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    act alone‚ Cassius uses his abilities to appeal to Brutus’ sense of honor‚ twist Brutus’ image of Caesar‚ and put words into Brutus’ mouth that lead to a dastardly plot against a near king. Cassius is able to assess his audience and use that to his advantage. In this case‚ his audience is Brutus‚ a thoughtful if slightly oblivious patrician and friend of Caesar’s. Brutus has a strong love for Rome‚

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    John Steinbeck

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    John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. (February 27‚ 1902 – December 20‚ 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books‚ including sixteen novels‚ six non-fiction books‚ and five collections of short stories‚ Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. was born on February 27‚ 1902‚ in Salinas‚ California

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    Constitutional Conventions

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    ‘Constitutional conventions are no longer capable of constraining those who hold public office; they should be converted into legal rules.’ Discuss. One might define the constitution of a country as a set of regulations that a government is expected to derive its principle rules from‚ thus regulating the relationship between the state and its citizens. Under the UK constitution these rules‚ although being non-legal rules‚ are considered binding and are embodied by way of constitutional conventions. These

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    Conventions In Macbeth

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    Shakespeare is a writer who used fantastic dramatic conventions in his plays‚ one of his best plays being Macbeth. The key idea of the first act is greed‚ this is shown when Macbeth’s greed for power becomes apparent to the audience and eventually other characters. A dramatic convention is a technique that is used to signify the nature of a character and depict this to the audience. In Shakespeare’s writing these are a common technique used and are one of the reasons his characters and stories alike

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    1951 Convention

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    THE 1951 CONVENTION AND ITS 1967 PROTOCOL A  PersonAl  APPeAl  from  the  United  nAtions  high  Commissioner  for  refUgees Refugees are among the most vulnerable people in the world. The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol help protect them. They clarify the rights of refugees and the obligations of the 148 States that are party to one or both of these instruments. Universal accession to the Refugee Convention is a valid and achievable goal. In this anniversary year of the Convention

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    John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ presents many characters in different ways. Steinbeck uses minor characters to showcase different themes‚ a main key theme being loneliness. Steinbeck presents this theme through characters which are defined by colour‚ gender and mental stability. Characters such as Crooks and Curley’s wife would share this theme throughout the novella but yet would stay clear of each other and in no way make contact to make their loneliness vanish. The author chose Crooks

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    In the poem Birches‚ by Robert Frost‚ he uses figurative language throughout his poem. The use of figurative language like personification‚ metaphor‚ and simile makes the reader have a more vivid experience while reading the poem. In the poem Birches‚ the writer uses personification in the next sentence “they click upon themselves as the breeze rises” (line 7 and 8). Mr. Frost explains that when there is a strong breeze the birches click with each other and it moves them up and down and eventually

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    viewers’ feelings. In Stanley Kubrick’s "The Shining"‚ the cinematographer manipulated the lighting to create a certain mood and cast of light onto the scenes. Since lighting is the key to cinematography‚ it can have a major impact on a films narrative. During the scene of The Shining‚ entitled "Great Party‚ Isn’t It?" the cinematographer used light to put emphasis on what was happening. The scene starts out indoors under fluorescent lighting. Normally when filming under fluorescent light

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    How does Steinbeck Present the Character of Curley’s Wife and Whether She is a Victim‚ Herself or a Villian or to Blame for the Unfortunate Outcome of the Storyline? During the 1930s when Stienbeck wrote this novel the citizens of America were going through things like the Great Depression which was originally known as the Wall Street Crash. This made many businesses close down and made many people lose their jobs and have to try and find work‚ to do this they ended up travelling around and becoming

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    Geneva Conventions

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    Geneva Conventions By: Maksim S. Yelkin Course: American Foreign Policy Professor: Ronald J. Brown Semester: Fall 2011 Date: 12/03/11 Introduction Now we live in relatively peaceful time‚ but it wasn’t always like that. All those wars were bloody‚ sometimes even too bloody‚ so people needed to create some rules. So those rules were created. Four Conventions for One Purpose Not everybody knows that‚ but there were four treaties‚ not just one. And even then‚ they were modified later

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