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    Yet, because of Kent’s success in appearing as an honest and loyal man to the King, he forgoes further questioning. Other than one curious question but another presumably lower ranking man, Kent’s telling of events is unquestioned by Lear. In these moments Kent’s true ability as a dissembler is clearly shown. So although at face failure Kent appears to be completely loyal to Lear, he is in fact serving some other purpose. One that increase the instability between the royal family and…

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    Lear’s trust in his other two daughters, Goneril and Regan is shattered when Regan tells him that he will have to dismiss fifty soldiers if he is to stay with her. In response, Lear says, “But yet thou art my flesh, my blood, my daughter-/Or rather a disease that’s in my flesh/Which I needs must call mine” (2.4.220-222). His contempt and his discovery of their intentions that were hidden behind their “love” for him are shown. Here, Lear’s blind trust that he placed in his daughters shows his…

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    The first act promptly begins with Lear’s surprising announcement about relinquishing his power to his three daughters. He pledges “our largest bounty may extend” (1.1.57) to whomever loves him the most. Beginning with Lear’s major discourse throughout the play, we get the sense that power is the dominant force that's at the centre of this family. Lear states first “to shake all cares and business from our [Lear’s] age”(1.1.41) and then taking that boundless power to his children, where he can…

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    We are now ready to consider 2017 King Lear performed by Shakespeare Company for Children and Adults; How was the director Yamasaki’s intention of creating his King Lear performance for children and adults reflected in the latest 2017 King Lear performance? It was taken place in the center of Tokyo and it lasted for 6 days. Yamasaki used Odashima’s translation of King Lear for his stage. It took 2 hours and 10 minutes without any intervals. As usual, there were no stage settings except for…

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    In the book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell argues that small amounts of information are just as good or better than well thought out and detailed information or decisions. Gladwell uses stories from colleagues and studies to support his claims. Gladwell uses these to appeal to one’s ethics and logic. Gladwell uses the work done by one of his colleagues at John Gottman’s lab to show that a little information can go a long way. Gottman came up with a way to analyse marriages from conversations with a…

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    Malcom Gladwell Biography

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    Childhood - Malcom Gladwell was born in Fareham, Hampshire, England on September 3, 1963 to his parents Graham and Joyce. Graham Gladwell was a British mathematics professor and Joyce was a Jamaican psychotherapist. When Gladwell was six he moved to Elmira, Ontario, Canada with his family. In Canada, Gladwell’s father taught mathematics and engineering at the University of Waterloo where Gladwell sometimes went with his father. Gladwell had a tendency to wander around the offices and explore…

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    Unlawful Murder Essay

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    In the inquest of Ian Tomlinson’s death the police officer claimed that his actions were in self-defence and he genuinely believed that the victim, who was walking away with his hands in pockets, was posing “risk or unknown risk” (IPCC, 2010, p. 104), by displaying hostility…

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    Outliers Reflection

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    hobby we enjoy, we could be the best. All these possible reasons as to why, someone could succeed and I started to feel like everything I had been taught, was false. While reading Outliers, I began to see if I had any similarities between the stories Malcolm Gladwell told and figured out that I shared no similarities or common features, which made no sense, because I feel…

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    On April 3, 1964, Malcolm X delivered a speech that would drastically influence change in the course of the civil rights movement. The Ballot or the Bullet was delivered at a time when African-American outrage was at its peak. 1964 was a year that involved African-Americans being brutalized by white police officers, discriminated against by white business owners, and hated by the white community at large. 1964 followed the year in which the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing resulted death of…

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    Living in complete freedom is the philosophy that is the foundation of anarchism. The rediscovering of the anarchist philosophy inundated the minds of British youth in the 1970s who felt that the British government was suppressing thier freedom with frivolous laws. There are several schools of anarchism such as anarchist-communism, collectivist anarchism, social anarchism, individualist anarchism, and mutualism, which all influenced the explosion of the punk rock movement. Nevertheless, it is…

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