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    Women Get The Vote in 1918 Women first petitioned Parliament for equality in 1649- but were told that it was unnecessary as their husbands represented them in political affairs. 250 years later many people in Britain (women as well as men) still agreed with the Parliamentary response to the petitioners for women’s rights in 1649. However‚ the women’s suffrage moment in Britain took hold of the country in the 1860’s. Women (over the age of 30) finally won the vote in 1918- although historians

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    The Kritios Boy

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    The Marble made statue known as the Kritios Boy is a champion among the most basic statues ever. At no other time had a stone specialist been stressed over portraying how a man really stands. The Dying Gauls on the holy place of Zeus‚ pergamene craftsmen‚ showed the triumph of Attalos I over the Gauls in whimsical veil. An earlier Pergamene statuary gathering unequivocally outlined the demolition of the savages. Roman copies of some of these figures reveal that Hellenistic specialists completely

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    How does Bennet use dramatic comedy to offer criticism of contemporary attitudes to education in The History Boys? In this essay I am going to explain how Alan Bennet uses dramatic comedy to criticise the contemporary attitudes towards education in the History Boys. The contemporary attitudes that are criticised are Utilitarianism‚ Humanism and Pragmatism. He does this by using a range of satirical devices. Satire is the use of humour‚ irony‚ exaggeration‚ or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s

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    The Whipping Boy

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    ”The Whipping Boy” written by Richard Gibney One of the most important events in the history of the United States of America is the Civil War from 1861-65. The war started because of the issue of slavery. It was a war where only America participated; it was a war between the Northern states‚ called the Union‚ and the Southern slave states‚ the Confederate States of America. The Union wanted to get rid of slavery in the USA‚ but the Confederacy did not want this‚ mostly because a lot of them owned

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    There Will Come Soft Rains

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    Science-fiction texts often use vivid storytelling so as to allow the reader to grasp an overall idea and gain an insight into a world that is often filled with chaos and disorder. There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury is a story that takes place in the future but takes its name from a 19th century writer. It is a story that takes a science-fiction plot and embroils it with real life moral and philosophical concerns. Bradbury’s protagonist is a house standing alone in a world destroyed by nuclear

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    why some women got the vote in 1918 by discussing male and female spheres‚ the emergence of the suffrage societies and the similarities and differences between them. It shall proceed to discuss anti-suffrage‚ the role of politics‚ discuss how the war affected the women’s movement and finally the 1918 Representation of the People Act. It shall conclude was a summary of the points discussed. To understand the reasons behind some women getting the vote in 1918one must look back at the history of

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    The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is the first sculpture that displays accurate human features that would later be the foundation of classical sculptures. The Kritios boy was named because it is believed to be the work of Krito‚ the teacher of Myron‚ from around 480 BCE. The statue is made of marble and is considerably smaller than a life-size human‚ standing at 1.17m. The torso of the sculpture was first found buried outside the Acropolis in 1866.The head was later found 23

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    37 plays‚ one of which was A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Unlike some of his other plays‚ such as Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is comedic and has a happy ending. Alas‚ Shakespeare can only be so nice. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is full of many burns and insults from one character to another. Shakespeare shows many examples of comedy‚ but a big one is insult comedy‚ of which he shows many examples of within the script. Insult comedy is a form of comedy in which one person taunts

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    "On Boy Trouble"� Essay In the essay‚ "On Boy Trouble"� by Margaret Wente‚ many points were introduced to the readers. Margaret Wente lures the readers to her article by using an opening sentence such as "They are tormented by unattainable ideals‚"� (pg. 427). Wente attracts the readers by exercising her writing abilities and using effective and efficient words and phrases. Also‚ the use of allusions are very effective. Margaret Wente’s charismatic style of writing is very helpful to the readers

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    visual into the life of his son Nic. He tells us how brilliant Nic is‚ that Nic has a great imagination and that all of his teachers think that he is a very smart and intelligent boy. But on the other hand he also lets us know that Nic is torn between the fact that he has to live two lives‚ one with his father‚ David‚ and one with his mother‚ Vicki. In the beginning it was good because his mother did not live to far from him but when she relocates things get a little more complicated. David Sheff

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