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Is there a need for libraries.

Within the world today technology has improved exponentially, which leaves resources of the world untouched such as libraries. According to critics and “people” of the 21^st century libraries are outdated but I disagree with that, yes you could always go on the internet to read or to gather information but for someone with love for reading and learning the library has the right kind of atmosphere for doing those things. I know this is the modern days but this doesn’t mean that everybody can afford to have internet access and the library is free to access allowing people that don’t have or cant afford internet to access it from the library. The library is considered to be outdated, due to the fact the existence of the internet but i disagree with that statement due to the fact that you may be on the internet reading a piece of information but due to the lack of concentration leave out an important piece of information or forget the information completely, and this is where the library comes in because its not only where you go to read but where you can also go to learn in a controlled environment. There is much more to doing real research than typing a few words into a search engine such as Firefox.  Librarians are trained to do high-level research, which supports people with important jobs such as scientists, doctors, lawyers, professors, writers, government officials, and other important professionals every single day. Without the help of librarians, all of these people would be making decisions without having all of the relevant knowledge they need on their topics, which would in time create more problems due to the lack of information given to the workers with the important jobs.

Even though technology has advanced to the point that we can just “use the internet” only a small fraction of the information that is available on-line is free but when in the library all the information found inside is free which means you are given an infinite amount of information sources. So why don’t people think they are needed? its simple because they believe that you can just search something up and then understand but you cant just look it up, no you must be able to read the information that you can see and when in the library you are given resources that can help you to understand the information.

As some say that libraries are no longer needed and are “outdated” others beg to differ, yes authors such as Alan Gibson, Kate Mosse, David Almond and others continue to support what Libraries stand for and continue to fight against those that don’t understand why they are needed.

After taking the argument that libraries are no longer needed in the consideration, I have come to the conclusion that they are still needed within our society because the library allows people to access all information in sight and have many books, but not only that, the library is also an place where learning can take place due to the calm atmosphere allowing people to be relaxed while learning and that is why Libraries are needed.

How do robert browning and shakespeare show hate.

controlled assessment.

.I believe that within Julius Caesar Shakespeare shows us that hate can come out of love and sometimes love can lead to jealousy, envy and betrayal which in turn creates hate  Love leads   to betrayal in Julius Caesar but with in Robert Browning poems I think that he is trying to say that love can lead to jealousy ,and can cause one to feel heartbreak which leaves the characters wanting revenge, but I also think that browning is saying that love can make you commit sinful acts.

with in Julius Caesar Shakespeare shows jealousy mainly  through one character in the book, who is Cassius. Cassius is shown to have the most hate towards Caesar and the most jealousy towards Caesar’s position in Rome which Shakespeare shows by having Cassius always ranting about how Caesar is the same as everyone else, as shown in Act one scene two when he speaks to Brutus and recalls the time when he saved Caesar’s life and continues on to speak of the time when Caesar was ill and then says “ye gods,it doth amaze me a man of such feeble temper should so get the start of the majestic world and bear the palm alone” which reveals the jealousy he has towards Caesar and shows that he doesn’t think that Caesar is fit to be ruler. Cassius also shows resentment towards Caesar as shown when he says “this man is now a god, and Cassius is a wretched creature and must bend his body if Caesar but nod on him.”

Within the Laboratory-Ancien Regime Robert browning shows a woman that wishes to get revenge on her ex lover’s lover. The fact that Robert Browning showed this woman wanting revenge on her ex lover’s lover instead of her ex lover show  that she believes that she took him away against his will as shown when she says “that’s why she ensnared him:this will never free the soul from those masculine eyes,”. with in the poem jealousy is shown but so is someone about to create sinful acts as she speaks of the poison as shown when she says to the devils smithy, “what is the poison to poison her prithee?” which shows that she will commit an sinful act out of hate towards the women in hope that she can “free” her ex lover and get him back. there’s also an implication that the woman speaking feels that she has been disregarded because she is of a lower status than her rivals”she not little, no minion like me — that’s why she ensnared him” this links in an interesting way with Cassius since shakespeare implies that he is frustrated with his status”the fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves,that we are underlings. with in the soliloquy of the spanish cloister there is also a difference in status which leads the narrator to jealousy and envy towards Brother Lawrence, Robert Browning shows the narrator being sarcastic about Brother Lawrence:”what is the latin name for parsley?what’s the greek name for swine snout?” Behind the mockery seeths hate and envy”if hate killed men brother lawrence…would not mine kill you” implying that the narrator is planning to murder him

In Julius Caesar the character that signifies honour is Brutus, and is trusted by Caesar.this loyalty was set in stone until act one scene 2 when  Brutus and Cassius had heard the crowd  cheering for Caesar to become King when Brutus says ” I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king”. Something about Caesar becoming king of Rome did not make Brutus too Comfortable and this left him to be swayed by Cassius’ manipulative words about Caesar:”thy honorable metal may be wrought…for who’s so firm that cannot be seduced? The adjective “honourable” is continuously linked to Brutus throughout the play by Brutus himself and other characters. At the beginning of the play Brutus loved Caesar but he justifies murdering him by saying he’s doing it for the sake of Rome”i did love Caesar when i struck him” he also adds “not that i loved Caesar less but that i loved Rome more”. The metaphor that Brutus uses to justify killing Caesar is the serpent’s egg”which hatched as his kind grow mischievous and kill him in the shell”. Brutus is picturing Caesar as a poisonous animal which needs to be eliminated before it even hatches. However this justification that his doing it for honor “and pity to the general wrong of Rome” comes back to haunt him. Anthony in the forum starts to mock Brutus and draw a contrast between Anthony’s love for Caesar-“he was my friend faithful and just to me” and Brutus’ justification for assassinating him “but Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honourable man”. The word honorable is repeated over and over again to the extent that it becomes sarcastic and also a parody Brutus’ speech to the people”friends, countrymen and lovers” becomes the more hard hitting “friends, romans, countrymen” speech. This links with the sarcasm and the parody expressing hatred in the soliloquy of the spanish cloister.

