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    (95)‚ which ultimately helped Izzy face reality. What happened‚ happened and if everyone pretended like everything remained normal‚ Izzy would never be able to move on. Lastly‚ when Rosamunde walked in on a phone call between Izzy and her brother‚ she thought whoever was on the other end of the phone line was distressing Izzy. Thinking she was having Izzy’s back and helping her‚ she stole the phone away and told Izzy’s brother‚ “I don’t know what you were saying‚ but whatever it was it wasn’t any

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    them to improve their circumstances. For example‚ one of the main character‚ Vladimir‚ says‚ “We can’t… We’re waiting for Godot” (Beckett 8). Everything in life is about priorities. Because we can’t have all the things we desire in life‚ we must make sacrifices. All of the choices we make reflect what we care about most. In Vladimir’s case‚ he chooses to spend his time waiting for Godot rather than engaging in other activities that may be more entertaining. However‚ he states that he and Estragon

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    To what extent was Austria responsible for the failure of the Italian revolutionaries in the years 1820-1849? Austria played an integral part for the failure of Italian revolutionaries in between the years 1820-1849‚ due to their incredible influence throughout Europe at that time‚ being known as a superpower. Their military strength shone through‚ and crushed every revolution between 1820 and 1849. However‚ they are not the sole reason for failure. There are also other important factors that

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    To what extent does the law achieve justice? The literal meaning of justice is ‘the quality of being morally right and fair’ but there are various theories which can be considered and compared since they all define justice in a different way. Formal and concrete would need to be considered. Formal justice is concerned with the methods and procedures in place for decision making and allocating goods and services. It can be said that as long as procedures are fair and everyone has an equal chance

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    Wonderland‚ Alice goes beyond the boundaries of reality into a dream world‚ only to discover the fantasy is actually the reality of the adult world; Beckett‚ through Vladimir and Estragon present the readers with the idea of existentialism in Waiting for Godot; and finally in The Screwtape Letters‚ C.S. Lewis uses the vantage point of a demon‚ Screwtape‚ in order to show the human condition. To begin with the obvious‚ each character is not only physically‚ but mentally different in each piece‚ which

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    Firstly‚ they have the rights to raise the child however they want‚ this does not mean that they love their child any less. Moreover‚ in their perspective they are doing this for the benefit of the child - they don’t see anything wrong with it‚ instead they believe they are helping the child and that they are making the right decision. However‚ even though i support their decision‚ it does not mean that I would raise my child this way (this could be seen as normal/traditional or mainstream/not unique

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    How is the theme of Tragedy and Comedy explored in ‘The Road‚’ ‘Don Juan’ and ‘Waiting for Godot?’ The Road by Cormac McCarthy‚ Don Juan by Lord Byron and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett possess many similar themes that we are able to connect with one another such as love‚ disaster‚ death‚ hope and despair‚ abundance and paucity and many‚ many more. Quite clearly‚ there are differences in the way these themes are portrayed. Throughout this essay I will be discussing the theme of Tragedy meaning

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    “Language shapes the way we think‚ and determines what we can think about.” – Benjamin Lee Whorf Introduction The idea that language affects the way we remember things and the way we perceive the world was first introduced by the influential linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf (Harley‚ 2008). The central idea of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis‚ today more commonly known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis‚ holds that “each language embodies a worldview‚ with quite different languages

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    To what extent does cognition control emotion ? In everyday life there is a constant evidence of interaction between cognition and emotion. If we see something funny we laugh‚ if we fear we run or hide‚ if we are distressed we find it hard to concentrate. However we do not need to present any of the emotions to others‚ we can regulate them‚ think about situations and consequences and estimate the outcome. We are able to control our emotions. Ochsner and Gross(2005‚p.242) argues that capacity

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    To what extent does modern liberalism depart from the ideas of classical liberalism? The continuous development of industrialization bought about a massive expansion of wealth as well as the spread of slums‚ poverty‚ ignorance and disease. The increasing social inequalities in society led liberals to question and revise the ideas of classic liberalism. This was clearly seen in their differing views on freedom‚ the individuals and most important the economy. Classical liberals have argued that the

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