One man alone destroyed the entire world in an attempt to create a utopian society. The creation of his ideal world generated utter chaos‚ wiping out the human race to replace it with his bioengineered humanoids. Preceding the orderly eradication of the human race‚ the world was left in destruction and damage‚ though they were not the only remnants. A new world begins with the ending of the human race by cataclysmic epidemic followed by the emergence of a perfect race. Margaret Atwood’s science fiction
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Midland Energy/Sample 2 Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. is a global energy company that operates in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P)‚ refining and marketing (R&M)‚ and petrochemicals. Midland’s most profitable segment is its E&P division which produces 67% of the company’s net income (Exhibit 3). Its largest division is R&M with the Petrochemical division being the smallest. The primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy are to fund substantial overseas
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FATE - There are forces in life over which people have no control. • Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as "star-crossed lovers‚" doomed by fate to a tragic end. • Bad luck and unfortunate coincidences abound: (1) Of all the people the illiterate Capulet servant could have asked to read the invitation list in Act I‚ scene 2‚ he chooses Benvolio‚ Mercutio‚ and Romeo; (2) Of all the hotties at the Capulet party‚ Romeo spots Juliet first; (3) It just so happens that the County Paris decides he
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the revival of the nostalgic classical Greece and Roman antiquity. This period was defined by many famous artists from Leonardo Da Vinci to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni‚ political figures like Niccolò Machiavelli and individuals like Petrarch who brought humanism into the European fold. However in the Renaissance period a pope in Rome determined to advance the Papal State into this Renaissance and determine to get the truth of his perspection to europe’s nobility was underlooked by
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I. INTELLECTUAL‚ RELIGIOUS‚ & POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 15TH & 16TH CENTURIES A. Chapter 17: European Renaissance and Reformation‚ 1300-1600 A.1. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance A.1.a.i. Setting the Stage The late Middle Ages saw a suffering Europe. The plague and war took their toll‚ and the survivors began to question the Church‚ and their spirit of survival inspired northern Italian writers and artists to begin experimenting with different styles. a. Italy’s Advantages The Renaissance
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Elizabeth Barret-Browning’s ’Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s ’The Great Gatsby’ both reflect‚ in abstract style and varying contexts and elements‚ the experience of idealised love‚ hope and mortality. The elements employed by Barret-Browning and Fitzgerald‚ differ in their depictions of these themes through various literary devices‚ two of which are ’points of view’ and ’motifs/symbols’. Barret-Browning’s sonnet sequence illustrates a complex evolution of emotions as the poet
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Rima 134 The Petrarchan Sonnet "Laura" - The object of many of his poems‚ Laura is a mysterious‚ far-off‚ unreachable woman that Petrarch pines for but never gets. Scholars argue over the reality of this woman‚ but Petrarch’s other writings claim that she was a real woman who refused his advances because she was married to another man. He called his distant relationship to her "an overwhelming but pure love affair." Petrarch’s writing on Laura expresses both delight and despair. It hurts when
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are rhymed poems consisting of fourteen lines‚ the first eight making up the octet and the last six lines being the sestet. The basic structure of the sonnet arose in medieval Italy‚ its most prominent exponent being the Early Renaissance poet‚ Petrarch. The appearance of the English Sonnet‚ however‚ occurred when Shakespeare was an adolescent‚ around 1580 (Moore and Charmaine 1). Although it is named after him‚ Shakespeare did not originate the English sonnet form. The English sonnet differs
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1/26/2014 Chapter 15 - Survey of World Hist From 1500 Section 304 Spring Semester 2014 Chapter 15 The Protestant Reformation Until 1054 there was one main body known as the “Church” within Christianity. Then came what the Great Schism of 1054 (not to be confused with the Great Western Schism of 1378) The capital of the “Roman” Empire was moved to Byzantium The Emperor Constantine had the city named New Rome. Eventually the city became known as Constantinople. The bishop of Rome was
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Florence‚ Milan‚ Venice‚ papal states‚ Naples ▪ wealthy Italian merchants became patrons of the arts ▪ Italy’s location was perfect for a Renaissance: perfectly between the East and West ▪ humanism was a return to classical education ▪ Francesco Petrarch: father of humanism. He learned Latin to study classical works‚ especially those of Cicero. He coined "Dark Ages". ▪ He‚ and most other humanists‚ leaned to secular learning but were still Catholic and religious. ▪ Plato was an inspiration for
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