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    Annika Shankweiler S+ English (Albert) Persuasive Argument Younger Driving Age? The age requirement for driving should remain at sixteen years and older. Is everyone really ready to have teens under the age of sixteen receiving their full drivers license? First of all‚ it is too dangerous. Second of all‚ most teenagers under the age of sixteen are not physically and mentally ready. Finally‚ it costs too much money. There are already too many accidents on the road and if teens under

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    Not only should they be allowed to gain a higher level of authority; but also gain the respect they deserve. In the book PersuasionJane Austen uses multiple characters‚ to portray how poorly women were treated in the 19th century and how they are taken for granted. In the early 19th century women did not have a big role in

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    In her novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen introduces two contradicting characters‚ Miss Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Charles Darcy. In the beginning‚ Austen paints Elizabeth as a benevolent character‚ while she portrays Darcy as arrogant and judgmental. According to Butler‚ however‚ their distinctions fade and more similarities emerge as the book progresses. Butler describes these similarities as discovered by Elizabeth “whenever [she] discusses Darcy’s faults” (Butler 223). Despite their recently

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    ‘A deeper understanding of relationships and identity emerges from pursuing the connections between Pride and Prejudice and Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen.’ Compare how these texts explore relationships identity. Through the contextualisation of texts‚ connections can be made which reinforce or challenge responder’s perspectives on universal values. Universal truths carry meaning which are able to transcend changes in social‚ cultural and historical context in order to continue influencing

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    Frederick Wentworth‚ a naval officer‚ meets a well-to-do girl‚ Anne Elliot‚ they get engaged. She is persuaded by Lady Russell that it would be better for him if she broke off the engagement. Lady Russell believes that such a match is unworthy being the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot; he gets upset and leaves to make a great career for himself in the Navy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret; she stays home and never marries. Both ex- lovers do not meet again for eight years

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    The novel Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen corners young women off into making tough decisions about their future. In Austen’s society‚ it was extremely difficult for a woman to break out of her shell and become independent. Education was not offered at that time to women and so were not professions. The only way to secure their finances was to either inherit money from the father but‚ that usually went to the heir of the family and the woman would have to live under his roof as a dependent

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    How does Austen present the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth?Awareness of social status is a central theme of the novel. The pride and prejudice of both Darcy and Lizzy‚ and the strong-willed stubbornness of their characters make them an unlikely match. However‚ Austen begins to show how‚ despite the inferiority of her connections; Lizzys superior intellectuality makes her an ideal companion for Darcy. Austen portrays Lizzys supercilious nature through her response to Mr. Darcys request

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    Both genders during the Victorian and Edwardian Ages were molded into two spheres of expectations and opportunities defined solely by their sex‚ male and female. In the words of Austen “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands.” Men were thought to be the highest of the hierarchy‚ while women were made from “the rib‚ which the LORD God had taken from man‚ made he a woman‚ and brought her unto

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    First-person PERSUASION ESSAY: THE ODYSSEY It was in the first moment‚ that one millisecond‚ when I had first seen him that I knew he was going to be mine. I knew without a doubt‚ that Odysseus‚ Laertes ’s son and child of Zeus‚ would forever be in my possession‚ no‚ it ’s more like‚ I would in his. It would only take just a certain amount of persuasion on my part. I could tell that he was suspicious of me at first. But‚ I did my best to show that he did not need to fear me in that way‚ although

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    Persuasion Paper After read the two articles “The Necessary Art of Persuasion” and “Harnessing the Science of Persuasion”‚ I think I would like to be persuasive in doing a presentation. If I want to be a good persuader and speaker‚ I should consider the way that let audiences know I will let them learn something from the presentation. In fact‚ the purpose of most public presentation is to convey valuable information‚ whether the audience can accept the valuable information is depended on whether

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