What is so special about the Orchidaceae? According to Greek mythology‚ there once was a satyr named Orchis who was celebrating in the festival of the god of wine. Having had too much to drink‚ he attempted to rape a priestess and as a result was killed by angry villagers. Orchis’ father prayed to the gods to bring his son back but the gods‚ being not especially fond of rapists‚ only returned Orchis as flowers. Thus‚ according to the Ancient Greeks‚ was the origin of orchids. However‚ with modern
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literary genre in which non-rational or magical phenomena play a significant part’ (Manlove‚ 1975‚ 1). Following this definition‚ The Cuckoo clock would be classified as a fantasy by several elements in the story. To begin with‚ the story is based on the classic idea of a child communicating with animals or objects. In this case‚ that object would be the wooden cuckoo coming out of the clock. This idea itself is quite a common subject matter for children’s literature. For example in Little Princess
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sophomore year with ms Biddle was great I love her so much she could really be my grandmother. And now my junior year Ms. Metoyer is my favorite teacher for 2012-2013. The conversation that I remember was saying about how she expect her class to be‚ how she work‚ and she also let us know what she will be teaching this year. If you continue reading then you will find out. The reason why Ms. Metoyer is my favorite teacher is because she is very concern about her students. when I first came to Ms. Metoyer
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Individualism and Democracy Why do we inherently choose to address our differences by either ignoring them or fighting about them? From a young age we are taught to conform to what is normal and reject what is not. In elementary school we learn from our friends to shun and bully kids who are different. We pick on the boy who is short and does not play any sports. We won’t play on the playground with the girl who always dresses in old fashioned clothes. We mock the child who talks with a lisp
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I believe that they seek to take Machiavelli out of context‚ and also to purposefully misinterpret his arguments to create emotive appeals to a morality that Machiavelli rejects (Parkinson 1955‚ Lukes 2001‚ Butterfield 1940). To call Machiavelli cynical is to say that he holds an overtly scornful‚ or jaded negativity ; instead Machiavelli holds a view of human nature that‚ while undeniably not optimistic‚ is pragmatic‚ and from
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mystical alluring notions of love one may have. There have been several attempts by several philosophers‚ writers and academics to define love objectively‚ on a factual basis. Unfortunately‚ as it cannot be proven or measured this attempt can only made subjectively‚ though one can gather several perspectives and opinions in order to do so. Even though Schopenhauer argues that romantic love and passion is of an illusionary nature‚ he states that there is in fact “one right person for each of us”‚
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"Terror is nought but prompt‚ severe‚ inflexible justice; it is therefore an emanation of virtue; it is less a particular principle than a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to the most pressing needs of the fatherland."Maximillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre Address‚ National Convention‚ 1794 Louis XIV "L’état‚ c’est moi" - "I am the state". Demonstrates his ABSOLUTIST POWER and his belief in divine right of kings. Henry IV "Paris is worth a mass". He converted from
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exists. To add to that‚ it is not even allowed to follow sports like the baseball world championship on TV. For me the hospital could be compared to a prison‚ as there no contact to the outside world is allowed either. Thirdly‚ I have to complain about the nurses‚ especially nurse Mildred Ratched. The inhuman treatments the patients receive by the nurses on a daily basis do not add to the comfort of staying at the hospital‚ but make the days even more dull and boring. You could even say that a few
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How far was Britain a democracy by 1918 Britain was partially becoming a democracy by 1918‚ this was from more people gaining the vote from the new reform acts and representation of the Peoples Act. The British population also had more choice when voting from the emergence of the 3 party system which included Labour‚ Liberals and Conservative parties. Access to information was another reason why Britain was becoming more of a democracy as the growth of the railways meant that newspapers were more
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“The notion of liberal democracy is an inherantly contradictory one”. The notion of liberal democracy consists of two components- one‚ “democracy”‚ referring to a political process‚ and the other‚ “liberal”‚ referring to a political outcome. The argument that it is a contradictory notion lies in the fact that to presuppose or predefine politcal outcomes as liberal (consistent with liberal principles of individual autonomy‚ freedom from coercion‚ and equal and inherant rights) appears incompatible
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