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Gatsby makes an attempt to portray that he was educated at Oxford, in order to cover up his true background and to fit into the upper class society that Daisy is clearly a part of. . “I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition.” He looked at me sideways – and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying. He hurried the phrase “educated at Oxford” or swallowed it or choked on it as though it…

Beethoven, according to Richard Taruskin, “became the protagonist and the beneficiary of an attitude that had been growing for almost half a century.” (Taruskin, 2005: 251) Beethoven’s infiltration into and position within the classical music sphere of Romanticist composition and development is described as essential and exemplary (Taruskin, 2005: 251). The connotations between the Romanticist ideologies of the “great artist” being humanities redeemer and Beethoven’s ability to superimpose his…

the interests of those in power’. (56 critical theory today) One example of false consciousness is religion, which Marx described as ‘the sigh of the oppressed creature...It is the opiate of the people.’ (Marx,k. 2000 selected writings 2000edn oxford oxford university press). This view of religion observes that it is merely a tool for keeping the working class passive and unaware of their exploitation by the ruling class. There are several ways that religion can be perceived as an ideological…

Kivrin has decided to go back to Medieval Europe, before the Black Plague hit England. This was a dangerous time in history especially for a woman traveling alone. After Kivrin was sent back a mysterious disease hit and quarantined the whole city of Oxford. I predict that Kivrin will bring this new disease to the past; I am questioning how Kivrin’s journey to the past will somehow affect the events in the future; I am evaluating the coincidence between the times where she traveled and how there…

between programs. Scholarships have claimed that the function of music on television could be generalized in three catalogues: “extra diegetic”,“intra diegetic” and “diegetic”. (Oxford) First is the extra diegetic, which usually has been called as the “flow” of television could be explained by from program to station…

During this time his first child, John Francis Reule Tolkien, was born. After the war Tolkien’s first civilian job was Oxford English Dictionary, then in 1920 Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds; were he produced A Middle English Vocabulary. In 1925 he returned to Oxford as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, while having a fellowship with Pembroke College. While at Pembroke he wrote The Hobbit and the first two volumes…

Dorothy Hodgkin, also known as Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and born as Dorothy Mary Hodgkin was a British Biochemist. She was born on May 12, 1910, and died July 29, 1994. (84 years old) Dorothy was born on May 12, 1910, in Cairo, Egypt to her father, John Winter Crowfoot and her mother Grace Mary Crowfoot. Her parents were both archaeologists which were safe to assume inspired her to what she became. Of the four children that Dorothy’s parents had, Dorothy was the oldest of the bunch. While…

stimulating crime plots, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, an imaginative and dedicated author, successfully acquired a name in literature. Throughout her life, she received numerous notable awards and pursued in a satisfying writing career. Born June 13, 1893 in Oxford, England as the only child of Helen Leigh Sayers and Reverend Henry Sayers, Dorothy expressed an interest towards reading and writing as a child. In college, though she was considered an eccentric girl, she enjoyed partaking in various…

Peace is defined as a state of being that includes a sense of wellbeing and tranquility. It can also refer to the state of being free from civil disorder and having respect and amicable relations within communities and between nation states. Islam provides an understanding of peace in their sacred texts; the Qur’an and the Hadith to guide individuals and the community to contribute to world peace. Islam’s principal teachings do not reflect the actions of the ISIS and/or ISOL as the religion…

Nancy Lou Webster and her 1935 Straight 8 Buick Coupe with suicide doors named “Katie.” The story begins with Nancy Lou as a teen in Oxford, Mississippi. “Miss Kate Skipwith was a philanthropist who lived on Main Street in Oxford, Mississippi. She wanted a car so she ordered a new car to be shipped by rail to her. A 1935 Buick Series 40 Coupe. It arrived by rail in Oxford with five miles on the odometer. Miss Kate was a notoriously bad driver. Everybody in town knew that when Miss Kate came…