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------------------------------------------------- Alloy Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0.02% and 2.14% by mass. An alloy is a metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal (heat treatment) history. Alloys usually have different properties from those

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare, the playwright, had a life of virtual mystery, intrigue and relative sadness. Shakespeare grew up in a modest upbringing and was known to have only completed elementary school. Though he did not attend college, he would end up as one of histories greatest literary success stories. The mysteries surrounding the life of William Shakespeare are perpetuated with the reference to the ‘lost years'; two distinct periods of time from 1578-1582 and 1585-1592

Abigail Brill Long Proposal 24 February 2015 The Gaze on Women in Cinema Cinema has a very powerful influence on us, whether we are aware of it or not. Cinema tells us, in a way of reflection, how we are to act and respond as a society. For example, in movies women with body hair are portrayed as shamed, unhygienic, and usually rejects to sexual advances. I’ve started to recognize these consistent stigmas, but this is just one example of what I believe makes the male gaze so successfully prevalent

Though best known for his muckraking efforts that helped to end the Gilded Age, Upton Sinclair wrote nearly a hundred books in his lifetime. From a young age his mother encouraged in him a love of reading; when he could, Sinclair would read for up to fourteen hours a day. However, his childhood was also marked by poverty and by his father's raging alcoholism. His mother took a strong sense of morality against his father’s drinking and of all types of sinning. These strict morals implanted in him

A family is defined as “a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit.” (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2014) This definition represents how the typical family should be, but in Australia there seems to be no typical Australian family because families have changed greatly over the past fifty years. Many factors have contributed to the change in families over the past fifty years such as marriage and birth rates, the roles of families and the number of family members. The

seasons symbolizes her patience and hope for love and fulfillment in her marriage to Logan. But as time passes, she realizes that her expectations will never be met, and she begins to reflect on her delusional idea of marriage. The imagery of “pollen gilding the sun and drifting down on the world” suggests an idea of renewal and marks the beginning of Janie’s realization that marriage alone doesn’t automatically bring love and happiness. Her gaze towards the distant horizon shows her awareness that there

What a blessing I had today to experience in my own eyes wonderful sights and scenes. Many of you already know that I 'm famous for the mystical experiences I’ve had with Jesus and God in the past. Perhaps you’ve read my book? The Book of Margery Kempe? Yes, I Margery Kemp, got the opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. There 's over thousands of beautiful artwork, one visit won 't suffice. I was captivated by everything I saw, but I was especially drawn into the magnificent

Royal Rifle Corps, whose commanding officer, the Earl of Faversham, insisted his men should be ‘of a very high standard physically educationally and socially.’ His battalion prided itself on having less crime than any other in the service. Sergeant Gilding in a letter to Miss Crisp, the fiancee of Private Fred Hill of Eastoft Road, Crowle, wrote to console her that, ‘he did not suffer any pain, death being instantaneous.’ Fred had been in France for ten months but in that time had been invalided home

Demosthenes claimed that 'the economy of honours ' was democratic because it allowed the population to reward individuals for helping to preserve democracy through philanthropy. Benefactors or 'euergetes ' were encouraged to donate to their city by being rewarded with various honours. The orator opposed Leptines ' law, which made no-one exempt from liturgies as he believed that exemptions were one way of honouring men who had helped to preserve democracy (Demosthenes Against Leptines, 17). One

Madame de Pompadour is most famously known for her role as King Louis XV’s chief mistress. It is through this role she acquired influence over the king and, in turn, France’s political landscape at large. She advised King Louis XV on matters regarding the management of the Seven Years’ War, internal affairs affecting the nation, and the creation and dissolution of several alliances with other countries. In this way, Madame de Pompadour's immense clout was a consequence of the king’s affection for