Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (French pronunciation: [gi d(ə) mo.pa.ˈsɑ̃] ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer‚ considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form’s finest exponents. A protégé of Flaubert‚ Maupassant’s stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient‚ effortless dénouements. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent
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LYRIC AND THE INNER LIFE COURSEWORK ‘Elegy is about mourning for one’s own condition’ Stuart Curran‚ ‘Romantic Elegiac Hybridity’‚ in The Oxford Handbook to Elegy (Oxford‚ 2010)‚ ed. Karen Weisman‚ p. 249 Discuss Curran’s comment in relation to the work of Thomas Gray and Percy Bysshe Shelley. ’One of the major tasks of the work of mourning and of the work of the elegy is to repair the mourner ’s damaged narcissism ’[1]. This quote by literary critic Peter Sacks‚ flourishes from
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The Impact of Drugs on Society Drugs have effects on society in many different ways. The negative consequences of drug abuse affect not only individuals who abuse drugs but also their families and friends‚ various businesses‚ and government resources. The ONDCP (2202) discusses the effects of drug abuse. “Although many of these affects cannot be quantified‚ ONDCP reported that in 2002‚ the economic cost of drug abuse to the United States was $180.9 billion.”(www.usdoj.gov ) Devastating
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A Galtungian Interpretation on the Madrarsa Graduates’ Phenomenon on Violence against them Kazi Sameeo Sheesh Lecturer‚ Institute of Educational Development-BRAC University‚ Bangladesh and Doctoral Student‚ University of Sussex‚ UK e-mail: sameeo@gmail.com Abstract The objective of this research is to illustrate and analysis the phenomena of how the Madrasa graduates of Dhaka city perceive about violence against them. This research follows the qualitative approach applying in-depth
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“In the Name of the Child”: An analysis and critique of The Northern Territory National Emergency Response (NTER) “…the starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians. It begins‚ I think‚ with the act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers.
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Reinscribing Conrad: Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North R.S. Krishnan‚ North Dakota State University In the works of postcolonial writers such as Salman Rushdie‚ Derek Walcott‚ Chinua Achebe and others‚ one sees an attempt to resist and reinterpret the ideological underpinnings of imperialist writings‚ an effort in which not just the historical subject of colonial discourse but the discourse itself might be reversed. One such work is Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North J Published
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BRAVE NEW WORLD ? A Defence Of Paradise-Engineering Brave New World (1932) is one of the most bewitching and insidious works of literature ever written. An exaggeration? Tragically‚ no. Brave New World has come to serve as the false symbol for any regime of universal happiness. For sure‚ Huxley was writing a satirical piece of fiction‚ not scientific prophecy. Hence to treat his masterpiece as ill-conceived futurology rather than a work of great literature might
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(LATEST VERSION) Cealtec background/ History Cealtec Products Inc. is a Richmond‚ British Columbia based company founded in 2007. CealTec™ is in the business of manufacturing and distributing a revolutionary and advanced Nanotechnology Self-Healing Engine Treatment branded CealDoctor™. Vision of the company - "Clean Air" Provide a cheaper alternative for prolonging engines life cycle‚ while reducing harmful CO2 emission and smoke into the environment. (Reference to Cealtec website and
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Chapter 1 Introduction Tess of the D’urbervilles is an extraordinarily beautiful book‚ as well as an extraordinarily moving one. Tess Durbeyfield‚ the daughter of a poor foolish peasant‚ who believes that he is the descendant of an ancient aristocratic family‚ first is seduced by Alec‚ the son of the neighboring family by the name of D’urbervilles. Then Tess encounters Angel Clare‚ a man of liberal mind and the son of a clergyman‚ and they fall in love with each other. On the evening of their wedding
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Couples and Marriages of a Different Race Brian Andrew Wong Marshall University Author Note This paper was an assignment in Deviance and Social Control (SOC 311) taught by Frederick Roth‚ Ph.D.‚ due Monday‚ December 10‚ 2012. Marriages with spouses of a different race are increasing (Jayson‚ 2012; Jordan‚ 2012). While friendships with people of different races are commonly accepted‚ the issue of friends‚ race‚ and relationships to people of a different race remain complicated
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