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- 10951: A Doll's House & The House of Spirits: The Role of Women Has Changed Dramatically Within The Last Century
- ... actions. Men had control throughout the olden days. However, this control has diminished completely over the years. The effect of society on women in their respective eras due to the control of men is a great factor. In "A Doll's House," Torvald demonstrates the typical male behavior of the late 1800's, he believes that women are nothing but play things merely more enjoyment. This belief of condescending women is ...
- 10952: Berkeley
- ... will realize that it is an impossible task. This is because the human mind can only think in terms of bounded entities; thus, in the above mentioned case, the reader may have thought of a great many stars. However, the stars were finite in number and could therefore not represent the notion of infinity. In short, the finite mind can only conceive finite thoughts. Not only this, but, as previously disgussed ...
- 10953: For Whom The Bell Tolls - Summ
- ... though they were on the same side. Pilar battles with the men for respect. Andres also met with physical conflict when he attempted to give Robert Jordan's information to General Golz. He suffered a great deal of resistance from the men who were on his side while trying to deliver the information. The characters' reactions to conflicts ranged from rage, to bitter shouting, to all out fight and massacre. The ...
- 10954: A Brief Comment on the Query: "Is Socrates Guilty As Charged?"
- ... bit of treason in a way, since those who he was publicly making a mockery out of were those who were in positions of authority. But overall, it cannot be denied that Socrates suffered a great injustice by being found guilty, by being put on trial in the first place. The true substance of the trial was never a criminal matter nor a strain on democracy, but a challenge to an ...
- 10955: Greek Myths
- ... to do the best I can. Rama and Krsna were two children who loved to play in the village. First they crawled and then they walked causing the village women to laugh and giving them great pleasure. Then Krsna started to untie the cows at inappropriate times and steal milk and curds. Krsna's mother was unable to scold him after looking at the child's' frightened face. She could only ...
- 10956: Frankenstein 3
- ... but in her own life as well. Just after Mary Shelley's birth, her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died of complications from the childbirth. Mary was left, disastrously, without a female role model (Bloom 15). Her great loss can be seen played out in Frankenstein through the virtual absence of strong women. In the novel Victor Frankenstein's mother dies while he is at the University in Ingolstadt. His stepsister and fiancιe ...
- 10957: Theseus
- ... Skyros, murdered him by throwing him from a cliff into the sea. Later the Delphic oracle commanded the Athenians to gather Theseus's bones and bring them back to Athens. The Athenians then paid him great honor by building him a tomb dedicated to the poor and helpless whom he had befriended.
- 10958: The Will to Believe: James Defends Freely Embraced Faith
- ... is in the position to choose or act on something when it is the persons only opportunity to do so. It is trivial when what the person has decided on will not have a great effect on the person if there were or were not any losses from the decision. It is trivial when it does not matter whether something is decided now or later or if the decision is ...
- 10959: Fried Green Tomatoes Human Nat
- ... scrutinized, interrogated, glorified and even corrupted by every medium in the world, but none so extensively as the written word. Literature has explored every component of human nature from pride to envy and insecurity to depression. Fannie Flagg s novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES pays particular attention to human nature and specific ways we choose to cope with the situations that life places before us. Flagg explores humor, nostalgia, and avoidance as ...
- 10960: Urban Legends and Folklore
- Urban Legends and Folklore What is an urban legend? Above all, it's a great story hilarious, sad, horrifying, instructive, eerie, or some combination of these qualities. One common sign that a story or belief is an urban legend is that it seems too good to be true. But that ...
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