The Witch of Colchis As she was ferried ’cross the River Styx‚ what thoughts too harrowing to contemplate came coursing madly through her consciousness? Her children whom she killed with her own hands as vengeance for their father’s faithlessness‚ ensuring they would not be reared as slaves? The hapless rival she engulfed in flames— a marriage of political convenience kindling blind rapacious jealousy? Her husband’s cousins she enticed to cast a heinous spell of mutilation‚ thinking they’d
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2010 Nitin Goyal Women in Stalinist Russia M.M. 15 Q) What was the role of women in Stalin’s Russia? Did he introduce any changes in the Bolshevik policies regarding the family? Ans. After the Bolsheviks came into power‚ they under the leadership of Lenin started a movement of social reform which was meant to
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John Rolfe is best known for his marriage to Pocahontas‚ but his greatest contribution to the new world would be introducing tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. Although the Indians had already cultivated tobacco‚ Rolfe introduced a sweeter form in Virginia that he imported from Trinidad‚ whose tobacco was considered superior to the Indian variety (Horn‚ 2011). His marriage to Pocahontas in 1614 led to eight years of relative peace with the Indians allowing time for increased land
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1)What is the development and growth ?How differ from each other? Growth is referred to the increase of per capita real gross domestic product over a period of time. Real GDP is a quantitative concept since it involves increased productive capacity in an economy‚ which leads to rising national output‚ incomes and living standards over time. Growth can occur from two main factors: 1. The increased use of resources such as land‚ labour‚ capital and entrepreneurial resources due to improvements in
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Rugby: a sport most people do not care about in the United States. This sport has been outshone by the fame received from many other sports in North America‚ such as football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ and hockey. Although not as famous in North America‚ rugby continues to make a huge impact to the rest of the world. The sport of rugby has changed how the rest of the world functions economically‚ culturally‚ and through its influence of other sports. This sport has been around for a vast amount of
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Hercules’ temper played a vital role in his journey of being the greatest hero of Greece. Although his temper helped him in being the hero he was‚ he also had wild outburst‚ but he would gladly accept the punishment given. Even when offered to be exonerated he would punish himself for letting his temper get the best of him in the wrong place and time. His temper helped him be the strongest man on earth and admired by the Gods because whenever he felt he wronged someone he tried so hard to make things
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concluded that the wise thing to do is to suspend judgement and not to commit oneself to any belief as final. The best one can do is to calculate probabilities and follow the highest. As far as we know‚ he wrote nothing at all. Cleanthes (300 - 220 B.C.) [Assos‚ Athens]. He followed on from Zeno as head of the Stoic school‚ but he was not the most brilliant of men and he added absolutely zilch to the doctrines
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Classics essay- task 1 Roman religion played a fundamental role in most aspects of Roman society. It was a polytheistic religion with many gods‚ each with their own specific role. The Roman religion emerged from the worship of Numina and was combined with elements from the religions of surrounding countries. It could be divided into state and private religion. The two strands of religion each have their own ceremonies and significance. Fate is another important strand of Roman religion which had
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explore Macbeth’s changing character. Within the play ‘Macbeth’‚ Macbeth’s character changes considerably. Macbeth starts a very noble and praiseworthy general in the army; however throughout the play various yet similar events cause Macbeth to become an evil and vicious man. This essay will comment on how Shakespeare presents the changing character of Macbeth through a comparison of the three key murder scenes. The witches is ‘Macbeth’ are full of evil and make Macbeth do things he would never
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Variation plays a vital role in human survival. Variation occurs in the process of meiosis. Meiosis is the process in which human sex cells‚ called gametes‚ are produced. Meiosis starts with a parent cell‚ called a diploid‚ replicating its DNA. After the DNA is replicated‚ the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell where each pair touches each other and genetic information from the alleles are shuffled and exchanged‚ a process called crossing-over. The crossing-over over of chromosomes results
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