development of some type of democracy reappeared around 500 B.C.E. in Europe‚ on the Mediterranean coast and later in the north. In 507 B.C.E. Athens‚ the most important city-state in the Greek peninsula‚ "adopted a system of popular government" (Dahl: 1998: 11)‚ which was to last until the Macedonian invasion two centuries later. The term democracy has its roots in the Greek language‚ meaning rule (kratos) of the people (demos). Although more cities adopted this type of government‚ the one in Athens
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Landlady extended ending “I’m getting tired.” said Billy after he finished the last sip of tea. “I think I’m going to hit the hay and call it a night.” The old lady asked him if anything felt strange about him‚ before he went to bed. “No I feel fine.” said Billy in a curious voice. In the middle of the night Billy heard something weird in his room. It was the landlady waiting for Billy to join Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple. At that moment Billy sat up and asked the landlady what she was doing
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"No thank you‚" Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds‚ and he didn’t much care for it. "I very much appreciate the tea‚ but I am feeling quite tired from my journey. I think I’ll have to retire to bed." Billy saw a faint glint of happiness in the landlady’s eyes as he said this. Oddly‚ he didn’t think much of it. "Alright‚ dear. I do hope you sleep well. The tea should help. Do you need help finding your room again?" "No thank you‚" Billy said with a smile‚" It is quite easy to
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is searching for an apartment. As he speaks to the landlady over the phone his interest in acquiring the apartment develops. However‚ understanding the societal racism that plagued the peoples‚ he confesses that he is indeed African. For a while the landlady is silent‚ but afterwards she abruptly asks the man if his skin tone is light or very dark. The man is enraged and comprises sarcastic replies. One of his responses includes asking the landlady whether she is referring to plain or milk chocolate
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English Hall ´No‚ my dear‚` she said. ´Only you.`....... And now another queer thing happend to him. He was pulled towards the stairs‚ slowly but steadily‚ he moved towards the first steps. He knew this wasn´t right but all attemps resisting this mysterious force seemed useless. Second by second‚ step by step‚ he moved further up the stairs. The first flour passed‚ but he didn´t even notice; he was paralized by the giggling he heared from downstaired‚ which got fainter and fainter by every
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Margaret Atwood’s theme in The Landlady is about the speaker’s prison-like living situation in what can be assumed to be a dorm. The landlady has made home‚ the place where we can feel free and comfortable‚ to a suffering sentence. The landlady is sin control‚ and the speaker‚ a young university student‚ cannot escape from the landlady‚ physically nor mentally. The Landlady is effectively written in free verse and is a run-on style of poetry‚ allowing the readers emotions and thoughts to carry to
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Alt ending‚ “The Landlady”. Billy heard a voice behind him as he was writing his name down onto the book‚ “Tea‚ my dear?” he turned and the landlady walked in‚ carrying a silver tray with two tea cups on it. He shook his head. “No thank you‚ I better get t-” she sat down and handed him the cup of tea. “Just for a few minutes‚ I only want to get to know you‚ you seem like a very sweet boy.” Billy thought to himself‚ maybe a few sips wouldn’t hurt‚ after all she does seem very nice. He grabbed
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This term we`ve read the short story “The umbrella” man by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is a British writer‚ who is well-known for creating wonderful children`s fiction. Roald Dahl was born in Wales on 16th September 1916 to Norwegian parents. His father died when he was 3 years old and he was raised by his mother. He had a fairly unhappy time at (the) boarding school witch he later described as "days of horrors" filled with "rules‚ rules and still more rules that had to be obeyed‚" which inspired much
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After reading the landlady‚ I found two thing that may have prevented Billy from seeing the real landlady. One is that‚ she kept changing the subject with tea. In the text it states‚ “‘Now wait a minute‚” he said. “Wait just a minute. Mulholland ... Christopher Mulholland ... wasn’t that the name of the Eton schoolboy who was on a walking-tour through the West Country‚ and then all of a sudden ...” “Milk?” she said. “And sugar?”’. This shows us that she change the subject with the word “milk” as
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Timber went over to Harry house. When he got there Harry was laying there with a snake on his stomach. So Timber went and got Dr.Ganderbai. In Roald Dahl story “Poison”‚ Harry was angry because ‚ he had to sit still for hours and hours‚ he had a snake on his stomach‚ and after all of that the snake wasn’t even on his stomach. So‚ they had to call the doctor to come. Harry had to sit still for hours . Until Timber came over finally . Timber walked and saw him lying there sweating‚ so he walked over
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