Maidenhead Essays

  • Feasibility Study of Starting a New Business

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    feasible to open a new nightclub, 'Sinners' in Maidenhead town centre. Maidenhead is a small town in the southeast of England, located in the county Berkshire. The nearest major city is London, which is located twenty-five miles east of the town. The reason I have chose to investigate this type of business venture is because I take an interest in this type of business as I would like to look into it in the future, and also feel Maidenhead possesses the qualities, and provides a great opportunity

  • Proposal to Open Businesses

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    market niche perfect for Go- Karting to fill this gap. This is because many of the people I have interviewed and many people who have answered my questionnaires agree that the town of maidenhead is lacking new exciting activities., Therefore they would like a new adrenalin activity to be introduced to maidenhead. In addition of finding the new found results I demised another questionnaire on what specific adrenalin rushing activity the general public would like. My results came out as the

  • Various Attitudes Toward Love in Romeo and Juliet

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    Gregory talking about sexual love. As they both talk about taking girls virginity. They both sound arrogant as they talk as if it is through experience. To them the thoughts of taking a girl’s virginity seems a joking matter. “... maidenheads – take it...” (maidenheads – virginities) They speak of women as assets instead of people; the two boys also use love as though it is a weapon to hurt. So saying love is painful. Sampson and Gregory are itching for a fight as they both believe that they have

  • Brunel's Bridges

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    Western Railway. 1833, he worked on the line that linked London to Bristol. During its construction, lots of achievements were accomplished, they included the viaducts at Hanwell and Chippenham, the Box Tunnel, the Bristol Temple Meads Station, and Maidenhead Bridge. While working on the line from Swindon to Gloucester and South Wales he thought up the combination of truss, tubular and suspension bridge to cross the Wye at Chepstow. This bridge combination was further enhanced in his famous bridge over

  • Rob Guerette Research Design

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    W. Clinton III (1999). Eyes on the Street: The Impact of Tennessees Emergency Cellular Telephone Program on Alcohol related Fatal Crashes. Crime and Delinquency, 45(4): 453- 466 Rugg, G., & Petre, M. (2007). A gentle guide to research methods. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press.

  • The Flea by John Donne

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    The Flea by John Donne The situation described in the poem is the narrator trying to persuade his girlfriend to sleep with him. Bearing in mind the social context of the poem, the girl is going to need quite a lot of persuading. This is where the flea comes in. The idea of sex being like a flea is sustained throughout the poem thus making it a sustained metaphor. In the sixteen hundreds, fleas were just a common fact of life. Everybody had them, even rich people. I think it is quite

  • Seduction in John Donne's The Flea

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    point out, this borrows from a notion presented by Ovid that the mixing of bloods occurs during sexual intercourse. When Donne states that such an event is not “A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead” he is saying that there is no need to cast judgment on the mingling that has occurred. “Loss of maidenhead” implies losing virginity, so the speaker is telling the lady that she should not feel any guilt over such a thing. This would certainly contradict the cultural standards of the time, yet Donne

  • Metaphysical Poetry In John Donne's The Flea

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    form, in some ways it can be looked at as sort of a free verse form of poetry, but with a rhyme scheme. When looking at the poem as a whole, it can be stated that the rhymes are very weak. For example, the rhyming of “this” to “is” and “said” to “maidenhead,” are expected and somewhat easy. While the message is clear as to what is happening, if better word choices had been made, then the poem might not feel as

  • The Pardoner's Tale Satire

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    In some pieces of literature, an author may use satire. Satire is a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring social reform. In order to portray personal beliefs through satire, the use of literary devices, elements, and techniques can include subtle hints regarding a much larger and/or serious matter. The Canterbury Tales, is an example of satire as it comments and makes fun of the Seven Deadly Sins, specifically avarice and lust during the Middle Ages. The

  • Is e-marketing an integral component of strategic marketing?

