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    A Relativistic View of The Ballad of Narayama (1) First Position Utilitarianism‚ a branch of moral realism‚ is a doctrine that attempts to explain the abstract idea of morality. Consequentialism‚ a broader basis of utilitarianism‚ defines an action as being right or wrong by saying that the right act in any moral dilemma is that which leads to the greatest good for the greatest number of people. It focuses in on the consequence of an action and declares that this result is the true basis for

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    the process of crossing began. First the old man rode into the stream‚ with difficulty kept his horse ’s head against it‚ and deposited the brown lamb on the other side. While he was returning‚ the child caught the black lamb. This he gave to his father‚ who then reentered the water dangling it by one leg so that it screamed. Bleating in sympathy‚ the ewe followed. But the current swept her away and landed her on the bank she had started from. Meanwhile her offspring‚ now safe on the further bank

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    The first song is Masters of War‚ it was written during the Vietnam war (Wib Team‚ 2015). it is a fierce and angry song. There is curse that writer wants a commander of war dies in line 57-64. The lyrics are against the government and the military because this song demonstrated that young men were deceived to go to die in the war. In line 17‚ “Like Judas of old” it refers to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus by telling the soldiers who Jesus was and resulted in Jesus being arrested. It like the commander

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    “The Ballad of the Sad Café‚” written by Carson McCullers‚ takes place in a small‚ rural town in Georgia. This novella focuses around the life of a store clerk‚ Ms. Amelia‚ who was married to a man named Marvin Macy and after ten days of a bitter relationship between the two they got divorced. Several years after this event‚ a stranger named Cousin Lymon came to town claiming to be Ms. Amelia’s relative. She took a fondness to him and soon Ms. Amelia’s store was turned into a café because the whole

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    Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham” is a look into the effects of racism on a personal level. The poem is set in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The tone of the title alludes to the city of Birmingham as a whole. The poem gives the reader‚ instead‚ a personal look into a tragic incident in the lives of a mother and her daughter. The denotation of the poem seems to simply tell of the sadness of a mother losing her child. The poem’s theme is one of guilt‚ irony‚ and the grief

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    Essay on Role of a Father in Parenting. Yes I totally agree that Fatherhood should be encouraged‚ as I believe that Parenting is incomplete unless both the parents are equally contributing their share of love and care.It is generally agreed that men and women should no longer be regarded as ’opposites’. The important thing to remember is that mothers and fathers often bring different strengths and styles to their parenting roles. These roles complement each other‚ meaning that they are not

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    Laura Dickens A Critical Analysis of Sir Patrick Spens ‘Sir Patrick Spens’ is‚ for the most part‚ an archetypal early ballad being composed in quatrains‚ with the typical alternating four-stress and three-stress lines and the second and fourth line of each stanza rhyming. The poem is set in medias res‚ telling certainly of a tragedy‚ possibly based on two voyages in the thirteenth-century on which Scottish noblemen transported princesses to royal marriages‚ with many members of Alexander III’s

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    ENGLISH REPORT… “THE FATHER” By: Bjornstjerne Bjornson aBorn | 8 December 1832 Kvikne‚ Norway | Died | 26 April 1910 (aged 77) Paris‚ France | Occupation | Poet‚ novelist‚ playwright‚ lyricist | Nationality | Norwegian | Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 | •was the son of a Norwegian pastor •was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. •is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen‚ Jonas

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    Ballad of Birmingham 2 Dudley Randall was born 14 January 1914 in Washington‚ D.C. Randall led a life full of intellectual exploration‚ service‚ and literary entrepreneurship. He started writing poetry at an early age‚ and filled notebooks throughout his years‚ drawing on the civil rights movement‚ work experiences‚ travels‚ and personal experiences for inspiration. In addition to serving his country in the Pacific theatre during World War II‚ Randall worked for Ford Motor Company‚ the U.S. Postal

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    a stronghold for my future which has led me to become independent. His advice is directly related to his history and experiences‚ and it has been with this which he has taught me discipline throughout my life. It is an honor to have such a father. My father and I share the same birth place‚ but totally different upbringings. His childhood was dominated by my grandfather’s poverty which nearly inhibited his formal education. If it was not for his prioritized ambition‚ his fate would be similar

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