[ The title of this post is actually Q1 of this year's AO level General Paper. It has been long time since I have written a GP essay so it's high time that do one given that I am also preparing for the Bar Exams.  ] The past is not dead; it is not even past. The past is persistent. It shall forevermore, be embedded in the present. It will always influence the future. This is not merely  a metaphysical assertion for if you, dear marker, have a case of herpes. You should know this fact very well. The past can be like a herpes infection from your last unprotected sexual encounter - it just keeps coming back. In fact, for herpes, the past is not even past, because herpes is like a trust fund that keeps giving, vital parts of your body that had stopped itching would periodically ......