Q) Compare and contrast Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” and Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village”. Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village” and Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” were published within a gap of two years in the final decade of eighteenth century‚ i.e. 1740 and 1742 respectively. Both the poems were written in the Pastoral form‚ by which they portrayed as well as challenged the socio-political and economic developments in the eighteenth century
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The scientific understanding of life has been shaped with the guidance of intellectual breakthroughs in history. One of these breakthroughs is Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)‚ a British naturalist born in Monmouthshire‚ England who gained a reputation of greatness upon exploration of Malay Archipelago. Unlike other great intellects like Charles Darwin‚ Wallace had dropped his formal schooling at the age of fourteen to start providing for his family as a carpenter. Later in life Wallace acquires
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Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem‚ Mariana‚ follows the story of a jilted woman from Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.” The epigraph of the poem “Mariana in the moted grange” is taken from a reference of this play‚ and the narrative techniques within the poem combined with the context of the isolation of the character give us an insight into the melancholy that not only the character of Mariana feels‚ but perhaps also Tennyson himself. Arguably the most prominent narrative technique used by Tennyson
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The House of Lords in 1909 consisted mainly of aristocrats that where part of the conservative party. There are many different reasons for the rejection of the people’s budget‚ which was an idea‚ brought forward by David Lloyd George of the Liberal party. The swift rejection by the House of Lords sparked the first constitutional crisis of the 20th century. The first reason I am going to bring forward is that this new budget included the idea of taxation on the rich for money that would go to support
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the 1911 Act‚ there have been numerous reforms aimed at changing the composition of the House of Lords; however it can be argued that these efforts have been repeatedly hindered with the focus turned on restricting the powers of the House. One prime example being The Parliament Act 1949 [16] where the initial intention was to remove the hereditary succession and to further restrict the power of the House of Lords. There were various proposals including; no permanent majority for any one political party;
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The Romantic poet Percy Shelley once wrote‚ “Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world‚ and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” Both the Romantic and the Victorian periods of poetry followed Shelley’s vision of poetry as they exposed their respective societal issues. Romantic period lasted from1785 to 1830‚ a time in which England moved from an agrarian to industrial country and overall nationalistic ideals threatened the individuality of the poets and artists
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Alfred Adler Neo Freudian Opposition to Freud’s deterministic view of human nature and importance he placed on sex Opposition to emphasis on instincts as primary motivator for human behaviour Opposition to Freud’s negative view of human nature Was never a disciple of Freud One of Freud’s colleagues said that Adler did not have the ability to probe the unconscious mind and psychoanalyze people – interesting to speculate whether this supposed lack led Adler to base his theories around the conscious
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King Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest‚ and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of his life are described in a work by the 10th century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred
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The Achievements of Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock‚ born in 1899 in England‚ remains a prominent figure in the world of cinema. Hitchcock’s passion for film began in his childhood with his first job as writer of the title cards for silent films and‚ later on‚ becoming a director. Influenced by his Catholic upbringing‚ Hitchcock developed a sense of guilt and sin throughout his life with which he portrays in his work (Kehoe N.P.). As the leading director in the 1930’s‚ Hitchcock set the standard
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ALFRED BINET AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY. BY DOLORES ALLEN Alfred Binet - Psychologist Born July 8‚ 1857 in Nice‚ France Died October 18‚ 1911‚ aged 54 Introduction Alfred Binet was one of the most influential psychologists in history. He developed the first Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test‚ which was to become used throughout the world. Whilst he pioneered intelligence testing‚ he also influenced other psychologists to
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