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    see how a good tempered‚ Harvard boy‚ Quentin would be seized by neurosis and finally be drowned in the river of melancholia. Actually Quentin became obsessed with some of his thoughts: his preoccupations include Caddy’s loss of honour‚ the decline of the family fortune‚ the perversion of the moral order in the South‚ and his father’s absurdist and cynical views of life etc. Like grotesque spiders these social and private aspects were spreading the cobwebs over his brain‚ and started

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    discipline of physics in its modern form. He worked closely with mathematics professor Hugh Blackburn in his work. He also had a career as an electric telegraph engineer and inventor‚ which propelled him into the public eye and ensured his wealth‚ fame and honour. For his work on the transatlantic telegraph project he was knighted by Queen Victoria‚ becoming Sir William Thomson. He had extensive maritime interests and was most noted for his work on the mariner’s compass‚ which had previously been limited in

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    In 1969‚ Richard Nixon was elected into presidency. One of Nixon’s campaign promises was ‘peace with honour’. Peace with honour was a strategy that involved taking U.S troops out of Vietnam‚ but did not involve directly giving in to North Vietnam and the Vietcong. Peace with honour started the process of Vietnamization. From 1969 to 1974‚ negotiations and ceasefires took place‚ until in March 1975 no further aid was given to Indo-China from the USA. There are many important causes and consequences

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    Herakles who fought the immortal monster‚ with nine or fifty heads‚ Hydra. The last requirement and the two ways in which a hero could prove he deserves the title as hero tells us that honour played a great role in the ancient Greek culture. The heroes also had their own code honour‚ which was to reclaim ones honour when it was taken. Greek here cults were created because of heroes. The Greeks worshipped the heroes when they died and lived a life worth remembering. For example‚ Herakles was worshipped

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    Dramatic impetus is defined as an impelling movement or force within a play. In A View from the Bridge it is dependant on conflicts between opposing sets of values in areas such as relationships‚ gender‚ age and the community. The main character we are opposed to is Eddie as his set of values towards the end of the play contradict values of society‚ his family and even his own. He represents the older generation and the male stereotype of the 1950’s and also demonstrates justice being put to serve

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    person has been made to feel humiliated and worthless‚ they will not rest until that nagging feeling in their heart has felt vengeance. This is the case in the short story The Parsley Garden written by William Saroyan. Saroyan demonstrates Al’s loss of honour through characterization and use of symbols.First‚ he feels as if he should walk back into the store he stole from and tell off the young man who had caught him or even try and steal the hammer again without getting caught. He then is offered money

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    WW1. He was thoroughly shocked by the horrors of war and based his poetry on his various experiences. In his poem‚ “Disabled”‚ he highlights the loss and pity of war‚ while in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” he emphasises that there is no glory or honour in dying in war. Through the use of vivid visual imagery and various literary techniques he is able to develop these themes and make us question humanity and the purpose of war. In his poem “Disabled” Owen highlights the theme of loss which can

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    significant occurrences. A festival is an event‚ usually and ordinarily staged by a local community‚ which centres on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival. Among many religions‚ a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of God or gods. A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. However‚ the term "feast" has also entered common secular parlance as a synonym for any large or elaborate meal. When used as in the meaning of a festival‚ most often refers

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    and poetic devices they employ The attitudes to war in ’for the fallen’ are patriotic and romanticised. The opening lines‚ ’with proud thanksgiving‚’ suggest grandeur‚ prestige and honour. Binyan conveys the ideas that fighting for your country‚ and serving in the war is honourable. To emphasise the honour of fighting in the war banyan employs a metaphorical representation of England as the capital mother. ’a mother for her children‚’ through personifying England as a mother it is almost

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