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- 1611: The Picture of Dorian Gray: Corruption Through Aestheticism
- ... affects his life forever. "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that" (Wilde 109). As it turns out, the devil that Dorian sells his soul to is Lord Henry Wotton, who exists not only as something ... Each of the three primary characters is an aesthete and meets some form of terrible personal doom. Basil Hallward's aestheticism is manifested in his dedication to his artistic creations. He searches in the outside world for the perfect manifestation of his own soul, when he finds this object, he can create masterpieces by painting it (Bloom 109). He refuses to display the portrait of Dorian Gray with the explanation that ... influence is immoral" (Wilde 18), he nonetheless drastically changes Dorian Gray. As Dorian acts on the beliefs of Lord Henry, the portrait's beauty becomes corrupted. "Lord Henry presents Dorian with the tenants of his New Hedonism, whose basis is self-development leading to the perfect realization of one's nature" (Eriksen 97). If Lord Henry's aesthetic ideas have validity ,Dorian Gray's portrait should not become ugly, but ...
- 1612: Technology and Progress
- ... for my decisions. Often these decisions ended in painful lessons. Most of these unfortunate decisions stemmed from my own ignorance of the consequences. As a child I was largely ignorant to the nature of the world around me. I did not understand the nature of pain and suffering and as a result I did not understand such concepts as cruelty. During these formative years I spent much of my time with ... For some reason I came in contact with the idea that pain was humorous, maybe from TV, or schoolmates, or even my older siblings. Despite where the idea originated I still was taken with this new form of humor. My dog Barney unfortunately was the recipient of my childish antics. Barney put up with it for the most part but gradually became further and further annoyed as the cruelty became greater ... a long time in the making though. During this century humanity has seen two of the most destructive wars ever. With the invention of tanks and machine guns, along with poison gas in the first world war, continued with military aircraft and rockets in the second, the destructive capabilities of mankind have greatly increased, but by far the greatest potential for destruction is due the invention of the nuclear bomb. ...
- 1613: Burial Rituals in Judaism
- ... prepares for burial and practices funeral rituals. In Judaism, life is valued above almost everything else. Jews feel that life descends from a single person, thus taking a single life is like destroying an entire world, and saving a life is like saving an entire world. (Britannica Online) Of their 616 commandments, only the prohibitions against murder, adultery, incest and idolatry are so important that they cannot be violated to save a life. Judaism not only permits, but often requires a ... or through unfortunate circumstances. Death is a natural process. Our deaths, like our lives, have meaning and are all part of God's plan. In addition, Jews have a firm belief in an afterlife, a world to come, where those who have lived a worthy life are rewarded. Mourning practices in the Jewish faith are extensive, but they are not an expression of fear or distaste for death. Jewish practices ...
- 1614: Continental Drift
- ... events or benchmarks mark off life times: the first tooth, the first date, graduating high school, getting married, etc. If a person has a profession, one that allows for continuous growth and increasing income, a new level of benchmarks become available. Bob does not have these options, however. He is involved in a trade that, while steady and dependable, does not offer the chance for personal or financial growth. Because his ... look to improve slightly, Bob believes that his life, or more accurately, what life means to him, is over. Now that Bob is settled into the life that most people in his part of the world try to obtain, he feels that there is nothing left for him to do, and so he focuses on the success he perceives in other people and resents the fact that he will never have it living the same safe as his ancestors in New Hampshire have lived. Eddie is the very picture of the success that Bob wishes to obtain. Eddie has it all, a beautiful wife, an impressive house, an expensive car, two boats, Eddie is his ...
- 1615: Economic Espionage
- ... First lets look at, what exactly is economic espionage. Espionage and intelligence is no longer the exclusive domain of monarchs and governments, it has become a must for modern international business. Large corporations around the world particularly in western Europe and Asia now hire agents to gather intelligence on their competitors and other countries. The goal of economic espionage is to steal trade secrets, plans and confidential procedures or anything to ... data interchange, a system of transferring corporate bidding, invoice, and pricing data electronically overseas. many foreign government and corporate information collectors find this information invaluable.(Security On-line: issue 1) Another tactic used in the world of corporate espionage is economic misinformation. Some governments use misinformation campaigns to scare their domestic companies and potential clients away from dealing with US companies. The press and governments agencies often discuss foreign economic and ... publications are another source. Many collectors take advantage of the vast amount of competitive information that is legally and openly available in the United States. Open source information can provide personality profile data, data on new research and development and planned products, new manufacturing technics, and competitor strengths and weaknesses. Most collectors use this information for its own worth in their business competition. However, some use openly available information as ...
