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Theme of Fiction as a Positive Force - in Jonathan Safrans Everything Is Illuminated

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The paper "Theme of Fiction as a Positive Force - in Jonathan Safran's Everything Is Illuminated" states that the characters are lit by fear, passion, memory, guilt, and hope due to their fictitious history.... The fictional history of the characters moves forward as the search goes backwards.... ...

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Life cycle report

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Life Cycle Engineering Name: Course: Presented to: Date: Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 1.... Introduction 3 2.... Life Cycle Engineering Elements 3 2.... Eco design 3 2.... Low Carbon Manufacturing 4 2.... Energy Efficiency Evaluation 4 2.... Carbon footprint Assessment 5 2.... Life Cycle Assessment 5 2....

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Bearing the cross by david j. garrow

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Name: Tutor: Course: Date Bearing the Cross In this essay, I seek to critically analyze the book titled ''Bearing the Cross''.... This book revolves around the private life of Martin Luther King Jr.... and his political activism.... It begins with King a young man, still a preacher at the time who found a dynamite bomb that had not exploded outside of his door....

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Regulatory Framework for Financial Reporting

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The paper "Regulatory Framework for Financial Reporting" explains the named framework is needed to ensure that there is consistency across financial standards in various countries, also helps to define financial parameters more clearly as compared to statutory provisions, which provide a more generalized set of rules....

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How to Fix the Shortfalls in the American Education System

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This essay "How to Fix the Shortfalls in the American Education System" identifies the most significant pitfalls of the American education system.... It presents the drawbacks of the American education system and it attempts to propose useful solutions to the prevailing issues that are faced by the current education system....

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American Brutus by Michael Kauffman

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This essay discusses the book American Brutus by Michael Kauffman, it analyses carried out a study on Abraham Lincoln's assassination for more than thirty years.... American Brutus gives a detailed and chronological account of the political conspiracy of a plotted assassination.... ... ... ... This made some opponents accuse him of stealing the elections, something that led to more agitation that prompted opponents to take drastic measures to throw him out of office....

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Character Analysis: Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou

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"Character Analysis: Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou" paper states that the events unfolding in the film Raise the Red Lantern in the modern world.... However, Zhang Yimou uses his artistic creativity to disclose these cultural taints in a respectable manner.... ... ... ... Yan'er is the personal maiden to Songlian who also has a great interest in becoming one of the concubines someday....

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The Point of View of War in Atonement

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The paper "The Point of View of War in Atonement" discusses the aspect of war and identifying it as a contemporary constituent of British society.... The essay compares the point of the war in Atonement (2007) by integrating certain elements of Anthony Minghella's work The English Patient (1996)....

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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The paper "To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee" discusses that Atticus is against the wishes of the community and decides to represent Tom in his court case.... His decision is widely criticized as he is confronted by community members for his decision.... ... ... ... The role of the Atticus family was significant in trying to change the conduct of the community....

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The cat's table

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It is an adventure story detailing the journey of an eleven-year-old boy sailing from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to England in the 1950s.... Below the tideline, The Cat's Table is a.... ... ... He is travelling all by him to be reunited with his mother.... The boy is apprehensive about how his mother, whom he has not seen for many years “could know exactly hen I would arrive in that other country and if she would be there....

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The Lakota Way

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This kind of lifestyle has been clearly articulated by Joseph M.... Marshall in his book, The Lakota Way : Stories and lessons for living.... ... ... ... I believed that after one reads The Lakota Way, he will be able to get insightful information that can help one in life.... The Lakota way of life is a book which can guide a person through the In each chapter, the book covers a different principle....

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Information Systems in Business

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This literature review "Information Systems in Business" discusses the importance of having databases that have privileged information in order to manage the various transactions that people carry out and consequently avoid fraud and also take care of the individual's accounts in case they become victims of hacking....

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Architecture of Suleyman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Golden Age

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This book review "Architecture of Suleyman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Golden Age" concerns the most popular and renowned architect of the sixteenth century's Ottoman Golden Age.... Reportedly, Sinan designed a number of buildings under the Magnificent Suleyman together with Selim.... ... ... ...

