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The Queen is the head of state and a symbol of national unity but she has no control over the policies of the government. Parliament is responsible for making the laws of the country and for giving authority to the decision of the government.
The main institution of parliament is the House of Commons, which has 659 members. The members of parliament

In questo testo la pazzia della protagonista è collegata al caos del mondo moderno e si scatena come una reazione disperata nei confronti di quello che il mondo le offre. Esther quindi si rifugia nella pazzia per distaccarsi dalla società e dall’alienazione da essa imposta, rappresentata qui dai tabù, per lei tema ossessivo e imposto dalla madre come il

We sigh, and kiss: I waked, and all was done.
`Twas but a dream, yet by my heart I knew,
Which still was panting, part of it was true:
Oh how I strove the rest to have believed;
Ashamed and angry to be undeceived!
Biography
Aphra Behn, born Aphra Johnson, was the first English woman to earn her living as a writer. Her parentage,

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After giving up engineering, he graduated in law in 1875 and decided to devote himself to writing. He went to France where he married Fanny Osbourne, and since his health was deteriorating, they moved to Australia and Tahiti, settling down at Vailima in Samoa.He died of a brain haemorrhage in 1894.

MAIN WRITINGS
Treasure Island(1883), The s

In most electric cars, the braking system acts as a battery charger. When drivers take their feet off the accelerator, the motor acts as a generator, converting the energy produced by the movement of the vehicle back into electricity and storing it in the battery. This conversion of kinetic energy into electric energy slows the car. To stop the car

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PARLIAMENT
The British Parliament is one of the oldest parliamentary systems in the world. In the 14th century it was divided into two Houses of Parliament: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In the House of Commons there are approximately 630 Members of Parliament (MP). Each MP represents a small area of the Country (a constituency) a

THE LITERARY GROUND: literature in the Romantic Age
ROMANTIC POETRY
During the Romantic period, poetry became one of the most vital forms of literary expression. The poetry of Romanticism signalled a profound change in sensibility which was occurring in Britain and in Europe at the time. Intellectually, the Romantic movement signalled a violent

Blair completed “Down and Out” in 1932, and it was published early the next year while he was working briefly as a schoolteacher at a private school in Hayes, Middlesex. Blair adopted the pen-name George Orwell just before “Down and Out” was published.
In December 1936, Orwell went to Spain to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War