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- 3701: Articles Of Confederation
- ... the crucial powers to tax and regulate commerce remained with the individual states. Each state passed their own currency, and therefore created inflation and made “Continentals” in circulation worthless. Compounded with restrictions on trade to Great Britain and down the Mississippi River, the states became mired in a heavy depression. John Fiske, of the conservative view, realized the precarious situation when he stated “the Nation was under the verge of collapse and near-anarchy and that the five year period after 1783 was the most ...
- 3702: Ordinary People 2
- ... deals with minor problems that had little impact to them. Since they had just moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, they try to establish relationships with other neighbors. Their son, Conrad, faces depression in which he must recover from through frequent visits to the hospital, and to his psychiatrist. The father of the family, Calvin, is a determined and responsible man, is positive on his outlook in life ... them always had minor conflicts that sprouted out every once in a while, but they were acceptable to each other. Conrad on the other hand had problems with his low self-esteem, grades in school, depression, suicide and interacting with other people. The loss of Buck brought Conrad down to his depression and low self-esteem, which eventually collapsed on his academic achievements in school. Also his social attitude towards society was weak, since his moods were always aimed towards quiet environments and loneliness. He took ...
- 3703: Dr. Faustus, Pride And Gree
- ... a lack of, then I do not know what can. Pride and greed are very apparent through out the play. One example is when Mephistophilis appears the first time. Faustus thinks that he is so great that he actually summoned the devil with magic, which he finds out later to be untrue. Plus he is such a proud man that he will not even speak with the devil until it changes ... would still belong to him. After he signs, in his own blood, a contract with Lucifer, Faustus begins his decent to eternal damnation. With his new-found, omnipotent power, he believes that he will be "Great Emperor of the world," able to "Make a bridge through the moving air," in order to cross the oceans so that he may conquer and control the whole world and all it's riches (page ... only minutes away. And his soul would soon belong to Lucifer, who would have control over it for eternity. So the same aspects of his life which at one time made him believe he was great, now were reduced to nothing. His greed and pride led to his destruction both mortally and eternally. By selling his soul, in search of powers beyond his reach, he went from a wealthy knowledgeable ...
- 3704: Character Flaws In "Long Days Journey Into Night" and "Death of A Salesman"
- ... and also didn’t get good reviews as an actor, he was disappointed. This lead to Tyrone’s eventual favoritism of Edmond. In “Death of a Salesman,” Biff was the one in which Willy had great dreams for. He was going to get a full scholarship to the University of Virginia, then he was going to turn pro, then get famous, and then get rich and support the rest of the ... feeling of guilt, addiction comes into play in the son’s lives. Jamie resorted to permiscuous acts with girls and alcohol. These things served as a literary lubricant to expose the sub conscience thought of depression resulting from guilt to the conscience state, hoping to numb that feeling. The act of addiction is the wrong way out, yet how would Jamie know any better, since his father is an alcoholic also ...
- 3705: Analysis Of Karl Marx And Comm
- ... expelling the Bakuninists from the International and shortly, the International died out in New York. During the next decade of his life, his last few years, Marx was beset by what he called "chronic mental depression" and "his life turned inward toward his family." He never completed any substantial work during this time although he kept his mind active, reading and learning Russian. In 1879, Marx dictated the preamble of the ... circulation, causes more money to be printed. The one increases the effect of the other and thus, the downward spiral. Marx views revolution with two perspectives. One takes the attitude that revolution should be a great uprising like that of the French revolution. The other "conception" is that of the "permanent revolution" involving a "provisional coalition" between the low and higher classes. However, an analysis of the Communist Manifesto shows inconsistencies ...