In contrast to Brutus Anthony is an much more passionate and open character. he is devastated when he finds Caesar’s dead body and far from being a serpent, to anthony caesar is a wild deer of the forest that has been hunted down “how like a deer strucken by many princes”. Left alone after the death of Caesar he soliloquy expresses how he’s devastation has turned into hatred for the “hunters”. he Curses all of Italy saying ‘Cry havoc and let sllip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men groaning for burial.’ This contrast to him earlier in the play when he shows he is an honorable man similar to Brutus when he defends Cassius “fear him not Caesar hes not dangerous he’s a noble Roman and well given”. However after Caesar’s death his noble personality changes and hes consumed by anger and hatred for the conspirators. His anger makes him more wordy and passionate allowing him to change the views of the crowd completely. To do this he uses a lot of complex literary devices: friends ,roman, contrymen are your classic list of three from speech making. He also uses the device of telling people to do something and at the same time telling them not to do it “if i were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage i should do Brutus wrong and Cassius.

With Cassius his love for Brutus starts to degenerate at the end of the play building up into a furious rowel where Cassius refused to send Brutus money “for i can raise no money by vile means”. In this scene Brutus’ honorable and noble personality creates a massive feeling of betrayal for Cassius”Brutus has rived my heart. a friend should bear his friend’s infirmities…you love me not”. Again we can see love and friendship turning into hate when Cassius asks Brutus to kill him with a dagger and says”when thou did hate him worst thou loved him better than ever thou loved Cassius”. Cassius is saying here that he thinks Brutus loves Caesar more than him and admits that he is jealous. When Cassius tries to kill himself Brutus and he instantly makes up the argument and they become friends again, and he compares himself to a lamb”that carries anger as the flint burns fire”. He then reveals to Cassius that one of the reasons he got so angry is that portia is dead after swallowing fire. Brutus is depicted once again as someone that is so resilient that he totally suppresses his emotions. Of all the characters in the play(apart from Portia) Brutus is the only one that does not let hatred alter his personality as it says in the text shakespeare used for julius Caesar Written by plutarch quotes”all the other conspirators did conspire his death for some private malice or envy that they otherwise did bear unto him”

Porphyria’s lover also shows a depth and complexity in the way the writer shows how love can become hate. As in Julius Caesar the author explores seduction. Porphyria’s lover is an dramatic monologue. This means that its similar to a speech in a play. So as a reader you have to guess why he wanted to murder her. But there is a implication that the narrator thinks that she’s seducing him”when no voice replied , she put my arm about her waist and made her smooth white shoulder bare..and made my cheek lie there”.The way the narrator keeps repeating “she made” implies that in his view she was tempting him but we also realise that the narrator loves her so much that he wants her to “give herself to me forever”. This is the moment when he sees the chance to keep her forever. “that moment she was mine…perfectly pure and good.” His love flips into a act of extreme hatred and he strangles her.

“And strangled her..no pain felt she i’m quite sure she felt no pain”.There is a dramatic silence here, after the big pause the narrator insisted that she felt no pain. This links with the way Brutus  talks of the murder of Caesar as a noble killing in which Caesar will feel no pain”let’s kill him boldly but not wrathfully / let’s carve him as a dish fit for the Gods not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds”.

Nine years ago an article was written by John Humphry explaining how the modern users of language are “raping” our vocabulary due to the slight changes of language such as the use of abbreviation and the removal of hyphens. According to John Humphry the “traditional” English language is  dying out due to the laziness of people that cba(sorry:can’t be asked) to use the right punctuation and vocabulary , but I disagree. 

I don’t believe this is due to the laziness of the users but due to their creativity, I believe People abbreviate words and “play” With vocabulary in order to show the way they feel and show emotions.    

I know this may sound stupid but I do believe that people do this in order to show how they are feeling or show their feelings towards another person, but not only that but I generally think that these changes to language are to save time even if it’s only an “millisecond”, I believe that the removal of the hyphen from fewer than 16’000 words is convenient due to the fact that if you were trying to text someone as quick as possible due to an emergency but needed to add an hyphen that would surley slow down the process.

John may be live that this isn’t language evolving but if these changes are being made surly this is 

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This passage shows me that Miss Maudie believes that the people in Maycomb are isolated and do not know how to think for themselves , but always follow what other people think even if it’s  the wrong thing or it’s bad.

“We’re the safest people in the world” when Miss Maudie says this I believe she doesn’t mean that Maycomb is the most safe but they are the people that are most scared of doing what’s right. “ I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father is one.” This quotation indicates that Miss Maudie believes that Atticus is that right person for the job due to the fact that he chooses to do the right thing even if people don’t agree with it. The use of “us” in the quotation indicates that Miss Maudie thinks there may be  others that would like to be brave like Atticus but may be afraid of other people judging them and being cast out from the rest of the society.