A2 German Monika Niedziela Text © Nelson Thornes Distance Learning 2010 Illustrations © Nelson Thornes Distance Learning 2010 All rights reserved. The copyright holders authorise ONLY users of NTDL A2 German to make photocopies for their own or their students’ immediate use within the teaching context. No other rights are granted without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited‚ of Saffron House‚ 6–10 Kirby Street‚ London EC1N 8TS
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“The Century Quilt” by Marilyn Nelson Waniek shows to oneself that they can be connected through past and future in ways you can only feel. The narrator feels a personal bond to this blanket and the memories it brings back. In this poem‚ a simple quilt is used as a nexus‚ linking the narrator to her past and what will one day come. Through using time shifts and warm‚ peaceful tones‚ the speaker’s intricate values of the quilt is demonstrated. Poems are often divided into stanzas‚ this one divided
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In the novel‚ The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ Victor Hugo talks about how the hunchbacks trial is unfair and about Quasimodo’s punishment is for kidnapping La Esmeralda. Quasimodo is deaf and so is the judge so neither of them know when they are being talked to. Once Quasimodo is being interrogated‚ he starts to answer questions that have been asked previously while the judge is asking new questions. The audience is laughing so the judge assumes he is being rude and sends him to the pillory for an
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INTRODUCTION During her trial in 2012‚ a woman by the name of Roza Tulebaeva was tortured by security officers. They were there to arrest her on the belief that she was one of the leaders of the 2011 December Violence. She recalls that “[the] security officers suspended her by her hair‚ put a plastic bag over her head to suffocate her and subjected her to sexual humiliation”. She also claims that they “threatened to harm her 14-year-old daughter”. As a result of these allegations‚ the government
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Every year‚ many people go on trial and have court cases for a crime of murder‚ but the Casey Anthony case was deemed “trial of the century”. According to “Casey Anthony‚” June 15‚ 2008 was when two-year old Caylee Anthony was last seen alive. Casey Anthony‚ Caylee’s mom‚ claims that she dropped her daughter off at the babysitter’s home. When going to pick her up‚ neither the babysitter nor Caylee were anywhere to be found. A month later‚ on July 15‚ 2008‚ Cindy Anthony‚ Casey’s mother‚ called
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family were the result of divine vengeance for the sins of his ancestors. Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ and he was descended from a line of loyal Puritans that included persecutors of the Quakers and judges at the famous Salem witch trials. He first thought of his family background as the cause of God’s punishment at the age of four‚ when his father died leaving his grief-stricken mother
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Salem Witchcraft Trials 1. In order to make sense of Ann Foster’s testimony we must look at events that were occurring at this time. The prosecution of Witchcraft had been relatively new in America but massive witch hunts had been going on for centuries in England‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and France. During this time‚ English Rulers King William and Mary began a War with France in American colonies. The war created strain on Salem’s resources and rivalry between families with ties to wealth of
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Like Compeyson’s trial‚ Molly’s trail was more focused on the looks and appearance rather than the evidence. The people of the court are easily swayed by the idea that Molly is too delicate to strangle arms and that’s the tactic that Jaggers used. I don’t think Jaggers really cares about serving justice to the victims‚ he obviously cares more about the money and winning the case. That may be why he has to wash his hands constantly. It can be perceived as he has to wash away the sins for pursuing
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That is why I also wanted to share to you Mandela’s 8 lessons of Leadership: 1. Courage is not the absence of fear — it’s inspiring others to move beyond it In tackling life’s challenges‚ you must face fear head-on and find the guts that you may not falter when life is giving you a hard time. There are people who wanted to see you fall and you must find courage to stand up to them. Having courage does not mean being reckless or stupid but rather it means to hold your head up‚ look them in the eye
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Khodorkovsky was arrested was because of his failure to follow the government and pay $4.5 billion in taxes. He was seen as an honest oligarchy but he had minimal access to attorneys and business colleagues for his trial in July‚ 2004. He was even forced to stay in a cage for days during his trial for the entire world to see. The court of
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