The Color Purple‚ an epistolary novel‚ was written in 1982 by American Author Alice Walker. The epic tale was produced into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the
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how are they portrayed? Despite the fact that it was written over four hundred years ago‚ Shakespeare’s play ‘the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’ still has relevant themes for today’s contemporary youth. The play shows important messages and presents them to a young‚ modern audience. The message is that Shakespeare uses characterization‚ settings and the whole structure of the narrative to present a story about tragedy‚ love‚ romance‚ uncontrollable passion‚ and violence to the audience. The characterization
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Greek myths when they’re just stories told hundreds of years ago. If you looked at the number of Greek-themed books and movies today‚ people would see that the world is still dazzled by Greek myths even if they can’t explain why. People see something related to a Greek myth every day and they don’t even notice. These ancient myths gave us an inside at Greek culture. Not only did the Greeks give us things like music and philosophy‚ they gave us interesting stories. Ancient Greek mythology is still revenant
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Is the Second Vatican Council still relevant within the Catholic religion considering the evolution of its ideals and support for more modern societal perspectives? In recent times there has been a change in the response on society within contemporary issues such as Marriage‚ divorce‚ abortion and IVF. Considering these changes we need to understand the relevance that the Second Vatican Council still has in our modern day society. The Vatican Church has also experienced a noticeable to perhaps a
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Is Gandhian Mode of Protest (Satyagraha) still relevant? Satyagraha is the method of resistance and mass movement developed by Gandhi during his days in South Africa and later epitomised in India during its freedom struggle against British Empire. Satyagraha was developed as a broad term for techniques of civil disobedience‚ non cooperation‚ hunger strike and protest. Satyagraha is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence"‚ or "holding firmly to"). For
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In all work settings‚ staff are made aware of the confidentiality policy which complies with the Data Protection Act 1998. This policy ensures that all practitioners working in a setting can do so with confidence‚ they will respect confidentiality in many ways such as‚ information about children will be shared with parents but only about their child. Parents should not have access to any other child’s books‚ marks and progress at any time‚ especially at parents’ evening. However‚ parents should be
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5. Relevant Ethical Principles The ethical principles and professional standards that pertain to this case are as follows: Respect for Colleagues. Shamoo and Resnik’s Responsible Conduct of Research describes having respect for colleagues as “Help[ing] to educate‚ train‚ mentor‚ and advise the next generation of researchers.” (Shamoo‚ 18). This is important because‚ as a lead researcher‚ you are taking responsibility for the researchers working under you. If a researcher practices ethical misconduct
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Years‚ decades and centuries have past and yet a play written in the 16th century is still related to how we live our life today‚ in the 21st century. Romeo and Juliet may have things that can’t possibly exist today but many fail to realize the significance the play has. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is about humans and human emotions we feel. As long as we have our emotions this play will be relevant to human life. Romeo and Juliet effects love‚ life and death and the society the world lives in. Love plays
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women education and how they dealt with this subject. This paper will basically describes of how Wollstonecraft’s argument for education of women is still relevant today where intellectual power of women is equivalent to man even though women lack physical strength like man. Wollstonecraft argument for women’s rights for education is still relevant in today world because every woman have capability of reasoning power and
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While the Victorian era is remembered for having strict social rules and high expectations‚ one man decided to stand out. Oscar Wilde rose to fame with a likeable and larger-than-life personality that went against the cultural norms. His bold societal and political views‚ as well as his satirical plays‚ made him a popular character. He enjoyed expressing himself through colorful outfits and witty language. While loved for his fashion and speech‚ he also went through hardships and discrimination because
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