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What idea does the author develop about the desire of self-fulfillment Shakespeares Macbeth Literature Essay
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The meaning possessed by the term “Self-fulfillment” is a behavior which causes a false conception to come true. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a prominent play that is a classic example of self-fulfilling prophecies.
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William Faulkners Barn Burning Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the protagonist tries to save his family from the troubles created by his father. But this initiative alienates the protagonist from this private circle and forces him to leave his family. In the short story (say, Barn Burning), conflict originates from the protagonist’s dilemma.
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Literary Craft Analysis of Poem--Mid Term Break Literature Essay
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The author has used simple style and language in developing his poem; however, they are distinct thereby helping in revealing the theme. In should be noted that the author decided to employ these degrees of simplicity to achieve the descriptive nature of the poem.
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Dave Eggers Zeitoun: A Monomyth Literature Admission/Application Essay
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The ‘Road of Trials’ aspect of the monomythic structure is also seen in the story of Zeitoun as the author describes the chronological onset of troubles on the Zeitoun family. Abdulrahman has to deal with the storm alone; Kathy has to deal with her insensitive family, also alone. It is as if the two of them are struggling against the same odds which manifest themselves in different forms.
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Analysis of the Guest by Albert Camus Literature Book Report/Review
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The story ends with the theme of loneliness that highlights the author’s sentiments. The main character Daru cannot understand the cause of his problems. His glimpse of the plateaus is an indication that he is filled with nostalgia from the events that took place while he was within the school compound. 
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Gothic Fiction Is a Special Genre Literature Essay
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The readers or the audience of gothic fiction should not always be adults. Gothic Fiction can entertain children also. Children of all tastes, and likings are attracted to Gothic fiction if it is well-written, interesting, and curiosity–building. Like typical gothic fiction, it has contained a dark fantasy.
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Religion vs. science in Frankenstein Literature Research Paper
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According to the study science and religion are meant to coexist. They should compliment each other. This is because without both, human beings cannot survive. We believe in God because religion requires us to do so. He is the one who created us. Human beings also believe in science, because without it they cannot live well. Scientific inventions make our lives more comfortable.
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Epic Characters: Gilgamesh, Achilles, and Agamemnon Literature Term Paper
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Thus every epic poem deals with tiresome quests and difficult journeys of the protagonist. He meets with all sorts of hurdles during the journey. The Epic of Gilgamesh has two journeys – One from the wilderness into the civilization and the other from the evils of civilization to the wisdom of the wilderness.
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Machiavelli: The Prince and St. Thomas More: Utopia Literature Essay
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Machiavelli wrote in The Prince the qualities that is necessary for a prince to have. In the list of the qualities that a prince or ruler should have, he excluded the four cardinal virtues of Greek political philosophy.
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What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence by Sam Dillon Literature Essay
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According to the research findings, Dillon’s article provided opportunities for awareness that this business and technical writing problem continue to exist and pervade contemporary global organizations. However, the findings must be used by school administrators as a wake-up call to develop and monitor the competence of their students to ultimately address this dilemma.
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Sarah Gruens novel Water for Elephants Literature Essay
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Throughout the novel, each of the characters experiences an incredible amount of powerlessness. For Jacob, the main character, he is introduced as a man who is living in a nursing home facility. Often times, those that live within these facilities are rather powerless as they have little control over their lives.
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The Relationship Between Rococo and Neoclasical Art Period Literature Essay
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Rococo art refers to an art style mainly focused on decoration and beauty. This type of art was mainly used in France in the 17th Century during the reign of Louis XV; its key functions being interior design and use in architecture to portray beauty and elegance with a romantic theme.
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Gulliver's Travels Book IV: Comedy and Fantasy Literature Essay
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The fourth book of Gulliver's travels definitely does associate humanity with a base, carnal nature that is in marked contrast to the reason which is displayed by the Houyhnhnms. The reason for this is because the Houyhnhnms are horses, and, as such, Swift pictures the Houyhnhnms to be gentle, amiable and reasonable creatures who rule the land like Utopia.
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The Messiah, by John Gneihardt, and Verses upon the Burning of our House by Anne Bradstreet Literature Essay
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Both “The Messiah,” by John Gneihardt, and “Verses upon the Burning of our House by Anne Bradstreet are stories that are about change, about destruction, and about the afterlife.
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The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence Literature Research Paper
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The 20th century witnessed an explosion of literature that challenged the depths of philosophical and psychological investigation. One of the most prominent writers in the 20th century canon of literature is D.H. Lawrence. Through his novels and short stories he both pushed the boundaries on what is acceptable in literature and explored the subconscious in narrative form within the spectrum of the psychoanalytic understandings of his cultural milieu.
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Social and Ecological Awakening in Post Civil War United States Literature Essay
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Taking a cue from Dickens, American writers tried to entertain and educate as well. The Civil War had been long and arduous, killing many men on both sides. Although victorious in that blacks were finally granted their freedom, the country was embittered toward war.
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Contextual Analysis of Joyce Carol Oates' Short Stort Literature Essay
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An individual’s character and his/her attitude could be shaped by his/her self-image. Thus, in a way, self- image can even build or destroy the confidence of the individual. It is this self-image and it has an negative on the central protagonist is only depicted in the short story titled “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”.
