Johnson notes that alcohol consumption during the week days on average did drastically fall, however he also notes that it remained very high outside of these times. ... Joan Thirsk disagrees[6], she notes that there was a particular interest amongst the working class to copy the social elite. ... The audio clip highlights this point by noting that there was a desire to be associated with being seen to be respectable. ...

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Miranda finally got the courage to write a note to Ms. ... Matthews did not acknowledge the note and continued the treatment through the school year. Other students were treated noticibly different in front of Miranda to the extent that other students also made note of the treatment. ...

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(Class Notes September 18, 2003) The greatest of the pyramids were the Pyramids at Giza. ... (Class Notes: September 23rd, 2003) The sculptures that were created were made to be almost exact replicas of the deceased individual. ... (Class Notes: September 23rd, 2003) This was a sign of high status because she did not having to work outside like regular civilians. ... (Class Notes: September 23rd, 2003) Statues were usually painted to show everything from the clothing, to the color of the skin and the jewelry around the body. ...

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However, Marx notes that humans are fallible, and will often place way too much worth or attention, or fetishize, certain commodities for rather arbitrary reasons. Marx notes that the main thing that gets fetishized in a capitalist economy is money, and that when people place too much importance on this, there becomes an imbalance in both the economy and the society as a whole (Marx, 1965). ... Through showing the exploitation and class division that occurs in a capitalist market, Marx notes that this type of inequality can only lead to a revolution, which in this case would bring about commun...

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He notes, "The injury rate in a slaughterhouse is about three times higher than the rate of a typical American Factory" (172). ... As Louie notes, "The middlemen's profits were tied to the amount of labor they could "sweat" out of their workers – most often women and children – through low wages, excessive hours, and unsanitary conditions" (4). ... The movie criticizes the way cleaners are poorly paid, noting that their remuneration has declined over the recent past. ...

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Poetry Assignment In William Blake's poem "London", the speaker conveys London as corrupt and corrupting . The speaker presents his image of London through his many "wander[ings]" through its streets. He notes the despair of "every" Londoner and their oppression by the "church" and the state. In...

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Fallow's ideas are similar to Kay's remarks by noting, "how much less talk there is about the poor" (357) because many people are more concerned about wealth rather than the poor and jobless citizens. ... In Fallow's article, he notes how "[the women] naturally prefer to be excited about [their] own prospects rather than concerned about someone else's" (357). ...

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Another social gap that Riis makes is a division between races and ethnicities, and specifically notes the split between natives and immigrants. ... By specifically noting them, he is making a differentiation between them and others in the city at the time. ...

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This short note addresses the question whether Degas should be considered the last of the academics or the first of the modernists. While it may be possible to argue in favor of either thesis, in this note I will provide examples that lead me to believe that Degas should be considered a modernist. ...

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The Victorian age produced many different types of writers- some wrote about the lower classes, others discussed new revolutionary ideas- whether in science, mathematics or philosophy. Oscar Wilde was one of the greatest writers during the late nineteenth century. Instead of focusing on the lower cl...

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Lawrence Kasdan's film Grand Canyon metaphorically represents the differences between the low class and the high class. There is insight into the lives of several characters' that allow them to figure out why the characters behave and feel a certain way. Each character's class is determined by the following: clothing, housing, and occupation. In order to distinguish each class, we must look at Paul Fussell's guide titled Class which points out and specifically explains the characteristics within each class. According to the text, research persuaded Fussell that there are ni...

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In contrast, as Ed Cohen notes in Talk on the Wilde Side, "agricultural labourers and the industrial working classes [ ] were largely determined by the material constraints circumscribing their lives- (19), which is to say that the work in which they engaged was mainly physical, intellectually disengaged, and under-waged, so that there was little possibility of accruing excess capital. ... Hence, as Cohen notes, the spectre of failure haunts the middle class even as it anticipates a better life (19-21). ...

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The word stratification comes from strata or layers, as in the way different rock are piled on top of one another to form rock strata. Social stratification refers to the divisions of society into a pattern of layers or strata made up of a hierarchy of social groups. In this essay I will look at...

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Flatland Narrator The narrator of the story is a kind lawyer of the Square Class. He is married and has four pentagonal sons and two hexagonal grandsons. He was chosen by a sphere from Spaceland to help explain the wonders of the three dimensional world to the people of Flatland. He is a s...

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The Variety of Advertising Techniques The capitalist society invented advertising with only one purpose: to sell the product. Advertisers are willing to do just about anything in order to get consumer attention and persuade them to purchase their products. Consumers are inundated with adverti...

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Thomas Hardy, one of the greatest Victorian novelists and the author of Tess D'Urbervilles, was born June 2, 1840, in the village of Upper Bockhampton, located in Southwestern England. His father was a stone mason and a violinist while his mother had had a passion for music, enjoying reading and rel...

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Johnson, Paul E. and Sean Wilentz. The Kingdom of Matthias. New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 1994. "The meeting of the Prophets Matthias and Joseph Smith was one of hundreds of strange religious events that occurred all across the United States from the 1820s through the 1840s"...

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It is also interesting to note that while Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman and escaping his low social class and status, Herbert wishes to move in the opposite direction- his biggest dream is to start out on his own and make a fortune for himself as a capitalist merchant. ...

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During the nineteenth century, marriage was an important factor in a woman's life. In her letter of March 13, Jane Austen states, "Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony" (Austen n pag). During this time, women married for co...

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Class is a curious, almost elusive thing. It makes rare appearances now and then in talk of the economy and such or in more heated academic debates, but rarely in private. It seems American pretty much avoid the subject at every opportunity by attempting to deny that these class divisions between p...

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MARXISM IN GEOGRAPHY Geography over the last century has progressed through a series of radical changes. Before the mid-20th century the approach was idiographic. This concept is based on exploration and the study of "individuals" (lecture 4 16.10.02). By the mid-20...

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Most people have heard about the Pygmalion effect, or the possibilities of effecting ones behavior by your belief in their ability. This is also known as the self fulfilling prophecy (Digest, 2003) the effect was highlighted in the play "My Fair Lady," this was where Eliza Doolittle's success was en...

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In Jay MacLeod's book, Ain't No Makin" It, The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers come from the same economic background and are of similar age. The only outward difference is their race. MacLeod shows that this factor, along with class, directly influenced their aspirations, and consequently, negativ...

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Most people have heard about the Pygmalion effect, or the possibilities of effecting ones behavior by your belief in their ability. This is also known as the self fulfilling prophecy (Digest, 2003) the effect was highlighted in the play "My Fair Lady," this was where Eliza Doolittle's success was en...

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Class Struggles and the Psyche of Emily Deep within ourselves, lives the sub-conscious. Throughout our lives, our deepest, darkest desires push outward, determined to reach achievement. Like hot lava, obsessive urges seep out of us, inching closer to realization. Passion, the ultimate desire, ...

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