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    The name of the artwork that I have chosen to analyze is Home‚ Sweet Home by Winslow Homer. Homer first came to national attention during the Civil War with his accurate‚ vivid sketches of life at the front. As an artist-reporter he accompanied the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula campaign in Virginia‚ observing camp life and some combat. While Homer drew a few traditional military scenes‚ such as bayonet and cavalry charges‚ he mostly depicted the utterly unheroic day-to-day activities of ordinary

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    that can’t be broken unless there is betrayal in the mix of it. You can’t gain loyalty if you’re a betrayal person because betrayal is similar to lies and once you lie it builds up more and more. And all those lies you kept to keep your secret for what you betrayed will just get out of control and it would just come out.Loyalty means being true to your word and lying breaks that word. Betrayal is the violation or breaking

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    take it upon themselves to vote as they won’t have strong political views for or against any party. Deteriorating rates of voter turnout and falling levels of party membership despite there being opportunities for participation show evidence. There are three main reasons to show why there is a participation crisis in the UK. The first reason is the public. Due to people’s increasing lack of community care‚ citizens fail to pull together and look out for each other‚ which decreases the interest and connection

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    To what extent does a Marxist reading of ‘Lord of the Flies’ lead to a fuller understanding of the novel? ‘Lord of the Flies’ is based almost entirely on Golding’s view that evil is an inherent force in every man‚ “man produces evil as a bee produces honey”. Golding acquired this belief while he was a soldier in the Second World War. From that point on‚ he became extremely pessimistic about human nature‚ calling it “the disease of being human”. This belief is shown very clearly‚ as he puts ‘innocent’

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    Assume now that Professor Birks faces the demand curve below (note the cost function is the same as before): 7. What type of market do you think Professor Birks is now operating in? Explain your answer fully (3 marks). Q P TC TR PROFITS AR MR MC 0 5 400 0 -400 - - 0 100 4.8 420 480 60 4.8 4.8 0.2 200 4.6 480 920 440 4.6 4.4 0.6 300 4.4 580 1320 740 4.4 4 1.0 400 4.2 720 1680 960 4.2 3.6 1.4 500 4 900 2000 1100 4 3.2 1.8 600 3.8 1120 2280 1160 3.8 2.8 2.2 700 3.6 1380 2520 1140 3.6 2.4 2.6 800 3

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    reputation. Then several actions made Macbeth appear evil such as committing crimes‚ being greedy‚ and having temptation. Macbeth can be seen as either a hero or a villain. At the start of the play‚ Macbeth was what looked to be a hero. There are numerous great characteristics to show that Macbeth is a hero such as him being loyal‚ kind‚ and overall having a good reputation. First‚ Macbeth had a good reputation. The idea spoken consisted of Macbeth to be a “valiant cousin‚ worthy gentleman” (Act

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    When should rebellion be acceptable America is famous for its political system under which all men are equal. It improves and develops each time people rebel. Rebellion can be morally acceptable or unacceptable depending on the circumstance. Rebellion is acceptable when government is running unjust laws or the people are not treated equally. In the mid 18th century‚ the United States was still a colony of Great Britain. Under the control of the British government‚ people suffered from unjust

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    Literature To What Extent is Mrs Dalloway a Modernist Novel? During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the world of literature was undergoing some changes in style and perspective. Just after the turn of the century – the previous having seen massive changes in the industrial world – the literary community was presented with one of greatest tragedies in human history: the First World War. This international conflict‚ mixed with the changes in industry and society from the late

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    Utopia: The Existence of a Perfect World with Imperfect Human Beings What does it mean to be human? A human being is a complex subject. Much of society believes that trying to understand human life and the meaning of such an existence is a convoluted endeavor. We often feel compelled to deeply understand because of the value it holds. As human beings‚ we wonder what really makes us human. Is it our extraordinary brains that give us the ability to reason and think beyond the capabilities of the

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    To what extent does the homosexual subtext add to the comedic value in The Importance of being Earnest ‘The Importance of being Earnest’ is an accomplished parody of the conventions of comedy‚ containing the main attributes of a comedy of manners. It is easy to view simply as a frivolous farce‚ laced with witty dialogue‚ contrived situations and sarcasm. However‚ upon closer look‚ Wilde uses his protagonists and the situations caused in the play to target many of the hypocrisies that Victorian society

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