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    Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading

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    Shakespeare uses the prominent theme of usurpation in The Tempest to critique the characters discoveries of rightful authority as a result of re-evaluating their actions. The hierarchy of Elizabethan society was strict in its rules of birth dictated rightful authority‚ so the audience is positioned to question accepted lines of leadership when the protagonist‚ Prospero‚ recalls his usurped dukedom of Milan. Although‚ this reflection and later actions cause Prospero‚ as well as the audience‚ to reconsider

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    Through the analysis of aural elements involved in The Tempest‚ the author discovered “the value of textuality in a nontextual phase of criticism and that may contribute to the reconciliation of the text and context‚ the aesthetic and the political.” The author used stylistic criticism to deconstruct repetition of vowels and consonants‚ phonetic duplication‚ assonance and consonance‚ addressing how those elements compress and abbreviate the plots and blur the politic issues behind the text. By demonstrating

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    Notes A.) Spanish efforts to extract wealth from the land led them to develop institutions based on subjugating native populations‚ converting them to Christianity‚ and incorporating them‚ along with enslaved and free Africans‚ into the Spanish colonial society. The Spanish incorporated the encomienda system and used Native American labor to extract precious metals

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    The Tempest is a play with many themes and motifs which guide the story of the play through out. One of the main and most important themes in the entire play would be the theme of Revenge. The concept of revenge is the main object fuelling the story and the reason behind Prospero ’s strange actions. Act 2 of the play; introduces all the characters and presents an insight to each characters ’ psyche. This act is really important because it really introduces and sets up the storyline of the whole play

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    Shakespeare’s: The Tempest I. Message of the Play There are 3 main themes in Shakespeare’s: The Tempest just as there are in any other play. One of the themes in The Tempest consist of the falseness of realities justice which creates an illusion. During the play it was shown that the view of one character controlled everyone’s fortune within the story. The way this was presented was how the main character Prospero would walk around the stage and was not even noticed by any of the character who

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    In Sonnet 116‚ Shakespeare presents a personal view of love which is uplifting‚ but also dark. He questions whether the ’love’ in question is really true ’love’. The Sonnet is written in the first person. Shakespeare immediately puts himself inside the poem from the very first words: ‘Let me not’. The start of the poem‚ ‘admit impediments’‚ begins the dark tone. ’Impediments’ suggests problems‚ and echoes the words of the marriage service‚ where the priest has to ask if anyone has reasons against

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    just another obstacle. They would befriend the natives and get them to teach them the ways of the land in order to live and survive off the land. Once they were self-sufficient‚ they would begin to try to conform the natives to their way of life as the proper way of life. They would teach them that they were living wrong and evil lives and would eventually turn against the natives when they did not conform to their way of life. Therefore switching roles from the colonized to the colonizers. In switching

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    Q1. Write a note on types of Entrepreneurs as classified by Danhof. Answer :- Entrepreneurs can be of different types. Some may prefer to go it alone or share the risk in groups withothers. They are found in every economic system and every form of economic activity as well as in other socialand cultural activities. They are seen from amongst farmers‚ labourers‚ fishermen‚ tribals‚ artisans‚ artists‚importers‚ exporters‚ bankers‚ professionals‚ politicians‚ bureaucrats and so many others. Basing

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    government. Before laws enacts. A politcal enviroment analysis can detect potential legal and regulatory and have a chance to influence that legislation. If a business-government relation is properly undertaken it can be a sustainable competitive advantage. Example‚ recieving information beforehand that competitors are unaware of. Lobbyist firms‚ with key industry knowledge‚ are engaged either permanently or as needed. A politician can be paid a fee to give political advice on matters of importance

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