Review “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning and answer the following questions
1. Who is the speaker?
2. What is the situation?
3. What is the tone?
4. Is there a shift?
5. What is the effect of the form and structure?
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Dr. Phil wanted to see whether sex, drugs, or rock and roll improved student self-esteem more than traditional counseling or no treatment at all over a six-week period. He randomly assigned four groups of 30 students to two groups. In all four groups the control group received no special treatment.
In Experimental Group A he gave the students favorable information about illegal drug use, supplied them with quantities of several types of illegal drugs free of charge, and encouraged them to try the drugs.
In Experimental Group B he told the students about the history of rock and roll and gave them portable stereo players with a large quantity of rock and roll music. He also encouraged them to listen to the music at least six hours per day.
In Experimental Group C he told the students the benefits of premarital sex and encouraged them to experiment with sexual behavior. He introduced them to attractive members of the opposite sex who had very liberal sexual attitudes. He also supplied them with contraceptives and private rooms.
In Experimental Group D he placed the students in traditional counseling to improve their self-esteem.
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Analyze any of the following films: Boiler Room, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Insider, Thank You For Smoking, Erin Brockovich, A Civil Action, Norma Rae, Wall Street, or Silkwood and briefly summarize what happened in the case that you chose. What do you see as the corporate deviance involved? Who were the victims? Did the victims receive justice? What theory best explains the corporate behavior?
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Analyze the poem ‘Richard Cory’ by Edwin Arlington and answer the following questions:
1. Who is the speaker?
2. What is the situation?
3. What is the tone?
4. Is there a shift?
5. What is the effect of the form and structure?
Drawing on the content of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and your own investigations, discuss, in the form of a critical essay:
(a) The main areas of conflict between Australia’s Indigenous communities and the business sector and what gives rise to these conflicts.
(b) The ethical issues that are evident in these areas of conflict and why these are ethical issues.
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Interpret and paraphrase the poem”Because I Could Not Stop for Death”. Make sure to interpret this poem line by line. Your sources of reference should be peer reviewed journals.
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From within the US perspective what makes a foreign exchange market different than a domestic market? Using examples, describe how forward markets and spot markets operate in the foreign exchange market
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Read the book ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ by Thomas Hardy and write a research paper with a strong thesis statement relating to the role of women in society and how Tess represents women’s social and society struggles of the time. The research paper should clearly argue/answer the thesis statement about this book and include an introduction that frames the argument, and a conclusion.
Explain how a wave of protest in the country of Burkina Faso had their president Blaise Compaore overthrown. What did Blaise Compaore miscalculate that led him to be Confronted with thousands of protesters demanding his departure? How did the government of transition manage to face an attempted coup d’ etat made by the Pro Compaore who wanted to frustrate the progress made by the people?
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