Beginning in the southeastern Vic city of Torquay and stretching a full 244 kilometres to the city of Allansford near Warrnambool‚ lies what has been labeled by many as the greatest example of scenic coastal road engineering that exists: The Great Ocean Road (TGOR). Having been actually built by returning World War I Aussie soldiers‚ TGOR today still stands as the world’s largest war memorial. This architectural wonder consists of a two-lane road‚ one lane in each direction. As it travels through
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William Golding William Golding was born on September 19‚1911 in Saint Columb Minor‚cornwall‚England.He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.His mother‚ Mildred‚was an active suffragette.His father‚ Alex‚ worked as a school teacher His father. He enrolled in Marlborough Grammar School‚The same school he’s father worked in.Also‚Golding was a bully in school‚ Quoted “He enjoyed hurting people”. Later in primary school‚ Goliding went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford
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main plots. These plots are the romance between Ferdinand and Miranda; the comedy of Caliban‚ Stephano and Trinculo and finally‚ the tragedy planned by Antonio and Sebastian. All three plots‚ however‚ follow a strict structure in the form of a shipwreck‚ a meeting‚ a temptation/test‚ a reward/ punishment and lastly the reconciliation. In each of these plots‚ there is a recurrent motif‚ which is intoxication. Intoxication is a state wherein a person’s physical and mental control is diminished
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Paikea. Paikea took this as an omen and tried to prepare herself to become leader‚ even though her grandfather opposed. However something that sets the Whale Rider plot apart from Bend It Like Beckham was the heavy focus on the Maori culture. The Maori culture has a heavy influence in this story which also leads the Paikea into making the necessary decisions about her leadership. Although there were many contrasts‚ Bend It Like Beckham and Whale Rider shared many similarities between their individual
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novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel uses the protagonist Pi to demonstrate how faith‚ ritual and ones will to live save one from the barbaric and carnivorous reality. Pi Patel‚ lover of faith and various gods and their beliefs loses his family after a shipwreck and drifts on the Pacific Ocean with the zebra‚ hyena‚ orangutan and tiger named Richard Parker‚ each struggling in their own way to survive. In the end‚ Pi presents two different stories and leaves it up to the reader to decide which version is
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for Olivia. While some use deception as a means of survival‚ others use deception to trick others and make them act foolishly. The first example of deception in this play was when Viola decides to disguise herself as a man. Viola barely escapes a shipwreck along with her twin brother Sebastian. Separated in this terrible disaster each twin believes the other has died in the wreck. The captain of the shipwrecked vessel advises Viola to go and find a job with the Duke Orsino since she has no family or
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Love as the Cause of Suffering In William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night‚ love as the cause of suffering is one of the most prominent theme of the story. Even though this play ends in love and wedded bliss‚ Shakespeare also shows us that love can also cause pain. The characters often view love as a curse‚ something that is thrust upon you and you cannot easily or willing escape. Examples include Malvolio’s love for Olivia‚ the love triangle between Olivia‚ Duke Orsino‚ and Viola as Cesario‚
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Many people might say “First is the worst second is the best etc…” in the case of Queens of England this is definitely true. Elizabeth is the second Queen of England and was a much more king Queen than Mary Tudor or better know as Bloody Mary. Elizabeth’s life was outlined by many crowning accomplishments‚ the most famous of these would be the Spanish Armada attack on England! Just like most to all conflict in the world the spanish armada was mainly caused by religious conflict. “God has given
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When faced with a life and death situation‚ people will often do amazing‚ heroic‚ and shameful things to survive. Yann Martel’s brilliant novel The Life of Pi has many themes. The story revolves around an Indian boy‚ who upon being faced with a shipwreck catastrophe is forced to remain in the ocean for 227 days with a live tiger on board. As a deeply religious person‚ he is in a constant battle between morality and his will to exist; and how far he must go in order to do so. The main theme in Life
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to the people we go to school with. Communities make up the essence of our everyday life. The four main characters in the "Open Boat" are the captain‚ the cook‚ the correspondent‚ and the oiler; also known as Billy. The captain is injured in the shipwreck that takes place before the beginning of the story. Despite his injury he naturally falls as the leader amongst the group of men. Stephen Crane says "...he could never command a more ready and swiftly obedient crew than the motley three of the dinghy
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