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    Described in the character list as "a savage and deformed slave‚" Caliban is the son of Sycorax‚ an evil witch who has since died but who once held authority over the island now ruled by Prospero. Regarding him as a "beast" and a "poisonous slave‚ got by the devil himself’ upon Sycorax‚ Prospero has forced Caliban into slavery (act4 scene1 line140) (act 1scene2 line319). By contrast‚ Caliban considers himself mistreated and overworked. He bitterly accuses Prospero of befriending him in order to take

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    SUBIC BAY YACHT CLUB Subic Bay Yacht Club‚ a recreational facility located north of Manila‚ has the makings of a world-class resort. In fact‚ it was designed to meet and even exceed every visitor’s expectations. Ideally positioned near the city centre‚ the Subic Bay Yacht Club Hotel is an extensive vacation complex featuring a wide range of impressive amenities to keep a holiday break busy. It is situated right next to the Moonbay Marina area and is within reach of many interesting attractions

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    Except for occasionally firing a few cannon shots out of spite‚ Grijalva repeatedly denied himself and his men the gratification of vengeance from periodic attacks they received from some Maya as they sailed along the coast of the Yucatán for months. Occasionally a friendly group would exchange beads and Spanish wine for food and other necessities the expedition required. Grijalva was disappointed at the fact that they’d gathered very little gold on their trip; but when they came back to Cuba he

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    English Advanced Area of Study: Concept of Discovery The Tempest What is discovery? The process of finding information‚ a place‚ or an object‚ especially for the first time‚ or the thing that is found. ‘The process of being found’. Discovery can be: Something new. A rediscovery. Sudden‚ unexpected. Carefully planned. Fresh and intensely meaningful in ways that may be emotional‚ creative‚ intellectual‚ physical and spiritual. Confronting Provocative. Creating new values. Enable speculation.

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    was clearly the stance of the Parliament. They passed law after law and introduced act after act in order to keep their statutes up to date to increase prosecution against new property crimes. The poor started looting wreckage washed in from a shipwreck. They made laws against that because the property they took belonged to a king or a noble of some kind‚ but more importantly it wasn’t their property to take. Therefore it was punishable by death. The price of food was raised so the poor began

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    in poetry can help make a poem have more feeling and bring the readers imagination to life. First‚ the poet John Frederick Nims‚ uses hyperbole‚ in the first stanza (1)‚ to emphasis the exaggeration. For example‚ “My clumsiest dear‚ whose hands shipwreck vases‚ At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring‚ Whose palms are bulls in china‚ burs in linen‚ And have no

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    art submission to the salon and his greatest. Gericault’s focus was always contemporary subjects‚ but The Raft of the Medusa was a painting based on real events striking the French. (Chu 207) The composition was originally titled and shown as A Shipwreck Scene in the salon; it gained Gericault a gold medal. The state admired his painting so much they commissioned him for some religious work. The Bourbon Government did not respond with the same keenness to the painting for obvious reasons. Gericault’s

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    Twelfth Night is a play which does not end happily for all its characters. Did this add to or take away from your enjoyment of the end of the play? In the concluding act of ‘Twelfth Night’‚ Act Five‚ there is a mix of emotions for all of the characters. During closing stages of the play‚ several of the characters are unhappy and confused‚ whilst others are happy and excited. During the play‚ one of the main themes is unrequited love. This always means that some would end up being unhappy as

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    Kidnapped Picture this: Two green hills‚ dotted with white and pink. A crystal clear blue stream running through them. The sun shining‚ bright and beautiful. This is Scotland‚ where the novel Kidnapped takes place. This novel is about a 17-year-old boy named Davie Balfour‚ who goes to find the House of Shaws at the wish of his late father‚ however‚ Davie’s greedy uncle wants it all for himself. After being kidnapped at his uncle’s wish and almost sold into slavery by some shipmen‚ Davie sets off

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    ! ! ! ! ! ! “I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language‚ no wheel as we know it‚ no schools‚ no hospitals‚ not even normal clothing.” -Ian Smith The above quote by Ian Douglas Smith‚ a Rhodesian politician of British heritage who led the mostly white minority government that unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain in 1965‚ aptly captures the distorted view that colonizers held towards the native

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