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    people completed honorable deeds, other people who had committed crimes were also known as heroes. These people include Oedipus and Medea who also received worship after their deaths. These men and women have had relevance in society for many generations, and continue to have relevance in today’s society. To the Greeks, heroes were always doing something extraordinary. It

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    Is Hamlet Relevant Today

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    William Shakespeare’s Hamlet proves relevant today due to its applications to the current culture. Applications of Hamlet’s message include friendships, romantic relationships and convictions. Hamlet experiences all of these situations at least once in the story. These situations are and have been relevant for years and will continue to be relevant due to their basic relation to the human condition. Each person experiences some time of friendship, romantic relationship and conviction at some point

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    many ways, but one of the most genius aspects of it is its continual relevance throughout history, even

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    Book Review: Why Read Marx Today? (Jonathan Wolff; Oxford University Press; 2002) In this book, Wolff (UCL professor, philosopher, and columnist for the Guardian) tackles the immense task of analysing the validity and modern significance of Karl Marx and his teachings. As Wolff quickly points out in his introductory paragraphs, surely the fall of the Berlin Wall - along with the collapse of the so-called “‘Evil Empire’” (1) (the Soviet Union) - should have rendered the Marxist theorists beaten and

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    Relevance of To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is relevant today in several ways. There are movements that are in the 21st century whose values are seen in the book. There are also lessons and morals in To Kill a Mockingbird that need to be understood by people today. After looking at these things, we know that To Kill a Mockingbird is still relevant today. In To Kill a Mockingbird, there are a few things that deal with women’s rights and equality. Today, there is a movement

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    no author listed, evaluate the credibility of the publication) UnityPoint Health is a reliable source because it is a health care insurance and hospital company. UnityPoint Health was founded in 1993 and has been thriving ever since. Relevance: analyze the relevance of each source to your chosen topic This source will support the point made in the thesis that infants can digest breast milk easier than

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    have a slight relevance to work and organisations today since the society has moved from a Fordist to a Post-Fordist era because of the shift in technology (Jessop, 2013). However, there is still some evidence such as the “McDonaldization” of firms illustrates the validity of the classical theory. In this essay, I will investigate the situation of companies nowadays and examine whether bureaucracy and scientific management can be considered as outdated as well as has a little relevance to work and

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    undoubtedly played in part in shaping the development of architecture. We approach the question with the assumption that the book was indeed relevant owing to the word ‘still’ within its phrasing. Thus, it is useful to investigate the nature of its relevance at its time of publication almost a century ago. A major reason for the widespread reception of Le Corbusier’s ideas can be found in his country’s social conditions during the interwar years. Towards a New Architecture was launched into

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    What relevance does James Montgomery Flagg’s poster have to modern and contemporary practice in the discipline area of poster design? Between the years of 1917-1918 over four million copies were printed of James Montgomery Flagg’s stern image of Uncle Sam pointing to the viewer, above the words, “I Want You for U.S. Army.” Flagg’s poster was based on the original British Lord Kitchener poster, three years earlier. This was as the US entered World War 1 and began sending troops to war. Flagg used

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    its doomed romance. The story of two lovers who fall into the hands of fate is old, yet it’s still talked about to this day. However, this brings up the question of relevance. Does something this old still carry relevance to this day? While the themes of love and destiny are extreme, they’re still relevant today. It's still relevant today because it shows the tragedies that can occur while falling in love, the horrors of fate and destiny, and how love affects teenagers. *** While there are strong themes

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