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    Dream Interpretation Picture this‚ you are walking down a country road. Everything is nice and peaceful‚ all of a sudden‚ you accidentally trip. But something is off…you haven’t hit the ground. You are falling and falling‚ everything is going black. You see something while falling‚ it appears to be the ground‚ but you’re so disoriented that you’re not sure. Then you reach it…and you wake up. That is what we call a falling dream. I have always found the world of dreams interesting. It’s

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    Lysistrata “There is no beast as shameless as a woman” Aristophanes was a craft comedy poet in the fourth century B.C. during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes’ usual style was to be satirical‚ and suggesting the eccentric. The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes’ comedies are those in which the main characters‚ the heroes of the story‚ are women. Smart women. One of the most famous of Aristophanes’ comedies portraying powerfully capable

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    made to discuss on why interpretation of statute is a tool in legislative drafting‚ emphasizing on why draft person has to be very careful on the use of words having in mind that‚ the document belongs to the public not only to the lawyers. Consequently‚ this long essay will pay greater attention on the rules of interpretation‚ the role of legislative counsel in legislative drafting‚ plain language and grammatical structures to avoid. The principal objects of interpretation of statutes are basically

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    Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata provides the audience with a comedic relief to one of the more pervading themes of war and peace‚ while also highlighting the empowerment of women. The setting of this play takes place during a time when war was customary and fighting between countrymen was familiar. Aristophanes wrote the play during the Peloponnesian War when Athens and Sparta were engaging in continuous battles that weakened supplies and destroyed cities. Athens unfortunately was suffering a great

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    predominant issue that can be seen throughout history and in literature. In the comedic Greek play‚ “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes‚ both women and men are characterized by stereotypical thoughts; that men are the providers who have authority‚ and women are wild‚ impractical caretakers of the household. There is one though‚ who defies some the stereotypical thoughts of women‚ and that is Lysistrata‚ a strong‚ cunning‚ intellectual women who devises a plan to end on ongoing war that has left all the

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    Aims and Outcomes I will describe how precedents are applied in court and explain the rules of statutory interpretation. Firstly I will explain what a precedent is. Precedent “In common law legal systems‚ a precedent or authority is a legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body utilizes when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts” Example Let’s say that a Court establishes that it is illegal for people to smoke or be in possession of Tobacco

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    Lysistrata is a play about female agency in 5th century BCE Greece. What makes the sources of its humor different from those in The Acharnians or The Clouds? What comic truth does it try to convey that makes it different? Is the woman’s revolution it depicts permanent or temporary? Lysistrata is Aristophanes’ peace play‚ Compared with Acharnians and clouds‚ the protagonist of this play is a woman. Angry with the way men have devastated Greece through their love for the war‚ she arranges a group

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    different approaches to the interpretation of statutes in England and Wales. Statutory interpretation is the process of a judge interpreting and applying legislation. Interpretation of statutes is necessary as many of them where written hundreds of years ago and language has changed. Society has also changed and so statutes need to be applied to modern society. Drafting errors may have been made when the statute was written which would then require interpretation. For example‚ the board term

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    erotics of art’. Discuss ways of approaching a text by referring to Susan Sontag’s ‘Against Interpretation’. There are many ways of approaching a text and interpretation is the most important and controversial way to explore a text. A hermeneutics and an erotics of art‚ which are the types of interpretation‚ will be explored in this essay to discuss ways of approaching a text. Besides‚ ‘Against Interpretation’ will be a main reference in this essay. ‘In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics

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    The story‚ Lysistrata by Aristophanes has been a major influence on many literatures because of the ludicrous comedy and ton of sex puns. The movie‚ Chi-Raq used many elements from the original play to create a modern version of the story. Even though both stories were created in different ways‚ there are also similar because of the many references that were still original content. There are many interesting similarities that are different in both works. One of the similar elements in both the playwright

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