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  • Music as a Common Language in Maestro

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    Peter Goldsworthys Maestro demonstrates that music is a common language that can act as the sticky glue for developing and maintaining relationships He attempts to instil this notion within the audience by exploring the relationships that exist between Pauls parents Paul and Keller Paul and Rosie and also Paul and the members of the band Rough Stuff These relationships are constructed as the characters show a common interest in music Consequently in this novel relationships flourish allowing th

  • Responsibility to Others in An Inspector Calls

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    In order to establish how J B Priestley communicates his message within An Inspector Calls we must first establish what is the central message within the play The central theme that Priestley is trying to communicate is very similar to that which Dickens communicates in A Christmas Carol in which a series of ghosts appear to show Scrooge the error of his ways Marleys ghost tells Scrooge that he has been cast into purgatory for eternity because he has concentrated too much on business and profit

  • An Inspector Calls

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    Explore the ways in which Priestley communicates his message in An Inspector Calls In order to establish how J B Priestley communicates his message within An Inspector Calls we must first establish what is the central message within the play The central theme that Priestley is trying to communicate is very similar to that which Dickens communicates in A Christmas Carol in which a series of ghosts appear to show Scrooge the error of his ways Marleys ghost tells Scrooge that he has been cast into

  • Government in Civil Disobedience

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    Henry David Thoreaus Civil Disobedience shows his dislike of the government We live in a world where everything we do is related to the government There are many things that happen in which the citizens do not agree with but we have to or get ourselves killed or into jail There are many things that the government has not done right but I do not believe that we should have a government at all as Thoreau suggested The government should not be used to control the people but to direct them in the r

  • Analysis of Don Juan

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    T he year is 1775 and social ills plague both France and England Jerry Cruncher an odd job man who works for Tellsons Bank stops the Dover mail coach with an urgent message for Jarvis Lorry The message instructs Lorry to wait at Dover for a young woman and Lorry responds with the cryptic words Recalled to Life At Dover Lorry is met by Lucie Manette a young orphan whose father a once eminent doctor whom she supposed dead has been discovered in France Lorry escorts Lucie to Paris where they meet

  • Anthem

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    You were born a man raised by the best of parents excelling at every aspect of life You were confident yet humble Your life was skidding just below the line that is called perfection Although you are a genius at everything one particular subject drew your attention from all else and that was writing When you put pen to paper words flow out like water going down a calm peaceful river and the end result of each masterpiece was something that would captivate and control readers for ages However af

  • Age in Anthem

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    Anthem Equality 7 2521 states that it is very unusual for men to reach the age of 45 Offer several possible explanations consistent with the story and its meaning as to why life expectancy is so short in his society The book Anthem takes place in the diary of a young man in the dark ages of the future The era in which he and his brothers dwell had begun after the Great Rebirth which was a large change in mans perspective of life which helped the world breakaway from the Unmentionable Times some

  • Sigmund Freud's Theory of Personality Applied to Lord of the Flies

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    William Goldings Lord of the Flies Best Understood from a Freudian Prospective William Golding is a British novelist of the twenty first century He is most famous for his allegorical novel Lord of the Flies which was published in 1954 The novel has been highly criticized and has been one of the most analyzed novels for many years Educators and students have performed extensive research on not only Lord of the Flies but its writer William Golding as well The characters in Lord of the Flies have

  • The Seven Deadly Sins in Utopia

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    Utopia was create by More as a way to identify and discuss the social problems that were taking place in England during his life Through much thought More through his humanistic viewpoint attempts to create the illusion of a perfect society in which civil laws are upheld through moderation and respect two principles which he holds to be extremely important Through this writing and his Catholic religious believes the criticism that More has about England at this time can all be related back to t

  • The hobbit

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    Johnathan Ronald Reuel Tolkien is one of the greatest British writers that the world has seen Better known by his writing name J R R Tolkien he has written many novels in his lifetime One of his most famous series of novels you have probably heard of Lord of the Rings However not many people know that Tolkien set the scene for Lord of the Rings with a novel called The Hobbit or There and Back Again Tolkiens novel The Hobbit was published in 1937 for the first time while he waited some time to w

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