Cosi by Louis Nowra is a play within a play‚ Meta Theatre‚ and is a semi-autobiographical‚ touching and a biting portrayal of human relationships and mental illness. Prior to the 1970s‚ people who suffered from ‘mental disorders’ were sent to mental institutes in order to prevent them from bringing shame onto their families and the community. The ‘illnesses’ ranged from true mental instability‚ such as OCD and schizophrenia‚ to alcoholics and drug abusers. This is what Nowra’s play is based around
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Louis Riel: Historical Hero Louis Riel is a well-known figure in Canadian history. Through his acts as a leader‚ despite his political mistakes‚ I believe he should be remembered as a Canadian hero. Riel‚ being well-educated and bilingual‚ would eventually emerge as a strong advocate for Metis rights in Red River. Riel practiced as a lawyer in Montreal‚ but returned to his home of Red River in the face of Rupert’s Land being purchased by Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company (Histori). His home
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Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) So many times in the past‚ those of us who have stood up for the rights of the human race‚ who have proposed and even implemented change‚ have been liked by a majority but through the hatred of the minority they are destroyed. Sometimes this destruction is literal‚ for example assassination. This was the case for Robert F. Kennedy‚ born on November 20th‚ 1925 and who died on June 5th‚ 1968‚ with three bullet wounds to his chest. This is who I will be talking about
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Charmed by Robert A. Tino is an acrylic painting exhibited at the Robert A. Tino Gallery in Sevierville‚ Tennessee. The work is sixty inches in length and forty inches in width. The piece depicts a horse in a realistic manner set off to the right. The bottom of the painting is coated in a large variety of colors. These colors are not delicately brushed on‚ but splattered on with paint using a brush. In his work Charmed‚ Robert A. Tino creates a representational work of nature and its simplicity through
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Louis Pasteur was a pioneer of immunology. He was born in 1822. He grew up in the city of Dole‚ France. When he was young most of his teachers felt that he was slow and that advancing his education was not what the future held for him. His father was a leather tanner. His teachers felt that he should carry on that trade. He however had one teacher that believed in him. He then advanced his education and studies on to Paris‚ France. Louis Pasteur was an extraordinary man. While advancing his
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which inaugurate’s new features of an certain status. Robert Gray and Christo Erasmus‚ both explore the concept of self discovery but alter the discovery to being either new and refreshing or challenging and confronting. “Journey‚ North Coast” written by poet Robert Gray‚ demonstrates the self discovery of a concealed environment. This influences the persona’s demeanour to an undulate and stimulating psyche. However‚ the poem “The meatworks” by Robert Gray‚ and short film “The Pencil” (TROPFEST) directed
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After he took power‚ Louis XIV made the nobility tax exempt‚ so the heavy burden of the taxes lied on the peasants‚ which made their already hard lives even tougher. In document 3‚ it explains how Louis XIV keeps his courtier in line so that they stay diligent in pleasing him. The documents also depicts his oppressiveness‚ stating that Louis XIV had many spies that tattled on anyone of any class which ruined the person’s life since
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Louis Sachar‚ an American writer‚ once wrote‚ “A lot of people don’t believe in curses. A lot of people don’t believe in yellow-spotted lizards either‚ but if one bites you it doesn’t make a difference whether you believe or not” (Sachar 41). The book I read was Holes by Louis Sachar. This book is about a boy‚ named Stanley Yelnats‚ who is ‘cursed’ with bad luck. The ‘curse’ started with Stanley’s no-good pig stealing great great grandfather. During the early parts of the story‚ Stanley is arrested
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Do No Harm Louis Lasagna created a modern retelling of the Hippocratic oath‚ which has the statement “I will apply‚ for the benefit of the sick‚ all measures that are required‚ avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.” This brings up the question of just how much control should a person have over their medical treatment. Does an individual get to decide what happens to them or should the medical doctor have final say on their patient’s treatment? As I have worked in
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CEO Report (b graded) Louis R. Chênevert‚ United Technologies Corporation Louis R. Chênevert was born in 1958 in the Quebec province of Canada. Raised on the outskirts of Montreal‚ Chênevert spent his childhood and adolescent years close to his community. With close ties to the area‚ he attended the University of Montreal. In 1979‚ he graduated with a bachelor of commerce in product management. Upon graduating‚ Chênevert was hired by the General Motors Corporation in St. Therese‚ a suburb of
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