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    The nature of the relationships throughout the poem seems to change from a seemingly equal sense of love from both goldfish‚ to a more one-sided relationship in the last stanza of the poem. In the first stanza the male character is said to be a “drifter”‚ this foreshadows the later stages of the poem as he slowly becomes ambitionless. He is bounded by his own infatuations so much so that he fails to realize what is happening in the present; this is signified in the second stanza where the idea of

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    ‘A Doll’s House’‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ is a play that was considered so controversial when it was first published‚ in 1879‚ that the playwright was forced to create a second ending to be used when necessary. This was because of Ibsen’s unorthodox stance on the idea of the role of women in society at the time‚ and this concept became one of the main themes of his play. Although this was one of the prevalent notions‚ other significant themes include the unreliability of appearance and the notion of heredity

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    This article covers the first increase in housing prices in Australia in 2011‚ raising hopes that Australian housing prices may recover in 2012. Housing prices have also dropped‚ but recently‚ the average cost for a house has also risen. The article states that this is mainly because of low interest rates and shortage of supply. Low interest rates (charges that borrowers pay to lenders for using the borrowed money)‚ would cause a shift in demand (the capability and willingness to consume a commodity

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    #1- The author Bryan Stevenson writes Just Mercy which is about a mix of a bunch of wrongly convicted people who are put on death row. Bryan Stevenson being an attorney had faced an enormous amount of cases with wrongly convicted people. Stevenson writes the book in a very serious tone and to the point. This is because he wants the reader to really feel the frustration and anger that him and the convicted person felt during the trials. Stevenson states in the book “We have a system of justice in

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    On 28th August 2013 the Indian Rupee plunged to an all time low of 68.85 to the US Dollar – a depreciation of nearly 25% since January 2013. Let’s examine some of the issues that brought the rupee to such a state. We’ll start by going back in time when after independence in 1947‚ India adhered to socialist policies. Attempts were made to liberalise the economy in 1966 which was reversed a year later in 1967. Another attempt was made in 1985 by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi which came to

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    Jonathan Doyle 523 words 9100 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis‚ MO 63114 (314) 493-6100 doylej008@ritenourschools.org The Vanderburg Trial by Jonathan Doyle No one knows when their character will be tested. Hell‚ I didn’t expect it. I was always a drifter. From the time my mom died to when I ran away from my dad who beat me whenever he felt like it to when I went to New York to blend in

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    After seeing his father brutally murdered by the leader of the native gang‚ Amsterdam Vallon makes it his mission to avenge his father’s death. He comes back to the Five Points district in New York and joins an old friend‚ Johnny Sirocco‚ to learn the ropes of the area. While doing so‚ Vallon gains the trust of his father’s assassin‚ William “The Butcher” Cutting‚ and is taken under his wing. Young Amsterdam falls in love with the local beauty and pickpocket Jenny Everdeane‚ but in doing so angers

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    Thinking about everything I have learned from reading “Monique‚” I would say it is one of the greatest books I have read. Kris Holloway did an awesome job with how she made you feel about Monique and Mali. I liked everything from when she spoke about child birthing to the culture status for women in Mali. (Question #1) After reading the book‚ I would say that I know a lot more about childbirth and childrearing practices in Mali then I did before. Starting with chapter 1 I knew this was going to

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    Comparative commentary Both poems are written by William Shakespeare. They originate from two different sources. One is part of a play‚ Two Gentlemen of Verona. The other is a poem found in a bundle with various other poems written by Shakespeare. The poems have the same theme‚ as love and infatuation are the main topics. Their purpose is to portray a person in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience. The song ‘Why is Sylvia’ is organized into three

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    _SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT BY GEORGE ORWELL:_ _Commentary_ Political‚ social & ethical issues raised in Orwell’s essay "Shooting an Elephant" create a controversial storyline in which the events metaphorically symbolize the colonial imperialism of the time. Set in Burma‚ 1936‚ the context is based around the anti-European attitudes existent post the Anglo-Burmese Wars. Orwell’s positions‚ as police officer for the despotic British governments‚ required him to hold authority over the Burmese‚ consequently

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