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    and applications, Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill 3. Chaston, I. (2001), e-Marketing Strategy, Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill 4. O’Connor, J. and Galvin, E. (1998), Creating Value Through e-Commerce, London: Financial Times/Pearson Education 5. Peppers, D., Rogers, M. (1997), Enterprise One-to-one, New York, NY: Doubleday 6. Windham, L and Orton, K (2000), The Soul of the New Consumer, Oxford: Windsor Books 7. Jobber, D (2001), Principles and Practice of Marketing, 3rd Edition, Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill 8. Nicovich

  • John Donne's "the Flea", a Critical Analysis

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    Since the beginning of time, one of the most captivating and yet elusive of all emotions has been love. Back in the 17th century most male poets wrote about woman's beauty, while others romanticized lustful inclinations in poetry. The cliché "love at first sight," is too often idealized to be the epitome of "true love"; most poets will uphold to the prior statement such as John Donne and Andrew Marvell. In John Donne's "The Flea" Donne expresses his love for a woman without having touched her. On

  • Roles and Skills of Social Workers

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    148-63 6. Parker, J. (2009) Effective Practice Learning in Social Work. London: Learning Matters Ltd. 7. Trevithick, P. (2012) Social work skills and knowledge: a practice handbook. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press. 8. Trevithick, P. (2011) Social Work Skills And Knowledge : A practice handbook . Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.

  • The Language of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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    The Language of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Gibson says that Shakespeare, "brilliantly transformed whatever he worked on", through his use of language. Shakespeare was fascinated by language. Throughout the play 'Romeo and Juliet', he uses words a tools to do his work and conjure images of every different emotion. Shakespeare unleashes the whole spectrum of emotions, always having at least two scenarios for each scene. These usually come from the characters and 'Romeo and

  • The Flea By John Donne

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    John Donne was a well-known English poet and clergyman. His works was famous for its sonnets and sensual style. Furthermore, John Donne was one of the greatest metaphysical poets. He also was a well-known figure in the English literature field because of his legacy in literature. However, his poetry was known of the desire for the things that society refused to accept, therefore he always complained about society in his poems. “The flea” is one of his famous poems, this essay will analysis it

  • Theme Of Death In Romeo And Juliet

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    better ended by their hate than death Several characters can be quoted referencing Death as Juliet's lover including Juliet herself. When speaking to the Nurse she says, "Come, cords, come Nurse, I'll to my wedding bed, and death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!"(3.2.137-138). In those lines she basically says Death will marry her and take her maidenhood. Juliet's own father also personifies Death as Juliet's husband. One instance is when Capulet says to Friar Laurence, "Death is my son-in-law, Death

  • John Donne: Quixotic yet Sacrosanct

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    Love and religion are two of the most common topics of poetry. Many of Donne’s poems are on one of these two very different topics, his works are connected through the continuous use of devices such as allusion, metaphor, and pun; providing a bond for each poem, yet a different context for each one. “The Flea,” “Holy Sonnet VII,” and “A Hymn to God the Father” each have distinct themes, but find common ground by the use of common literary devices. “The Flea” is a carnal poem where the speaker tries

  • Why Do Romeo And Juliet Be Read Essay

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    important morals from it, and relate to how teenagers thought back then. This hundreds of year old play known as “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” still teaches students about the English language today. In act 1, Sampson talks about cutting off women maidenheads and his naked weapon which are examples of Old English Literature, which meant females virginity and the males member in the late 1500’s. Old English Literature is important to study Anything a person did would affect their reputation, similarly

  • Explication Of The Flea By John Donne

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    Journal 7 “The Flea” by John Donne is a poem first published in 1633. The poem is a nine-line stanzas which rhyming scheme in each stanza. The lines in the poem switch back and forth between iambic pentameter and iambic tetrameter. The poem is written in old style English, which to me leaves room for open interpretation. In my opinion, the speaker uses the flea as a sign for him and his love to be romantic and to pursue her to give him more of her. The speaker wants his love to view the flea

  • Differences And Similarities Between Medea And Sappho

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    Humans throughout history have constantly struggled in defining love, sex, and morality. Early texts such as Medea and Sappho introduce themes in relation to love, sex, and morality. For example, love can provoke emotions in their rawest form, evidently shown in both texts, as Medea murders for her lost love and Sappho mourns and rejoices over hers. In regards to sex, purity is a consistent theme, shown when Medea rages over her soiled marriage bed and Sappho over her lost virginity. As for morality

  • The Battle of Princeton

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    The Battle of Princeton The American Revolution War was a fight for independence by the thirteen colonies against the Kingdom of Great Britain, which then became Britain versus the lately formed United States. There were several battles, but only a handful was major, including the Battle of Princeton. The Battle of Princeton had been an aftermath of a pre battle, the Battle of Trenton. The importance of the battles was that they gave confidence to American soldiers to gain victory against the British