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Pablo Picasso was born in the twelvemonth 1881 ; he lived through the First World War, through the Spanish civil war and through the Second World War1. Of these epochs of human calamity, the Spanish civil war seemed to impact him the most. Picasso was in France during the belligerencies and as such was non…

The love of music seems to be the common thread that creates bond throughout every generation, and in turn, music is attached to and is frequently used to define an era. “The impact of music is impossible to measure” (Vivian, pig. 254). A musical timeline holds and transports the details of significant events of its…

John Steinbeck always makes it a point to know about his subjects first hand. His stories always have some factual basis behind them. Otherwise, he does not believe that they will be of any value beyond artistic impression. Therefore, most of his novels take place in California, the site of his birth and young life….

On Friday 9th March 2012 I attended a live performance of one of the West Ends longest running plays; The Woman in Black written by Susan Hill and adapted by Stephen Mallarat at The fortune theatre. The play proved to be a truly spine chilling experience and captured its audience from the start by using…

Taking together the portrait of the Miller in the ‘General Prologue’ with the framing material for the ‘Tale’, show how Chaucer creates a vivid sense of the teller. What is the likely effect on the reader? Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’, a collection of tales told by pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in the 14th Century, are…

LegislationBy: David ListerCanada has been transformed in recent years into an information based society. Nearly half of the labour force in Canada works in occupations involving the collection and processing of information. In a society in which information has become a commodity, communications provide a vital link that can mean the difference between success or…

In 2006, when five hundred dropouts were interviewed, they gave many reasons for leaving school. Porto-seven percent, almost half of the students interviewed said that they left simply because they found their classes ever not interesting. Think that a main problem in today’s school Systems is that they are not connecting enough with the students…

The settings in chapter thirty- nine are more or less the same. The first meeting between Pip and Magwitch was in a way, very scary. Their second meeting, where everything is disclosed about Pip’s real benefactor is again, scary. By that I mean the sense of mystery before the arrival of Magwitch. Firstly, the “wretched…

John Betjeman is very famous for his poetry, especially his style. He used mockery with nostalgia, criticism with affection and melancholia with humour. This is shown in many of his poems especially those about women. When poets write about women they usually say how feminine they are. How petite, caring and loving. They usually go…

Who said that movies couldn’t be a reference for education? Yeah movies may be funny, scary, heartbreaking etc. , but they always find a way to allow us to make connections. For instance, Groundhog Day serves as a great visual interpretation of Plato’s teaching discussed in “The Phaedo?. ” The main teachings that are showcases…