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...law where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved. Simon Lancaster Another great technique is imagery, and the power of metaphor in particular. Metaphor works on two levels. On a basic level it illuminates and abstracts issue. But crucially the second level it works at is its persuasive ability: that it can put an audience into a particular frame...

...laws governing the whole of the United Kingdom (which included Ireland) were made in the 1800s. Some important features in common with the Parliament of 1823 stand out: all the MPs were men; they were also gentlemen who did not need a salary; there were much fewer of them than there are today. Why was legislation passed for England and Wales and not for Scotland and...

...laws or punishments to keep them in check. There was no need to plough the land or farm animals because the earth simply gave up food of its own free will. Fragment 6 Zeus sent an enormous flood covering the whole of the earth. All mortals were killed as punishment for having gone to war with the gods. Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha were the only humans left alive,...