1. The Uk
1.1. the EC/ EU
1.1.1. advantages
1.1.1.1. get EU subsidies
1.1.1.1.1. support welfare system
1.1.1.2. have a greater influence on Eu decisions
1.1.1.2.1. use european fleixiblity
1.1.1.2.2. improve terms
1.1.1.3. common market
1.1.1.3.1. better trade conditions
1.1.1.4. will be affected by the european economy anyway
1.1.2. disadvantages
1.1.2.1. right to rule ourselves
1.1.2.1.1. freedom is resticted by EU
1.1.2.2. make the prices on their own
1.2. history
1.2.1. shaping factors of today
1.2.1.1. Europe
1.2.1.2. end of empire
1.2.1.2.1. independence of former colonies
1.2.1.3. international business
1.2.1.3.1. globalization
1.2.1.4. divisions withen the UK
1.2.1.4.1. get more power on their own
1.2.2. british empire
1.2.2.1. colonies
1.2.2.2. trade
1.2.2.3. naval supremacy
1.2.3. Margaret Thatcher
1.2.3.1. industry decline
1.2.3.2. open market
1.2.3.2.1. globalization
1.2.3.3. tight US relation
1.2.3.4. Eu sceptical
1.3. british identity
1.3.1. multiculturalism
1.3.1.1. ethnic diversity
1.3.1.1.1. attractive to multinatinal companies
1.3.1.2. enriches lifestyle
1.3.2. immigrants
1.3.2.1. from former colonies (commonwealth)
1.3.2.2. postwar reconstruction
1.3.2.3. Indians
1.3.2.4. Pakistani
1.3.2.5. Hongkong
1.3.2.6. economic expansion
1.3.2.6.1. needs workers
1.3.2.7. legal immigration
1.3.2.7.1. better than illegal immigration
1.3.2.8. Eu: Poles
1.3.2.8.1. Neue Idee
1.3.3. pluralism of ancestors
1.3.3.1. vikings
1.3.3.2. romans
1.3.3.3. Anglo-Saxons
2. Poetry
2.1. Shakespeare
2.1.1. Sonnet 130
2.1.1.1. My Mistress' Eyes are nothing like the sun
2.1.1.1.1. parody of conventional love sonnets by e. g. Petrach
2.1.1.1.2. no grandiose metaphors
2.1.1.1.3. thinks his love a rare
2.1.2. Sonnet 18
2.1.2.1. shall i compare thee to a summers day
2.1.2.1.1. transition
2.1.2.1.2. fading beauty
2.1.2.1.3. eternity
2.1.2.1.4. you live through your poetry
2.1.3. Sonnet 116
2.1.3.1. defines love through negatives
2.1.3.1.1. love doesnt alter
2.1.3.1.2. leads the way
2.1.3.1.3. doenst fade with beauty
2.2. modern poetry
2.2.1. Grass by Carl Sandburg
2.2.1.1. oblivion of war
2.2.1.2. "Grass"
2.2.1.2.1. personified
2.2.1.2.2. metaphor of oblivion
2.2.1.3. human desire to forget
2.2.1.3.1. after all interest in cruel past
2.2.2. "America" by Claude Mckay
2.2.2.1. ambiguous patriotism
2.2.2.2. America treats the lyrical I badly
2.2.2.3. pessimist of future
2.2.2.4. civilization will decline
2.2.3. "Remember" by C. G: Rossetti
2.2.3.1. saying goodbye
2.2.3.2. lost future
2.3. Form
2.3.1. Sonnet
2.3.1.1. 3 quartrains
2.3.1.2. 1 couplet
3. future
3.1. Utopia/Dystopia
3.1.1. Dystopia
3.1.1.1. bad place
3.1.1.2. doenst exist
3.1.1.2.1. will maybe happen
3.1.1.3. evolved society
3.1.1.3.1. in future
3.1.1.4. criticism at current system
3.1.1.4.1. warning
3.1.2. Utopia
3.1.2.1. Criticism at current system
3.1.2.1.1. suggestion of a better system
3.1.2.2. evolved society
3.1.2.2.1. in an "elsewhere"
3.1.2.2.2. in future
3.1.2.3. doesnt exist
3.1.2.3.1. will probably NOT happen
3.1.2.4. good place
3.1.3. The time machine
3.1.3.1. pursuit to experience a bette life for mankind
3.1.3.2. first seems to be a Utopia
3.1.3.3. then becomes a dystopia
3.2. genetic engineering
3.2.1. stem cell research
3.2.1.1. ttherapeutic cloning
3.2.1.1.1. unethical?
