I agree with the idea that the North had won the Civil War before it began to the extent of Lincoln ’s conservative political stands. Trying to receive the favor of the South while winning in the North would require Lincoln to take neutral stands in heated political issues like slavery. It wasn ’t really wan by the North until he broke away from these stands to enact the Emancipation Proclamation and turn the tides of war in favor of the North. "This Lincoln always publicly condemned the abolitionists
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Do you agree that the first cause argument proves that God exists? The first cause argument takes the existence of the universe to entail the existence of a being that created it. It does so based on the fact that the universe had a beginning. There must‚ the first cause argument says‚ be something that caused that beginning‚ a first cause of the universe. I do believe that the first cause argument proves God’s existence. This is because the universe consists of a series of events stretched across
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red rubies does not only symbolise danger‚ but can be associated with sensuality. The term ‘choker’‚ on the other hand‚ can link the two themes through its multiple interpretations. For example‚ the obvious explanation for choking someone would be to do them harm. However‚ it is also common‚ especially in Carter’s stories‚ for choking to play a part in sex – in fact‚ the term for ‘orgasm’ in French‚ translates to ‘a small death’‚ and as the story is set in France‚ this becomes very relevant and supports
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By the end of the novel fowler is a greatly changed man. Do you agree? In the novel “The Quiet American”‚ which is written by Graham “Vintage” Green‚ follows a man called Thomas Fowler‚ who is a British journalist currently travelling in Vietnam. Thomas Fowler is aged in his fifties or so and his work has been covering the French war in Vietnam. Throughout the book Fowler becomes a greatly changed man‚ through meeting characters and becoming twisted in events. Fowler at the start of the book has
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How far do you agree with the view that the contrast between Iago and Othello is the most important contrast in the play? In the play Othello‚ there are many forms of contrast‚ one of which is the contrast between the characters of Othello and Iago‚ which could be argued as being the most important contrast in the play. In this essay I am going to discuss various contrasts between these two characters as well as others which are shown in the play. An example of contrast between Othello and Iago
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Commercial hospitality is just extension of hospitality in the home. Do you agree? Hospitality is a difficult concept to define; numerous authors suggest it is both a social and commercial activity (Lugosi 2008). Nevertheless it’s important to highlight a dominant theme in accepted definitions of hospitality. Brotherton (1999) defined hospitality as “a contemporaneous human exchange‚ which is voluntarily entered into‚ and designed to enhance the mutual well-being of the parties concerned through
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Question: Othello offers nothing of value to the modern audience. Do you agree? Complex themes of jealousy‚ rejection and revenge are universal due to their ability to relate and remain relevant to audiences. Such themes are explored through William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello where characters are all confronted and invariably challenged with such universal themes that essentially form the ingredients to this tragedy. Throughout the play‚ issues regarding sexism and racism come to light by examining
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Beauty and Evil are never far apart in Keats’s poetry” how far do you agree with this view? “She seem’d‚ at once‚ some penanced lady elf‚ Some demon’s mistress‚ or the demon’s self.” Beauty and evil cannot come much closer than when being in the same quote‚ and much of Keats’s work is pockmarked with references to these two seemingly unrelated conditions‚ and I feel is notable‚ if not key‚ to much of Keats’s work. In a way it could be said to symbolise Keats’s “bitter-sweet melancholy”; the idea
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How far do you agree that Wuthering Heights is a romantic novel? Zaib Nasir The romantic novel is characterised by a conscious preoccupation with the subjective and imaginative aspects of life. The romantic age was further evolving at the point of publication in 1847‚ where prior Mary Shelly had published Frankenstein and Charles Darwin had published The Origin of Species. It was the age of new ideas‚ the dreamlike and intangible‚ something that Wuthering Heights shows
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comments tends to be the same. So why do my classmates favor the male student’s remarks over the female student’s? Everyone has their own way of saying things‚ however the way we hear what a women says is often completely different in comparison to how we would hear it if a man had said it instead. When hearing both genders communicating‚ we unintentionally put males above females. We look at men as more powerful than women. In Deborah Tannen’s book‚ You Just Don’t Understand‚ she explains that
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