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The country lies mired in a painful economic downturn. One party has held a 12-year lock on the White House. The fall election campaign is stuttering forward, looking for a defining issue. Strenuously avoiding anything resembling a position, one of the candidates sweeps to victory on the “Love” platform, marrying a wholesome girl (who can…

Dealing as it does with the American Dream and its shortcomings and failings it seemed best to compare Death of a Salesman with an American novel, which also deals with the same ideas of dreams and so in this piece I will explore the comparisons and contrasts between Miller’s Death of a Salesman and F….

Without a doubt, most Americans can distinctly draw a picture in their minds of John Wilkes Booth… The Civil War had ended five days previously with the surrender of General Lee. President Lincoln and the first lady had decided to take a night off and see a stage play at the Ford’s Theatre. An obviously…

In the Merchant of Venice, Shylock is shown to be an evil character, who tries to kill Antonio and is stopped by the good Antonio. Shakespeare probably made the play for a 16th Century, prejudicial and anti-Semitic audience, so a more modern audience would sympathize with some of Shylock’s actions. Shylock is a Jewish Puritan,…

A new type of structure is being used in many organizations today. That structure is labeled Total Quality Management (TQM). This approach involves guaranteeing that an organization functions with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement in meeting its consumers needs. With any type of change there will always be a number of bumps in…

Morality of cloningToday, the topic of cloning generates more argument then it has ever created before. The controversy over cloning is based, in part, on the fact that there are extreme opposing viewpoints on the subject. Also a major factor in the debate over cloning is a fear of new technology. Throughout history, man has…

Alien invasion films are a sub genre of science fiction. The conventions of a typical alien invasion film are habitually set in a large commonly known city in America. We normally see efficacious leaders and famous landmarks moreover the audience is commonly omniscient. However in War of the Worlds the conventions are that it is…

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens “An unsurpassed blending of vibrant story telling and social conscience” . Dickens achieves such storytelling through a clever use of words woven into both a vibrant story and an analysis of the current centauries social failings. The story follows Scrooge, an old unkind grouch whose actions are usually of…

“We Have An Environmental Crisis Because We Have A People Crisis – A Crisis ofPopulation Growth, of Wasteful Consumption of Resources, and A Crisis of Apathyand Inaction. “An environmental crisis is an emergency concerned with the place in which everyhuman lives – the environment. A people crisis is an emergency with thecommunity that inhabits the…

As part of my GCSE Coursework, I have watched two films, from two different eras. Zefferelli an older, more traditional film made in the 1970’s. And I compared this to Baz Luhrman, a more modern version created in the 90’s. Zefferelli’s version is more appealing to an older generation, or a person studying at a…