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- 4611: Effects Of Watergate
- ... 1974, Democrats gained 43 new seats in the house and four in the Senate. This created a more liberal Congress. Many lower-court decisions made it illegal for the president to withhold funds, and the War Powers Act gave Congress greater control over war making, checking the president’s power. It is fortunate our system of checks and balances as well as congressional oversight improved as a direct result of the abuse of power we experienced with Watergate. As ...
- 4612: A Hero Among Men, A Man Among
- ... from the experience by an unquenchable thirst for more recognition, glory, and power. Ironically, he does not have the will-power to carry out his quotidian responsibilities; though he does have enough strength to endure war and hardship. Furthermore, he cannot muster the emotional strength to endure transitioning into a pleasant retirement because he sees it as a sign of weakness and pathetical uselessness. Ulysses instead yearns for adventure purely for ... in his own fantasies prevents his men and even the reader from questioning the validity of his ideas. Another of Ulysses’ redemptive qualities is his courage. Although he was a fabled soldier in the Trojan War, he exhibits more courage at the time these lines are spoken. The fight he wages this time will not win him medals or fame, nor will it leave him with an adrenaline high after a ...
- 4613: Organized Crime Wthin The Unit
- ... and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act. This has sparked a great deal of controversy, however, because of its apparent racial and social discriminatory implications. “Although there must be a likelihood of criminal wrongdoing to allow a civil suit, it is clear that RICO, as criminal law, has departed from the traditional ‘innocent until proven guilty’ philosophy” (Miller 1999). Whereas typical white-collar crime entails asset forfeiture once criminals are convicted, organized criminals ... access to legitimate means in achieving their goals. By making this effort, the government would have a greater chance of preventing the underclass’s development into the underworld. Works Cited Anechiarico, Frank. “Administrative Culture and Civil Society.” Administration & Society. 30.1 (1998): 13-22. Criminal Division. U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2 March 2000.
- 4614: Hamlet - Plot Summary
- ... queen has. Polonius then enters and announces the arrival of Cornelius and Voltimand from Norway. They report that the king has calmed his nephew but would like to travel through Denmark's land to make war with the Poles. Polonius then tells the king and the queen of the behavior of Hamlet. He gives the reason for the behavior as being a infatuation with his daughter. When Hamlet enters everybody leaves ... shocked. Horatio then speaks of what has happened. Hamlet has declared Fortibras the king of Denmark. Fortibras then orders four captains to see that Hamlet is accorded full honors, including "soldiers" music and rites of war.
- 4615: Shakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays
- ... in Much Ado is modeled after Kate in the Taming of the Shrew, given that the two plays are separated by about five years" (Charney 58). Beatrice and Benedick wage what Leonato calls a "merry war" where "they never meet but there's a skirmish of wit be-/tween them" (Shakespeare, Much 1.1 60-61). Don Pedro's plot, which includes Claudio, Hero, and Leonato, centers around informing both Beatrice and Benedick that the other one is madly in love with the other but does not want to reveal it. They believe, correctly, that faced with this knowledge the "merry war" between them will end, and the romance will start. Trickery, present in all the works, generally plays the same role in each. Each instance of trickery has been the result, either directly or indirectly, of ...
- 4616: Macbeth: Macbeth - A Human To A Killer
- Macbeth: Macbeth - A Human To A Killer In Shakespeare's play Macbeth the character Macbeth proves to be somewhat dynamic in his human representation. He starts off as being very human; he is actually a war-hero. However the seed of change is planted right away when he meets the witches and they tell him their prophecy of him becoming king. This makes Macbeth ambitious, and it leads to his demise ... the focus of everyone's fear and anger, because he loses his human characteristics of conscience and remorse. As the play starts Macbeth is very human; he has feelings and friends and he is a war-hero. As time elapses, he begins to change into a ruthless killer, "a tyrant". Once he meets the witches and learns he will become king he begins to plot and think murderously. When he arrived ...
- 4617: The Character of Macbeth
- ... Macbeth is tempted by two sources of external evil - the witches and his wife, but he was already ambitious, and they only increased this by making his ambitions seem like they could be reality. The war hero becomes a murderer and then dies a shameful and violent death. Shakespeare creates an atmosphere of evil and darkness mainly through his language, although scenes containing violent actions or the witches are often played ... so evil is brought to mind. Macbeth is connected with the supernatural in the audience's mind from the onset. This is the first thing that is not consistent with Macbeth's image of a war hero. In an aside later on in Act 1:3, Macbeth reveals that he is thinking of killing Duncan. Asides are very important because they give the audience an insight into the character's mind ...
- 4618: Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
- ... ho! and raise some special offices of the night." (Othello, I, i, 203-205). He accepts the defeat but not graciously; he will not allow Desdemona to stay in his house while Othello is at war. Despite his harsh reaction, Brabantio is not a villain, he is only a hurt father, hurt by his daughter's deceptions, that she married behind his back. He is so wounded that when he dies ... falls in love with a man several years older than herself, from a foreign land and of a different race. Fearing her father's disapproval, she elopes with Othello and goes with him to the war zone. Desdemona is portrayed as a lovely, gentle woman, deeply in love with her husband. Unfotunately, being so delicate causes her vulnerability to the terrible plot and accusations brought on by Iago. "Desdemona is helplessly ...
- 4619: Julius Caesar: Brutus Is The Protagonist
- ... multiple people, giving warnings and special messages. Nobody seems to pay attention to him. Anotherexample is illustrated by the way that Brutus seems to dominate his own actions, whatever he is thinking. Also, Antony declares war on Brutus, but not out of love for Caesar, but anger toward the conspirators. As these aspects are explained in further detail one will be sure of the fact that Brutus, without question, clearly dominates ... one of these thoughts, if that. He became unfocused due to his wife's tragedy. Caesar, although in his dying words, was not a main factor in Brutus' suicide - only an unresolved conflict. Marcus Antonius' war waged against Brutus was done so more out of anger towards Brutus, than out of grief or love for Caesar. If it were Antony's mother, Mrs. Antonius who were killed, he would have done ...
- 4620: Henry IV: Redemption
- ... the son of the Earl of Northumberland. In the King's eyes Hotspur, not Hal, is the "theme of honor's tongue" (1.1. 80), because he has won his glory through his merits in war. Thus, Shakespeare has set Hal and Hotspur in opposition: Hal, the prodigal prince, versus Hotspur, the proper prince. Hal understands that he has been branded with the label, "truant to chivalry,"(5.1. 95) and ... The King overjoyed (for the first time in the play) that his son will now be a true prince, puts Hal in charge of the army and declares, "A hundred thousands rebels die in this (war)," (3.2. 164). With realization and motivation firmly established in Hal's mind, Hal can finally go through the actual act of redemption, which culminates with the transformation of Hal's self. The redemption occurs ...
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