CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® CAPE® SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May–June 2014 CXC A27/U2/13 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to the syllabus
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Plot Summary. .......It is an autumn evening along the Irish coast in County Mayo. Shawn Keough stops at Michael James Flaherty’s country pub to visit Flaherty’s daughter‚ Margaret‚ called Pegeen Mike by her family and friends. Keough‚ a fat young fellow devoid of wit or talent‚ means to marry pretty Pegeen‚ a spirited colleen of twenty who is minding the tavern in her father’s absence. But she entertains no fancy for Shawn. When he pesters her about the “good bargain” she would have in becoming
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In order to counter the unreality of Ibsen and the bleakness of Chekhov‚ John M. Synge has chosen a seemingly unbelievable story to create his realist masterpiece‚ <u>The Playboy of the Western World</u>. Its realism comes from two unlikely sources: joy and a far-fetched tale. Yet‚ as Synge identifies himself in the preface‚ these elements in combination are extremely effective in showing the life of the peasantry; more so than any bleak or so-called "real" story (in the manner of Ibsen) could.<br><br>The
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Saturday was market day in Cape Town and the streets were crowded with shoppers looking for bargains‚ meeting friends and lovers. Boers and Frenchmen‚ soldiers in colorful uniforms and English ladies in flounced skirts and ruffled blouses mingled in front of the bazaars set up in the town squares at Braameonstein and Park Town and Burgersdorp. Everything was for sale: furniture‚ horses and carriages and fresh fruit. One could purchase dresses and chessboards‚ or meat or books in a dozen different
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In the film “All Quiet on The Western Front” a first hand war experience is depicted from the point of view of soldiers who fought on the front of the German line. People who were not fighting had these beliefs of what happened at the front. They were told countless stories but all of them were war cliches which were far from the truth of what really happened. The blood‚ sweat‚ bodies‚ countless injured and dead‚ the suffering‚ people knew it happened but not to the extreme that it was. This film
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political and social object in “western civilization”. “The Roman Empire began when Augustus Caesar became the first emperor of Rome it then ended‚ in the west‚ when the last Roman emperor‚ Romulus Augustulus‚ was destroyed by the Germanic King Odoacer.” (Grummond‚ 2015) “In the Roman east‚ it continued as the Byzantine Empire until the death of Constantine XI and the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks” (Grummond‚ 2015) The influence of the Roman Empire on western civilization was profound in
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“All Quiet on the Western Front” is a novel told by a nineteen-year-old by the name of Paul Bäumer. This novel is taken place in about 1914 until about 1918 during WWI. These men left everything behind including jobs‚ parents‚ wives‚ children‚ and dreams they hoped to eventually achieve. During this life journey the men take‚ they will begin to lose those who are close to them. Along with Paul were three others who had joined with him‚ Albert Kropp‚ Müller‚ and Leer. As well as four of their
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Western Europe‚ in our modern society‚ is seemingly more advanced than most of the world today. It’s political structure‚ economy‚ and technological advances are up to par with some of the best in the world and is seen as a stable society. Although‚ in 600 A.D.‚ Europe was the complete opposite. Europe struggled with modernization of even the simplest forms such as‚ sanitation‚ education‚ and economic structure. This period of history known for the deterioration of Western Europe’s culture was known
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Cape Horn This essay is about a poem called Cape Horn‚ by Giles Dixey. I believe the message that this poem is trying to convey to us is that nature is an immensely powerful force. This poem displays the wrath of Mother Nature‚ which can be horrifically terrifying and destructive. This poem is trying to teach us to never underestimate nature. The actual poem is about a storm-battered ship‚ drifting aimlessly and helplessly‚ after suffering at the hands of Mother Nature. The ship is wandering the
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With the fall of Rome‚ Western Europe was in shambles compared to its eastern counterpart. Roman influence would hold in some aspects‚ but things would change. Leaders would emerge to influence its culture. Religion would maintain a major role and influence. Rome’s fall would affect the outcome of Western Europe and its development. The Roman Empire started in 27 BCE to 476 CE (The Legacy of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages in the West‚ 2012). It was in 476 CE when Rome was conquered by a German
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