Chapter 4: The Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898) Historical Background After 300 years of passivity under Spanish rule‚ the Filipino spirit reawakened when the 3 priests Gomez‚ Burgos and Zamora were guillotined without sufficient evidence of guilt. This occurred on the 17th of February. This was buttressed with the spirit of liberalism when the Philippines opened its doors to world trade and with the coming of a liberal leader in the person of Governor Carlos Maria de la Torre. The Spaniards
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My scholarly interpretation of The Lottery A lottery: the word lightly rings a blissful tone through out the ears of most American citizens. Yet‚ in the small town that Shirley Jackson writes about in her short story The Lottery‚ the word unknowingly stings the ears of these quiet townspeople. Jackson writes about a town that is blinded by an adherence to a tradition. While the actual lottery in the story may seem as an exaggeration‚ in reality there are many things in today’s society that are blindly
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Bibliography: D. Brown and Laurie schulze in ‘The Effect of Race‚ Gender‚ and Fandom on Audience Interpretations of Madonna’s Music Videos Cornstock & Abbey1982; Brown‚ Childers‚ Bauman & Koch 1990;Janowitz(1987); and Lewis (1987)‚ Gardner‚( 1983) Stan Hawkins (1997) ‘I’ll Never Be an Angel: Stories of Deception in Madonna’s Music http://www.zx.nu/musicvideo/articles/madonna
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view that British generals like Haig were incompetent leaders. How far does the sources support or contradict this interpretation? Some people have the view that British generals such as Haig were useless leaders. Famous sources like ‘O What a lovely War’‚ ‘Blackadder’ and ‘The Trench’ support this. However from the 1980s many military historians have challenged this interpretation and states that under Haigs leadership‚ Britain and her allies won the war from encouraging new weapons and military
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Compare Harold MacMillan‚ Nelson Mandela and Hendrik Verwoed’s interpretations of Apartheid. What course of action does Mandela advise against Apartheid? In MacMillan speech‚ the wind of change‚ he states that the Apartheid policy that the South African government had pursued was dangerous‚ threatening and would only cause bloodshed (MacMillan‚ 1972: 486). He also stated that the South African government would not last for ever; the end was unpredictable and went against the wind of change (MacMillan
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When one is presented with a problem‚ someone comes up with a solution. That solution may help mitigate or even completely solve the current problem. However one should know that nothing in this world is a foolproof plan or perfect solution for every solution‚ underlaying problems will sprout from it. One should not believe a solution is ever permanent for there is always a however. Present in history and science‚ to every superficial solution lies a obfuscated consequence: the "however." After
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‘Viola is one of Shakespeare’s most sympathetic and resourceful heroines’. To what extent is this interpretation supported by Act 1? Watching the first scene of ‘Twelfth Night’‚ it seems quite obvious that Viola‚ shipwrecked with nothing‚ resourcefully survives and flourishes under Count Orsino’s court‚ successfully using her brilliant wit and intellect to maintain the disguise that she has adopts. Yet does this resourcefulness undermine the extent to which we feel sympathy for her and is there
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Philippine Literature The Spanish Period (1565-1898) A. SPANISH INFLUENCES ON PHILIPPINE LITERATURE 1. Roman alphabet. 2. The Christian Doctrine 3. The Spanish language 4. European legends and traditions 5. Ancient literature was collected and translated to Tagalog and other dialects. 6. Many grammar books were printed in Filipino‚ like Tagalog‚ Ilocano and Visayan 7. Our periodicals during these times gained a religious tone. B. THE FIRST BOOKS 1. Ang Doctrina Cristiana (The Christian
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There are countless theories surrounding learning‚ for the purpose of this essay‚ the theories looked at will be linked to Behaviourism and Multiple Intelligences. Behaviourism is defined by Watson (1913) as proposing to explain human and animal behaviour in terms of external stimuli and both positive and negative reinforcements‚ with the desirable outcomes being predictability and control. The majority of early Behaviourists research‚ Pavlov (1902) and Skinner (1938)‚ was laboratory based and used
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Manila had caused widespread discontent in the entire archipelago‚ but there was yet no united front against the Spanish Regime. Not until the martyrdom of the Gomburza. Gomburza is an acronym for Fathers Mariano Gómez‚ José Apolonio Burgos‚ and Jacinto Zamora‚ three Filipino priests who were executed on February 17‚ 1872 by Spanish colonial authorities on trumped-up charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. Their unjust execution enraged and left a profound and bitter effect on
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