Mythic rhetoric: influence and manipulation in Milton's paradise lost and Pullman's his dark materials

John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials are two grand feats of mythic storytelling. Through their compelling stories, reinforced by influential rhetoric, each possesses the ability to affect individuals who read them. These myths work to influence their audiences without the author’s own personal beliefs being forced upon them (such as Milton’s scathing condemnation of certain styles of poetry, or Pullman’s overtly critical view of Christianity). Instead, the rhetoric used to tell these stories work in more subtle ways and with the aim of realising a different goal. These myths seek to do more than simply entertain and this thesis argues that each myth acts as a guide that can help readers engage with a more dialectic way of thinking. Following cues from Kenneth Burke’s approach to rhetorical theory and symbolic action, as well as Claude Lévi-Strauss’ Structuralist mytheme concept, this thesis demonstrates how each myth’s structure, narrative content, and speeches made by key characters, portray the author’s intended message. Paradise Lost and His Dark Materials may tell their stories in different ways, but each is grounded in their shared use of the Christian story of the Fall of Man, a story that each author adapts to tell equally familiar yet unfamiliar tales, full of diverse characters believing in different ideals. These characters argue, debate and reason for what they believe in and, as a result, establish an eclectic range of arguments for readers to consider and learn from as they engage with each myth. This thesis focuses on the effect of each author’s rhetoric and how it is used to influence their audiences to engage in new ways of thinking

Mine site commissioning with programmable logic controllers

This report outlines the industrial control system project of implementing an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) into an alluvial gold mine site. The report will cover the steps taken for the PLC to be integrated into the site based on both the hardware supplied by the client and the control guidelines specified by the client and system owner. The steps taken to integrate the PLC into three main sections covering the PLC being bench tested to full installation on site, this structure also follows the timeline of the project, first reporting on work completed at the office then moves into a software/hardware test at the warehouse and finally full installation on site. Note, this report does not detail the code utilised for the inner workings of the live mine site as it is against company policy and intellectual property laws, however it will go in-depth into the communications between the system owner, control engineer and technicians, the procedure taken to get the PLC up to a standard for site installation where all parties write off on the final product and the steps done to troubleshoot and communicate any problems found in any of the stages throughout this project

Torso injury patterns and mechanisms in car crashes: an additional diagnostic tool

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