(BH 717) It is no small wonder that the lower classes do not actively resist this pressure, especially when characters such as Jo are made to feel guilty for what they rarely understand. When Mrs Paradiggle invades the brickmaker's house she acts as "if she were an inexorable moral Policeman carrying them all off to a station house". (BH 132) One should remember that they are not criminals. ... That Jo has a good heart and a conscience is apparent in his persistent "miserable sobs" (BH 717) and need to apoligise for the disease he unintentionally carried to the safe side of his world. One...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) Oscar Wilde said "We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." ... Jack and Algernon are characters who lie in order to be Ernest, but in doing so they are not being earnest. ... (Act 3 line 436), which says much of Gwendolen's true character. ... The implication is that the aristocracy do not understand the meaning of true love. ... Jack asks the Canon to Christen him if he has "nothing better to do" that afternoon. ...

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Not only does this statement confirm Higgins" status in the social hierarchy but also portrays the message that in this realm, a person's dress is used as an indicator of their position in society. ... They want to drop Kentish Town; but they give themselves away every time they open their mouths". ... Vivian though, we know, is not wealthy. ... The introduction of Eliza into his life does not faze Henry Higgins though, as he sees Eliza as a bet to be won rather than a woman with emotions that can get hurt. ... She tells him "you"re not my pimp . ...

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Vivian on the other hand is a beautiful and kind-hearted woman who is independent and assertive; refusing to have a pimp and fiercely reserving the right to choose her customers and what she would do and not do when with them. ... I find this very repulsive because as a society we should not put wealthy and good looking people up on a pedestal because they have money. ... She lost all of her values that she once carried and became the typical nonexistent woman. ... Mostly all women now days have their own sort of income and have their own stable jobs and do not need men to help them get ahead ...

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As Ray states, 'if there is an underlying biological tendency towards masculine violence, this should manifest similarly in different cultures and places, which it does not' (2011:85). ... Towards the older ages of 16-25, this is where men are experiencing new things in their life; perhaps using drugs, or other aggressive types of risk taking. ... Therefore, it was very influential for other theorists to start to do the same. ... Albert Bandura carried out these steps in the 'Bodo Doll Experiment' which is he most famous for. ... Experiments such as this do not only sho...

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They were able to read about the lower classes from a secure distance and either be admonished of the 'danger' that they represented or share the writer's sympathy (ibid). ... They had a "didactic function" (ibid.) and at-tempted to change "the opinions and prejudices of their readers" (ibid.). ... Several qualities of Margaret's character contribute to her being the ideal social explorer. ... Since she is characterized as being very proud and "queenly" (Gaskell 23), Margaret is not inclined to share her emotions publicly and "would n...

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The screenplay avoids platitudes and easy answers, and treats the characters as individuals, rather than symbols or idealized stereotypes. ... Throughout the story, which gracefully moves back and forth between the past and the present, memory is the catalyst for present-day realizations and changes. ... Students not only encountered an unequal and segregated education, but they also received a subtractive curriculum, which prohibited the use of Spanish and were discouraged from maintaining their cultural heritage. ... As part of its legal strategy in state courts, LULAC argued that because ...

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