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    Raihaan Essop THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONEST | Being HonestIt is common for people to dislike NOT having wealth‚ position and all the fancy trappings that show the world we are successful. Let’s be honest how many of us think that being a Pop Singer like???? or a Diva like Lady Gaga is so cool. Think of it - all the trappings that come with being a highly paid Pop Star‚ designer clothes‚ cars‚ house in Beverly Hills. Can you imagine it? How awesomeGreat huh! I know I will get myself at least

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    in the town of Soledad‚ which was where the author grew up. Steinbeck uses his memories and recollections to paint an incredibly vivid landscape in each scene mentioned in the story. Of Mice and Men follows the seemingly futile journey of George Milton and Lennie Small on their quest to make a better life for themselves. Getting to their goal does have its complications‚ however. Even the differences between the two main characters cause conflict. Along the way‚ they come face to face with difficulties

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    “Sympathy for the Devil?” How does Mary Shelley persuade the reader to pity Frankenstein’s Creature? Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818. At that time‚ the Gothic Horror genre was becoming increasingly popular. The Gothic Horror genre combined the genres of horror and romance and is often associated with dark castles‚ murder and monsters. The idea for the novel came about during a dream while Shelley and her husband Percy were staying with Lord Byron. She then used that dream as a basis

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    The audience are drawn to the last scene because of the dramatic irony‚ the audience are aware that Juliet isn’t dead whereas the characters all believe she is dead. ‘To Juliet’s grave‚’ this shows that Romeo believes she is dead and is going to visit the tomb. The audience are drawn into it because the words he uses in that line suggest he is going to do something when he gets to Juliet. The scene is set in the Capulet tomb‚ also where Tybalt is buried. This adds tension because the time the play

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    their tragedy. No man does‚ and that is his” is a line from the brilliant play called The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest‚ starring Colin Firth‚ is a charming tale of the importance of family and reality also directed by Oliver Parker. Though there was a play and a movie‚ they both have their own differences. They were also both made from two different perspectives of this magnificent play‚ the original writer Oscar Wilde made this into a masterpiece of

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    Becket includes elements of both tragedy and comedy in this section. Despite the clear presence of comedy within this passage‚ the extreme morbidness overshadows most elements of comedy. Becket includes comedy to give the audience an intermission from the intense‚ harrowing‚ continuous presence of tragedy in this section. The passage begins with Vladimir asking the simple question: ‘what do we do now?’‚ Estragon retorts: “What about hanging ourselves?”‚ immediately Becket forces us to confront

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    Sidney Katz’s summary of “The Importance of being Beautiful”‚ she suggests that more attractive people can advance faster and easier in life than their less appealing peers. Katz explains her theory with different examples. One example is person perception‚ which is a branch of psychology that examines many ways in which physical attractiveness‚ or lack of it‚ affects all aspects of life. This helps explain the halo and horns effect. The halo effect is perceived as being beautiful‚ more generous

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    The Importance Of Being On Time Time is one of the utmost valuable entities that we have while we’re alive. We need time to develop our personal characteristics and talent‚ understanding relationships. Nothing becomes instantaneous‚ nor is it happenstance when it comes to understanding the importance of time. Everything in life requires time...from simply eating a meal to driving to a remote destination to developing a career. It is only thorough time that we are able to mature and develop

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    elements as follows: 1. An Internal Security Response Team (ISRT). 2. An External Security Response Team (ESRT)/Area Supervisor Know Post Responsibilities 1.1. General Duties and Responsibilities of Posts and Patrols.1.1.1. Immediately upon being posted‚ read and comply with your Special Security Instructions (SSI)‚ inspect the gate shack and/or vehicle‚ and all equipment associated with the post (e.g.‚ map‚ grid disk‚ OIs‚ SSIs‚ fire extinguisher‚ etc.). Report discrepancies or deficiencies

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    As the two young men drive through the desert‚ Alexie applies significant imagery to show the isolation and importance of the situation. There is a certain tension in the air when the two old friends reconnect after their falling out. They are alone in the middle of nowhere: “Victor looked around the desert‚ sniffed the air‚ felt the emptiness and loneliness” (159). Alexie uses imagery to encapsulate the situation that the two young men are in. To help the reader feel the tension of the isolated

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