of Les Murray. Les Murray is a famous Australian poet who was born and raised in the country and is a dedicated Roman Catholic. This is reflected in the poems ‘Driving through Sawmill Towns’ and ‘An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow’. His laconic and personal poetic style reinforces the messages he attempts to convey to his audience through the use of rich symbolism and imagery. The poem ‘Driving through Sawmill Towns’ describes the people and the scenery of a rural town. In the poem‚ Les Murray writes
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explain how Henry uses language to persuade Henry V is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England‚ focussing on the events directly before and after the battle of Agincourt. It is the final part of a tetralogy‚ preceded by Richard II‚ Henry IV‚ Part 1 and Henry IV‚ Part 2. Shakespeare wrote Henry V to follow on from Henry IV‚ Part 2. He had already planned on writing the play while still working on Henry IV‚ Part 2 as towards the end of Henry IV‚ Part
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I can use my phone to look up anything at the tip of my fingers. I totally agree with Thoreau’s own words from his excerpt. Also he uses a lot of good vocabulary. I also agree with a lot of their quotes that they use‚ but they are a little long. I use my phone about 3 hours a day which equals 21 hours in a week. I think that is a lot less than other people use. I need to get off of my phone just like Thoreau. When Thoreau uses the quote‚ “ the rails under the railroad are dead bodies”‚ I agree
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Aside from the French wars of religion‚ the assassination of King Henry IV was one of the major events which had left a significant impact onto the French. It was surprising for the mass when the king was murdered because he had already done so much for the country - not only because of his role as a king‚ but also for the people and the country which he was concerned. But was it really appalling? The Catholics and the Huguenots did not have a good relationship with each other (Wikipedia‚ French
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Compare and Contrast the ’anarchism ’ or Chomsky and Bookchin. Is it accurate to label them anarchists? Murray Bookchin is considered one of the most insightful and controversial anarchist thinkers of the mid-to late twentieth centuries. He was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrants. After the death of his mother‚ he joined a Communist youth organization (Anarchism). He had originally studied Marxism but then gradually began discovering Trotskyism‚ after which he joined the Socialist
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Geography Report- 1. Introduction- This report is to inform the reader about the Murray Darling’s access to water and its environmental‚ economic and social impacts. The Murray Darling Basin is in South Eastern Australia incorporating 77000 km of rivers and 25000 wetlands. The Basin is home to 2 million people as of 2016. 2. Environment- The Basin’s climate is sub-tropical in the north‚ semi-arid in the west and temperate in the south. (Represented in graph 1) The area’s rainfall is represented
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Is Mina Murray an ideal example of a Victorian woman and New woman? Sure‚ she is. Mina has all the qualities that a Victorian woman should have. There are certain characteristics a woman must have in order to me an ideal Victorian woman. “ The dear girl was more affectionate with me than ever‚ and clung to me as thought she would detain me” (Stoker‚ 248). Mina loved Jonathan like a loyal woman. She wanted to spend all her time with him‚ which tells us how loyal she is. For a woman it was very important
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In many respects Wolsey’s foreign policies were very effective in confirming Henry VIII’s royal authority and demonstrating his strengths‚ however in other ways they did not show this quite as well instead leaving him isolated. Many events need to be taken into consideration when deciding on the effectiveness of Wolsey’s foreign policies‚ these are the Anglo-Spanish treaty‚ the treaty of London‚ the field of cloth and gold‚ the election for Holy Roman Emperor after the death of Maximillian‚ his treaties
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How successful has Henry VII in securing international recognition? At the start of his reign Henry realised that International recognition was important‚ especially from major powers in Europe such as France as well as maintain relations with those he was already allied to such as Brittany. As a result he decided to invade Boulogne with 12‚000 men‚ a campaign that he was sure would not end in retaliation as he had been informed that the French were preparing for war on the Italian peninsula. As
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allied invasion on religious grounds from both France and the Holy Roman Empire. One can refer to the English territory as to “a bone between two dogs”‚ this making Henry VIII a vulnerable monarch‚ isolated from the Roman Catholic states and lacking allies in Europe. As stated by D. Loades in “Henry VIII: Church‚ Court and Conflict”‚ “Henry remained apprehensive and when Francis and Charles signed a peace treaty at Toledo on 12 January 1539 he became almost paranoid.” The circumstances urged for the
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