In Anne Orthwood’s Bastard‚ John Ruston Pagan focuses our attention on the legalities surrounding a single case of out-of-wedlock pregnancy in seventeenth-century Virginia. Prosecutions for fornication and premarital pregnancy were common matters in early modern courts in Virginia‚ British North America‚ and England. Through Pagan’s narrative‚ this seemingly routine case gains significance for early American legal history. He argues that the event‚ its characters‚ and the legal suits it generated
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Shakespeare’s King Lear is still popular today specifically for the reasons that he has been able to capture common human emotions and that themes which are still relevant today are involved in his play‚ for these reasons I believe that Shakespeare has been able to successfully transcend time and be praised as a timeless classic. First of all‚ the English language has evolved dramatically since Shakespearian time however‚ human nature has not and therefore‚ the relatability to emotions exposed in King Lear
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The film RAN and the play The Tragedy of King Lear can be related to each other in many ways. Kurosawa was able to produce a film that was a valid‚ effective and relevant portrayal of Shakespeare’s play. The first way is in how they relate to each other on a plot based theme. The second way is how they can both be analyzed to themes such as; family‚ betrayal‚ loyalty‚ and selfishness. The third way that they relate to each other is how RAN uses Japanese drama to portray a Shakespearean tragedy. Kurosawa
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the fates of the two brothers‚ Edgar and Edmund‚ are justified by the means which they lived their lives. Edmund only cares about his status and fortune and deserved to die. He tricked his father into wanting to kill his brother and lied continuously to get what he wanted no matter who died during the process. Clearly‚ he does not care about others because he says things such as‚ “Well‚ my legitimate‚ if this letter speed / And my invention thrive‚ Edmund the base / Shall top th’ legitimate. I grow
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reveal truth and suggest a journey of self-discovery‚ within a character. Shakespeare uses clothing imagery within King Lear as a central theme in which readers may discern the complexity of the characters presented in the play. Garments can be used to reveal as well as conceal a character choosing to show either of these feelings. They can deceive through the means of a disguise. In King Lear deception is an underlying issue that is expressed in many characters. Goneril and Regan use their elaborate
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Role of Internet in corrugated box industry?? Information technology provides corrugated box manufacturers with effective means of achieving their new manufacturing strategy. Figure 1 shows the framework of a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) system for corrugated box manufactures. While the early computerization mainly covered data processing functions such as accounting‚ sales order and delivery entry‚ the new wave of computerization will very much focus on the value-added
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King Lear – Act 4‚ Scene 6 Edgar pretends to take Gloucester to the cliff‚ telling him that they are going up steep ground and that they can hear the sea. Gloucester begins to doubt and question Edgar‚ saying that the ground feels flat and that his speech has improved. He tells Gloucester that they are at the top of the cliff and not to look down because the great height makes him dizzy. Gloucester enters with Edgar‚ who is disguised as a peasant Gloucester The ground seems kind of flat
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industry‚ higher raw material costs 2. What role do you expect the internet to play in the corrugated box industry? What are some ways that Edmunds could better use the Internet to foster growth? I would expect that the internet would be a great resource for researching other corrugated box companies. It would be good for advertising as well. Edmunds could make their website better and offer some of their services on their website. They could also purchase ad space on other websites that target
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proposition‚ but one must also have a good reason for doing so. In his paper‚ Edmund Gettier argued that there are situations in which one’s belief may be justified and true‚ yet fail to count as knowledge. He presented two examples to show that it is possible for a person to be justified in believing something that is thought to be true‚ but is not true because of the reasons they thought. Gettier claimed that it was possible to have "justified true belief" about something and yet it would not be considered
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All around the world‚ people use music to express themselves‚ have fun‚ tell stories and tell of historical events. Likewise‚ the song The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald‚ was written by Gordon Lightfoot to not only tell the historical story of the night it sank‚ but also to show commemoration to those who lost their lives. According to Lightfoot‚ out of all his songs‚ this is the one he is most proud of‚ and for a good reason. (McCall‚ 2000) Through a unique combination of song characteristics such
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