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- 2081: Antigone: Who Is The Strongest Tragic Figure?
- ... one another and makes Creon the ultimate tragic figure. Although Antigone starts off in the story with the right intentions by wanting to bury the body of Polyneices, her arrogance rapidly builds, after committing the crime, to a point where she finds it a privilege to die. Antigone even begins to enjoy the fact that she went against Creons decree and wants all the glory to herself. She demonstrates her ... refuses to listen to the blind prophet, Teiresias. Teiersias preaches to Creon, Think: all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. Give into the dead man, then: do not fight with a corpse. but Creon refuses to take this prophets words into account. We can see clearly the fatal mistake Creon made in choosing ...
- 2082: Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging an Honest Consensus
- ... phrases like "you bet" are standard ways to express confidence. Offers to make token bets are particularly compelling, and scientists of equal stature often make and publicize such bets, with recent bets on resource depletion, computer chess, black holes [Hal], solar neutrinos, nuclear weapon yields [Ev], and cold fusion [Gar,Lew,WSJ]. Nor is gambling foreign to science funding. King Charles II, founding patron of the Royal Society of London, was ... explanation for the limited number of futures and options markets currently available. Funding channeled through market-makers would of course thicken the markets, as would consistency arbitrage and conditional offers that connect questions. And improving computer technology, with lower transaction costs and automated trading strategies, should make thinner markets more tolerable. Besides, two people making a bet is a very thin market, but it happens all the time. And just one ...
- 2083: Antigone and Ismene
- ... must obey....(346) Once again Ismene's words clearly state her weak, feminine character and helplessness within her own dimensions. Antigone, not happy with her sisters response chides her sister for not participating in her crime and for her passivity, saying, " Set your own life in order"(346). For Antigone, no law could stand in the way of her strong consideration of her brother's spirit, not even the punishment of ... with a sudden rush of devotion towards the sister she abandoned in time of need. "Let me stand beside you and do honor the dead"(358). Ismene heroically takes a stand and shares Antigone's crime. The two sister's were crushed by the vindictive Creon, yet they were winners in spirit, in their determination , they died together, as one. Nobility shall live in their hearts forever.
- 2084: A French Philosopher
- Hiding behind a Computer Are computers and the Internet redefining human identity as people explore the boundaries of their personalities, adopt multiple selves, and form online relationships that can be more intense than real ones? Is the World Wide ... false persona. Lets divide the online life and the real life into two. The life we live on the Internet can stay with the Internet, and the life we live while away from the computer can remain in the real world. Works Cited Bruckman, Amy. Finding Ones Own in Cyberspace. Jan 96. Techreview.com. 11 February 2000 . Bruckman, Amy. Gender Swapping on the Internet. Perspectives: Technology and Society. Ed ...
- 2085: Locke Government Theory
- ... men are created equal, and all men have the right to protect their life, freedom, and possesions. Therefore, no individual has the right to take away the rights of another. If a person commits a crime, the people have a right to punish him. If one man kills another man's sheep, then the people have the right to kill one of his sheep, without commiting a crime. Locke's theories of government greatly oppose those of Thomas Hobbes, a political philospher who believes in a government headed by an absolute monarch, who has complete control over the entire society. Hobbes says that ...
- 2086: House Made of Dawn: Religious Names
- ... well. First, it is interesting to note the altercation between Cain and Abel in comparison to Abel's killing of the white man. While the Bible portrays Abel as the sympathetic victim of a vicious crime of jealousy, in Momaday's story, Abel seems at first to have taken the position of the aggressor in killing the white man. However, despite Abel's violent crime, he still seems to mirror his Biblical namesake more so than the violent image of Cain. However, unlike Cain, Momaday's Abel has valid personal reasons for slaying the white man. We first see him ...
- 2087: Comparison Of The Scarlet Lett
- ... in the book take place on it. The scaffold is a place of public humiliation. The lawbreaker must stand in front of all his or her peers with them fully knowing of his or her crime. Standing on the scaffold as a guilty sinner would also mean that they will be shunned, as Hester was, for the rest of their lives. It seems a terrible punishment by today's standards. But ... was the society's way of righting the wrong and preventing it from being repeated. The entire town was ashamed to see Hester, one of their own standing in front of them for a horrendous crime. It strengthened their resolve to continue to do what in their minds was righteous. The scaffold was not only a place of punishment. It was a place of atonement as well. It gave the guilty ...
- 2088: Underage Drinking: A Problem For Society
- ... consume almost 3.6 billion drinks annually-- or 10 million drinks each day. (http://www.cspinet.org/booze/alcyouth.htm.) Underage drinking has serious social, health, and economic consequences. It is a major factor in crime, violence, mental-health problems, and injuries including both those that are fatal and non-fatal. Unfortunately, these are problems that all of society will have to deal with. There are a number of reasons why ... be prevented if only teenagers would be more responsible and think about what they are actually doing, not only to themselves but also to society. Most teenagers do not realize that underage drinking is a crime. It is a first degree misdemeanor punishable with a maximum sentence of 6 months incapacitation and a $1000.00 fine. This in itself is a good reason to not drink. Underage drinking is a form ...
- 2089: Macbeth: Symbolism
- ... 19), symbolizes Lady Macbeth's fear of darkness or evil. The image of blood plays an important role in the event of Duncan's murder. It represents Macbeth's guilt and shame about the horrific crime. After killing the king, Macbeth comments on his blood stained hands by saying, "As they had seen me with these hangman's hands." (II. ii. 28) Macbeth refuses to return to the crime scene to smear blood on the guards, fearing the blood will somehow implicate him further. Macbeth feels uncomfortable with blood on his hands. He immediately tries to remove it after killing the guards. The archetypal ...
- 2090: The Library Of Congress
- ... central point of access for the libraries collections. Most people, weather they are doing specialized or general work will start in the main reading room. That reason is because the main reading room has the Computer Catalog Center, The main card catalog, and about 70,000 volumes in the reference section. Up-to-date information is maintained mostly by technology. The computer catalog gives a lot of information of the libraries collections, information of Congressional legislation, selective indexing of periodical articles, and PCs around the library provides access to a large variety of reference database in an ...
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