democratically and secondly to protect the country from autocracy or the emergence of dictatorships. Although it could be argued that both of these functions of parliament have been apparent in recent history. In this essay I aim to answer the question to what extent is parliament an effective constraint on the executive. The first means available to parliament in scrutinizing the government is the debating and ratification functions of the House of Lords. After a bill has been proposed by the House of Commons
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be forever in the afterlife. Women were depicted as beautiful and perfectly feminine with lighter skin‚ despite Egypt being racially mixed. Women were drawn slender while elite men and pharaohs were drawn with rolls of fat over their abdomen to signify that they could afford to eat plenty and did not burn off the weight with manual labor. Women were depicted in formal paintings in relation to a man‚ such as their husband or father‚ apart from the tombs of queens. Women were often depicted as smaller
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To what extent does the language we speak influence the way we perceive the world? The most interesting question in linguistic is whether and how language affects the way we remember things and the way we perceive the world and this idea was first introduced by the influential linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf (Harley‚ 2008). Statements‚ attempting to illustrate that language is the medium by which one views the world‚ culture‚ reality and thought have aroused an intense desire in
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Women‚ forever have been the object of desire‚ appreciation‚ and structured formality of the American household. Women were taught to observe‚ but not comment; follow their husbands and fathers‚ but not step out of line‚ and promote their perfect families. There were manuals to be followed‚ chores to be completed‚ and people to be pleased. Women‚ were models of society‚ often seen as porcelain dolls that could break at any moment in time. However‚ by the 1920’s women were starting to break out
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To what extent is Lord of the flies a warning to its readers? William Golding fought in world war two as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy‚ when he returned from war he said that he was disgusted by “What one man can do to another”. Some people say that lord of the flies is a warning to its readers as shows them how the ‘innocent children’ changed into savage animals. It shows that even the most kind hearted of people have the ability to kill if they in a certain environment or put under certain
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To what extent is the commercialisation of sport a positive trend? Negative I feel that commercialisation of sports is bad as it denies the sport players of their privacy. As the players would be constantly under the limelight‚ details of their lives‚ both the good and the bad‚ are released to the public. For example‚ in the recent Tiger Wood’s scandal involving his many mistresses‚ his private life was broad casted to the public‚ attracting many criticisms. Therefore‚ the commercialization of
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To what extent did Lenin establish Communism in Russia from 1920-1924? From an early age‚ Lenin opposed the Romanov autocratic regime‚ even more so following the execution of his brother for the assassination of Tsar Alexander III. Lenin was an avid follower of the writings of Karl Marx and believed communism was the way forward. He believed that everything should be owned by the government and then distributed evenly amongst the people. During the February 1917 revolution in Russia‚ Lenin was
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the novel numerous female characters in the patriarchal society were taken advantage of by men. In tales such as “The Clerk’s Tale” and “The Man of Law’s Tale”‚ women were isolated from their families‚ and forced to abide by male orders. In this way‚ Chaucer allows the readers to understand that traditional aristocratic women were
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The Renaissance was quite possibly one of the greatest periods in European history. Translating literally to “rebirth”‚ it is defined as a drastic change in the lives of Europeans due to a newfound interest in the classical period of Europe’s history. Prior to this time period‚ Europe did not resemble at all the superpower we know it as today. A feudal system with a strict hierarchy was in place‚ in which a King ruled over a large territory of land named his kingdom‚ lords ruled over sections of
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paints those she disagrees with in a negative light. In chapter 1‚ when the reader is introduced to her cousins‚ we are told that they were divorced. Even though in 1935‚ (when the novel is set) divorce was rather scandalous‚ and (especially) the women would attain pariah status‚ one would expect the children of a divorced couple to be treated with more compassion by their relatives‚ especially a child of 13 who is prone to naivety. Yet the narrator portrays the cousins as callous‚ and as such the
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