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    Kampung Tingga Case Study

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    CHAPTER 3 CASE STUDY 3.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter, the researcher will explain the study area in detail as well as the background and the history of the site. The purpose of this chapter is to give the impression and guidance on the actual site conditions and location about the area of the study. Apart from that, this paper also touches on different types of tourism in Kota Tinggi district. 3.2 STUDY AREA Kampung Panchor and Kampung Makam are chosen as study area because (these)…

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    The theme is revealed through Gawain experiencing his own chivalric imperfections. What ultimately shatters his sense of perfection is fear. The Green Knight’s challenge proves Gawain to fail in the values of battle. By accepting the girdle from Lady Bertilak Gawain failed to uphold the second point of the pentangle: “his five fingers were never at fault” (Armitage 1931). Gawain accepted the girdle form Lady Bertilak after its magical properties were revealed, “the body which is bound within…

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    The British crafted an empire by using force, imposing authority, royal influence, and enhancing economic growth in North America for the purpose of expanding their empire. Britain was involved in many wars, set forth many regulations, influenced colonization, and developed commerce which all contributed to the British control of North America. England often used brutal force and intimidation tactics to defend their positions in North America. King Phillips war was a great example of this…

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    Anton Chekhov, the Russian dramatist excelled in the creation of women characters. Russian theatre and other playwrights were his inspiration. Chekhov excelled in creating complex characterization of women. He possessed a multifaceted distinctiveness with a range of themes and subjects, voice and style. His plays combine popular appeal with credibility Russia produced literature and actors of its own towards the end of the nineteenth century. Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky, Stanislavskh and Danchenko…

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    Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family lived for three different centuries in the Parish of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, on a freehold on and about thirty acres. “Benjamin Franklin was one of the official signer of the United States Constitution of 1787, Declaration of Independence, and of the Paris Peace Commission. He was one of the very first United States Postmaster’s General, a big…

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    Peter I the Great Peter I the Great is single-handedly responsible for the Westernization and the modernization of Russia. His multiple domestic reforms and border expansions transformed Russia from an isolated medieval country- that had remained nearly isolated from the Renaissance or Reformation of any kind- into a great modern power. Peter was born on June 9, 1672 in Moscow, Russia. Peter was the son of Tsar Aleksey I and Natalya Naryshkina, the czar’s second wife. Peter’s birth resulted…

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    and Greek literature instead of law, which his father urged him to study. Known for his “brilliant and sarcastic wit” both during and immediately following his school years, François-Marie unfortunately found himself imprisoned in the Bastille in 1718 for his scathing critiques of the duke of Orleans; it was during this detention that he composed his first dramatic tragedy, Oedipe, and…

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    Penal Servitude In Prisons

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    felon or ‘m’ for murder”. This benefit could only be used once. (https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/Punishment.jsp#branding) Gibbeting abolished 1834. Once the convict was hung the offender could endure more humiliation after death by placing the body after being hung in a metal cage which is then hung up and nails hammered through the joints of the body in order for it not to be pulled down by the convict’s relatives, for everyone to see as a deterrence. (http://www.atlasobscura.com/article…

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    Colonies Contradictions

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    In the direct aftermath of Blackbeard’s blockade, the colonists were quick to request aid. In a letter to the Board of Trade and Plantations in June of 1718 the colonies’ representative wrote that, “the unspeakable calamity this poor province suffers from pyrats obliges me to inform your lordships of it in order that his Majestie know it and be induced to afford us the assistance of a frigate or two to cruise hereabouts upon them for we are continually alarmed and our ships taken to the utter…

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    give an explanation to this shift and find the answer to why Detroit has become the site of persistent racialized poverty and what exactly caused the urban crisis in post WWII Detroit. Sugrue found that Detroits situation was not predetermined (Capeci 1718). Instead, it was the decisions of individuals, white middle class families, and organizations that dictated the lives of thousands of African Americans. Only after deep research and a series of case studies was Sugrue able to determine that…

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