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    To hear him howling in pain, crying out for our lady mother, tore at my heart. It had started in the early morning hours days before. Was this to be the end of my beloved brother? What would become of me? "Make him stop! For the love of God, make him stop!" I begged the good physician, who stood, rummaging through his bag of medicines and tools, at the foot of my brother 's bed. "My Prince," he said without turning, "would that I could, but I cannot." "Surely," a white-faced guard near the door trembled

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    The Excelsior's Diary

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    It was the happiest day of my life April 29, 1945. I was married to one of the most powerful and charismatic men I had ever known, His name was Adolf. As I was dancing with my Adolf for the first time since we had been married I thought about the first day I saw him 16 years ago. I was 17 and he was much older than I, but we fell in love. I was at work, looking at the lens of a camera that was not much older than a year and there he was and when he saw me I knew it was real love. I still remember

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    Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis when they came to discuss terms. 'We have not cared to live in the place ourselves,' said Lord Canterville, 'since my grand-aunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Otis, that the ghost has been seen by

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    Pygmalion Essay Essay question: Plays make powerful comments about societal structures. How does Shaw’s Pygmalion critique values and attitudes prevalent in the early 1900’s? George Bernard Shaw was an Irish immigrant in England, ostracised from society because of his appearance and heritage rather than from judgement of his person, this kept him apart from most social classes of the time. This feeling of not fitting in may have inspired Shaw to write the play Pygmalion which premiered in 1914

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    Task 1 –Report 4 I am writing a report explaining the importance of UK visitor attractions to tourism. In my report I will be including statistics and data to support my explanation. Attracting Visitors from overseas For overseas visitors, United Kingdom is a popular destination. This is because the UK has cultural and heritage attractions that appeals to the overseas visitors. Overseas visitor attractions have to be aware of the overseas markets that are 67%, as they have to make sure that

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    What Is Luxury?

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    What is Luxury? 1, “Luxury is as old as civilization, it can be anything high and exceptional regard from ordinary things”. Luxury is known as an expense, it would normally be classed in higher society and is more of a want then a need. If an object was described as luxury, it could normally mean it is a unique quality handcrafted piece meaning you were paying for the hours of labour as well as the finished piece. A great ease and comfort, pleasure but not absolutely necessary “Whenever people

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    do. It is not that we are just cynical human beings but we just like to be entertained. This is no different than the revenge tragedy plays of the Renaissance era that have a huge focus on dysfunctional families. If you take out the titles: Duke, Duchess, prince, servant etc. modern audiences can find these plays compelling and a lot like movies of today in regards to jealousy, rebellion and attention grabbing scenes. In The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd, there’s a family consisting of a controlling

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    I have to admit, it is an odd choice but yes, I have decided to break through the ethics out of a completely unethical film. I will be discussing my own thoughts and perspectives revolved around the movie, from reasons and circumstances that leads to an unethical life, to outcomes of it and much more. The Wolf of Wall Street is a black comedy, dramatic film featuring the great Martin Scorsese as a director, starring Leonardo Di Caprio. Leonardo Di Caprio plays the role of Jordan Belfort, “The Wolf

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    1. Alliteration: A word that follows another word with the same consonant sounds is alliteration. Alliteration is used quite often in poetry as it helps create a certain tone or mood for a poem. Words that use alliteration are effective as it uses sound to bring focus to specific parts of a poem that are vital in making an idea or an emotion known. The use of alliteration is very clever as it is a simple trick authors use to grab a reader’s attention and help readers understand what they are trying

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    A biological community is a discrete, useful and life maintaining environment . The natural system comprises of biotic and abiotic components in a living community if ecosystems are degraded it can lead to increased flooding due to the erosion of soil and lack of trees, rising of the sea levels due to the melting of the glaciers, caused by Global Warming.water shortage, food shortage (as the lands become barren and the oceans become fish less), loss of biodiversity as whole species of living things

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