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Portrait of Teresa

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This movie review "Portrait of Teresa" analyzes the Pastor Vega's film 'Portrait of Teresa' that gives a vivid account of an average Cuban woman who struggles amidst the irresistible stress of workplace and family life.... .... ... ... Daisy Granados starred Teresa resembles the contemporary Cuban women who make inadequately pathetic attempts to bring forth reasonable social changes in their living conditions....

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Tobacco Politics and the Film the Insider

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This movie review "Tobacco Politics and the Film the Insider" analyzes the movie 'The Insider' as a good versus evil parable.... The film is a complex commentary on tobacco politics – the power that tobacco corporations wield and their ability to control our lives.... .... ... ... This movie is not just about the legal profession, or about the media, or even about the tobacco industry....

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The Heroines of Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted

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This movie review "The Heroines of Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted" presents Disney Films, Sleeping Beauty and the Enchanted have their own priced heroines: Princess Aurora for Sleeping Beauty and Giselle for Enchanted.... While both of these heroines possess similar qualities.... ... ... ... The concepts and themes comprising Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted help form the skeleton that describes what the film is all about....

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How Technology Influences the Society

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This review "How Technology Influences the Society" is aimed at critically analyzing articles Belkin and Turkle to bring out both positive and negative effects of technology on man.... The review discusses its effects and impacts on our daily lives; the stories concern every member of the audience....

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Discussion of the Arguments Presented in Three Cups of Tea Book

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This paper provides a thorough review of the explanations and arguments presented in Three Cups of Tea, a book that describes the transition of the author from mountain climber to a dedicated humanitarian determined to promote girls education and ameliorate extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.... ...

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Analysis of The Life of Pi Book by Yann Martel

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This essay summarizes every chapter of the adventurous novel 'Life of Pi' which is based on several fictional events.... According to the author's note, the relativity of the truth is the major theme of this novel.... This novel was inspired by Moacyr Scalar's story 'Max and the cats'.... .... ...

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The Theme of Conflict in the Bubble Film

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"The Theme of Conflict in the Bubble Film" paper focuses on the film written by Gal Uchovsky and directed by Eytan Fox.... The bubble was filmed in 2006 and released by Strand Releasing.... It has four main characters; Noam, Ashraf, Yali, and Lulu, three minor characters; Jihad, Golan, and Rana.... ...

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Donnie Darko's Set of Symptoms Common for People with Schizophrenia

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The paper "Donnie Darko's Set of Symptoms Common for People with Schizophrenia" describes the clinical picture of the protagonist of the American film by Richard Kelly.... Donnie experiences aural and visual hallucinations and becomes obsessed with the ideas of the end of the world and time traveling....

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The human side to school change

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‘The Human Side of School Change' by Robert Evans is a complete and comprehensive guide toward building such an educational environment where communication, leadership, staff motivation, and innovation lay the foundation of school improvement and reform.... The book highlights.... ... ... The book provides a complete understanding of organizational behavior and performance along with an understanding of human behavior and attitude, to introduce a unique leadership model that offers practical strategies for the management and cooperation of leaders of reform, and the people who can assist them to bring about the reform....

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Historical Background Of Lincolns Position

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Abraham Lincoln remains the most revered of all US presidents.... The paper "Historical Background Of Lincoln's Position" discusses Lincoln's personality because in America he holds so high a moral status that his images and quotes are used as reference points to America's highest values.... ... ...

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The Death of Woman Wang: A Historical Microcosm of China

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This research will begin with the statement that while China is known historically as the birthplace of many religious, technological, and social breakthroughs, much is still not known to the modern world or outside of China about its history as a nation and the historical culture of its people.... ...

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Improving Customer Satisfaction in Banks

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This essay discusses that banks are financial institutions that offer a range of financial services.... The services include saving and lending money.... By providing the check and credit cards, the banks enable their clients to pay for goods and services without necessarily having to carry cash around....

