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    Rise of the Middle Class

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    Jyoti Rana Research Scholar Dept. of English B.P.S.M.V‚ Khanpur RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS The Victorian Era is named after the Queen of England‚ Queen Victoria. She ruled from 1837 to 1901 when she died. That era‚ which followed the Regency time period‚ is characterized by reforms in the government‚ industrialization in the factories‚ economic prosperity‚ and moral decline. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century

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    The Great Gatsby- Gatsby´s Reasons to Become Rich CONTENTS I Introduction II Wealth and Power – Jay Gatsby III Conclusion I Introduction The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about wealth‚ power‚ love‚ intrigues and crime‚ showing the lives of a group of people‚ all members of the social upper class. One of the stories main themes is wealth and power. This topic concerns all the characters in the book but especially interesting is the relationship

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    different time periods. In Diary of a Madman (1918)‚ Lu Xun’s “madman” mentioned the bitter experiences of the ordinary people around him—“some have worn the cangue on the district magistrate’s order‚ some have had their faces slapped by the gentry‚ some have had their wives ravished by yamen clerks‚ some have had their dads and moms dunned to death by creditors”1. In Dragonboat Festival (1922)‚ Lu Xun referred a street demonstration of college faculties aimed to get their delayed salaries from

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    Tailoring

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    Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various pieces of cloth into armor‚ bags‚ shirts‚ and other cloth items. Tailors play an especially important role in guilds because they can create bags for the entire guild‚ provided the guild members gather the proper ingredients. Tailors are responsible for creating cloth items for cloth-armor wearing classes: Mages‚ Warlocks‚ and Priests. They occasionally make items for other classes‚ such as cloaks or spellthread for pants. They also make decorative

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    DOMESTIC CHRONOTOPE IN “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE” The Russian philologist and literary philosopher Mikhail Mikhailvoch Bakhtin (1895-1975) uses the term “Chronotope” to designate the Spatio-Temporal matrix‚ which governs the base condition of all narratives and other linguistic acts. The term itself can be literally translated as “Time-Space”. The term is developed in Bakhtin’s essay‚ “Forms of Time and Chronotope in the Novel”. Bakhtin in his essay says that “a literary work’s artistic unity

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    the Parliament’s existence Crisis of the 1920s: * Some historians saw 1624-29 as a crisis * Under strain of raising troops and money for war with Spain and later France‚ Charles uses methods that many though illegal to force the country gentry to co-operate in raising troops that the countries paid for‚ while failing to gain victory in Europe * Relationship between the Crown and the House of commons suffered so much that by 1629‚ Charles was fed up with Parliament and Parliament were

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    Ethical and Unethical Tactics For Influencing Behavior Multiple career moves landed Jeanne Lewis in positions to influence the behavior of the employees that worked for her at Staples‚ Inc. In the context of this writing the ethical tactics used by Lewis for influencing behavior will be explored. Lewis ’ decision to work with her employees until she was confident in the team will be examined in the context of her ethical behavior as well. An early example of Lewis ’ ability to influence behavior

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    CH. 18 – Introduction to Sales 1. What is a merchant under UCC Article 2? 252 A merchant is someone who routinely deals in the particular goods involved. The UCC frequently holds a merchant to a higher standard of conduct than a non-merchant. 2. What are the rules for different terms under Sec. 2-207? 256 If there is no clear oral agreement‚ the Code supplies its own terms‚ called gap fillers‚ which cover prices‚ delivery dates and places‚ warranties‚ etc. 3. What situations are covered by

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    Jane Austin uses the novel Pride and Prejudice to comment on both class and gender expectations within a fixed society. She questions both the class stratification of the time‚ and the unreasonable expectations placed on gender‚ and the inequality between males and females. Written in 1796‚ Austin lived during the regency period‚ in which the novel is based and understood both the issues she was commenting on. Austin used setting‚ and descriptions of the estates to give information on the characters

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    New Monarchies

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    New Monarchies‚ which were very powerful centralized governments with unified inhabitants‚ start emerging in the mid-15th century. Factors responsible for this advance were the vast demographic and economic growth. Before these New Monarchies were formed there were many changes the new monarchs had to make: including weakening powerful rivals‚ increasing revenue‚ unifying the country‚ and strengthening the power of the king and his bureaucracy. Three countries successful in strengthening themselves

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