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    By 2006‚ it was evident that the housing bubble was starting to burst. People began defaulting on their mortgages‚ sending a ripple effect throughout the financial system. As more people defaulted and went into foreclosure‚ more houses came on the market and precipitously pushed down housing prices . Consequently‚ 2007 and 2008 saw significant rises in delinquency and foreclosures.57 Serious mortgage delinquency rates rose in both the prime and subprime markets‚ although the latter’s

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    Poverty occurs in most parts of the world. Nevertheless‚ the more serious and problematical poverty takes part in the third world and the southern parts of the globe. First of all‚ we have to clearly define the word “poverty”. In a broad sense‚ it means that people within this “poverty” region are poor or have a lower average income per capita than other regions. To a deeper approach‚ we refer “poverty” as people have low educational backgrounds‚ lack of food supplies‚ or people with lower

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    Glass Menagerie Outline 1 Summarizing Sentence: Amanda Wingfield is the most prominent and dynamic character in the play. I. Amanda begins the play with the first impression of being overprotective and critical of her children A.In the play she appears to be a constantly worried about her families future. 1. She comes up with foolish ways to some how secure their lives. a. She asks Tom to find Laura a gentle man at the factory B. Even as grown ups she would try to control them and teach them

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    Title The Glass Menagerie‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ is a play about a damaged family lost in its own hopelessness. Throughout the play‚ Williams uses a plethora of symbolism to illustrate the lives and personalities of his characters. The mother‚ Amanda‚ is stuck in her vivacious past that is symbolized by the picture of her ex husband on her wall. Her daughter‚ Laura‚ is painfully shy and all she cares about is her glass menagerie‚ which symbolizes how she is fragile and lives in her own world

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    from reality. Discuss this evaluation of the characters in The Glass Menagerie‚ making careful reference to the text.</b></center> <br> <br>In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ the glass menagerie‚ all four members of the Wingfield family have chosen to hide from reality. Amanda tries to relive her past through Laura‚ and denies anything she does not want to accept. Laura is terrified of the real world‚ and choses to hide behind her limp‚ her glass menagerie and the victrola. Tom hides from his reality by going

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    The Castle Monologue

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    The Castle Madison Blenheim (Tony approaches Dale Kerrigan about his mothers’ passing out in front of Tony’s house). Tony - Yeah mate‚ last Thursday me mum passed away. I drove up to the hospital in ‘old betsie’ for me usual afternoon visit after a cracker of a day at work‚ only to find out the angels had taken her. Those nurse ladies told me it was just her time‚ but I don’t understand aye‚ she was such a trooper through the whole thing from diagnosis‚ right throughout chemo‚ the lot.

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    Shattered Glass This was the best movie ever. I just have to say that. It almost boggles the mind exactly how in depth the journalistic verification process goes in an effort to bring the public true information; the amount of editors it takes‚ how many revisions the writer makes and the number of times each article is read and reread before print. There were many reasons why Stephen Glass was able to get away with his falsified articles and made up sources. The movies gives us the reason that

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    The term castle originated from the Anglo-Norman French word for castellum‚ meaning fort (Oxford Dictionary‚ 2015). Forts were popular in England before the Norman Conquest. The concept of the castle was introduced to England by the Normans‚ which is a misconception. In the simplest form a castle is a ‘fortified residence’ (Davill‚ 2002‚ 77). With consideration of earlier structures‚ there is a correlation between structures before the conquest and post-conquest castle. Essentially structures such

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    characters in a story influences the decisions they make later in life. It further develops the plot‚ leads to the climax‚ and‚ finally‚ the denouement. Many characters in The Glass Menagerie have to deal with certain circumstances‚ including the abandonment of different influential figures in their lives. In Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie‚ he utilizes the abandonment of Tom Wingfield‚ his father‚ and Jim O’Connor to illustrate the different types of negative emotinal influences it has on the characters

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    Castle Project

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    Mr Chris Work for week beginning 7th November Year 7 The castle project was quite a lengthy one‚ so if you have not finished that‚ please complete that. If you finish that‚ please complete the worksheet found at http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/church/medievalchurch.pdf. If you do not have your exercise books‚ please do it on paper. Any problems‚ please contact me at christopher@sis.edu. Thanks‚ Mr Chris. Year 8 The work on Elizabeth was quite lengthy‚ so if you have not finished

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