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    Lying is a natural part of human nature that many people unfortunately succumb to on a regular basis. Whether it is to lay‚ The Crucible‚ something miller depicts several characters lying to protect themselves or to protect someone else‚ people will lie to do what they feel is right in order to protect their relationships and save others’ lives. In the beginning of the play‚ John Proctor sits down and eats with his wife discussing the current events in Salem. When Elizabeth hints at John having

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    Trade unions are no longer relevant in the modern world of work A trade union can be defined as any organisation of workers‚ whose principle process includes the negotiation of relations between its members and their employers (Farnham‚ 2000). Since 1980 trade union density has declined in many countries (Waddington‚ 2005). This can be pin pointed to various external threats such as rising unemployment‚ employers resisting unionisation to a greater extent than in the past‚ and a shift in industry

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    for ancient Greece‚ whose culture trickled down into the Western Roman Empire and even further into the Medieval Ages. Aspects of ancient Greek culture are even relevant today‚ thousands of years later. The reasoning behind why Greek culture continued to thrive after the nation’s decline can be attributed to many reasons‚ the most relevant being its large expansion. During the time period of Alexander the Great‚ Greece expanded tremendously and‚ by effect‚ exposed many other cultures to their own

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    Othello ‘Othello may have been relevant to the Elizabethans but it has little to say to a contemporary audience’. I believe Othello is still relevant to a contemporary audience‚ however modern individuals often view it on a different level to the people in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare wrote the play for an audience who accepted the racist stereotypes rampant in the play‚ oblivious to their own racism. Othello was a tragic hero‚ and Iago exploited his ‘tragic flaw’‚ in this case being insecurity

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    there are numerous ways that is still relevant. We can see how the ‘Big Brother’s’ society and contemporary societies around the world have some similarities. First‚ various states and governments still continue to exert increasing vigilance and control on the public in various ways. We are almost ‘slave’‚ carefully said‚ to the media. Sometimes the media and the state has control over in guiding and dictating how people live and interact in their daily lives. Even today

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    These are enactive (action based)‚ iconic (image based) and symbolic (language based). This links to his theory of a ‘spiral’ curriculum where teaching is first taught enactive‚ secondly iconic and thirdly symbolic. This theory is seen in schools today as teachers review lessons‚ but in more depth as children get older. Learning is revisited at different stages‚ for example in year 7 the basic knowledge of the subject will be taught‚ but in year 8 there will be more in depth knowledge given to the

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    focused‚ that doesn’t change the impression of our rebellion towards those older than us; The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger demonstrates that this novel can still discussed as relevant today. Holden is still trying to get a grip at maturity as he is regardless a rebellious teenager‚ just as shown though our adolescents today. This kind of behavior and attitude grasps onto most high schoolers as they are trying to grow up faster. Most are missing what’s behind them and aren’t realizing

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    In the Crucible‚ John Proctor demonstrates that ambition will not corrupt even the most benevolent and reliant. John was ambitious to get his wife Elizabeth Proctor out of jail and for Abigail Williams to have justice for her crimes. Abigail was responsible for multiple deaths in salem all because she wanted John and had to disguise one lie after another to succeed. She did not vanquish‚ and after every lie she told more innocent people were accused and hanged. It all started with Abigail and

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    Would one die for love? Think about one losing their life over another loved one. Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern time due to it ways of teaching one about love‚hold a grudge and also push one to much. These are always ways that Romeo and Juliet are relevant to modern society. No matter how old and out dated works of art are they always find a way to teach one. Romeo and Juliet teaches one not to jump right into love. The Romeo states “Let me be taken‚ let me put to

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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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