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    trouble but then there are some that don’t get solved. The Victorian era‚ murder was very common and most times people wouldn’t ever get caught. In Macbeth‚ Hamlet and Richard III‚ murder is a big part. If something doesn’t go someone’s way‚ or if they don’t get what they want‚ or can’t wait for power‚ they kill them. The role of murder in the Victorian Era and in Shakespeare’s plays is similar to murder in today’s society. In the Victorian Era Shakespeare’s plays were very popular. Many people

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    Victorian Social Reforms

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    The Victorian Laissez-Faire system of social reform relied on voluntary contribution of the wealthy and the charitable to relieve poverty‚ rather than the now standard system of using money from universal taxes to pay for universal services such as public health and housing. The founding laws of this welfare state we now live in today where known as the liberal reforms‚ a series of legislation that encouraged a far more collectivist attitude to social reform that verged on socialism‚ dreaded by the

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    In Victorian era‚ corset was seen as part of women’s life‚ as the narrowness of their waist defines their beauty. The discomfort brought was offset by the compliments from others‚ as the image of being weak and needing for protection could greatly increase their female charm. This phenomenon shows the importance of corset in women’s daily life and their self-identity. Before Victorian era‚ in the 17th century‚ even though corset was popular‚ it was only worn by upper-class women. In the18th century

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    The Victorian Novel: main features First of all in the Victorian Age the dominating literary form was the novel. It was in fact easier to be read and understood by simple people‚ its plot was more interesting than any other literary forms‚ the main protagonists of the novel were the same people who read it so that they felt deeply involved in the adventure told‚ the writer and his readers shared the same opinions‚ values and ideals because they belonged to the same middle class‚ the setting was

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    Hysteria In Victorian Era

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    The word kept appearing all other the world‚ in all the different ages‚ from the times of Roman Empire to Middle Ages to Renaissance. There is one thing in common in all descriptions‚ it was specific to women and attributed to “traveling womb”. In Victorian era female purity was strongly emphasized and the society supported the idea of ideal woman being a wife‚ a mother‚ and a keeper of the house. As guardians of the home women were believed to be more dependent‚ gentle and emotional by nature. These

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    document examination‚ fingerprints‚ fire and explosion investigation‚ microscopy and vehicle examination. Task 3: Mounted Police w/ Bryony Stringer a. Since horses have been used since the Military Mounted Police rode into the Victorian colony in 1836. When the Victorian police was established‚ it brought together many mounted units throughout Victoria to become united in the Mounted Branch. Police officers that apply for the mounted branch‚ must have completed at least two years of service and

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    There were two main types of architectural styles popular in the Regency period. The first one was called medieval revival. This is often referred to as Victorian Gothic‚ or more accurately‚ Gothic Revival. This style was based on medieval architecture‚ particularly the Gothic churches of the late 13th and early 14th century. Many Gothic Revival buildings used stucco in place of medieval stone‚ and braced fanciful Gothic curves with hidden iron struts. The second‚ and more popular style of Regency

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    5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”

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    Larkin Tyler English II (H) May 17‚ 2024. Ulysses S. Grant was a man capable of an almost inhuman disinterestedness in reaching judgments about strategy and saw things bluntly and directly. As the only American president to serve two complete and consecutive terms between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson‚ he was an enigma to generations of historical generalists and scholars. Their difficult assessment of him involved wrongly assessing the objectivity and disinterestedness he prized and represented

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    Thesis: A. Because Ulysses Everett and Odysseus yearned to be home with their loved ones‚ the obstacles that they went through tested their physical and emotional strength to the ultimate degree. a. When Everett gets on his knees at the end and prays to god‚ and throughout the movie he was saying how he didn’t believe in a higher power. b. Odysseus‚ throughout the book‚ just wanted to get home and being stubborn he said wouldn’t sleep until he see’s penelope again. c. both of the men

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