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Twelve Years in Slavery

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The review "Twelve Years in Slavery " argues freedom and the suffering of people are described through subjected distress in the cotton plantation.... The slaves experienced whipping and forced working in the plantations to show intense suffering by secluding gender and racism among slaves.... ... ...

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Temperature, Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics

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From the paper "Temperature, Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics" it is clear that the book begins with what the reader is expected to cover in the chapter, the website does not; instead, it goes straight to the topic and starts to define terms.... .... ... ... At the beginning of the chapter, Tipler and Gene start by defining the term thermodynamics as the study of energy in relation to its effects on a system....

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Debating the Presidency

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The paper "Debating the Presidency" describes that the ability of the president to nominate federal judges has created rifts that portray that if given such power, then he assumes absolute power over the law and the country.... It also questions whether it is prudent to elect judges.... ... ... ... The work of the legislature is to come up with various directives and strategies that are of importance and do not threaten the rule of law and create tension that might also lead to the separation of powers....

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The Functional Form for Organizational Management

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The paper "The Functional Form for Organizational Management" highlights that allocation of restricted resources relies on the priority given to every of the project activities.... Their priority is calculated exploitation of the vital path technique and the analysis of heuristic.... ... ... ... This type, among the likely forms of recommending a project in the organization, signifies the opportunity for its realization in one practical part of the enterprise (Orr, 2007)....

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Danish Cinema

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The paper "Danish Cinema" describes Babette's Feast film depicts the story of two elderly Danish spinsters.... These sisters are from an isolated jute land, a small village, and from the very outset of the movie, one understands that their father, a pastor, brought them up in good discipline.... ...

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CEO Compensation

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The paper "CEO Compensation" proves ethical executives should be richly compensated after fulfilling their fiduciary duty to others because they prevent the business from collapsing.... CEO and compensations should be systematized to endorse risk-taking business and investments.... ... ... ... American executive compensation has been a point of concern and an agency problem in most companies....

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Come Again

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The paper "Come Again" tells the initial days at the university with lots of humor and warmth, flapping of first love relationships, and the madness connected to the Freshers' week, without leaving out the dreams and hopes that these students had concerning their future.... ... ... ... The text can be considered to have various tips for me as a life coach....

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The Central Role of Lurie in Coetzees Disgrace

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The paper "The Central Role of Lurie in Coetzee's Disgrace" states that the character of Mr Isaacs is shown through that Lurie after Lurie apologizes over the grief he had caused him and the wife.... He is portrayed as a considerate person, as he later promises to intervene for his return at the university....

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Supply Chain Management

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This literature review "Supply Chain Management" discusses the organizations that should learn from the successful corporations but they should implement those processes which comply with the requirements of its business operations.... ... ... ... As Supply Management has widened its scope to incorporate the demands of international businesses, it is vital for organizations to develop a highly efficient and integrated SCM framework....

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Career Strategic Plan

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This review "Career Strategic Plan" analyses to set short term goals and long term goals and work towards them in the next 5 years.... There are various factors that selection of these occupations which include job responsibilities, interests, values temperament among others.... ... ... ... According to Abdula (2008), when gender is considered in career decision making, men are usually attributed to various aspects where they prefer enterprising occupations that require higher levels of numerical and analytical skills....

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The Complete Taj Mahal and Living Architecture: Islamic Indian

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This study explores two books, The Complete Taj Mahal by Ebba Koch and Living Architecture: Islamic Indian by Andreas Volwahsen aptly.... Moreover, Ebba Koch is an architectural historian and an art historian, whereas Andreas Volwahsen is a German author and photographer.... ... ... ... Ebba and Andreas main theme in their respective books is the theme of Indian architecture, specifically the early Mughal Agra architectures....

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Significance of the Dog in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace

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This paper ''Significance of the Dog in J.... .... Coetzee's Disgrace'' tells that One of the most controversial and challenging novels is Coetzee's 'Disgrace', which oozes various implications, making it rather difficult to understand.... 'Disgrace' was the 1999 Booker prize winner that revolved around the world of human....

