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    English Anthology SECTION A Touching the Void -Long sentences suggest the build-up of fear. -Dynamic verbs “splitting…rushing” etc… show speed and action. -Pain metaphors “pain flooded”‚ “a fierce burning fire” -Breaks in paragraphs can show a pause for the reader to realise the severity of the injury. -In the first three paragraphs the pain and extent of injury are in the foreground whereas in the rest of Joe’s account‚ his mental state is the focus. -Graphic description “grotesque distortion” to

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    In Joe’s account‚ he makes the reader appreciate his pain and fear by using figurative language‚ emotive language‚ and imagery to express them. He reveals his pain in the line ’...a fierce burning fire coming down the inside of my thigh...’. A ’fierce burning fire’ is the symbol he used to depict his suffering‚ as though there is a blazing fire burning and spreading in his thighs and in ’...the fireball rushed from groin to knee’‚ a ’fireball’ is the metaphor he used to illustrate the intensity

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    Macbeth's Main Theme

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    to his later murders. After ordering the murder of Banquo‚ Macbeth began to feel more comfortable with having others killed. Having Macduff ’s family killed was senseless‚ showing that Macbeth did not care about killing anyone. The most important theme in Macbeth is guilt and conscience because they majorly contributed to his rise and eventually his downfall. Duncan ’s murder filled Macbeth with grief and guilt‚ which turned out to be just the beginning of his killing spree. He began feeling guilt

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    Main Themes in A Farewell to Arms Written in 1929 by Ernest Hemingway‚ A Farewell to Arms has always been considered a classic piece of literature. A major source of the novel’s success is how its themes tied into real life experiences during the First World War. While soldiers of the war fought for their country‚ they searched for love to escape total chaos and destruction. The two main themes in A Farewell to Arms are the gruesome reality of war and the relationship between love and pain.

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    Void Agreements

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    LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS LESSON 10: VOID AGREEMENTS Learning Outcomes After today’s class you should be able to answer the following questions; • • • The agreements expressly declared to be void The uncertain agreements The wagering agreements have not been discussed in the preceding chapter. Illegal agreements are also ‘unlawful agreements’ as they are expressly declared void by the Contract Act. It may be recalled that in the case of illegal agreements‚ transactions collateral to them

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    Void And Voidable

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    Void and voidable A contract that is "void" cannot be enforced by either party.‚ The law treats a void contract as if it had never been formed. A contract will be considered void‚ for example‚ when it requires one party to perform an act that is impossible or illegal. A "voidable" contract‚ on the other hand‚ is a valid contract and can be enforced. Usually only one party is bound to the contract terms in a voidable contract. The unbound party is allowed to cancel the contract‚ which makes the contract

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    Memory: Void

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    Strickland Memory: Void World War II marked an era of loss: loss of human lives‚ loss of human dignity‚ loss of home and country and culture. No matter what is lost‚ loss carries with it an endless emptiness‚ echoes of an existence never to be completely regained. It is a living vacuum‚ varied in scale and lacking in a physical‚ material presence‚ yet a memory can re-materialize anything for the mind that yields it. Although “void” typically means empty of content‚ the void that I discuss yields

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    Discuss the grounds of void contract under Nepalese Contract Act by illustrating the cases. Any contract which is not enforceable by law is said to be void. A void contract is one which has no legal effect whatsoever owing to the fact that a transaction which is void. Even if they satisfy some of the conditions of a valid contract‚ they are not enforceable. In the eye of law such contract is no contract at all. There are some contracts which have been declared as void by section 13 of Nepalese Contract

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    enter the void

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    The most recent feature film by Gaspar Noe‚ Enter the Void‚ is a visually gripping film. Like a rollercoaster from the afterlife‚ this psychedelic melodrama(2) takes you through one’s perspective of death and what happens after your final breath. Noe has absolutely outdone himself in this masterpiece of cinematography. Much like his film‚ Irreversible‚ the camera soars through the air above Tokyo twisting and twirling from character to character and building to building. Shot entirely in first

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    Compare and contrast reading a book and watching a film. With references to “touching the void” and another book. Books and movies have similarities and differences. When we read a book we create a visual image in our heads‚ whereas when we watch a movie the image is already created. In “touching the void” and “my sisters keeper” the written story differs from the film in many different aspects. Books are more descriptive‚ they need to be so you can understand their feelings‚ emotions‚ their expressions

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