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    CASE Van Duyn

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    Vertical direct effect of secondary law * Case 41/74 Van Duyn The Court gives vertical direct effect to directives in this case. How does it justify this legally in the face of the language of Article 288 TFEU (Article 189 EEC Treaty at the time of the judgment)? Yvonne van Duyn v Home Office Case 41/74 Court of Justice Summary of the facts and procedure The Church of Scientology is a body established in the United States of America‚ which functioned in the United Kingdom through a college at

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    Explore how Yeats presents control in Leda and the Swan "By the dark webs‚ her napes caught his bill" Yeats’ poem ’Leda and the Swan’ was supposedly written in 1923 during the period of Irish Civil War although it was published in 1928‚ it was a time of confusion and division in Ireland. ’Leda and the Swan’ symbolises the conflicting relationship between Ireland and Britain during the early 20th century‚ this conflict is shown through Yeats’ use of violence and godly image through the swan and

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    Depictions of Leda and the Swan Leda felt a sudden blow‚ with the “great wings” of the swan still beating above her. (Yeats) Leda and the Swan is a story in art from Greek mythology. The story of Leda being raped and seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan has been retold in many ways. However‚ there are many similarities to this story. Peter Paul Ruben displayed a different idea in his painting from the idea in the poem written by William Butler Yeats. In “Leda and the Swan” there are many similarities

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    might initially seem to be in nature‚ as in this case the seemingly mighty male is abruptly destroyed by his sexual victim. Much along the same lines is Yeats’ “Leda and the Swan.” Using the binary oppositions of the beauty and viciousness of Zeus as a swan and the helplessness and eventual strength of Leda‚ Yeats reveals that even the mightiest entities may suffer the consequences of their misuse of power. Picture swans in your mind. You see the snow white feathers‚ the piercing

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    Leda Atomica

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    Leda Atomica (24 x 18"- oil on canvas)‚ is a painting by Salvador Dali (1904-1989) who was the top Surrealists of this time. Surrealism explored the subconscious‚ the dream world‚ and irrational elements of the psyche in the firm belief that the discoveries to be made from such exploration would be of greater fundamental importance to the human condition than any other form of social analysis. Surrealists like Salvador Dali was very fascinated by the ephemeral state of the mind between sleep and

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    PICTURE OF RAPE "Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet written by William Butler Yeats. The subject matter is taken from one of the many stories in Greek mythology. The swan is the god Zeus in disguise. He forces himself on Leda and because she had also had sex with her husband‚ the Spartan king Tyndareus‚ she becomes pregnant with four fetuses. The most important of these offspring on the development of the Western civilization is Helen of the Trojan War. A close study of "Leda and the Swan" reveals

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    referring to Zeus; in the first eight lines of the sonnet Leda describes the state of being raped by Zeus and this unpleasant action resulted in the birth of a children that eventually start the trojan war which leads to the death of “Agamemnon” after the victory. In the first eight lines of the sonnet‚Leda is being abused and ravished; this is written in her perspective to demonstrate her feeling on how helpless and trapped she is. Leda cannot escape from his “Sudden blow” and is being “caressed

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    Leda & Swan Analysis

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    the first eight lines (the octave) and the final six (the sestet). The octave is divided into two four-line stanzas‚ or quatrains. The first quatrain opens with a recounting of the occurrence in mid-scene. It begins abruptly‚ as the swan assaults Leda with “a sudden blow‚” which is most likely a reference to an act of sexual penetration. The use of that simple‚ powerful phrase (not a complete sentence) and a break before the line continues emphasizes the explosive violence of the act. Line 1 continues

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    The Mona Lisa

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    The Mona Lisa‚ is it just a piece of artwork‚ or one of the best pieces of artwork in the history of art? The Mona Lisa was painted in the early 16th century by one of the most widely known artist at that time‚ Leonardo Da Vinci. It is said that the painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini the wife of Francesco Del Giocondo‚ but also could be portrayed as Da Vinci himself in female form. Researchers claim that Da Vinci used mathematical equations to create the painting such as‚ the golden triangle

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    The English language is nobody’s special property‚ it is the property of the imagination‚ it is the property of the language itself. For poet Derek Walcott the beauty of the English language lies in every single word he weaves together. His poems “a lesson for this for this Sunday is a metaphorical text on the morality of colonizers and those being colonized. The poem focuses on human nature’s inability to stay pure and the need to bend nature to its will. “The lesson is the same” is an extended

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