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‘…the Utopian impulse must respond to specific dilemmas and offer to solve fundamental social problems to which the Utopian believes himself to offer the key’ (Fredric Jameson, Archaeologies of the Future). To what extent do you agree that this is what Cavendish seeks to achieve in The Blazing World? In a preambled note ‘To all Noble and Worthy Ladies’ Margaret Cavendish outlines the structure of The Blazing World by declaring “The First Part is Romancical; the Second, Philosophical; and the…

Acknowledged as one of the foremost living playwrights of the world, Wole Soyinka is the first African Nobel laureate who was awarded the covetous Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. As a playwright, Wole Soyinka has basically operated within two categories – the tragic and the satiric.Although the dramatic form itself and the Western generic categories are Western import, Soyinka has injected fresh energies into every genre by the incorporation of traditional Yoruba elements. Soyinka’s dramas…

not comprehend or even listen to the lyrics Marley sings, may still enjoy his music and the talent he displays with his instrumentation. 1 Hodges, Hugh. “Walk Good: West Indian Oratorical Traditions in Bob Marley’s Uprising.” Journal of Commonwealth Literature 40.2…

To what extent did the aerial forces of the First World War impact the course of the war and its outcome? “The day has passed when armies on the ground or navies on the sea can be the arbiter of a nation's destiny in war. The main power of defense and the power of initiative against an enemy has passed to the air.” -Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. November, 1918. The Italo-Turkish war, which lasted from 1911-12 and was predominantly fought in Libya, was the first recorded event of a bomb…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…