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    History and Memory Speech

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    History is traditionally seen as the study of past events‚ which is recorded with facts‚ data and statistics. These recorded documents are everlasting pieces of the past. However‚ these documents on their own fail to present the intricate picture of the dreadful events that have occurred. The emotions and sorrows felt by the individuals are continually overlooked and sidestepped in these historical recordings due to their attempt to remain as unbiased as possible by maintaining an objective

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    How does Browning tell the story in “The Laboratory”? Robert Browning’s poem “The Laboratory” is set in France before the French Revolution. The dramatic monologue is about the narrator herself and her plotting of revenge against her previous lover and his current mistress and it tells the reader how she plans on doing so. She believes her actions in the story are justified and reasonable. In the poem‚ the story’s tone is established with the setting‚ which also helps create vivid imagery for

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    Practice Questions for History and Memory 2009 Analyze the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights Representing an ‘absolute truth’ is impossible. Inherent human bias affects both history and memory. We unintentionally falsify parts of the past in order to emphasise the nature of past events we find central to our individual beliefs. Therefore we are challenged with obvious limitations in representing the ‘truth’. The interplay of history and memory however‚ leads to a

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    How does Tennyson tell the story of ‘Tithonus’? (A02) Tennyson tells the reminiscence of immortal lover ‘Tithonus’ in an elegiac fashion. The poem depicts the suffering of the immortal Tithonus who unfortunately despite having been granted immortal life was not blessed with immortal youth with it. As such‚ Tithonus is doomed to age and as he withers and wrinkles away‚ he is left to endure alone since his lover‚ the immortal goddess Aurora is tasked with carrying the rising sun at dawn. Tennyson’s

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    providers and aggressive. In our society‚ we always hear people says men must fight for their lovers and nation‚ men should take care of the family‚ and man should living for competition. In the essay "Giving up the gun" by Andre Dubus and "How to tell a true war story" by O’Brien‚ authors indicate that manhood must be earned through moral character‚ Patriotism and hard work.. In the essay‚ "Giving Up the Gun‚" Dubus recognizes the need to resist the link between manliness and gun owning. He had owned

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    My True Story...

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    This is my true story… As an ex-sportsman I know about sport a lot. It was really good and unforgettable time. That’s why I’ll tell you my story from the very beginning. I was about twelve years old when our lesson was visited by my future coach. He asked us about our wish to attend his training. I was curious about it and decided to go there. Believe or not but I spent there more than half of my present life and have no regrets. Mostly‚ there was very hard training but with a bit of fun. There

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    resources of both history and memory must be used. History is the factual‚ objective recording of events through documents‚ archives‚ records‚ artefacts and physical evidence whereas memory is the recollection of individuals of their personal experience and sequence of events however‚ adding the human element to the situation or experience. However‚ history and memory sometimes contrast with each other but most importantly they need to complement each other; without one‚ the stories of events that

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    In the novel “True History of the Kelly Gang” by Peter Carey and Lord Tennysons poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” both authors manipulate their textual form to crystallise the perception of an inextricable link that exists between history and memory. The texts use methodical‚ documented fact to anchor the work in historic authenticity whilst Carey uses imaginative speculation to shape personal representation of events and Tennyson adds a personal perspective‚ both demonstrating how a subjective view

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    Ratios Tell a Story

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    Name: Pham‚ Dzung Tuan Finance 425-Section 2. Instructor: Nathan Walcott. RATIOS TELL A STORY-2011 The case “Ratios tell a story-2011” represents the variation to the characteristics of the industries in which companies operate. The differences in financial results and conditions among companies are the result of management philosophy and policy. Some industries reduce their manufacturing capacity to match more closely their sales prospects right away‚ while others carry excess capacity to be

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    Rations Tell a Story

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    reduce liquid capital but may allow the company to get better pricing from their suppliers given that they pay so quickly. With thin profit margins even a few cents off each unit could mean a huge difference in the Return on Sales ratio. Interesting how significant the cash disparity is between

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