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    Task 1 Title: Analysing the Brief Assessment Criteria: Worth 1.8 % of your final GCSE grade. See page 128-129 in Edexcel DT: RMT textbook Students will be assessed on their ability to: Analyse their design brief in enough detail to be able to clarify design needs. This will involve analysis of key words and phrases that help in understanding the issues related to the chosen/given design task. IMPORTANT : one you have decided on a context to work in with your teacher DO NOT CHANGE

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    drives humans to make themselves feel privileged. In the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Portia is a character that seems to struggle to free herself from the power of her husband‚ Brutus. In addition‚ to being a woman‚ she is viewed at differently and treated differently than men. Women are the weak figures of the world and hold different responsibilities than of men. Portia‚ Brutus’s wife‚ is a great example of a character who merely struggles to free herself. She is literally

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    In Shakespeare’s famous play‚ Julius Caesar‚ he wrote about a woman named Portia. Anyone who has read or seen the play knows that she is Brutus’ wife. But who was she really? To see who she really was one must look at her lifestyle‚ characteristics‚ and her actions. First‚ Portia’s lifestyle began in a household of a reputable man named Cato. Portia was raised to be a woman of extreme beauty and elegance. She was brought up in a society that viewed women as ‘weak’‚ and did not value human emotions

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    of Venice‚ the character of Shylock proves‚ ultimately‚ to be a victim of himself. Shylock brings about his own demise through his own deeds and misdeeds. Shylock begins to cause his own misfortune when Antonio approaches him for a loan to aid Bassanio in courting Portia. At first‚ Shylock is wary to lend Antonio the money. "I am debating of my present store...I cannot instantly raise up the gross of full three thousand ducats...Tubal...will furnish me (13)". Shylock realizes that he does not have

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    However‚ in spite of the many differences‚ there are similarities between the two stories. Romeo and Juliet and “Teen Couple Executed by their Parents…for daring to fall in love‚” both involve the deaths of the couples all happening at a young age‚ all of them dying before the age of 19 before any of their parents died. Throughout both stories a common factor is that the couples were forced to make adult decisions about their lives and love lives; while‚ the adults around them were making many poor

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    The slave laborers were exhausted. They lived in camps infested with disease. The Nazis used gas tanks to murder the weak. There are many similarities as well as differences between The Holocaust and The Crucible. The Holocaust can be compared to The Crucible for a number of reasons. In the beginning of the Crucible‚ a scene told the audience how a teenaged girl‚ Abigail‚ helped her employer‚ John Proctor‚ commit adultery. She knew she had grudges toward some people‚ including her mistress‚ because

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    Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance

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    The early civilizations of China and India are similar but also quite different to the civilizations of Sumer and Egypt. A common similarity is the use of rivers. Most early civilizations built cities near rivers to gain food‚ water‚ and other necessities‚ this is one common theme between civilizations of China‚ India‚ Sumer‚ and Egypt (Stearns‚ 50). A common difference is the way the emperor/king ruled. In civilizations such as Babylon‚ the ruler created rules to fix family issues and property problems

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    Shylock is a monster of cruelty‚ miser‚ greedy‚ suspicious ‚cunning ‚ bloodthirsty ‚revengeful‚ mean ‚a bad father and a bad master. But it is the circumstances that made him like this. Shylock is a tragic figure‚ trapped by prejudice and driven to revenge by the treatment he receives He is not cruel by nature. He is human in inner-self as the Christians are. He is therefore the most injured man‚ insulted‚ abused and disgraced by the Christians and even by his own daughter‚ His cruelty is made

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    Have you ever wondered what the differences between the North and South? Or what they had in common. Here are few things that you will learn about the North and South. You will learn the differences between the north and south. Also‚ a couple of similarities they both have. The north side has the majority of the cities. Also the population increased in the North between the 1800 and 1860 mostly because of immigration. The economy in the North was based on the manufacturing. They used the cotton

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