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    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 are the two chambers of Congress equal in power (15 marks) One factor which could be seen to imply that the two chambers of Congress aren’t equal in power is the contrast in importance of the political decisions they get to vote on – and for this reason the Senate can be seen as superior. Senators hold exclusively the ability to ratify treaties as well as confirming the President’s nominees for position such as Supreme Court justices and leading roles within the government‚ and they

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    What Is Conflict

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    What is conflict? For me there is no true meaning for conflict‚ the word doesn’t really have any positive meaning; it is just filled with loathsome venom that has spread throughout our world causing antagonism and bitterness towards others. Conflict is a natural part of everyone’s life and is bound to occur in some point in time‚ but there is no justification for people to turn something that can be small and compromised into a vast worldwide crisis for all to see and hear! However not all conflict

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    the creation of the America but what kind of nation the America would have‚ was determined by the civil war of 1861 to 1865. There were two basic questions that were needed to get answered and remain unanswered even by the revolution. These questions raised the unanswered thought that whether the United States was to be a dissolvable union of independent states or an indissoluble nation with a sovereign national government and whether the American nation‚ result of a declaration stating that all

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    To what extent is the cosmological argument weak? Although the cosmological argument is a strong argument for the theory that the universe it is a weak argument for the existence of the classical theological God. Thomas Aquinas was a very important man to the cosmological argument; it was him who came up with some of the strongest theories to support the argument. He came up with his five proofs which to him proved the cosmological argument to be true. One of his proof was the ‘cause’ proof

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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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    Unfortunately some issues were not addressed as well as others. Although the Articles of Confederation were able to sign a treaty with England through the Treaty of Paris‚ ending the war‚ and was 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

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    Was Slavery Right Or Wrong

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    Charles‚ The Marrow of Tradition) The terrible 245 years of slavery and then the aftermath of slavery are one of the world’s toughest times towards the millions that suffered the hardship of being black. Slavery of African Americans was where people that were black were forced into working for a white. This had caused pain and suffering and they didn’t know if they are going to die that day or be sold. Slavery of African Americans was wrong because the way that blacks got captured and transported

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    Convention was an assembly of the brightest minds of American politics in 1787. Emerging from it was the Constitution of the United States‚ which gave the national government more power‚ but kept them restrained through a system of checks and balances. States still decided smaller political matters‚ but much power was taken away from them that they held with the Articles of Confederation. Two groups emerged after the Convention‚ one for the ratification of the Constitution and the other against. The

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    The Gettysburg Address: Why‚ how and what happened? On November 19 of 1863‚ during the Civil War of the United States‚ a speech was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery‚ a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address that the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since

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