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Saint Catherine Of Alexandria
1,977 words"Do anything you have a mind to do! You will find me prepared to bear whatever it is!" she retorted boldly when faced with her death by beheading. During the fourth century, an inspiring legend was born. Supposedly, a young woman by the name of Catherine lived eighteen years in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. When challenged according to matters of her faith, she firmly held her ground. She converted hundreds of people that served her enemy, Maxentius, to Christianity. Proving that she was, in ...
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Passage To India Important Role
676 wordsThe first chapter of A Passage to India describes the setting of the novel. Forster establishes Chandrapore as a prototypical Indian town, neither distinguished nor exceptionally troubled. This town can therefore be taken to be symbolic of the rest of India rather than an exceptional case. This allows the actions that occur in the following chapters to be representative of the Anglo-Indian colonial relations that will dominate the events of the novel. By beginning the novel with a mention of the...
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Fakir Aziz Ud Din Fakir Aziz Ud Ranjit
1,294 wordsAccording to the famous historian Carlyle, a worthy sovereign should be judged from a sole factor as to how he employs his sword after being victorious. Le Griffin writes that: "Maharaja Ranjit Singh ruled his kingdom exactly according to the Sikh way of life and Sikhism considers everyone as friends and talks about the welfare of all irrespective of caste and creed. " The spirit of Gurbani couplet, "The one Lord is the Father of all and we are the children of the one Lord rules supreme in every...
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Mac Guinn Working Hours Steven
668 wordsHaving a minute of break in his room, Steven Milford, Chief Manager of a small agricultural company, found himself feeling uncomfortable again. Everything seemed to be alright with the companys work, his team has been succeeding in total harmony and with enthusiasm, but something radically changed in the spirit of his young subordinates, something had faded away in their eyes, something that was hardly noticeable, but became quite disappointing for him. He could intuitively understand the reason...
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Passage To India E M
448 wordsA Passage to India E. M. Foresters novel, A Passage to India focuses upon cultural differences clearly exemplified through the cultures of the English and Indian. The central problem exists in two forms. One being a psychological conflict and the other being a literal conflict. The literal conflict is a simple one. The main character, Dr. Aziz is wrongfully accused of physically assaulting Miss Quested. While in the Marabar caves Miss Quested stumbled over her own two feet and came crashing to t...
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Passage To India Rudyard Kipling
2,969 wordsEast vs. West Amar BalikaiMrs. HeyleEnglish 11 April 12, 1999 The popular quote, The sun never sets on the British Empire, refers to the vast territory that the British government controlled either directly or indirectly. During the Age of Exploration, European powers struggled for as much foreign land as possible. The desire for more land was driven mostly by their greed for Eastern spices. India was in a prime location for trading these spices, and almost all the major European powers were fig...
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T S Eliot Eliot
2,316 wordsImages Of Women: Major Barbara, A Passage Images Of Women: Major Barbara, A Passage To India, And The Poetry Of T. S. Eliot Images of Women: Major Barbara, A Passage to India, and the poetry of T. S. Eliot The Victorian Era was a difficult and confusing time for women, and their trials are reflected in the literature of the time. Although the three pieces of literature being discussed are not entirely about women, they shed light on the Victorian ideal of women and the ideals of the authors who ...
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Saudi Arabia Arabian Peninsula
3,282 wordsSaudi Arabia Prospects for the 21 st Century Background In 1932, various tribes of the Arabian Peninsula were united by Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman. The tribes forged an alliance with the Al Saud family, who has ruled over the kingdom since. The partnership developed a legitimizing framework for their rule. Their state was based on the strict adherence to Islamic values, unity and cohesion among domestic groups, and the wealth accumulated from oil reserves. Successive Saudi rulers have ensured t...
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