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    Parks‚ the mother of the civil rights movement. Parks exemplified the role of civil disobedience along with many others to peacefully fight for what they thought was unjust. So the question is‚ does civil disobedience negatively or positively affect society? In my opinion‚ it has a positive impact. Civil disobedience was brought up through Gandhi‚ an indian civil rights protestor. Gandhi left a mark on the world that would later introduce Americans to the idea. This brings us to the 1950s and 1960s

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    was elected. The New Deal arose and introduced many types of social and economic reforms to America. However‚ many would disagree stating‚ “these relief policies actually put a greater burden on the backs of the poorest in society” (Powell 2). The New Deal had a positive effect because it helped people back on their feet through more jobs‚ more security‚ and more hope. During the era of the Great Depression‚ many families were out of jobs. Roosevelt established many organizations to help those in

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    THEATRE Theatre a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from

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    unpleasant. Carnegie is on record saying the smoke in the air from the nearby industrial buildings was unbearable. This was the beginning of one of the conflicts Carnegie faced throughout his whole life. Carnegie is disgusted with how the industrialized society affects the world he lives in‚ but he builds a legacy from the same means that he has such hatred for. Andrew Carnegie got a job at a local cotton factory with his father. His wage was little over a dollar. (Carnegie‚ 1919) His perseverance

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    this left an opening to get more corrupt individuals involved. “Many people interpreted the plague as a punishment from God that called for severe personal penitence; some thought the end of the world was at hand. (Lewis‚ 247). The psychological effects alone were enough to change Europe

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    positive and negative effects than any other invention throughout transportation history. As the most widely accepted method of transportation‚ cars have changed the way people live all over the world. They have affected all aspects of society such as family life‚ the economy‚ and even the environment. The advancement of automobiles over time has directly affected the advancement of society as a whole. Over the generations automobiles have influenced every aspect of society in many ways and have

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    “The Industrial Revolution had more negative effects on the world community than positive effects.” Although the Industrial Revolution had some poor impacts on the societies back in the 1800’s‚ I believe that overall it has had a dramatically beneficial effect on life today. Back then‚ with the rapid spread of the Industrial Revolution‚ farmers who worked out on the large fields across the country side began to migrate towards the cities in order to be employed as workers to one of the many factories

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    Community theatre enriches the lives of those who take an active part in it‚ as well as those in the community who benefit from live theatre productions. On either side of the footlights‚ those involved represent a diversity of age‚ culture‚ life experience‚ and a strong appreciation of the importance of the arts. Economic impacts are perhaps the most widely touted benefits of the arts. The literature on economic impact studies of the arts tends to fall into two categories: on the one hand‚ advocacy

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    Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator

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    had to obey their local lord to whom they had sworn an oath of obedience on the Bible.At the time of the revolt‚ the English population was dealing with effects from the black plague and other wars that are going to start‚ started already or have ended. The peasants’ revolt was a significant event of the middle ages and had a lasting impact on society. Their lives were

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