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    Law of Business Associations Assessed Coursework Question 1 (a) Essay “…The courts can and often do‚ draw aside the veil. They can‚ and often do‚ pull off the mask. They look to see what really lies behind. The legislature has shown the way… the courts should follow suit”.[1] When a company is incorporated‚ it is treated as a separate legal entity‚ distinct from its promoters‚ directors‚ members and employees and hence the concept of the corporate veil‚ separating those entities from the

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    predecessors or based off mythological events. Unfortunately‚ this had lead to many speculative accusations and criticisms‚ as is the case with Senecan tragedies versus their Greek counterparts. Senecan and Greek interpretations of the plays Oedipus‚ Agamemnon‚ and Medea bear similar themes‚ being the inescapability of fate and dikê‚ and the lack of clarity between right and wrong. Nevertheless‚ they differ culturally‚ politically‚ and philosophically due to the differences in society as well as the eras

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    plays than someone who might read the plays. With this said‚ it is the mask of the costume that I will focus on in this review because the mask considerably affects how characters’ actions are conveyed‚ thus leading to differences between the interpretation of the text and the live

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    Heinrich Schliemann was a German archaeologist who was fascinated with the Iliad and the Odyssey. He had made important discoveries through his countless excavations of multiple sites‚ but it is unclear whether Schliemann was interested in the fame and fortune involved with treasure hunting or whether he had a passion for history and was a true archaeologist. Schliemann was interested in the tales created by Homer and this may be what led him to discover the site of Troy. He had begun excavating

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    Funerary Mask‚ created 1600-1500 B.C.E.‚ interpretations affected the importance of the works of music and art and

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    Cited: Calder‚ William M. "Behind the Mask of Agamemnon - Archaeology Magazine Archive." Archaeology 4th ser. 54 (1999): n. page. Is the Mask a Hoax? - Archaeology Magazine Archive. Archaeology Institute of America. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. . Calder‚ William M. "Schliemann‚ Dilettante and Psychopath." Schliemann on Schliemann: A Study on the Use

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    Eugene Gladstone O’Neill is one of the greatest American playwrights‚ he is known for plays such as “Long Day’s Journey into Night” ‚”Beyond the Horizon” (1920)‚ “Anna Christie” (1922)‚ “Strange Interlude” (1928)‚ “Mourning Becomes Electra”(1931)and The Iceman Cometh (1946). His plays probe the American Dream‚ race relations‚ class conflicts‚ sexuality‚ human aspirations and psychoanalysis. He often became immersed in the modernist movements of his time as he primarily sought to create “modern

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    Trojan War such as Agamemnon and Priam. Agamemnon the leader of the Mycenaean’s in Homers Trojan War is depicted as ‘the most powerful ruler of his day’-Thucydides The Peloponnesian War Book 1.9 by Thucydides. Mycenae was famously described as ‘rich as gold’ by Homer in the ‘Iliad’. Schliemann an archaeologist found 15 skeletons each covered in gold and one with a golden funeral mask which he proclaimed was the mask of Agamemnon. Schliemann was wrong in his findings‚ the death mask was of an earlier

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    (1986) Aeschylus Choephori (Oxford: Clarendon Press). Green‚ R. (2002) ‘Towards a reconstruction of performance style’‚ in P. E. Easterling and E. Hall (eds) Greek and Roman Actors (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Hall‚ P. (2000) Exposed by the Mask (London: Oberon Books). Hammond‚ N. G. L. (1965) ‘Personal Freedom and its Limitations in the Oresteia’‚ JHS‚ 85: 42–45. Heilman‚ R. B. (1989 [1973]) ‘Melodrama of Disaster’‚ in Normand Berlin (ed.) Eugene O’Neill: Three Plays (London: Macmillan);

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    uneducated‚ and motherless boy rose through his hard work lifestyle to the highest heights of wealth. Schliemann travelled the world and learned its languages‚ married a Greek bride‚ and together they discovered the treasures of Troy and the citadel of Agamemnon‚ thereby fulfilling the dream he had chased since childhood. The reality was that Heinrich Schliemann had an ugly conscience when it came to business dealings‚ and his shady methods spread through both his life and his archaeology. Among the events

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