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Fiction and Truth in Literature Literature Essay
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McEwen in the novel "Atonement" captures the elusiveness of memory. The novel presents rich information that enables the reader to look at issues in truth and fiction value. Death by Landscape is a tragic story written by Margaret Atwood. It is about a girl, Lois who loses a friend after going to an excursion.
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William Faulkners That evening sun go down Literature Coursework
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William Faulkner’s “That evening sun go down,” is a short story that features Nancy, a Negro woman that does laundry and housework in Jefferson neighborhood.
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Comparison between A rose by Emily and The Dead Literature Term Paper
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The article discusses the differences between the two narrations in reference to the plot, theme, styles, and character development, among others. The two narrations share the same theme, “death”, but follows different approaches. Authors have also developed main characters differently, where the first narration shows excellent development while the second fails to meet the demands.
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The Book: The Activist by Renee Goldman Literature Research Paper
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Apparently, they are protesting due to a lack of leadership within their circle. The journalist is drawn in tales that are pitted against activists and politicians. The journalist of the book discovers that being an activist is quite a risky affair. The reason is that it involves a lot of courage that is required to fight for a particular cause.
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Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest Literature Research Paper
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Throughout The Importance of Being Earnest, one prevailing theme is triviality, which is shown in both characters, but predominantly in Algy. This theme is strong in Algy’s approach to marriage, an important institution of the day, yet one that he has little regard for.
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Brave New World by Huxley Literature Essay
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The author insists that the main theme is, Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects individuals. According to the theme of this paper, scientific research is not all about good things or advantages but there are some little disadvantages attached to it.
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Ophelia: The Untold Story Literature Essay
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Since ancient times, women are portrayed as weaker sex through different forms of art like painting, literature, poems etc. As art is the mirror of the social thinking and construction, the misrepresentation of women in art has provoked many feminists world over to raise their voice against it and bring out the true image of women in the society.
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Aristotle, Classic Technique, and Greek Drama Literature Research Paper
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We do not lose track of the fact that he is still searching for the truth of his life and the last scene connects him and the story to the beginning. It is right to conclude that not only does Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” fall under Aristotle’s rule of a Classic Greek tragedy, but the character and life of Oedipus in the play also makes him Aristotle’s classic Greek tragic hero.
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Andrew Marvells To His Coy Mistress Literature Essay
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According to the writer, the speaker of “To His Coy Mistress” imbues the poem with sexual imagery, tone, and wording that is of a serious nature and that would put any female reader on guard against his advances. The very title and opening of the poem are aggressive in their tone.  The speaker refers to the “coyness” of the Mistress.
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Narrative Techniques Used in The Dead and in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Literature Essay
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Just as Hemingway implements the epiphany as a narrative device, so does James Joyce implement an epiphany in ‘the Dead’. Throughout the story, Gabriel Conroy is a central focus. His interactions with the houseguests function as a means of character development, specifically as it demonstrates both his strengths and shortcomings. 
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Chinua Achebe: the Father of African Novels in English Literature Essay
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“Things Fall Apart” is about Okonkwo, a man who is a member of the Igbo community of Umuofia.  He exemplifies an individual who refuses to adapt to the changes that were introduced by the Western world, in particular, the introduction of Christianity.  He cannot accept that Christianity is causing divisiveness in his community.
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Analysis of the Character Lucinda from the Story Running out of Music Literature Essay
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Lucinda in this story followed her passion for the songs scattered across the wide range of genres, and broke some rules along the way, while elders in this story are attempting to uphold the obsolete image of discipline and harmony, through suppression of each others’ feelings and emotions (Constance).
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Analysis of Happy Endings Literature Essay
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Atwood brings out the consequences that an individual is prone to if he or she decides to lead a life of double standards (353). Both John and Mary are betraying their partners and they end up hurting their partners in scenario c. John struggles to feel young while in essence, he is old.
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Literature Essay
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Leonardo da Vinci is primarily known for his paintings and is the most revered artist of all ages. Some of his most popular paintings were Mona Lisa, Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper (“Leonardo da Vinci: 1452-1519”, [8]) This paper explores the life of the great painter Leonardo da Vinci with emphasis on his artistic facet.
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King Lears Personal Journey and Self-realization Defines Tragedy Literature Coursework
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A tragedy is defined as a kind of literature that evokes the “emotions of pity and fear” in the minds of the readers. Tragedy relates to various struggles in the life of a common man and this is what helps the audience to connect with tragic plays. Humans are bound to make mistakes and this fact is only restated through the tragedies that the characters of the plays have to go through.
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The Revolutionary Content in Literature: A Case of Selected Plays and Sonnets Literature Essay
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The speaker’s mistress is portrayed as amoral despite the fact that she is married. In sonnet 143, the speaker ingeniously depicts himself as a child of his mistress and bids her to “play the mother’s part: kiss me”. The speaker makes implicit sexual overtones when he tells the lady that she will have her “will” when she returns to him. 
