’ "I [Bilbo Baggins] come from under the hills‚ and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air‚. I am he that walks unseen." ’ (Tolkien 258). Bilbo Baggins is the widely known hero of The Hobbit. His transformation into a hero was a difficult journey‚ and his evolution came from multiple different sources. The importance of social pressure for an individual to reach their full potential is one theme explored in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien‚ as the peer pressure from the
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The Tale of Genji and the Tales of Ise‚ both being of the monogatari literature‚ share similarities in their theme of romantic courtship‚ presence of male protagonists famed for their romantic exploits and the presentation of courtly ‘miyabi’ aesthetics. Differences between the two‚ however‚ lie in the nature of their storytelling – while both texts incorporate poetic verses‚ the Tale of Genji is largely written in prose while the Tales of Ise is known as an ‘uta monogatari’ with waka poems being
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Transformation at Renault Nissan Nissan Motor Company was on the edge of bankruptcy when French automaker Renault purchased a controlling interest and put Carlos Ghosn as the effective head of the Japanese automaker. Nissan’s known problems of high debt and plummeting market share‚ Ghosn identified that Nissan managers had no apparent sense of urgency for change. Ghosn’s challenge was to act quickly‚ minimize the inevitable resistance that arises when an outsider tries to change traditional Japanese
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Twenty years ago Hillton was a small city (about 70‚000 residents) that served as an outer to a large Midwest metropolitan area. The city treated employees like family and gave them a great deal of autonomy in their work. Everyone in the organization (including the two labor unions representing employees) implicitly agreed that the leaders and supervisors of the organization should rise through the ranks based on their experience. Few people were ever hired from the outside into middle or senior
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Blood Throughout Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”‚ the motif of blood is a reoccurring motif. Blood is used everywhere in Macbeth‚ the beginning in the battle field scenes all the way to the very end. The words ‘bloody’ and ’blood’ are repeated on almost every page. This draws importance to the motif. The motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of a major theme. It leads us into the theme of guilt‚ which is how Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth feel throughout the whole play. It also
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local community. He is by no means a poor man‚ as if evident from the description given in the General Prologue. His tale is told immediately after that of the Squire‚ who would have come from the social level just above that of the Franklin. The Squire’s Tale is incomplete‚ so the words of the Franklin at the end cannot be seen as an interruption but as congratulations at the end of a tale well told. He clearly admires the Squire‚ and wishes that his own son had
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Fairies and Their Purpose The fairies and the fairy realm have many responsibilities in this play. The most important of which is that they are the cause of much of the conflict and comedy within this story. They represent mischievousness and pleasantry which gives the play most of its emotion and feeling. They relate to humans because they make mistakes but differ in the fact that they do not understand the human world. Robin is the most notable fairy in the play and is the servant of the
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Max. Marks: 100 Programme: MEG Assignment code: MEG-02/TMA/2010-2011 Question 1. Discuss Dr. Fautus as a tragedy relevant to all times. Answer : There are several reasons for why Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is relevant to all times. Some have to do with its nature and stature as a work of art. Others have to do with its content. Yet another has to do with the nature of the central character‚ Doctor Faustus. From the perspective of great art‚ it is a drama that is still entertaining due to the
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1 Introduction With rare exception‚ China has been considered by the world as little more than a footnote to the history of the nuclear era. However‚ in recent years the pace and scope of China’s military transformation has been seen to have increased significantly. In the current climate‚ it is now a fact that China is increasingly modernising its military‚ and this‚ in conjunction with China’s rising economic power‚ is new to history. Following from this‚ many countries and leaders are no longer
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For my essay I chose to describe the light and dark motifs in "Romeo and Juliet". A motif is a term used to describe a passage in literature that has more than one universal meaning. It is used when a character or narrator is comparing one thing to another. For example the light motifs represent light things such as goodness‚ while dark motifs represent dark things such as death. One light quote from the story is during the balcony scene when Romeo is talking about Juliet. He says "It is the East
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