- 1616: Arthur Miller and "The Crucible"
- ... The Price produced and published. 1969 In Russia, a travel book with pictures by Ingeborg Morath, published, followed by In the Country (1977), Chinese Encounters (1979), "Salesman" in Beijing (1984). 1972 The Creation of the World and Other Business produced. 1979 The American Clock produced. 1980 Playing for Time, play made for television, produced. 1986 The Archbishop's Ceiling produced and published; Danger: Memory! published. 1987 Clara produced and published; Timebends ... Morgan produced and published. 1993 The Last Yankee produced and published; National Medal of the Arts awarded. 1994 Broken Glass produced and published. Biographical note Arthur Miller was raised in a prosperous Jewish family in New York City. During the Depression, the family faced financial ruin and Miller worked in various manual labor jobs. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 where he began to distinguish himself as a playwright. Due to an old football injury, Miller was ineligible for military service during World War II. He toured army camps and gathered material for a screenplay, The Story of GI Joe which was based on a book by the famous war correspondent, Ernie Pyle. In 1944, The Man ...
- 1617: Augustus Caesar
- ... dead. She came back home to visit Anthony's tomb. She then went to her own tomb and poisoned herself. Octavian now stood alone, one ruler who now controlled all of Rome and now a new Roman province, Egypt. Octavian now was ruler of Rome. Since he was Julius Caesar's adopted son, in January, 27 BC the senate changed his name from Octavian to Augustus Caesar. From this point on ... finally restored in Rome, And Augustus was the imperator. Imperator later became know as emperor. Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. The first thing Augustus did to restore peace was present to Rome a new constitution. This constitution "transferred the State to the free disposal of the Senate and people ("Augustus" 370)." There were still several civil wars but definitely not as many as before. He had many military operations ... Galatia was annexed. But a place called Mauretania was changed from Roman provincial status to a client-kingdom which had a dependent monarchy. Around the year 23 BC reports of conspiracies made him feel that new constitutional stops were necessary. He continued to End all his series of consulships in favor of a power in which disconnected altogether from office and it's businesslike inconveniences. This gained power had raised ...
- 1618: Parental Attitudes Towards Chi
- ... children tend to be closer to their parents than the middle children (Spitze and Logan 871). Parents also tend to have higher expectations for their oldest children than for children of any other birth order. New parents do not have much experience when they have their first child and therefore tend to be extremely strict with them. They want to be the "perfect" parents, setting and example for their firstborn so ... crown princess" of the family (Forer 97). He becomes used to having the undivided love and attention from his parents. Later when Mommy and Daddy bring home a "wrinkled little bundle" and call it a new little brother or sister, the firstborns world becomes shattered in a matter of minutes (Leman 143). They must now share their parents complete devotion and care with another sibling. Dr. Leman notes how the firstborn will most likely act upon the ...
- 1619: Invisible Man
- ... a sentence from page four of Invisible Man will be analyzed. The invisible man writes about his frustrations toward society: You ache with the need to convince yourself that you do exist in the real world, that youre a part of all the sound and anguish, and you strike out with your fists, you curse and you swear to make them recognize you. And alas, its seldom successful.(16 ... and because of this he is frustrated by society. Freud says, "The task here is that of shifting the instinctual aims in such a way that they cannot come up against frustration from the external world."(20) Furthermore, guilt is supposed to arise after an act of aggression is carried out. In fact, the first feeling of guilt came after the initial band of brothers killed their father. On this topic ... book. However, he still thinks he is invisible, and he lives underground. A particular passage from Freud seems useful here: While this procedure already clearly shows an intention of making oneself independent of the external world by seeking satisfaction in internal, psychical processes, the next procedure brings out those features yet more strongly. In it, the connection with reality is still further loosened; satisfaction is obtained from illusions, which are ...
- 1620: Childhood Enemies
- ... so they donft waste time. To get away from the hustle of family life Hochschild suggests that parents welcome the refuge in the workplace, where they can socialize and relax. She writes, gIn this new model of family-and-work life, a tired parent flees a world of unresolved quarrels and unwashed laundry for the reliable orderliness, harmony, and managed cheer of work.h But even the most attentive parents cannot slow his or her childfs physical maturity. Parents, educators and ... have increased more than 400 percent. The percentage of families headed by a single parent has more than tripled. The divorce rate has more than doubled. Many project that about half of all new marriages will end in divorce. Teenage suicide has increased almost 300 percent. Scholastic Aptitude Test scores among all students have dropped 73 points. The number one health problem for American women ...
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