in support of the Copernican theory of heliocentrism— with the sun being placed at the center of the solar system rather than the biblical teachings at the time of a geocentric‚ Earth-centered model. When writing his “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” with the seemingly simple goal of informing an interested individual of a misunderstood science in relation to a more widely accepted belief‚ Galileo achieved far more with a message far ahead of its time that can still
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Mihriban Keskin David Brenner‚ Ph.D. English 1301 03 March 2014 Unmasking Masculinity The author‚ Christina Hoff Sommers‚ 2003 article entitle “Men-It’s in Their Nature” vividly discusses cultural rearing and social assumptions regarding semi-outdated preconceived notions of stereotypical male masculinity and its impact on an ever evolving modern society. She uses several types of rhetorical elements which are hyperbole‚ comparison/contrast‚ and paradox in this article. At the beginning of
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longer act independently. There is often a debate regarding this topic‚ which consists of the question of whether or not filial obligation should be a moral duty. Two philosophers that argue the idea of filial obligations are Norman Daniels and Christina Hoff Sommers. Daniels argues against the idea‚ claiming that it should not be a moral obligation of a child to tend to their parents‚ while Hoff Sommers argues the opposite‚ stating that parents have entitlements and we have obligations. Starting
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY Abstract This study analyzed and reviewed the Nigerian print media coverage of kidnapping cases between 2005 and 2011. The focus of the study was to determine socio-economic and demographic features of kidnapping in Nigeria. Content analysis was adopted for the study as well as use of frequency tables for analysis of data. Anomie theory of crime based on Robert K. Merton’s analysis of Durkheim’s theory provided
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You have for long warned about insecurity from the North. Why do you think the army can’t contain it? As far back as eight to nine years ago‚ we observed that the institution of the Nigerian army became a target of the intelligentsia behind what we called Boko Haram. They have known that the Nigerian army was the last institution in Nigeria that could practically bind the country. But now‚ the army seems divided. What I know is that the Nigerian army cannot handle this people because the sophistication
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Essay Of All Four Texts - 7 Paragraphs The Four texts that will be witnessed throughout the essay are : Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti‚ Porphyria’s lover by Robert Browning‚ To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvel and Romeo Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is about two lovers - who adore each other so much‚ similarily Porphyria’s lover is about a man who loves Porphria so much‚ which leads on to him killing her. Then‚ To his Coy Mistress was when the narrator slept with the lady and
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Christina Aguilera’s song “Can’t Hold Us Down” empowers women to take ownership of their bodies without being scared of how society might react to it‚ while pointing out the double standard between how women are welcomed in society and how men are welcomed. She points out the fact that men can do whatever they want in society without being chastised. For example‚ men may be praised for their sexual promiscuity‚ while women would be judge for theirs. The lyrics of Aguilera’s song illstartates the
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whether or not he or she and the "dearest" shall remember one another when the speaker dies. Yet‚ figuratively‚ the poem conveys the poet’s perception of death as a dreamy‚ intermediate existence that compares to "twilight". Structure and Meaning Christina Rossetti strategically structures her poem‚ "When I am dead‚ my dearest" to convey her notion of love and death. She presents her stanzaic poem through two octaves with the pattern iambic abc4b3deFE3. Even though Rossetti writes six of the sixteen
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‘Cousin Kate’ is a double ballade‚ meaning that it is heavily rhymed and consists of six stanzas of 8 lines. It was written by Christina Rossetti in the 1870s. The outline of the poem is that the narrator ‘cottage maiden’ is introduced and describes herself as ‘Hardened by sun and air’ which shows that she is fairly low-class and that she works outside. In the 1800’s‚ if you had a tan because you would be working outside‚ this would show that you were of the working class. She then falls in love
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Comparing Christina Aguilera’s "Beautiful" to Lord Byron’s "She walks in beauty." The beauty of women has been valued for such a long time. Writers tried to describe women’s beauty in their poems and novels‚ painters drew beautiful women in their paintings‚ many plays were based on how a man falls in love with a beautiful woman. For my final paper‚ I would like to compare and contrast a poem from 17th century written by Lord Byron and today’s modern song by Christina Aguilera "Beautiful." I chose
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