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    2/22/13 McCartney vs. Lennon: Loving and Losing John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two revolutionary artists who grew and developed a very beautiful and distinct style of song writing that shaped or rather influenced musicians apart of and after their generation. Besides a distinct difference in tonality between John and Paul‚ both musicians are very different from one another and it is this chemistry that is the very essence of The Beatle’s aura. It is important to understand this distinct

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    The beginning Stella Mccartney was born in Lambeth‚ London on September 13th in 1971. She was the second child of former Beatle bassist Sir Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman. At the age of thirteen‚ she became interested in designing clothes‚ when she was making her first jacket. Only three years later‚ she interned for Christian Lacroix‚ working on his first fashion design collection. When she finished high school‚ she studied her foundation at Revensbourne College of Design and Communication

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    “A recurring characteristic of Modernism is the estrangement of the individual from his/her world: the outside world becomes unreal‚ uncanny‚ a place in which the individual can no longer feel at home.” What evidence do you find of such estrangement in the writing of the period? The late 19th century and early 20th century were times of great spiritual and social upheaval. It was an era in which many external values of the previous century were being challenged; faith in the government was in

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    The Tension Displayed in W.B Yeats’ Poetry When one hears the name ‘Yeats’‚ one most likely thinks of the man many consider to be Ireland’s greatest ever poet. However‚ if you were to ask these poets to discuss their favourite aspects of his poetry‚ I am sure that the response would amount to little more than some ‘umming’ and ‘errring’ and the occasional ‘his alliteration’ from those who remember their days at school. I must admit‚ I was the same before I began studying his work. Now‚ however

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    Irish Theater

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    IRISH THEATRE To explore how various Irish playwrights portray concerns of the Irish‚ a approach of; social‚ cultural and political issues will be compared with the prescribed texts Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) by Brian Friel and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996) by Matrin McDonagh. This will illustrate how Irish composers effectively use theatre as a vehicle of expression. Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play set in Donegal 1936‚ in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It is narrated by Michael

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    How far do these sources suggest that young Henry VIII was an impressive figure as a king? In the 16th century an impressive figure of a king would mean that he demonstrated power both physically and economically and a good education. However as source two suggests‚ Henry might be considered less than impressive as he shows insecurities. A stronger argument though is that Henry did demonstrate the features of an impressive king as he had all the attributes listed above which is clear from all three

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    Conversation- Economy

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    Name AP Language & Composition April 15‚ 2013 Conversation – Economy In “Economy”‚ Thoreau writes‚ “Most of the luxuries‚ and many of the so called comforts of life‚ are not only indispensible‚ but positive hinderances to the elevation of mankind”. He also poses two questions that address both microeconomics and macroeconomics: “What is the nature of the luxury which enervates and destroys nations?” and “Are we sure there is none of it in our own lives?” After having read Waste by Wendell

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    Analysis from Riders to the Sea John Millington Synge is the creator of the tragedy play “Riders to the Sea”. The story is developed in West Ireland and it begins with Nora and Cathleen two sisters that are arguing about what can they do with a bundle that contains some cloths taking from a drowned man that might be her missing brother. Suddenly appears Maurya (the mother) and she starts begging Bartley (her last living son) to stay instead of going to the sea. Bartley ignores her pleas and decided

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    A Young Mans Song

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    Take a Chance The poem‚ The Young Man’s Song by William Butler Yeats creates an encouraging tone to convince people in taking a chance with love. The poem creates a symbolic meaning of taking a chance when the poem says‚ “Wherefore I threw a penny to find if I might love.” This line describes that people need to take a chance at love otherwise they may not get another chance. You have to throw the penny in order to take a chance. “Go and love‚ go and love young man‚ If the lady be young and fair

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    Edmund John Millington Synge (1871-1909)‚ an Irish playwright‚ wrote ‘Riders to the Sea’‚ one of his first two one-act plays (the other one is ‘The Shadow of the Glen’). ‘Riders to the Sea’ (1904) is Synge’s dramatic response to the experience of his frequent sojourns in the Aran Islands. ‘Riders to the Sea’ dramatizes the archetypal struggle of man against the hostile natural forces and rends man’s inevitable defeat in the conflict against predestination which brings out a tragic effect at the end

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