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    Eliot’s Tradition and the Individual Talent T. S. Eliot is a well-known critic‚ poet and writer who has done a great amount of literary work. Eliot has his own views for judging and analyzing poets and poetry. In "Tradition and The Individual Talent"‚ Eliot has given some significant ideas‚ which are essential to understand in order to understand Eliot’s perceptions regarding poetry and poets.  T.S Eliot’s critical essays are the one‚ which cause a mind to think over a situation‚ he has described

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    Hindu Religions Tradition Paper Phonesia Machado University of Phoenix REL 133/ Calvin Habig‚ Faciliatator The sacred elements of Hinduism are comprised of Hindu religious traditions‚ and their transcendent connotations. It would be very difficult to completely list all the sacred elements of Hinduism that make up the Hindu religious traditions because of the sheer enormity and depth of the Hindu culture and traditions that have evolved through thousands of years. However‚ I will deign to describe

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    Similarities and Differences between Critical Traditions and the Traditions of the “Post” “Post”-traditions have developed as reactions and reflections of dramatically altered material and ideological conditions that have taken place over the last fifty years across the globe‚ such as the collapse of communism‚ the official demise of colonialism‚ the renewal of aggressive capitalism‚ the incredible speed of technological change and the terrifying possibilities of scientific inventions. All these

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    I think customs and traditions are important in the novel because the difference between rural and urban customs would have caused a significant effect if the novel was based in a town or city. For example the use of agriculture may have been inexistent if the novel was based in the city‚ or religion may not have been an important factor as it is in the novel. Tess is brought up in the countryside‚ in a typical rural environment where the children are not obligated‚ or in most cases rich enough

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    1. Assess Chaucer’s contribution to the development of English literary tradition with reference to ‘The Prologue’ to The Canterbury Tales. Ans: Chaucer is commonly hailed as “the father of English poetry” who in such works as his masterpiece‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ significantly contributed to the development of English as a literary language. The “General Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales has often been praised as “the most perfect poem in the English language.” The Canterbury Tales and his other

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    negative way and also affect reputation of the doctor and the staff. In the article Cultural Competency: Values‚ Traditions and Effective Practices‚ by Carol Brannon she defines Cultural competency‚ as “the ability to understand and respond effectively to the cultural and linguistic needs of patients or clients”(p.2). Brannon also explains how the US is more of a “salad bowl” comparing it’s diversity to the unique ingredients of a salad rather than a “melting pot”‚ which demonstrates how people have

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    So‚how much money am I getting this year?" That’s the question I hit my momwith every February. And every year she replies‚ "You will see‚" in herChinese accent. February usually marks the month of the New Year accordingto the Chinese calendar. But for me‚ Chinese New Year is a payday. Usually Ireceive red envelopes‚ hong bao‚ which are the equivalent of Christmas presents.Instead of wondering what the present will be‚ though‚ it is the amount of moneyinside that is the mystery. The lucky money

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    Defying Tradition: The Future of Burial Rituals The world is constantly changing‚ which means the customs and traditions will continue to evolve. Humans adapt and they learn new things. Back then‚ people burried their loved ones in their backyards. Today‚ cemeteries in Brisbane offer a specialised garden for the departed and the grievers. In the future‚ scientists are looking into more ways of immortalising the dearly departed. Resomation or Bio-Cremation In St. Petersburg‚ a funeral home by

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    COMMENTARY: The Crow Road The passage recounts the funeral ceremony of Prentice’s –main character-grandmother .The passage describes the general atmosphere in the crematorium and Prentice’s reaction to the situation.Bank’s writing has a significant amount of description of the characters and the situation‚ thus grabbing the reader’s attention . He puts more care in physically describing the characters‚ noticeably Prentice’s father “His brown greying brown head was massive above his tweed jacket”

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    history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales are a children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. “What culture and beliefs that they practice and believe in. It’s mostly concentrated on mythology‚ because The Mythological Cycle is a conventional division within Irish mythology‚ concerning a set of tales about the godlike peoples said to have arrived in

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