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ABIR LAL BISWAS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MRS. SWETA ANTONY MASTER OF ARTS ENGLISH (PREVIOUS) SEMESTER II 13 APRIL 2015 CULTURE AND ART: A CRITICAL CROSSOVER The origin of the very word “Culture” comes from the world of ‘agriculture’ from which it developed a metaphorical meaning in the eighteenth century for culturing the mind rather than crops. And in this sense gradually it became associated by the early nineteenth century with the knowledge of Greek, Latin and the fine arts. The acquisition…

The nineteen-twenties saw a great change in American society. With the recent upturn in the American economy, the United States became a “consumer society”. (History.com) This is the world of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious man who rose to great wealth in mysterious ways. Gatsby threw lavish parties, characteristic of the time, and lived a life of luxury. Through the novel The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald portrays his view of the era he lived in; the roaring twenties. Using a new historicism approach…

by her carer Marie-Therese Kauao and her partner Carl Manning. Post-mortem conducted after Victoria died showed 128 injuries on her body. Victoria was born in the Ivory Coast and at the age of seven, her father's aunt Kauao offered to take her to France for a better education. Victoria was a substitute for another girl who Kauao had originally intended to take and this explained why the 'daughter’s' name on the French passport used to get into England was Anna. During the first few weeks in…

Francis Townsend Dust Bowl The Three Rs NRA Bank Holiday Fireside Chats Huey Long Social Security NRLB 1. What qualities did FDR bring to the presidency, and how did he display them during the New Deal years? What particular role did Eleanor…

empire and the Middle East.” In other words, an armchair warrior—literally. Is it any wonder Feith has been Ineffective? By contrast, the Highly Effective Imperialist gets off his fanny and “goes native.” We might consider, for example, Richard Francis Burton—now he was Effective. In the days before jets or mints on your hotel room pillow, Burton made his way across five continents. He helped discover the source of the Nile; he was one of the first Westerners to visit Mecca, disguised as an…

North Sea and the Irish Sea)  Motorway of the sea of Southeast Europe (connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea and the eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus)  Motorway of the sea of Southwest Europe (Western Mediterranean, connecting Spain, France, Italy and including Malta and linking with the motorway of the sea of south-east Europe and including links to the Black Sea) “Motorways of the Sea” is a highly competitive programme, which will eventually concentrate many customers. This…

This involved the work of two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick. They used the x-ray data provided by Rosalind Franklin which helped them to make an accurate model of the DNA. The model presented the structure of DNA showing a double helix with little rungs connecting the two strands and identified that…

experienced rapid economic growth. Given all the facts though, it seems likely that democratic regimes are far more conducive to long-term economic growth than a dictatorship, even one of the benevolent kind. Economic Progress Begets Democracy I) While it is possible to argue that democracy is not a necessary precondition for the establishment of a free market economy in which property rights are protected, it seems evident that subsequent economic growth leads to establishment of…

“Lo and behold!” Earlier that year, I was quoted in a UCLA press release saying that once the network was up and running, it would be possible to gain access to computer utilities from our homes and offices as easily as we gain access to electricity and telephone connectivity. So my vision at that time was that the Internet would be ubiquitous, always on, always available, anyone with any device could connect from any location, and it would be invisible. However, I never anticipated that my…