3.2.1.2. stem cells: left overs from artificial fertilization
3.2.1.2.1. would be destroyed anyway
3.2.2. reproductive engineering
3.2.2.1. unethical
3.2.3. embyros
3.2.3.1. human beings?
3.2.3.2. human rights?
3.2.3.3. sentient
3.2.4. designer baby
3.2.4.1. fears
3.2.4.1.1. genetic caste system
3.2.4.1.2. makes us similar
3.2.4.1.3. no physical diversity
3.2.4.1.4. parents choose personality traits for their children
3.2.4.2. why this isnt possible
3.2.4.2.1. genetic makeup
3.2.4.2.2. behavioural genetics
3.2.4.2.3. single genes
3.2.4.2.4. intermediate values
3.2.4.3. Neue Idee
3.2.5. advantages
3.2.5.1. new tissues
3.2.5.2. cursing illnesses
4. American Dream
4.1. materialistic
4.1.1. decent and affordable housing
4.1.2. succes
4.1.2.1. hard work
4.1.2.2. education
4.1.2.3. you can reach anything you want
4.1.2.3.1. from dishwasher to millionäre
4.1.3. sceptical of governmental interference
4.2. Idealistic
4.2.1. equality
4.2.1.1. Sexual
4.2.1.2. racial
4.2.2. freedom
4.2.2.1. individual
4.2.2.2. religious
4.2.2.2.1. new Canaan
4.2.3. social mobility
4.2.3.1. realize full potential
4.2.3.1.1. regardless of ethnic/social background
4.3. pursuit of happiness
4.3.1. better life
4.4. pioneer mentality
4.4.1. moving west
4.4.2. new frontiers
4.4.2.1. sience
4.4.2.2. technology
4.4.2.2.1. space travel
4.4.2.3. political & social reforms
4.5. patriotism
4.5.1. manifest destiny
5. Globalization
5.1. forces
5.1.1. low costs of production
5.1.1.1. lower wages
5.1.1.2. cheap, available raw material
5.1.1.3. freindly governemntal rules
5.1.2. cheap transport
5.1.3. fast communication
5.1.4. trade liberalisation
5.1.5. flexible capital
5.2. consequences
5.2.1. outsourcing
5.2.1.1. global talent pool
5.2.1.2. lower wages
5.2.2. environmental destruction
5.2.2.1. rain forest
5.2.2.2. poor countries have not to impend environmental rules to stay attractive for companies
5.2.3. bad working conditions
5.2.3.1. low wages
5.2.3.2. fair trade
5.2.3.3. code of conduct
5.2.4. multinational cooperations
5.2.5. cultural/ethnic mixture
6. American Nightmare?
6.1. pretention
6.1.1. Pushcart peddlers
6.1.1.1. wrong promises about advantages of capitalism
6.1.1.1.1. competition
6.1.1.2. pretention
6.1.1.2.1. names
6.1.1.2.2. Maggie
6.1.1.2.3. Cornelius' "experience"
6.1.2. American Beauty
6.1.2.1. succes
6.1.2.1.1. Carolyns job at real estate
6.1.2.1.2. Lesters Job
6.1.2.2. pretention
6.1.2.2.1. Franks homophobia
6.1.2.2.2. Angelas sexual attraction
6.1.2.2.3. Lesters and Carolyns marriage
6.1.2.3. consequences of pretention
6.1.2.3.1. Ricky takes drugs
6.1.2.3.2. Carolny starts an affair with her competitor
6.1.2.3.3. Franks wife is stoned
6.1.2.3.4. Lester is shoot
6.1.3. loans
6.1.3.1. you look rich but you are not, your life is only lent
6.2. wasteful
6.3. economic problems
6.4. lonelyness
6.5. gap between rich and poor
6.6. education luxury good
6.6.1. social mobility ist restricted
6.7. did not come true
6.7.1. a raisin in the sun
7. global warming
7.1. an inconvenient truth
7.1.1. Al Gore
7.1.1.1. business man
7.2. scotland
7.2.1. winter rain
7.2.2. rise in sea levels
7.2.3. rise in temperatures
7.2.4. biodiversity in danger