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    increase the output of industrial goods‚ and he placed emphasis on electrical power‚ capital goods (ex. coal‚ iron‚ and machinery)‚ and agriculture. Stalin wanted to make the Soviet Union’s economy self-sufficient‚ as he feared that his nation was falling behind and needed to catch up with the rest of the industrialized world. Stalin wanted to strengthen the economy to increase military strength due to the fear of foreign invasion he needed a well-developed industrial base especially of heavy industry

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    Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives on events‚ personalities or situations are represented in your prescribed text‚ ‘Birthday Letters’ and the film‚ ‘Sylvia.’ In your response you should refer to at least two poems from the “Birthday Letters” Anthology and the ONE related text‚ “Sylvia.” Conflicting perspectives on events‚ situations and personalities are created when respective composers write for a different purpose‚ directly linking back to their context‚ both personal and of production

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    Schill a perspective is “a impression that is given by viewing something from a certain position.” Due to the inherent subjective bias of interpretation‚ conflicting perspectives surrounding Hughes and Plath’s controversial relationship are inevitable. This duality of viewpoint is seen in “Fulbright Scholars” and “Sam” by Ted Hughes and of the poem “Ariel” by Sylvia Plath‚ where both poets manipulate language‚ sound and textual form to attest to the veracity of their own personal perspectives while

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    of conflicting perspectives support this statement? Manipulation is present in any representation‚ as a result of an authors inherent bias towards their own perspective. This bias causes an author to attempt to influence the perspective a reader will take on the text‚ whether this influence is intentional or otherwise. Geoffrey Robertson is one such author‚ whos collection of essays titled The Justice Game contains a number of techniques in order to sway readers to support his perspective on

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    Composers represent conflicting perspectives through their own unique experiences and values as their political and social contexts. Geoffrey Robertson’s self styled memoir ’The Justice Game’ written in the late 1900’s heavily reflects these conflicting perspectives in the ’Trials of Oz’ and ’The Romans in Britain’ through the employment of emotive and persuasive language and ridicule in the form of satire to which convey Robertson’s view through his eyes. Such conflicts also portrayed in Charles

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    ‘At the heart of conflicting perspectives in texts is that the protagonists believe their viewpoint is correct.’ Evaluate this statement in light of how Shakespeare‚ in Julius Caesar and TWO other composers have represented different viewpoints through the actions of their key protagonists? Perspective does not exist without this egocentric bias that occurs in the private sphere of characters. In Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare explores inner turmoil’s and indeed exterior ones to depict how “at

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    Assignment1: Discuss the importance of female characters in ‘Snow Falling on Cedars‚’ and ‘The Crucible.’ Compare the ways in which they are presented. In both‚ the novel‚ ‘Snow Falling On Cedars‚’ and the play of ‘The Crucible‚’ the strength of the female characters is detailed by their portrayals throughout the text‚ highlighting their importance to the narrative of their respective literature. When we are first introduced to Abigail‚ we learn that she has been raised by her uncle‚ Parris

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    Conflicting Perspectives Essay Composers deliberately manipulate conflicting perspectives in order to achieve their purpose. This may be a unanimous truth amongst composers whether it is to attract sympathy‚ inform the responder‚ or to make a comment on the functioning and morality of society. In order to achieve their purpose‚ composers deliberately manipulate responder’s conflicting perspectives so that they will have the same perspective as them. Ted Hughes utilises the subjective nature of

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    agenda into the reader by persuading them to accept their perspective on key events‚ personalities and/or situations. Through the manipulation of various textual forms‚ structures and language composers persuade their audience to adopt their perspective. Composers often decide to present conflicting perspectives to truly engage their audience. By demonstrating the concept of conflicting perspectives the composer is able to glorify their perspective in contrast to another to enforce their agenda‚ they

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    Conflicting perspectives are the direct result of bias or self-interest as people are always quick to enforce the correctness of their perspective over those of others‚ by contrasting their perspectives with others‚ they seek to advantage their own point of view opposed to the viewpoints of others. Conflicting perspectives are caused by bias‚ or prejudice‚ and self-interest from a person‚ event or situation that is encountered. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Philadelphia (1993)‚ written

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