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    Specialization and clustering pg-26 Policy issues pg -29 The decline of traditional maritime nations pg – 29 The rise of a new order in maritime business pg -32 Safety and employment : the victims of globalization pg -33 Safety at sea pg – 33 The seafarer dilemma pg – 35 Outlook pg – 37 3.Maritime business during the twentieth century : continuity and change pg-43 Introduction pg-43 Development in the world shipping pg-44 Shipping markets pg-48 The british pg-52 The Norwegian p-57

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    permanent disconnection between the human and natural worlds. The imagery of the darkness and dimness are portrayed through every example of imagery given‚ it shows the disconnection between us‚ nature‚ and the world around us. 4. The traditional elegy moves from grief to consolation – how are grief and consolation represented in this poem? The progression of the coffin is followed by a sad irony. Mourners turn out in the streets to see Lincoln’s corpse pass by. The Civil War is raging‚ and many

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    Anglo-Saxon Elegy Elegy: a formal and sustained lament in verse that commemorates death‚ war or love lost‚ usually ending in a consolation. The Wife’s Lament The story behind the lament remains obscure The title of the poem is alternately translated as “The Wife’s Complaint” In old English‚ the gender of pronouns in the poem reveals that this speaker is a woman (but that doesn’t necessarily mean the poet was a woman) All that we can know for certain is that the speaker was married to

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    community in which he lived • Urban setting - poet of place - reflected in his work • Personal poem‚ even though describing/mourning death of Mr D.‚ still get hint of poet’s feelings in this poem - “I” in first stanza • In some degree‚ elegy - poem mourning or lamenting someone’s death • Uncompromising poem at same time - honesty - Mr D. is never idealised - presented in an honest manner • Poem is also compassionate - Mr D is not the nicest person but still sense poet’s empathy/sympathy

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    while also binding it to the time that he was castigating his own parish curate‚ the archbishop of York‚ and the lord chancellor. Skelton’s poem falls into four distinct parts: two larger divisions‚ each having two parts. First of all comes the elegy of Philip‚ which begins most aptly with the burial service and proceeds to a Mass of the birds---a type of mock requiem with antecedents reaching far back into the Middle ages. This section of the poem is an early example of the stream-of-consciousness

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    such as the defeating of the dragon Grendel by Beowulf‚ who is a character of noble birth. Whereas The Wanderer is a lyric elegy because it relates the sufferings of a man who has lost his king and companions. Due to the fact that Beowulf is an epic poem‚ there are dialogues between the characters which are long and ceremonious; relatively‚ The Wanderer‚ because it is an elegy‚ is made up of monologues which are sincere since those speeches are coming from the psychological inner world of the character

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    Honors British Literature II Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Vocabulary and Grammar ____ 1. In “To An Athlete Dying Young‚” Housman refers to “the rout / of lads that wore their honors out.” A rout is a a.|failed plan.|c.|traveled path.| b.|loud clamor.|d.|disorderly mob.| ____ 2. Which phrase is the closest in meaning to sinews? a.|ropes and pulleys|c.|muscular power| b.|mechanical power|d.|chemical power|

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    into the ship’s bosom bright weapons‚ fitted armor. The men shoved the well-braced ship out on the journey they’d dreamed of. The foamy-necked ship went out like a bird so that the next day its curved prow had gone so far that the seafarers saw land‚ shining shore cliffs and steep mountains. Their journey was already over and the Geat warriors pulled their ship to the shore and stood on land in their rattling shirts‚ their war-clothes. They thanked God for an easy trip. From

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    child of John and Sara Milton • Admitted to Christ’s College‚ Cambridge • got suspended after a dispute with his tutor • He composed "on the morning of Christ’s Nativity" -Dec. 25‚ 1629 • November‚ upon his memory Milton composed the beautiful elegy‚ Lycidas. • Milton married Mary Powell - unhappy marrige -> divorce -> divorce pamphlets • Daughter: Anne and Deborah • Milton lost his sight - glaucoma • "On his blindness" --> recount of his experiment of being blind • 1656 - Milton married

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    Section 4 of the Guidelines on shipowners’ responsibilities in respect of contractual claims for personal injury to or death of seafarers outlines the shipowners’ responsibilities. Name them. (4 marks) 8. Give the name and effective date of the convention that first established basic requirements on training‚ certification and watchkeeping for seafarers on an international level. (2 marks) 9. What is human trafficking and what international instrument defines it? (1

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