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    Matilda Cook‚ or Mattie‚ is a 14 year old girl who is stuck in a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Thousands died after only a month‚ and it wasn’t long before her mother got it and sent her away to the country. All did not go well on the way there. Her grandfather got sick‚ prohibiting them from moving to the fever-free country land. Mattie was left to help keep him alive. Shortly after‚ Mattie fell ill and woke in a huge hospital surrounded by other yellow fever victims. Fortunately‚ her grandfather

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    What techniques does the director‚ Danny DeVito‚ use in the film Matilda to illustrate that the character‚ Jennifer Honey‚ is benevolent (kind) and sweet? The film ‘Matilda’ directed by Danny DeVito‚ released in 1996. DeVito uses techniques such as high camera angles‚ high key lighting and soft sounding music. These techniques used for Miss Honey makes her seem very nice‚ sweet and approachable. Firstly‚ Miss Honey appears to be an approachable‚ bright‚ friendly teacher. In the first scene

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    MEANS OF EGRESS "Means of egress" is defined as the way to exit a building or structure‚ especially during an emergency. FINDINGS: The exit doors are free from obstruction and it has a width of 81cm. On the 2nd floor their is only one exit door in each classroom ( F201 and F202) while on the 1st floor‚ room F101 has two doors ‚ F107 has also one exit door. The exit doors swing on the direction of travel and they are marked clearly. Their is one installed emergency lighting on the second floor

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    What techniques does the director‚ Danny DeVito‚ use in the film ‘Matilda’ to illustrate that the character‚ Jennifer Honey‚ is benevolent and sweet? The film ‘Matilda’ released in 1996‚ directed by Danny DeVito stars Mara Wilson as Matilda. ‘Matilda’ a film about a young child genius (Matilda) who is born into a family that does not care for her. The movie follows Matilda as she dives into a world of hammer throws and chokeys to prove Agatha Trunchbull the brawny‚ muscular woman serving as the remorseless

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    will focus on is a very interesting ruler. Her name was Empress Matilda. Empress Matilda was also known as Empress Maude. She was born February 7‚ 1102 C.E. and died September 10‚ 1167 C.E. Her father was King Henry I of England’s and her mother is Matilda of Scotland. She was given the throne during the civil war also known as anarchy. Did you know that she was the only daughter of King Henry I of England? Around the time Matilda was seven years old‚ she was confirmed to be the bride to Henry

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    Tuğçe Dağtekin Catherine Macmillan Literary Research Methods 10 January‚ 2011 The Jewelry and the Necklace; The character analysis and the similarities between Mrs. Lantin and Matilda Loisel The stories of The Necklace and the Jewelry were written by Guy De Maupassant. This stories were created between 1881 and 1886. Both of the story was woman oriented. Both of the story show the womans’ features that is common. The thought of being beautiful and looking wealthy is one of the most attractive

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    Heaney Society Wedding Photographs – Jean Arasanayagam The Garden of Love – William Blake A Worker Reads History – Bertolt Brecht Night Mail – W.H.Auden Humour Parrot –Alan Brownjohn The Pigtail – William Makepeace Thackarey MatildaHilaire Belloc Father William –Lewis Carroll Poems for Extra Reading –(not to be tested on) An extract from ‘Michael’ - William Wordsworth The Lamb – William Blake She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron Bury Me In a Free Land – Frances Ellen Watkins

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    Critics of the welfare state argue that such a system will make citizens dependent on the system and less inclined to work. However‚ certain studies indicate there is no association between economic performance and welfare expenditure in developed countries‚[25] and that there is no evidence for the contention that welfare states impede progressive social development. R. E. Goodin et al.‚ in The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism‚[26] compares the United States‚ which spends relatively little on social

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    Europeans had was in their drill and practice‚ organization‚ and command structure.” During the 19th century‚ the Europeans had an immense advantage in firepower‚ resulting from the recently invented machine guns and repeating rifle. For example‚ Hilaire Belloc pointed out that the “Europeans advantage was the Maxim gun [an automatic machine gun].” One of the wars that the European colonists fought in was the Boer war which was fought in 1899-1902‚ where the Boers (white successors of the

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    Maximilien François Marie Isidore Robespierre (IPA: [ma.ksi.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and politician‚ and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Estates-General‚ the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club (Jacobin leader during the Reign of Terror)‚ he advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery‚ while supporting equality of rights‚ universal

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