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    have been used for qualitative and quantitative determination of antioxidants‚ and each has its specificity. This project aimed to evaluate antioxidant activity of ethanolic and aqueous extracts from the white popinac (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit) measured by DPPH

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    Standardisation versus Adaptation in a Globalisation context Challenge This is the challenge facing primarily multinational firms whether to standardise their local offering or adapt/localise it for the market they are selling into. According to De Wit and Meyer (2010)‚ the question facing managers is whether they should anticipate and encourage global convergence by emphasising global standardisation‚ centralisation and coordination or should managers acknowledge and exploit international diversity

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    Satire and Happy People

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    get advice to be patient and diligent in college or when you get a career‚ but in this case he gives you this advice to become a batter liar in a humorous and entertaining way. 2. What techniques does Twain use to create his satire?  He uses parody‚ wit‚ irony‚ hyperbole and understanding. 3. What is the issue McCullough is satirizing?  He is satirizing that don’t do stuff for other people‚ he wants to do stuff that will satisfy yourself and make you happy. When you’re happy people will follow your

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    While reading The Poisonwood Bible‚ I was fascinated by Kingsolver’s extensive use of Lingala‚ the language used in the region of the Congo where the Price family lives. Lingala is a language in which each word has several meanings‚ and Kingsolver has the characters in the story use language to reflect themselves. Kingsolver also masterfully wields words to connote subtle ideas throughout the novel. Throughout the novel are sprinkled many phrases in Lingala‚ phrases that are eventually learned or

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    Gertrude Weak In Hamlet

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    In William Shakespeare’s‚ “Hamlet” The protagonist‚ Hamlet faces challenges trying to murder King Claudius‚ who is his uncle and the murderer of his Father‚ King Hamlet. After King Hamlet’s death‚ his wife Gertrude marries King Claudius the murderer. Later in the play‚ Gertrude suffers a terrible death by drinking poison that was not intended for her. This fatal action is caused by Gertrude marrying Claudius‚ watching a play that offends her‚ instead of speaking out‚ she tries to get Polonius to

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    AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM ➢ ‘Nature to all things fixed the limits fit’ ➢ ‘So vast is art‚ so narrow human wit’ ➢ ‘Unerring Nature‚ still divinely bright‚ / One clear‚ unchanged and universal light’ ➢ ‘Those rules of old discovered‚ not devised‚ / Are Nature still‚ but Nature methodized’ AN ESSAY ON MAN - EPISTLE II - OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF MAN WITH RESPECT TO HIMSELF‚ AS AN INDIVIDUAL Know then thyself‚ presume not God to scan‚ The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac’d

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    Shakespeare is well known for the different types of women he writes about in his plays. Within his work‚ he tells readers a lot about his views on women and their roles. Their personalities vary‚ and their character ranges from strong to weak‚ warm and delightful to cold and scornful. Although Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew and Portia from The Merchant of Venice seem to be polar opposites‚ they both share a few things in common‚ and that is that they are both witty‚ bold‚ and independent

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    Today we live in an age of satire‚ in which everything we see is so readily parodied that we often begin to lose the meaning of such an act in the first place. However many of these modern satirists do have points that they wish to make‚ as well as inspirations for doing so. Arguably one of the biggest influences on satire as we see it today was none other than the Irish author Jonathan Swift. Swift’s style of writing was iconic and very often ageless‚ as he frequently merged the general and specific

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    the rivals ......as an anti-sentimental comedy Undoubtedly Sheridan’s purpose in writing “The Rivals” was to entertain the audience by making them laugh and not by making them shed tears. “The Rivals” was written as a comedy pure and simple. Though there are certainly a few sentimental scenes in this play yet they are regarded as a parody of sentimentality. The scenes between Faulkland and Julia are satire on the sentimental comedy which was in fashion in those days and against which Sheridan

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    Prejudice and one of the most well-known female characters in English literature. Her admirable qualities are numerous—she is lovely‚ clever‚ and‚ in a novel defined by dialogue‚ she converses as brilliantly as anyone. Her honesty‚ virtue‚ and lively wit enable her to rise above the nonsense and bad behavior that pervade her class-bound and often spiteful society. Nevertheless‚ her sharp tongue and tendency to make hasty judgments often lead her astray; Pride and Prejudiceis essentially the story of

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