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    QUESTION To what extent is customary law still relevant in Zimbabwe? Customary law is still relevant in Zimbabwe to a lesser extent to aspects like when the parties have agreed to use customary law‚ in the issue of chieftaincy and when the court looks at the surrounding circumstances. It is important to first define what customary law is. Customary law is law which governs the way of life of African people in other words the law before colonialism. It is also important to note that there is what

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    Specifically‚ from the four qualitative characteristics‚ Relevance and Reliability are critically examined to see what role they take in the conceptual framework. Accounting information that is to be placed under Relevance‚ are data that are relevant to the subject currently being discussed and its inclusion the accounting process will likely to affect the decision that is to be made. On the other hand‚ information that is to be placed under Reliability‚ are data that can be acknowledged from

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    The Great Gatsby: Materialism The quote "material without being real" shows the emptiness of an existence with the realization of a tainted ideal. Fittingly‚ this quote from Nick is placed after Daisy leaves Gatsby. Nick is imagining what Gatsby would be thinking if he had understood that the goal‚ winning Daisy and her materialistic insubstantiality‚ was unworthy of his effort. Fitzgerald does not specifically state if Gatsby is or is not waiting for the phone call from Daisy. If Gatsby

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    Iago is a character who manipulated every character in Othello because of his need for power‚ which places his motives in the marxist arena. Marxist criticism is defined as the perspective that economics provides the foundation for all social‚ political‚ and ideological reality‚ As stated in the springboard book. Iago has definite plans in order to achieve his goal of power and he will stop at nothing‚ including murder to get it. At the beginning of the story Cassio was chosen over Iago by othello

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    The novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald details the character’s quest for materialism and how they each become engulfed by the obsession for more‚ consequently leading to their desensitization to the meaningful aspects of life. Daisy’s lust to further her elite social status led her to choose her husband for wealth rather than love which was ultimately the catalyst to her world coming undone. Myrtle fantasized about an alternate reality that consisted of lavish material items that

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    Still Life with Tornado by A.S King uncovers the real truth of what it’s like to live in a house of parental abuse.The slowly rising plot has complex ideas on what reality and a fantasy world really is. The story continues the message slowly reveals itself. King tells the story from a 16 year old girls point of view who claims to be going through a existential crisis. Sarah‚ the small town philadelphia girl has ran into some problems at school and would rather not go.Instead she wanders the streets

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    Lucas Wick Professor Michael Miller Argument and Persuasion in Humanities 12 March 2015 Working Girl’s Negative Outlook of Marxist Theory Working Girl‚ directed by Mike Nichol‚ recalls a rags-to-riches story in a modern society where the class divisions are precisely sharp. Set in the 1980s‚ the film provides a historical situation of inequitable distribution: this inequity sways all the characters’ behavior. Though Tess McGill and Jack Trainer spark up a romance‚ it is Tess’ acquisitiveness

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    CELTA Course Fact Sheet CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO ADULTS (CELTA) Ealing‚ Hammersmith and West London College is an authorised centre for courses preparing trainees for the Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). These courses provide initial training in English Language teaching and are intended for those who have no previous experience in this field‚ or whose experience is insufficient to qualify

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    except what a dollar’s worth. Materialism is a powerful domain in Fitzgerald ’s work especially in the novel the great Gatsby‚ where the idea of materialism improving a person’s overall significance‚ is

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    shop “hasn’t turned a profit in months” (Saunders‚ 150) because “nobody comes in” (Saunders‚ 148). In addition to the low revenue‚ the narrator is a defective businessman by allowing customers to leave without collecting payment-- he simply “remind[s] [his customer that] he’s got an outstanding bill. He says thanks… We laugh. We laugh some more. He shakes his head and leaves” (Saunders‚ 148). Despite the shop’s economic failures‚ the narrator is at ease with his business and claims: “it’s only my

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