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    Aylesbury Assizes‚ with killing and slaying the Hon. F. Ashley Cooper on February 28‚ 1825 in an incident which might today be described as "lethal hazing".(Wood‚ et al: 1825)  Virginia Woolf considered fascism to be a form of bullying‚ and wrote of Hitler and the Nazis in 1934 as "these brutal bullies".(Woolf:1934) The first National Bullying Prevention Week was conceived of in Canada in 2000 by Canadian educator and anti-bullying activist Bill Belsey.(Belsey:2000) There was a effect of bullying

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    In her book‚ A Room of One’s Own‚ Virginia Woolf wrote a series of essays beginning with the state of the female novelist and expanding from there. In her closing essay she writes a public service announcement of sorts‚ calling out to her audience‚ the female ones in particular‚ to write books of all forms and variety‚ in spite of the difficulties that stand in front of them. Woolf asserts that not only they stand to benefit from writing good literature‚ but so

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    take the weight and try and push towards the middle‚ but since the stones are set to a curve‚ they push on each other and stay firm. This design is used in bridges and even cars for strength. Another use of the parabola is in lights. Headlights‚ searchlights‚ flashlights and more. The reflective mirrors inside are one big parabola. The light is shone in the middle and the curved mirrors shoot the light out of the bottom of the parabola. There is no direction that the light can be shone within the parabola

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    depression for home and India. Sudha also decides to relieve the octogenarian of his homesickness and secure a life for her daughter and herself. Sudha undergoes metamorphosis simiar to the character ‘Jasmine’ in Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine. Sudha transforms from a naïve traditional well matriarchal protected woman to modern and independent. This summarized progression from India to America might easily be understood as a stereotypical reification of cultural boundaries where India manifests all

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    subtly in more minor characters such as Lucrezia and Mrs Kilman. Virgina Woolf’s own issues inspired her greatly‚ as she herself suffered her first mental breakdown at the tender age of thirteen and was prescribed ‘rest cure’ – just as Septimus is; Woolf is often described as a ‘mad genius’ as she was declared mentally ill at an early stage in her life -- this intense and troubling lifestyle of erratic nervous breakdowns coupled with her substantial involvement in the Bloomsbury group in ‘the early

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    points that helped to improve the conditions Britain was facing at that time. The use of innovative forms of narrative is one of the aspects that made these stories modern. Some of the writers that made use of this aspect are‚ James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. These writers define what we understand as modernism in fiction. They defined as ability to stimulate thinking to social and culture questions. They are trying to describe the whole pictures of society in the novels. Some of the innovations they

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    References: Romanek‚ M. (Writer/Director)‚ One hour photo[Motion Picture]. USA: Fox Spotlight Productions‚ Retrieved from http://movieclips.com/pPt5S-one-hour-photo-movie-sy-explains-himself/ Fox Searchlight.(2002). Public and media relations. Retrieved Sept 20‚ 2011‚ from http://www.foxsearchlight.com/onehourphoto/ Goodykoontz‚ B.‚ & Jacobs‚ C. P. (2011). Film: From Watching to Seeing. San Diego‚ CA: Bridgepoint Education‚ Inc.Retrieved from https://content

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    house‚ looking for their "Treasure"‚ the treasure or meaning is revealed to us. The joy and love shared between two people is the treasure‚ the treasure of life. By using irony and stream of consciousness Virginia Woolf is able to reveal the meaning of the story. Virginia Woolf uses a style called the "Stream of Consciousness"‚ revealing the lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations. We learn about the ghosts past by seeing what they thoughts and associated with

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    Virginia Woolf‚ she rushes out the door to by ink‚ cigarettes and maybe some more coke. Ellie seems worn out and alone to cope with her problems and you might get the impression of a wild teenager who lives life in the fast lane and is being careless towards her school and homework; a girl that doesn’t fit into her parent’s picture of a responsible student. She tells that she’s already had her extension from University‚ and is therefore forced to do the next assignment on Virginia Woolf otherwise

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    In the recent 5 years the social media platforms have grown very fast and they gained high popularity in our lives. Pictures of exotic beaches‚ exciting leisure activities or an exciting weekend party marathon are rubbed over our daily by our "friends" in social networks. We get a pretty big sense of envy from looking at such postings. The modern life is inconceivable without posting the “perfect” life on social media. But have you ever wondered what lies behind the facade of these pictures? For

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