- 3706: Orwell Critizism
- ... novel was to worn against the dangers of society forming a totalitarian society. He effectively creates a story that almost completely parallels the history of the Russian revolution. Although I do think this is a great book I believe it has some flaws. One of the major flaws with the writing of this book is that if the reader does not have any prior knowledge of the Russian revolution then he ... miss most of the important aspects of the book. I do not think Orwell took into account his audience when he wrote this book. He must have known that not everyone who would read his great work of literature would not know well the complete history of the Russian Revolution. Taking this idea into account, I think he could have somehow made it possible for a person who did not know ... main purpose of the writing. Not many people can just automatically realize that he is warning about the dangers of a totalitarian reign of power. He could have somehow made the main purpose of his great book more easily understandable.
- 3707: Emperor Constantine I
- The Emperor Constantine I I think that the emperor Constantine is the most important emperor of the late antiquity. The many great events of his reign laid foundations that would affect the future of Europe and Western Civilization for centuries to come. His recognition and support of Christianity was one of the most important moments in world ... army because he had been an officer and worked his way up through the ranks. The soldiers knew that their emperor understood them and what they went through. Constantine used the army to win many great victories over the Franks, the Samaritans, and the Goths. His victories show that he was a master of military strategy. Constantine died on May 22, 337 CE and was buried at Constantinople in the Church ... did and had such a major impact on the world. Works Cited Johnson, Paul. A History of Christianity, pp. 67-79 ff. New York: Atheneum, 1980. "The Throne of the Caesars: Emperor Constantine I (The Great)." 15 November 1999.
- 3708: Johann Sebastian Bach 2
- ... because of his perfectionist tendencies and high expectations of other musicians, he fought many times which is yet another example of his compassion for music. Furthermore, he had even walked over 200 miles because a great vocalist known as Buxtehude influenced him. As an organist and a choirmaster, Bach continued to devote his life to composing music for churches. He would work under dim light creating these masterpieces. After conducting and ... even chose to put different cultures in his pieces. He would combine patterns of French dancers, Italian melodies, and German counterpoint all in one when he wished. As well because of the influence of a great vocalist, Buxtehude, he incorporated vocal parts in his pieces at one point in his life. However, later in his works he displayed various instruments and he used each instrument’s unique properties of construction and tone quality to perfect his compositions. This was a great characteristic of the baroque. He also wrote music with themes such a representing a sea or Christians following the teaching of Jesus. Bach was even able to convey and exploit the media, styles, and ...
- 3709: Knowledge And Technology In A
- ... Valley of Holiness. He installs a pump that will return the water, but instead of explaining the principle behind the pump, Hank keeps the people in the dark and passes off the project as a great miracle. Afterward he says, “…the populace uncovered and fell reverently to make a wide way for me, as if I had been some kind of superior being-and I was.”(Twain 131) It is evident ... Because all the others were born in an atmosphere of superstition and reared in it. It is in their blood and bones”. The people of Camelot were willing to follow Hank because he was a great magician, not because he had changed their lives in any fundamental way. As soon as a greater power revealed itself to them, they changed their loyalty once again. If Hank had thought to make the citizens of Camelot free thinkers with analytical abilities, instead of susceptible masses who would be awed at his great miracles, his plans for a republic may have worked. The novel ends with the horrible Battle of the Sand Belt where Hank kills thousand knights with an electrified fence. It seems strange that the ...
- 3710: King Lear
- ... granted. The Fool is once again attempting to inform Lear that his inadequate actions will have terrible consequences. His senselessness leads to the abdication of his throne and peregrination of anguish. The Fool makes a great effort to save King Lear from anguish. King Lear unintentionally disregards the Fool's hidden message, which help lead to his untimely downfall: Thou was a pretty fellow when thou hadst no need To care ... of his departure. King Lear is on the borderline between sanity and insanity, but he must now journey alone for he knows how to seek the truth: Than shall the realm of Albon Come to great confusion Then comes the time, who lives to see't That going shall be used with feet (III, ii, 92-94) All stability in King Lear's mentality had been demolished. Everything is now unclear to King Lear. He is on a journey which causes him nothing but great confusion and he has seen all he wants to, there is a hint of foreshadowing that the end is to be near. Without the Fool, King Lear's sanity is not existent. After the ...
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