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The Conflict in The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

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This paper reviews the novel titled "The Forever War" written by Dexter Filkins.... Specifically, the paper examines literature elements used by the author of the novel.... The structure of the study is merged in certain chapter-by-chapter discussions in order to represent a detailed summary....

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How Has Russia Been Affected by Globalization

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"How Has Russia Been Affected by Globalization" paper tries to first provide basic facts and insights on globalization in the context related to its influence on Russian affairs.... A discussion on the Russian trends as affected by globalization will follow.... ... ... ... Although economic conditions are critically important, they cannot be separated from non-economic factors....

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Definition of the Democracy Concept

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"Definition of the Democracy Concept" paper examines the concept of democracy which is one that is largely misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misused by many.... The resulting cloud of disarray comes in the backdrop of daily mentioning of the word and the concept in the media.... .... ... ... I define democracy as a government formed by the people in which the common majority or the citizens have supreme power, and they have the ability to exercise their power through a just, free, and fair electoral system....

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The Many Facets of Job Satisfaction

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This literature review "The Many Facets of Job Satisfaction" presents that Teamwork, quality of projects, work-life balance, bureaucracy and politics, recognition and respect, compensation, and salary as the significant facets of job satisfaction.... ... ... ... Modern employees are living in a competitive world so that stress and strain are part of our job....

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Organizational Behavior Facilitates Success

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The paper "Organizational Behavior Facilitates Success" highlights that organizational citizenship behavior is the behavior that is willfully exerted by personnel in the external facet of the entity and the said behaviors are not influenced by any reward framework.... ... ... ... Organizational behavior facilitates success....

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Mise-en-scene - Casablanca

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The paper "Mise-en-scene - Casablanca" tells us about movie sequence.... The audience can clearly feel a spying edge over knowing about all the buzz murmuring in the black market, and the importance of Signor Ferrari.... ... ... ... The next scene opens up inside the bar: a medium-shot with the fast and flamboyant entry of our Protagonist, Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart) from the left door (a surprise element where we actually anticipate the entry of the Nazi Captain)....

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Alcohol and Native Americans

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From the paper "Alcohol and Native Americans" it is clear that Native American women can play a very crucial role in the elimination of FASD, widely used for 'fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.... They can try to be more open and accepting which will make other women comfortable talking about their problems....

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The Persian Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003

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It is as if two persons are traveling in two types of vehicles — one a fire engine perhaps, one a sports car.... The paper "The Persian Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003" states that the article has been written before the Iraq war of 2003.... But it could well have been written about it, because it talks of issues that are linked to this war, of issues that caused it....

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The center cannot hold by Elyn Saks

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‘The center cannot hold' is a book by Elyn Saks.... In her book, Saks discusses candidly and frankly about her struggle with Schizophrenia.... Saks is a distinguished lawyer, professor, and psychiatrist but has suffered from schizophrenia for a large chunk of her life and still continues to have bouts of the illness....

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Assignment 7

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Review of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” By Andrew George Name: Institution: Date: Gilgamesh, part human and part divine, happens to be the world's strongest man and doubles as its greatest king.... However, he is young, and treats his people with a lot of arrogance.... ... ... ... In return, his people call for help from the sky-god Anu, who happens to be the chief god of their city....

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Lies and Interpersonal Communication in Win, Win

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Mike Flaherty is going through a tough time.... He is a practicing attorney in a small town in New Jersey, and he is going through a crisis.... He is under tight financial constraints and there are many things that need to be done.... .... ... ... Lies and Interpersonal Communication in “Win, Win”....

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Michael Drayton's Poetry

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Michael Drayton (1563-1631), Shakespeare's contemporary and English Elizabethan poet, has written in a variety of poetic genres, including all of pastoral, spiritual, historical and epic poems.... He is best known, however, for his sonnets, one of which, "Come Let Us Kiss and Part" (1619) will be critically analyzed in this essay....

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Niccol Machiavellis The Prince

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This paper is an analysis of Niccol Machiavelli's The Prince in the context of the practice of leadership in contemporary 21st century society.... Beginning with a brief description of the author's historical milieu, the main themes of his work are discussed and evaluated as to whether these continue to be appropriate in this age. ...

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