. It is a way of entertaining people and getting socialize to other persons that are new and close to you. It is also a way in improving a person’s self –confidence and to help a person in getting socialize and interact with other people. When we start practicing for our variety‚ we encounter so many problems like misunderstanding and lack of cooperation but it didn’t affect our performance .Instead we do our best to have a wonderful

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    The Dangers of Television

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    SUMARY The Dangers of Television by Harriet B Fuller (USA) According to Harriet in the United States‚ television has played in changing American values as follows. In the 1940s‚ television was predicted to bring families closer together. Its influence‚ however‚ has splintered family relations. The first danger of television‚ as the author mentions is the lack of as family outings‚ the going of the whole family together such as family take a walk‚ dine out‚ go to the cinema are constrain

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    Dangers of the Internet

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    The Dangers of the Internet By: Mia Bloomer The Internet can be a place to learn‚ to express yourself‚ or to just have fun. But‚ the Internet can also be a very dangerous place. As teenagers we tend to ignore the warnings our parents give us‚ and act as though nothing bad will ever happen to us. But‚ the truth of the matter is that bad things happen to ordinary people- especially when we look for it. In the May 22‚2002‚ issue of the New York Times‚ reporter Corey Kilgannon wrote: By day

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    Danger of Deforestation

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    The Danger of Deforestation(rough draft) By Chenghao Chen ENGL 289 Mrs. Michelle Graf 7/1/2012 It is obvious the importance of the forest vegetation to everyone in the society. However‚ people in the past ages did a kind of thing that they thought was very meaningful—cutting down the trees. When they recall this history‚ most of them cannot be restrained from their remorse and guilty to it. Trees or forest are things that not only protect the environment but also help people to live better

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    Dangers of Alcohol

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    Dangers of Alcohol There are many dangers of using Alcohol‚ but there are only about 3 that stand out the most to me. The 3 dangers that get my attention are liver problems‚ bad judgment‚ and addiction. Although these may not be the deadliest dangers of alcohol‚ they are the deadliest to me. First off‚ the job of the liver is to remove toxins from the body. Alcohol is a type of toxin that the liver has to try and remove. The liver can only process so much alcohol‚ and any extra alcohol that is

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    Dangers of Smoking

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    Some of us get mixed up and do not make the right decision for ourselves. Smoking and other tobacco products are being used every second of every day. More young adults are consuming tobacco products now than before‚ due to big tobacco companies and society portraying them as harmless and the cool thing to do. Parenting can be difficult‚ but sometimes parents do not stress the important topics of health. We know that smoking is not good‚ but it seems that we need somebody to tell us. Just because

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    have genetic mutations. This led me to wonder if maybe there are people in the world with genetic mutations that made them something similar to the mutants in X-Men. There are so many possibilities with genes that I want to discover. In the movie Gattaca‚ there are babies that are designed by manipulating their genes to the whims of their parents. I was amazed

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    Dangers of Tobacco

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    What are the dangers of Tobacco? What are the dangers of smoking cigarettes? Well some dangers of smoking cigarettes are you can develop lung cancer or emphazima. With either of these life would be pretty bad‚ you wouldn’t be able to do very much with out getting tired or having to stop for a few minutes to catch you breath. Smoking can even make it hard to play sports. Because it can cause shortness of breathe‚ dizziness‚ and coughing. And if you use smokeless tobacco it can cause dehydration

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    Gattaca Essay Through his film Gattaca‚ Andrew Niccol shows that the ‘not-so-distant future’ of genetic engineering is not as superior as it seems. A time where children are engineered from conception is imminent. An obvious benefit of such a world is the ability to eliminate all genetic flaws from diseases to deformities. While this may seem like a utopian society Niccol suggests that the more technologically advanced man becomes‚ the more human spirit is lost. He also implies that man can never

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