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    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 corporate body has arisen. The nature of corporate

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    Your neighbor added a farmer’s porch to his house and painted the ceiling of it blue. When you asked him why‚ he told you he had read that the sky blue ceiling would fool wasps into thinking it was the sky and they would not build any nests under the eaves of the porch or along the ceiling. Question: Would a blue ceiling really deter wasps from building nests on the porch? Introduction: There are many colloquial stories about blue painted porch ceilings. In particular‚ southerners believe that

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    The Painted Veil: the title of the book. • Lift not the painted veil which those who live Call life: though unreal shapes be pictured there‚ And it but mimic all we would believe With colours idly spread‚-- behind‚ lurk Fear And Hope‚ twin Destinies; who ever weave Their shadows‚ o’er the chasm‚ sightless and drear. I knew one who had lifted it -- he sought‚ For his lost heart was tender‚ things to love‚ But found them not‚ alas! nor was

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    In contrast to the figures that are seen in the second painting called the Lovers II painting are kissing one another through the veils. The male figure is seen to be wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt as if he is going to attend or has attended a traditional western funeral‚ possibly it was his mother funeral the person could be his father. However‚ from research from the past we know that Magritte dressed to look like an everyday person with his suit and tie unlike artist such as Dali

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    feel they fit in with groups such as family and friends. This concept is explored within the three texts‚ “Romulus My Father” (1998) a memoir written by Raimond Gaita about his personal life and his connection with his father. The movie “The Painted Veil” (2006) directed by John Curran which depicts the dysfunctional marriage of Walter and Kitty Fane. And the film “8 Mile” (2002) directed by Curtis Hanson which is about a young rapper ‘B-Rabbit’ trying to assimilate himself and become successful

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    Australian contemporary artist Gordon Bennett’s acrylic painting Camouflage #7‚ references the war in Iraq and issues of secrecy‚ depicting the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Evident in Bennet’s incorporation of appropriation art in his creative method‚ ‘remix culture’ enables artists to open up and re-define the way language and images construct identity and history. An interdisciplinary art practice consisting of painting‚ print‚ photography‚ installation and performance reflects how Bennett

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    intricate details Francia painted but up close they become apparent. Francia went as far as painting the creases and lines within the palm and fingers of the baby Christ giving the subject a sense of realness. Up close one can see the small embellishments on Madonna’s gown and cloak. Around the neck of the gown and edges of the cloak there is an intricate white pattern. The hair on the angels looks like each and every strand was painted separately. Francia even painted the light bouncing off the

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    us. he could write songs that would sound like he was talking to us‚ about us‚ and for us. Kurt Cobain was loved for what he wrote in his songs. his words are truthful and honest. he was very opposed to racism and tried to pierce the veil with problems. he was painted as depressed but was happy when he was with the

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    In the two short stories‚ “Young Goodman Brown” and‚ “The Minister’s Black Veil‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts a romantic view of people and sin. Hawthorne himself is the great grandson of one of the judges who accused people mistakenly at the Salem Witch Trials. Because of this memory‚ he is tormented by morals‚ and most of his literature is romance‚ where the setting is dark and gloomy and the main character does not give in to evil‚ even though he or she experiences its powerful prevalence. Apart

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    by ancient marriage poems‚ known as “epithalamia‚” the painting was apparently painted to celebrate a wedding and Venus’s body type and facial features were taken from that of the bride to be’s. The painter included a few items in the picture that relate to Venus and to the sacrament of marriage. On Venus’s head is a crown (considered a “crown” in those times but we call it a tiara today [it’s much smaller]) with a veil cascading down the back. Rose petals line her sexual attributes and she holds

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