Pyramids were built to house the dead and to give the individuals a place to hold on to their Ka's after death. ... (Class Notes September 18, 2003) The greatest of the pyramids were the Pyramids at Giza. ... Rituals would be held there on different occasions to give offerings to the gods and to the souls of the dead. ... (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 civilian...

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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. ... The scene gives us the impression that the women are going to continue with their work. ... The women" position in the snap shot was carefully chosen and studied to give us feeling of movement. ... Bright colors give lively and vivid atmosphere. ... On the contrary, he gives them dignity. ...

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The situation in which this comment arises is when Eliza is selling flowers and Henry Higgins is posing as a note taker. ... Just an excuse not to give me anything!' ... These rules were delivered into society by the snobbish attitude of the middle class to clarify the differences between the two classes, and to give the middle class a feeling of superiority because the working class cannot afford to abide by their rules. ... Why did I give it up? ...

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It is important to note, that Robert Aske, the leader of the rebellion, referred to his followers as pilgrims, not rebels, therefore, suggesting that the Pilgrimage was a religious movement. ... This is supported by C.S.L Davies who suggested that religion was an essential feature of the Pilgrimage as it figured large among the causes, it served to give the movement cohesion and binds together different classes with widely different interests3. ...

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Weber notes: "when the bases of acquisition and distribution of goods are relatively stable, stratification by status is favoured. ... Thus members of complex societies must perform more specialised tasks and as a result of these tasks becoming more specialised, rewards in unequal amounts in order of importance must be given out in order to fill these positions where talents may be scarce and to give people the motivation to fill these positions in society. ...

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He believed that the proper positioning of the city between sea and land will give way to three distinct advantages: " first it will be equally well-placed for the operations in all direction; also it will form and entrepot for the receipt of incoming foodstuffs; and it will have access to timber and other raw materials the land may be able to produce."" ... Aristotle believed that only those that are able to give time to the government should be able to participate in it. ...

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These like-minded individuals are usually lawyers from the middle and upper classes, and while the class analysis suggests that the Canadian system gives little opportunity for those born into the working class to obtain a position of political authority, it must be pointed out that in Canada there are other factors the lead to the perpetuation of the elite class. ... It is important to note, however, that even pluralists observe that the demands of different factions often compete. ...

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It is probably worth noting then that state intervention into schooling and efforts to minimise the achievement gap of differing social classes is not a neoliberal ideal. ... Critiques of this new right perspective on freedom, from a socialist perspective for example, would argue that this gives license to those with pre-existing social and economic power to exploit the masses. ...

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