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    authors fail to do. Unlike the general crowd‚ Sophocles uses positive personality traits to bring conflict to his characters. He breaks normal organization of works and pushes the use of character flaws out of view. With this‚ persuading irony is formed—an irony which immortalizes the play just as a proper burial would immortalize Polyneices. Standard positive traits result in Creon and Antigone’s disgraces. Creon is a determined captain of a severely injured ship. He is aware of the torn masts

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    Cask of Amontillado Analysis In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story "The Cask of the Amontillado"‚ irony and symbolism and character are used to write this gothic tale. The two characters‚ Montressor and Fortunato‚ are no longer friends; as a result‚ this story is about revenge from Montressor and murder of Fortunato. Poe puts several instances of irony in this story. For example when Fortunato and Montressor are in the tunnel‚ looking for the cask of the amontillado‚ Fortunato coughs and Montressor

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    the determinants of health influence people’s behaviour in relation to road safety? Health is socially constructed‚ meaning that health is not only determined by the individual but is also the product of other determinants of health. Road safety is a prominent health behaviour and concern in young people‚ with people under 25 representing 36% of annual road fatalities despite making up 15% of all drivers. Young people’s road safety is not only the result of an individual but also stems from the

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    open-mindedness. Ironically‚ the Church – the representative of God – does not save his life but let him down‚ and it is not a peaceful place for people as it is said to be. “Save the best for last”‚ Maugham undoubtedly has bared this in mind as he lets the irony reach its peak at the very end of the story. Now that Foreman has become a successful businessman with more than 10 tobacco shops under his hand‚ he comes to the bank for his regular depositing. The bank manager‚ impressed by his great wealth‚ invites

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    The Road to Heaven A Literary Analysis by Joseph A. Bartram For Mrs.Dehr’s ENC 091 Class Summer 2013. Frost’s " The Road Not Taken" is a poem about how a person takes the road less traveled. In this analysis we will discuss what this literary piece means and then how it can be related to real life. In the first stanza it clearly states that it was in the middle of autumn. Which states a lot. It also states that the character could not travel both. When I hear that‚ I have a religious

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    India has the second largest road network in the world with over 3 million km of roads of which 60% are paved. These roads make a vital contribution to the India’s economy. On the whole‚ the facilities for the road users are not up to the mark‚ leading to a high toll of the death victims. Recently‚ there is a growing concern over the road crash problem.India loses more than 100 000 lives due to road traffic crashes every year. It has a road traffic fatality rate of 16.8 deaths per 100 000 population

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    india has the second largst road network in the world‚ with over 3.314 million kms of roadways spread across the length and breadth of the country. The roads are primarily made of bitumen‚ with some Indian National Highways having concrete roads. The concept of expressway roads is also catching up in India‚ and the Mumbai - Pune expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway are the finest examples. These may be divided into : National Highways These are main highways running through the length and

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    Two Roads “The Road Not Taken” is a poem by Robert Frost. Reading through it‚ many emotions surged through my body. This poem has made me reflect on my life and the choices I have made. It is truly inspirational. The narrator comes across two roads that are split into different directions. He regrets that he can’t go down both roads‚ because it’s impossible to split him in two. Standing at the forks for a long time‚ he examines one of the roads as far as he can. Since the road curves away

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    Road Safety Why think of road safety at all? It is because of the accidents that occur everyday on the road‚ in which all sorts of vehicles and human beings and even animal are involved. These accidents mean loss of life and loss of property and more often than not obstruction to traffic. In this age of speed and fast moving vehicles and with the congestion on roads‚ these accidents have became almost an everyday affair. So unless everybody is educated on the importance of road safety‚ the loss

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    Road accident | Not a single day passes off these days without the news of road accidents claiming lives of the people. No sooner had the Karnali road accident happened in Jajarkot in which several dozen people were killed a fortnight ago‚ a bus accident claimed six lives in Prithvi Highway the other day when the speeding bus skidded off the road to plunge in the Trishuli River. Similar major and minor accidents occur regularly on the highways‚ feeder roads and fair weather tracks killing passengers

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