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    ’s Dr. Faustus Illegitimate power is usually unjustified and occurs when a leader or a powerful or significant figure believes in something totally different from his followers. Unbridled power entails unrestrained and uncontrolled opinions and views regarding governance. We have many people who are dedicated in this search for unbridled and illegitimate power. In the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe‚ this pursuit is widely explored through the life of Dr. Faustus. Dr. Faustus is famous

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    Loc Gov Borja vs COMELEC [295 SCRA 157; GR 133495‚ September 3‚ 1998] Facts: Private respondent Jose T. Capco‚ Jr. was elected vice-mayor of Pateros on January 18‚ 1988 for a term ending June 30‚ 1992.  On September 2‚ 1989‚ he became mayor‚ by operation of law‚ upon the death of the incumbent‚ Cesar Borja.  For the next two succeeding elections in 1992 and 1995‚ he was again re-elected as Mayor. On March 27‚ 1998‚ private respondent Capco filed a certificate of candidacy for mayor

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    Ironies of Kingship

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    A good ruler is supposed to lead his country and keep his kingdom united but Edward II prefers to waste time and enjoy himself with his flatterers. Edward II is introduced to the audience as a ‘pliant king’‚ a pleasure seeker who prefers to divide his kingdom than have his lover Gaveston exiled from the kingdom. Later in the play‚ his orders are disregarded by the nobles and a civil war within the kingdom of England ensues. By the end of the play we see the king at his most tragic‚ having lost everything

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    1. All Foundation Programme students (Old Syllabus 2007 & New Syllabus 2012) passed in December‚ 2012 Session are required to be registered under Executive Programme (New Syllabus 2012) only. 2. June 2013 Foundation examination will be the last examination under foundation programme (old syllabus 2007). From 2013 December attempt‚ all the foundation course students will be switched over to the New Syllabus  (OMR Pattern 2012). 3. The first examination under new syllabus executive programme

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    Irony in "Trifles"

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    Irony in “Trifles” The death of a man named John Wright begins the adventure to solving his murder. He was found hanged in his house; while his wife‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is questioned by the police she does not seem to be bothered by her husband’s death. As stated by Mr. Hale when speaking to Mrs. Wright‚ “I want to see John. And then she-laughed” (Glaspell 1048). In Glaspell’s play “Trifles” the two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ find many trifles through-out the house that the men consider to be

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    Doctor Wooreddy´s Prescription for enduring the ending of the world. By Mudrooroo. 1. The Omen‚ one; Wooreddy is a child but a wise one since he often listens to the old men. He lives on the island of Bruny. One day he steps on a thing not of this earth‚ an evil omen from the ocean. He then realizes that he will see the ending of the world. Two: he grows into puberty and has the burning ritual‚ while the men tell him the myth of the Great Ancestor. He wants to find a mate but it has to

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    Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon. This text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” written by Richard Gordon. He was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. The novels were very successful in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted

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    The Irony of the Jungle

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    The Irony of The Jungle Between 1870 and 1900 Chicago grew from a population of 299‚000 to almost 1.7 million‚ the fastest-growing city ever at the time. This surge in population was largely attributed to immigrants coming from European countries seeking a chance for employment and new freedoms associated with moving to the United States at the time. 1905‚ in particular‚ was a historic year when a surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair

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    The Open Window Irony

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    its effects while “The Open Window” is based around deception. Both authors do a great job at setting examples of paradoxes and irony in their stories. In “Like the Sun” Sekhar‚ the main character repeats multiple times “Truth is like the sun.” I understood this as saying without truth‚ you can’t grow‚ like living things can’t survive without sun. One example of irony in this story is‚ that Sekhar told the truth all day‚ and then in the evening he regretted it because there was multiple people

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    types of irony such as basic irony which is the use of word to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning. Situational irony which is the moment a characters actions have the opposite of their intended effect. Finally there is dramatic irony which occurs when there is a contrast between the readers knowledge and the knowledge of the characters in the work. However situational irony is what mostly transpires in Kate Chopin short story "The Story of an Hour" Situational irony is used

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