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Nathaniel Hawthorne, born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass., had a grandfather who served as a judge during the Salem witch trials. His original surname was spelled “Hathorne.” Upon completing college, he altered the spelling of his name by appending a “w” to correspond with its pronunciation. Hawthorne possessed an aversion towards school and…

The surviving members of Spelunkers should not be held responsible for committing murder. This is because their behavior was influenced by the extreme circumstances they found themselves in and their innate human instincts. Initially intending to climb a mountain, four Spelunkers became trapped inside a cave instead. Regrettably, they did not bring an adequate amount…

Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry based upon a materialist interpretation of historical development, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis of class-relations within society and their application in the analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. In the mid-to-late 19th century, the intellectual development of…

The objective of this Standard is to ensure that appropriate recognition criteria and measurement bases are applied to provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets and that sufficient information is disclosed in the notes to enable users to understand their nature, timing and amount. IAS 37 prescribes the accounting and disclosure for all provisions, contingent liabilities…

Jack Raymond was the most popular boy in school. He was like the typical Mills & Boon hero – tall, dark and handsome. He was like a Greek God with a well-sculpted body and features that even men envied. Every girl in school admired him openly. Jack was also warm and caring. This endeared him…

There are five personal traits, they are openness, conscientious, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Everybody has at least one of these traits in their personality. Openness personal trait is when someone is curiosity. These people use saying like “I have rich vocabulary” or saying like “I have vivid imagination. ” These kind of people usually get…

Altruism for Survival “Pure” altruism is defined as the showing unselfish concern for another’s welfare without personal gain. However according to Richard Dawkins, in his Selfish Gene theory, pure altruism does not exist. This theory all boils down to expanding and maximizing inclusive fitness. The term selfish does not imply that there is any motives…

Being written by Kate Chopin in 1894, “The Story of an Hour” describes hour from the life of Louise Mallard, a woman with heart trouble, immediately after receiving news of her husband’s death. Despite the traditional perceptions of loss experience associated with grief and sorrow, Chopin’s heroine has a moment of relief realizing the freedoms…

            Persuasion by argument can be tricky. Without being critical, one’s opinion can be swayed by a falsely constructed argument loosely based on logic and heavily tinted with fallacious, emotional and biased statements, or by an illogically constructed text which ignores counterarguments and rebuttals. In this paper, the author will examine an argumentative text entitled…

To have a deeper understanding of the French modernist painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and his masterpieces, together with his contemporaries, first we have to delve into the art movement that they have pioneered — Impressionism. But before that, it is just proper to discuss Realism, the movement that came before it. The rising Modern Age…