History essay Due: 13/6/11 To what extent did city life improve in Victorian Britain? In Victorian Britain life was busy and overcrowded because of the industrial revolution. During this time people who live in villages moved to cities and coal was found in Wales. The coal that was found led to new factories and more jobs. Life in a industrial city included transport so people could get around and not have to walk everywhere‚ education for younger children and adults to led to better
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I could feel a gentle warm breeze that was blowing in from the west‚ bringing with it a mouth-watering smell of strawberry ice cream. Also with the wind came the enchanting smell of fresh salty air mixed with another smell that I didn’t recognise. The active bustling metropolitan was surrounded by rolling emerald green hills‚ giants watching over me. In the centre of the city sat a colossal thirty storey skyscraper made purely out of glass and reinforced steel. The city faced the never ending
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9th Malaysia Plan-Rancangan Malaysia Ke-9 ( RMK-9) (a) More united and advanced to gain national objective of Vision 2020. (b) Blueprint prepared by the EPU. (c) Requires greater resolve to ensure its success. (d) Five major thrusts. 10th Malaysia Plan- Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 ( RMK-10 ) 1. Embarks on an important mission towards a progressive and high-income nation. 2. 7 Thrusts 3. Challenge : * 6% annual GDP growth * Ensure living standards and quality of
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The City that Never Sleeps Ever wonder what’s it like to visit Times Square in New York City? The “crossroads of the world”. People are attached to the beautiful countless shining lights and countless billboards that fill the city. Today Times Square is a tourist magnet; It’s one of the most visited places in the world. In the heart of New York City‚ Times Square attracts many tourists because it’s endless amounts of things to view and do. When you think of Times Square you typically think about
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Hostility towards the landed classes contributed towards the outbreak of the Peasants revolt in 1381‚ the introduction of poll tax‚ the 100 years’ war‚ the Ordinance of Labourers and the Sumptuary Laws are all factors which contributed to the hostility. After the Black Death the population had a mass decline and many Lords were finding it hard to find peasants to work as many had moved elsewhere for greater pay. The peasants that survived the pestilence felt that they were greater than others
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Family relationships are key to both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare in the sixteenth century and ‘David Copperfield’ written by Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Both are set in patriarchal societies which seem to demonstrate changing relationships in families caused by a dominant‚ authoritarian man; presented through events‚ speeches and language choices. In both dramas the ‘parent and child’ relationships are key to the storylines. Both fathers threaten their (step)child
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Poetry Question: “His work reveals that he is unmistakably a product of his age and time.” Discuss this view of Hardy’s poetry with reference to any 3 poems. A writer’s work is a ‘nurtured reflective’ of his society. This was no different for Victorian Britain. Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria underwent evolutionary changes that did not only change the lifestyle of a people but the culture of the people. With Britain gaining mass economical wealth through the colonization of other
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A2 A Humble People Victoria Schöffel 1. Comprehension a) List the positive and the negative things Bingham says about the British. In the text are positive and negative things said about the British. Bingham is of the opinion that the positive things about British are that they are imaginative and original‚ permissive and that they are at least not French. But he also believes that there are many bad things too. Firstly‚ he mentions that there are problems in society. Secondly
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The story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe is told by a mad narrator with obsessions. It is about the narrator’s fear of an old man’s eye‚ prompting the narrator to kill the old man himself. Throughout the entire story‚ the narrator constantly attempts to convince the reader that he is not mad. This itself is an obsession and only assists in proving the narrator is mad. His obsessions are part of the madness‚ but the madness itself turns into an obsession. It is a terrible cycle that ends
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William Shakespeare is widely known as the world’s greatest writer‚ author‚ and playwright. Shakespeare is particularly known for his written tragedies‚ like Hamlet‚ which explore themes of darkness‚ revenge‚ betrayal‚ morality‚ etc. The storyline follows main protagonist (Hamlet)‚ seeking revenge after discovering his father was murdered by his uncle (Claudius). In the beginning of the play‚ Hamlet pretends to act mad as a means of distraction while attempting to expose Claudius. As the plot develops
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