Honourable judges‚ fellow opponents‚ team mates‚ general audience‚ I am here in support of the moot “Be it resolved that the family is fulfilling its role in promoting sound educational practices in children”. Honourable judges‚ my team mates in their previous presentation‚ have defined for us some key terms in this moot. Based on those definitions we can begin to see that the family is indeed fulfilling its role in promoting sound educational practices in children. To give a greater insight into
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because in order to get the people to listen to him‚ he must use respectful language to address the people his audience trusts. We also recognize Antony’s use of repetition developing when he says “But Brutus says he was ambitious; and Brutus is an honourable man.” (10-11). In this context‚ the lines act as an attempt to convince the audience to simply listen to what Antony has to say‚ and not immediately dismiss him. Antony’s sarcastic tone becomes prevalent as he asks‚ “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious
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Thebes are astounded at the fact that Creon would even conceive such a horrible punishment. Antigone acted on family honour‚ which is completely understood “On every side I hear voices of pity for this poor girl doomed to the cruellest death…for an honourable action-burying a brother who was killed in battle…has she not rather earned a crown of gold” (Sophocles 145). This quotation displays how the chorus respects Antigone and her actions to give her brother a proper burial. “It was by this service
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mother because she is the only blood relative that he knows of. He proves his passion in life through how he becomes so honourable‚ fearless‚ calm‚ and also clever in fighting with his challenging life. He fits the heroic model of an honourable man who overcoming all obstacles to reunite his family and do justice. The story also illustrates the benefits that come with honourable behaviour. The Gods‚ Hermes and Athena were being helpful to Perseus during his crucial moments‚ which had made it possible
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fully understood. Can these events be seen as honourable and great‚ even though revolutionary refers to a forcible overthrow of a government or social order? Some historians could suggest that‚ in fact‚ these events were not glorious or revolutionary‚ when James II left England no one really knew whether he had denounced the throne and therefore whether he was still king or not. This does not really support the view that this period of history was honourable and subsequently glorious. This is reinforced
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Introduction The Paris Peace Accords and the Vietnam War were some of the most important events to have taken place in world history. This paper will present an attempt to break the Paris Peace Accords down into its constituent parts. This will be done by analysing its setting‚ the negotiation process‚ as well as its successes and failures. Setting The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 was an agreement that was aimed at bringing peace to Vietnam by putting an end to the Vietnam War. It put an end to undeviating
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2012 Hector or Achilles? Hector and Achilles are both great warriors and great people but they are different. They are considered to be heroes‚ but they fight for different reasons. Troy is filled with many great warriors‚ but the most honourable hero is prince Hector. He shows great qualities of the archetypal hero and the contemporary hero‚ fight for his land and his family honour. Even though he’s not the strongest‚ he just wanted peace‚ as an archetypal hero. Hector’s quest
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and justly. Crito replies that they do and Socrates explains it is not just for him to escape prison and he must carry out his just agreements so he does not hurt the Athenian people. He wants to set an example and he cares far more for living an honourable life as part of the community‚ than setting a bad example and doing the citizens an injustice by not abiding by their laws. Socrates’ personal reasons for not fearing death are reasonable and moral. Only a person who abides to the laws of the community
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Year: 2013 Macbeth was written by Shakespeare between 1603 and 1606‚ during James I’s reign. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. The story begins as one of a loyal and honourable hero of Scotland. However‚ Macbeth ’s character changes gradually during the play. A powerful ambition for power causes him to make sinister decisions that bring him only despair‚ guilt and madness. One of these decisions is to kill his friend Banquo because the witches that appeared
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impossible task of convincing the public that cigarettes are okay‚ and using this characterisation to stress the moral incoherence that is associated with his job. As Reitman ironically belittles Naylor‚ so too does Antony use irony; “Brutus is an honourable man” to undermine the reasoning behind the assassination. The composers have utilised their characters to present conflicting perspectives‚ be it on Caesar’s assassination or the tobacco industry‚ to show that they are negative situations‚ and thus
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