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    Traditional colonial family life differed by the different functions performed by every member of the household. In all colonial family home‚ the father was the head of the household. This included being the disciplinarian‚ hunting‚ fishing and providing for families. The role of the head of the house differed between the wealthy and the poor and rural families. In poor and rural households‚ men and their family were more team oriented in making sure the daily operation of the house was intact. Men

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    alcohol consumption and paganrelated practices; religiously‚ the Puritans called for change in the structure and abolishment of certain traditions in the Anglican Church; ideologically‚ the Puritans demonstrated their unique way of thinking with their idea of their “City on a Hill;” therefore‚ the Puritans professed change‚ rather than following the orthodox beliefs of the Church of England. The Puritans inspired social change through alcohol use and the abolishment of certain paganbased rituals and

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    The Context of Political Parties in PNG A political party is defined as an organized group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions‚ that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office. Papua New Guinea has a multi-party system. The government of the day is usually described by a stiff competition between several parties to create a factionalized coalition government. The formation of national governments‚ since independence in 1975

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    Did you know that the play Tartuffe was written to mock the hypocrisy of the church during the mid-1600? Tartuffe was scandalous back in the day‚ and there’s a reason why. It exposes the idea of religious hypocrisy. This issue was hard to tackle back then. For this‚ the play was censored by King Louis XIV‚ probably due to the influence of the archbishop of Paris‚ Paul Philippe Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe‚ who was the King’s confessor and had been his tutor. Tartuffe‚ written by the French play

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    government or other opponents of abortion the right to make a woman bare a child that would not be wanted. Women need to understand that this choice they make (whether or not they want a child) is their own personal choice no one else can put their religious or moral values on someone who does not agree with them. Opponents of abortion believe that a woman is carrying a human life at the point of conception. Therefore abortion is viewed as killing a gift from god. Some opponents are more extreme than

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    England had no inclination to move thousands of miles to a new place‚ away from home‚ chasing some folly like wealth or adventure. Even though‚ the new colonies offered many things: affluence‚ freedom‚ land; there was a singular guarantee: STRUGGLE. Colonial America‚ for all of its beauty‚ was nothing but a mere graveyard for English settlers. Death was constant early on; whether you starved attempting in vain to farm the harsh Virginian land‚ or froze to the death in the middle of a blistering Massachusetts

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    The First Nations of our land have endured hundreds of years of suffering. Ever since the first significant European contact the indigenous people have been treated as sub-humans; savages with no religion‚ intelligence‚ or right to live. This general idea has carried through-out the history of our supposedly great country; Canada. This essay will examine the residential school system in depth. It will then relate the Canadian Government ’s actions in response to residential schools‚ good and bad.

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    Orwells essay “Marrakech” if full of stylistic tonality that fully describes the scenes trying to be portrayed. Though there are many conclusions by readers and critics alike as to what Orwell was trying to convey‚ this essay was a direct reference to colonial imperialism. One can have there own opinion as to what Marrakech is truly about. But the reasons as to why we as readers can pick up such hints are no mystery. Orwell uses many literary elements to be as descriptive as possible. In turn‚ one is able

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    Before Colonial America fought for its revolution and became one of the first self-govern countries in a long while‚ almost all of Europe was ruled by Monarchs‚ who had divined and absolute power with the Roman Catholic Church using the wrath of god to spread fear all over and oppress any other religion to form. People standing up to any Monarch or the Catholic Church was futile as they could use their absolute power‚ giving directly from god to throw people in jail‚ cruel and unusual punishment

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    COLONIAL GIRLS SCHOOL The poem opens with the phrase‚ "Borrowed images/willed our skin pale"‚ which is an allusiin to many teenaged school girls bleaching their skins with different creams and soaps to become a lighter complexion. The poem as a whole focuse on the rejection of one’s color to a more favoured one‚ emphasised to them by the outer one. Borrowed images from the first world countries‚ where white is emphasised as better or more beautiful. It also focused on the image of girls’ ’dekinked’

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