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The books are not dying in the digital age Literature Essay
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Nowadays, books can be seen as digitalised. E-book has got its recognition in the present times. The recognition is through internet with computers and by other electronic devices such as ipad, tablets. Book printing is becoming impoverished mainly in the context of the rise of computers and internet.
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The Wasp Factory and We Need to Talk About Kevin Literature Coursework
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Lain Banks, published novel The Wasp Factory in the year 1984. Banks narrated his novel in a person perspective where a sixteen year old Frank Cauldhame describes his childhood that reminds him of evil things he committed in that tender age (Banks, 1998; p. 25).
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The Morality of Imperialism in Orwells Shooting an Elephant Literature Essay
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The paper tells that Orwell’s experience in Burma shows that, the white man, by being an oppressor, must live up to their superiority complex, or else their existence in the colonies will not be justified. They must become ruthless rulers because if they show any sign of emotional weakness, they will meet riots from locals who will realize that they have weak leaders whom they can overthrow.
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St. Augustines spiritual journey of divine reverence as evidenced in his Confessions Literature Essay
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St. Augustine of Hippo’s early years was marked by confusion and unscrupulous behaviour. As a result there was no scope for spiritual development. In his early youth he believed in the Manichaean religion which was full of superstition.
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Gender Role in Antigone by Sophocles and Sure Thing by David Ives Literature Essay
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Gender role has been a main area of concern in literature, and many writers have made it the theme of their literary works. Even today, gender roles seem to be a basic theme behind many serious and comic novels and plays.
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The Magic Toyshop, The Collector, Brave New World, Sailing to Byzantium,Should Lanterns Shine and The Lady of Shalott Literature Essay
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Uncle Philip runs a “magic toyshop” but is anything but magical himself. He hates children, hates adults, and hates life. He’s monstrous and brutal. Why do you think such a terrible man is so good at a craft that is normally associated with enchantment, children, magic, fantasy, innocence, purity and so on?
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Victor Hugos Les Misrables Literature Term Paper
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The author, through his artistic creativity, condemns the misplaced and controversial social class of people in nineteenth-century France ruthlessly turning innocent people into criminals and beggars. He advocates for the eradication of both poverty and crimes by providing education o the whole society.
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Tolkiens Epic Fantasy-Novel: the Middle-Earth Literature Term Paper
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For people to understand these issues well, Tolkien uses games as the best way of passing the information. In this case, he chose to give people characters of wizards such as Saruman, Gandalf, Maiar, Radagast, Pallando, and Alatar. Each of these characters was then assigned a role by the Valar to go and assist the Middle-earth contest Sauron.
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The Role of Art Education in Curatorial Practice: Literature Review Literature Literature review
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A look in to the book A Brief History of Curating by Obrist and Bovier (2008), will give a clear picture of how curating has evolved and changed over two centuries. It is pointed out by the work that during 19th and 20th centuries, art was highly connected with exhibitions.
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Costs of Business Risks Literature Essay
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The process of risk management involves risk identification, analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring and control. The costs of risk can include direct, indirect, and legal costs. Management of risks can be achieved through strategic management and enterprise risk management in market-based economies and use of non-market strategies.
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Learning Curve to Really Literature Essay
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The author states that to realize what areas in writing an essay that he still needs improvement so he can be better at writing it.  Equally important on areas that he is good at so he can further develop it. This is important for him to be able to write better and get his message across when he communicates and writes assignments.
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What causes Gatsby to Fail in His Quest Literature Essay
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The Great Gatsby does not aim to dissuade men – in the narrative Americans – from being ambitious, rather it seeks to teach us that ambition in itself is not good unless that which we aspire for is morally and socially right. This is best illustrated by the themes in the narrative.
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The Power Of Emotion in William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet and Herman Melvilles Moby Dick Literature Essay
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Throughout history, writers, philosophers, and psychologists from an ending amount of perspectives have considered human motivation. While psychologists such as Sigmund Freud have argued that human actions are motivated by unconscious impulses, several philosophers have argued that human actions are the direct result of our own internal will.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber by Tadeusz Borowski Literature Essay
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Heartless and dumbfounding, Tadeusz Borowski’s ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber’ nevertheless resonates with realism, and some welcome yet fleeting glimpses of human behavior. Borowski indicates that it takes a superhuman effort to stay humanized during these sad episodes of history.
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Jane Austen's Persuasion Literature Essay
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As a young girl, Anne is ‘an extremely pretty girl, with gentleness, modesty, taste, and feeling’ (Austen 20). She is naïve and incredibly giving. She is selfless and for the sake of others agrees to give up on the love of her life.
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Symbols of Freedom: Sea and Birds in The Awakening Literature Essay
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Chopin challenges the gender roles and expectations imposed on married women during the nineteenth century in her novel, “The Awakening.” The main protagonist, Edna, initially symbolizes the conventional woman; she is married to Léonce Pontellier and they have two children.
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Article Critique: Workers of the World, Relax by Alain de Bottom Literature Essay
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The article “Workers of the World, Relax” by Alain de Botton focused on the issue of happiness or satisfaction that one derives from his job. The author had earned his B.A. at Cambridge University and from Oxford University he had earned his M.A. degree.
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