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    complications unfold. Here there are only three problems – Freddie’s engagement to Aggie‚ McAllister’s departure and Lord Emsworth’s likely arrest for removing flowers. Symbolism Blandings Castle can be taken as a symbol for the life of the rich landed gentry in England where none of the inhabitants had to earn a living. Wodehouse uses irony‚ tone‚ repetition‚ hyperbole‚ contrast‚ and benign conflict in creating Lord Emsworth and Angus so that they are as interesting and colorful as they are. irony often

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    “white” pedestal is what caused Liu and his parents to think of their past as “dirty”. In order to feel comfortable‚ included and accepted‚ many immigrants and people of ethnic upbringings are forced to assimilate. What is referred to as the WASP gentry (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) is the standard of how to be. Assimilation is a complex social issue‚ in the words of Liu‚ times have changed and America has gone many

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    Marriage has been considered by many to be a sacred practice for hundreds of years. However‚ the ideals surrounding these unions have shifted from the medieval 1300s to the modern day 2016. Marriages today are revolved around the couple’s feelings for each other and the financial and social aspects are irrelevant in most cases. The marriages in 2016 are quite an improvement over the unions of the 1300s which were often more centered around social and monetary gain than the couple’s actual feelings

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    From The Philosophy of Enlightenment - The Christian Burgess and the Enlightenment by Lucien Goldmann On Enlightenment v. Christianity: “It is both easy and difficult to speak of the relation between the Enlightenment and Christianity.” (Goldmann 50) “In analyzing the conflict with the Church we must always remember that the attacks the Enlightenment was making on Christian belief were not attacks on the faith of the pre-bourgeois period‚ the faith that built cathedrals and preached the crusades

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    Notably‚ not only the ecclesiastics from contrarily opposing sects along with their followers‚ but‚ evidently markedly‚ the leaders of non-Muslim minorities joined the occasion too. The APC epitomized the pronounced declaration by notable landed gentry peers from almost every walk of life.. The event was attended by Justice(R) Rafiq Tarar(Former Pakistani President)‚ Professor Emeritus Dr. Zaki‚ Dr. Bareera N.B. (Chair-person UPC)‚ Justice(R) Nazir Akhtar‚ Arch-jurist Qadhi Aurangzeb Al-Hafi‚ Justice(R)

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    Imperialism played a major role in impacting the social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of societies around the world. The impacts extended to all corners of the world including China‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and Japan and the effects were very prevalent. The impact of imperialism on China included the creation of unequal treaties‚ the population’s introduction to opium‚ China’s power shift‚ and the beginnings of manufacturing. In the Ottoman Empire‚ imperialism also caused unequal treaties‚ pushed

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    William Shakespeare was born April 23‚ 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Shakespreare was a lower middle-class man. William Shakespaeare‚ son of John Shakespeare‚ a glove maker and town official and Mary Arden who belonged to a family of the local gentry. Also‚ father of Susan and Judith Shakespeare. Shakespeare attended King Edward VI School‚ a boys ’ grammar school and academy in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ Warwickshire‚ England. Overall‚ there was never enough information to elaborate on who Shakespeare

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    Humanists: sought to revisit the original biblical texts to re-establish a purer religion. Lollards: since the 14th century. Challenged some of the core religious teachings of the Church. The majority of these were to be found in areas of the Midlands and the east of England; the majority of the supporters were from the literate artisan or merchant class. Lutherans: those who had taken up the teachings of Martin Luther‚ who had challenged the key beliefs of the Catholic church and his POV was that

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    of his birth‚ the village had a population of 1500 people‚ and only 200 houses. Shakespeare’s father came from a family of yeomen‚ and he gained many prestigious positions in the community. Shakespeare’s mother came from an ancient family of landed gentry. The whole family was Anglican. The family’s financial situation was well off. Not much information is known about Shakespeare’s youth‚ although undoubtedly he was educated in the local school‚ where he studied Latin and Greek‚ among other subjects

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    Frustrated all hopes of creating a free peasantry 20. They depended on alliances with regional lords to support them with their rivals 21. . 22. Bakufu(military government) 23. The feudal age 24. Heavenly mandate and centralized power‚ scholar gentry elite stilfled 25. The decline of the tang 26. 838 27. Shoguns 28. Hojo 29. The hojo family claimed to rule in the name of the emperor 30. Ashikaga shogunate 31. Emperor refused to recognize the usurper and was driven from kyoto 32. Centralized

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