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must ask, which of the characters in the novel is most successful in the competitive atmosphere? Phillotson certainly achieves some measure of professional success as a schoolmaster, but like Jude, he too was unable to break into the echelons of university academia. Furthermore, despite marrying Sue, his union with her was less than successful. One gets the sense that in his one-sided love for Sue, Phillotson was swept along powerlessly by the tides of his own sexuality just as Jude was. Rather than

Homework #09 1. What is the form of a madrigal, and how does the form of a madrigal relate to the text? First of all, it is important to note that there are two different types of madrigals, and both forms of it are truly quite different in style. Originally, the madrigal was a type of 14th century Italian secular song that implemented two or three voices, “setting poems comprising three-lines stanzas with a melismatic upper part and a concluding ritornello.” On the other hand, the

Differences between Photographic and Painted Portraiture In this essay I hope to define some of the fundamental differences between the above two methods. I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each as vehicles of portraiture. However, this is a very wide question and though it has great scope for deeper analysis, lack of words and space has prevented me from exploring each point in more detail here. When addressing this subject, I feel it is very important to recognise that

people could recover a degree of spatial awareness, cheers to some specially-developed smart glasses. Smart glasses that can benefit people with partial visualization to pilot and evade walking into obstacles have been developed by researchers at Oxford University. The smart glasses, which contain of a video camera attached on the frame of the glasses and a computer processing component that is slight sufficient to apt in a pocket, are designed to increase people's awareness of what is around them. Imageries

January 8th 1942, Professor Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford England. Professor Stephen Hawking’s parent’s house was in north London. Stephen Hawking was seven years old, attended St. Albans School and then to University College, Oxford (1952) that was his father's old college. Stephen’s interest was in studying mathematics. However, his father wanted him to pursue medicine. Since mathematics was not available at the University College, he studied physics instead. After three year, he was

The Reasoning Behind Pain and C.S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland to Albert J. Lewis and Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis. He had an older brother, Warren, and the two were very close. When he was three years old, he announced that his name was “Jack”, and he was called Jack by family and friends for the rest of his life. His early life was very happy. His parents were avid readers and the home was filled with books. Lewis was raised as

Question 1 What are the steps to be a good entrepreneur? Write your suggestion and recommendation based on your observation and experience in Malaysia. 1.0 Introduction An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of profit. According to Martin (2010) an entrepreneur sees an opportunity which others do not fully recognize, to meet an unsatisfied demand or to radically improve the performance of an existing business. To have self-belief

A Viking Mystery Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history image: http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/Vikings-mass-grave-631.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg Mass grave British archaeologists looking for evidence of prehistoric activity in the English county of Dorset discovered instead a mass grave holding 54 male skeletons. (Oxford Archaeology) By David Keys SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | SUBSCRIBE OCTOBER 2010 1.1K 16 9 256

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” The social issue of animal rights first arose in the 1970s; since then the animal rights movement has gained momentum and a considerable amount of followers “Animal Rights.” Organizations like PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) hold demonstrations and protests in the streets and outside businesses to denounce the maltreatment of animals. There are two sides

In an interview, Malcolm Gladwell once said, “Outliers makes us understand how much of a group project success is. When outliers become outliers, it is not just because of their own efforts. It’s because of the contributions of lots of different people and lots of different circumstances.” Wes Moore is one of the many great examples of a Gladwellian “outlier,” as evinced by his upbringing, extraordinary success, and the rare opportunities he received. From growing up in a broken neighborhood to almost