In “Tourists Could Destroy Venice—If Floods Don’t First” by Simon Worrall‚ a Venetian named Settis explains how the city of Venice could become lost. To begin with‚ important representatives of the city have thought about opening Venice as a theme park. However‚ Settis argues that tourist should not have to pay to explore the city and that the city itself can tell its own history because of its beauty. Also‚ he is a strong believer that Venice should not be famous for its tourism‚ but for the first
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Pride and Prejudice In the novel of Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen‚ the title of the novel itself bears significance to the themes pride and prejudice. Pride is defined as a feeling of honour and self-respect‚ satisfaction or pleasure taken in one ’s own or another ’s success or achievements (Houghton Mifflin Company‚ 2000)‚ while‚ prejudice is defined as the act or state of holding unreasonable inflexible judgments or convictions especially towards other people (Houghton Mifflin Company
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Merchant Banking In India • Merchant Banking In India: The merchant banker are those financial intermediary involved with the activity of transferring capital funds to those borrowers who are interested in borrowing. The activities of the merchant banking in India is very vast in nature of which includes the following a) The management of the customers securities b) The management of the portfolio‚ c) The management of projects and counseling as well as appraisal d) The management of underwriting
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Are you aware of what age group tend to be the biggest consumers in the United States? Would it surprise you if you were told that it is teenagers? I know that when I started watching Merchants of Cool I was caught off guard when they explained that it was teenagers. The documentary starts to explain why the teenagers are the largest group of consumers and why they need to be catered to. I think that one of the best things about this documentary is the way that it explains the entire situation.
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Theme of love and marriage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The intricate nexus of marriage‚ money and love in Jane Austen’s society is unfolded through the development of plots and characters of her novel Pride and Prejudice. In the nineteenth century’s rural England‚ marriage was a woman’s chief aim‚ both financially and socially. Financially because of women’s dependent position marriage was the "only honourable position"‚ infinitely preferable to the dependence of precarious shabby-genteel
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Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D. J . MacHale is about 14 year old Bobby Pendragon who is going to save the world. It all starts when his uncle‚ Uncle Press‚ visits his house before he goes to a basketball game. He tells Bobby that there are some people who need their help and asks him to come with him. After putting an ample amount of thought‚ Bobby agrees to go with Press. Press takes Bobby to an abandoned subway station in Bronx. Bobby is flabbergasted by the place where his uncle took him
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Merchants of Cool: Teens and Sexuality Teenagers are bombarded with images and ideas of sex in the media. However the advertising industries claim that teenagers were already obsessed with sex before the images were plastered all over their world. The industry also claims that they develop their advertising around what the teens enjoy and that they’ve researched teen lives‚ culture and their way of thinking in order to obtain the most successful advertising method. "We’re only reflecting the
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the title‚ in the literary terms is that this is alliteration. Pride and Prejudice is an example of Jane Austen’s use of alliteration. In addition‚ the “prejudice” of the title is on Darcy’s part‚ believing that Elizabeth’s family is not good for him. The “pride” is on Elizabeth’s part refusing to agree to marry to Darcy because he ruined her sisters’ chance of happiness. There are a number of conflicts in pride and prejudice. One of the long drawn out ones is between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. Their personalities
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society many men‚ women and children have been a victim or guilty of being prejudice towards others because of their differences. Prejudice is a preconceived opinion; that is not based on reason or actual experience. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ prejudice is one of the main themes. Lee addresses the topic through the characters of the story and delivers a message to the readers and suggests prejudice is present in the world. Therefore‚ people must take action to resolve this
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Marriage As A Social Contract In Jane Austen’s ‘Pride And Prejudice’ “.It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife”. With these famous words‚ Jane Austen launched into what has come to be regarded by many as the greatest romance novel of all time. Written in late 1790’s England‚ in a time of radical social upheaval and political change‚ ‘Pride and Prejudice’ presents a mixed bag of social ideas relating to marriage‚ the
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