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    Social Effects of Tourism Sociology is the science of society‚ social institutions‚ and social relationships. Visitors to a community or area create social relationships. The ultimate effect of travel‚ experiences on the tourists as well as on the host community should determine to what extent societies encourage or discourage tourism. 1. Effects on the individual 2. Effects on the family 3. Effects on society: a. Tourism : Security and Crime b. Resentments c. Changing population

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    depending on how long the person has gone without sleep. The largest effects of lack of sleep on the body can be seen on the brain of the individual. Going without sleep for a 24 hour period can result in the person exhibiting behavior resembling drunkenness‚ with studies showing that people in this condition are more dangerous when driving than people that are legally drunk. People that are suffering from lack of sleep can experience memory lapses‚ decreased concentration‚ and hallucinations. As

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    Louis Mcneice

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    has described MacNeice’s poetry as "a reaction against darkness"‚ his childhood memories of puritanism and rigid ideology fostering in him a contrasting love of light‚ of the variety and flux of the world as expressed in his famous phrase "the drunkenness of things being various". However‚ the darkness remained a presence in his work as in this poem ’Prayer Before Birth’ written at the height of the Second World War. In the poem MacNeice expresses his fear at what the world’s tyranny can do to the

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    During the first Crusades many people joined the Crusaders because Pope Urban II said that God wanted them to. Also because of the spiritual reward like forgiveness of sins‚ and forgiveness of debts and an afterlife in heaven. On the other hand during the second and third Crusades many people joined for more selfish reasons. They only cared about them becoming rich and famous‚ and it began to become a lesser reason to join because of God and a greater reason because of wealth and fame. When the Crusades

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    Why Do People Fall in Love

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    Why do people fall in love? A question many of us find us asking ourselves in today’s society. Many of us have been hurt by love and therefore have refused to neither use nor believe that there is such a word or feeling that exists in the universe. People fall in love for many reasons; some don’t even know why they end up in love. I believe people fall in love for three life-based reasons‚ to expand the self and to increase our abilities and our effectiveness in other words self-expansion‚ lack

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    figures are‚ in Italy‚ Dante Alighieri‚ Francesco Petrarca (known as Petrarch)‚ Giovanni Boccaccio‚ Baldassare Castiglione‚ and Niccolò Machiavelli; in England‚ Thomas More‚ Francis Bacon‚ and John Milton; in France‚ François Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne. Books setting forth an ideal of the well-formed individual‚ ruler‚ or commonwealth are a major aspect of the humanist movement‚ from Leonardo Bruni’s Dialogues (–) to Roger Ascham’s Schoolmaster ()‚ Machiavelli’s The Prince (‚ publ

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    Shakespeare’s Victim; the Story of Caliban The closure of the last residential school took place in 1996 in Canada; these schools‚ began in the 1800s‚ and over the centuries have made efforts in eradicating indigenous culture and assimilating it with mainstream Catholic culture. However‚ why was it deemed necessary to go to extreme measures and attempt a genocide of indigenous culture? Throughout the process of colonization‚ the European settlers saw indigenous people as something less than human

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    The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises demonstrates elements of weakened masculinity throughout the novel. The lasting effects of WWI on the characters‚ Jake Barnes’ insecurities‚ and Lady Brett Ashley’s non-conformity all contribute to the minimized presence of masculinity. Hemingway began writing The Sun Also Rises in 1925 and it was later completed in 1926. Much like the novel’s protagonist‚ he too resided in Paris working as a journalist‚ after fighting in WWI. Hemingway

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    Macbeth This essay will attempt to explore what the play ‘Macbeth’ suggests about the states of minds of both the titular character Macbeth‚ and his scheming wife Lady Macbeth‚ using extracts from Act 1‚ Scene 7. I will also examine how the language used emphasises the key themes and ideas within the play. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are revealed and developed through their dialogues with use of soliloquies and asides‚ helping to reveal their personalities‚ states of mind‚ emotions and

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    Alcohol: The Social Implications of the Rise and Consumption Early Modern Europe 1400-1789 Carissa Carlisle His352 Meadows "Swill"‚ "grog"‚ "firewater"‚ and "liquid bread". There are many different terms associated with the word "alcohol". Alcohol has revolved and evolved around people ’s lives for thousands of years. For early modern Europeans‚ alcohol had served several purposes‚ such as medicine by means of brandy as well as foodstuff‚ and as to why the drink had been the go-to drink

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