To what extent is Petruchio’s “taming” of Kate comic? It could be seen that it is a valid interpretation that Petruchio’s methods of "taming" Kate are comic. Petruchio’s methods of "taming" Kate may have been appropriate comedy material for the 16th Century audience‚ but most modern audiences find Petruchio’s "taming" methods to be neither amusing nor acceptable. A contemporary audience would have found Kate being "tamed" humerous. However‚ Kate adapts and gains power in society where she is oppressed
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To what extent is television educationally beneficial for children? Information from Boston Municipal Research Bureau suggests that children aged from 11 to 15 in Britain averagely watching TV for more than 50 hours per week‚ which may be considered as too much as nearly half of their daytime excluding 8 hours ’ sleeping period. (BBC‚ 2011) Since children ’s television-viewing time occupying almost a third of a day‚ the sense of its educational virtue has to be confirmed. By the means of children
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the word “college”‚ what comes to mind? For most of you‚ you probably immediately think of partying‚ drinking‚ and meeting new people. Those who choose to go to college will have the opportunity to experience the social life‚ but what you choose to study can control your future. In “How to Get a Real Education at College” by Scott Adams and “What Do You Do with a B.A. in History” by Ken Saxon‚ they agree that college is worth going to but they have different outlooks on what to do with that college
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The Benefits of Democracy Democracy benefits the individual citizen the most. There are many characteristics of democracy however Freedom of speech‚ Equality before the law‚ and freedom of the press are the most beneficial elements. Without these rights and freedoms a democratic country might as well be called an authoritarian country. To some citizen’s eyes the freedom of press may not seem as important .The freedom of press allows an individual citizen to get the freedom of expressing
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mattered to Elie; the experience of his father’s death had paralyzed him physically and emotionally. Nothing could touch him‚ he said. He even stopped thinking about his father. Elie did nothing all day long; the only thing he wished to do was to eat. That is just what he and his fellow prisoners did when their liberators finally
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there are two common ways of handling the situation. One is to do so according to your own personal desires and beliefs. The other is to base the decision on the how others will view and respond to it. Remember that time in class when you thought you had the right answer but changed it because a majority of the class thought different‚ or that time you made fun of the nerdy kid in your class because it was considered the cool thing to do? Their might have been no problems at the time but when you found
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able to settle disputes for the settlement of western lands between the states‚ the Articles of Confederation failed to create an efficient way to settle the national debt‚ and were unable to effectively solve the problem of piracy. Thus‚ to a lesser extent‚ the government‚ under the Articles of Confederation‚ were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation. When the Treaty of Paris was signed America gained a lot of land up to the Mississippi River. In return America had to refrain
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To what extent can Economics be considered a Science? The issue of categorizing fields of academia truly “scientific” is invariably complex‚ leading to much debate. Matters such as defining what Science actually is‚ how to judge what can satisfy such a definition and the importance of beneficial discoveries all lead to further unsolved arguments which must be understood in order to make any kind of judgment. For economics‚ there is the argument that broad assumptions lead to imprecise data‚ that
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On the Change in Democracy and its Evaluation and Analysis The word “democracy” comes from the Greek words demos‚ meaning “the people‚” and kratia‚ meaning “rule.” The word democracy then translates as “the people rule.” However‚ throughout history‚ the idea of democracy has changed. An analysis of the change in the idea of democracy after 1814 reveals that: campaigning and ambition stopped being horrific words‚ property ownership ceased to be a requirement for voting‚ and equality got a new meaning
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What Does a Geneticist Do? By Cindy Grigg nucleus containing contain lead determines organism prevention genetic human sickle-cell muscular career genome specific contains wrinkled determined Directions: Fill in each blank with the word that best completes the reading comprehension. Scientists who study genetics study genes and heredity: how certain characteristics are inherited by offspring because their parents had these
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