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- 1441: Saint Joan's Tragic Flaw: The Epilogue
- ... the play without enhancing the drama. and serves to add historical facts which are either familiar to the audience or which could have been inserted skillfully into the body of the play with greater dramatic effect. It seems almost as if Shaw was afraid that his audience would not understand the play and he felt compelled to make his ideas clearer in the epilogue. The action of the epilogue takes place ... as a theme of the play since Joan's story illustrates exactly the point that Cauchon is making. By explicitly stating such theme, Shaw undercuts the power of the preceding action and weakens the dramatic effect of the play. Cauchon continues on to summarize his action which we've already seen throughout the play. "...I was just: I was merciful: I was faithful to my light: I could do no other ...
- 1442: Effects of Gambling
- ... people of all ages such as having fun. Some of the effects of gambling are positive but most are negative. Some effects of gambling might be addiction, winning and losing money, lying and stealing. One effect of gambling is being addicted to gambling. A person might do anything they have to do to get money to feed their addiction. Such as a person might go so far as to lie or ... just have to use good judgement when gambling, not stay for a long time and to play conservatively. In the future people should all be educated on the effects of gambling so that a negative effect does not happen to them.
- 1443: Racism By Police Officers
- ... sex, and physical characteristics. The problem is that racism affects the way that people perform their jobs, specifically the police force. Some officers of the law have racist feelings against different groups of people. What effect does this have on the public and the reputation of the police force? The citizens of the United States expect the police force to protect and serve them. Thats their job. Some police officers ... younger people by doing illegal procedures to get the kids in trouble. Younger people dont know their rights as well as older people do, and the police use this to their own advantage. What effect do these prejudices have on society and their view of the police force? When police abuse their power and harass people for racist reasons, it makes people feel that they cannot count or trust the ...
- 1444: The Crucible: Theme of Mass Hysteria
- ... in the Puritan town of Salem. The fear that they spread ends up permeating their community and dominating the lives of everyone in the town. The psychological phenomenon known as mass hysteria has an important effect on the events in The Crucible. The Crucible contains many important events that precede the madness that ensues by the end of the play. Abigail Williams, for instance, has a love affair with John Proctor ... are able to get away with injustices in the court because the townspeople are extremely afraid of witchcraft, and thus are eager to annihilate any signs of it. The mass hysteria also has an incredible effect later in the play, when the witchcraft trials take place. Many people are being convicted with very insubstantial testimony, and with no tangible evidence at all. This is because the people of the town have ...
- 1445: Populist Party
- ... Cornelius Vanderbilt, a well-known railroad baron, reportedly once said, "Law! What do I care about the law? Hain't I got the power?" (Morgan, 30) The change from agrarian to industrial had a profound effect on everyone's life. Ignatius Donnelly, a leader in the Populist Party wrote, "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot ... up, which was the case with the Populists. The Populist movement was the most dramatic reform movement of several late nineteenth century reform efforts, and although it did not last long, it had a profound effect on the country. Populism became so influential quite rapidly because the country was in a transitional phase, which included major industrialism and overproduction and a large influx of immigrants. The lower class was fighting for ...
- 1446: Black History, The Piano
- ... more responsible for their actions, and must begin to think with their heads and concider the consequences of their actions. Referring back to the quote, men like Boy Willie needs to take into account the effect men's foolish violence effect women. Boy Willie only thought of his father's death and his pain, not the consequences of his actions that had to be faced by his mother. However, the most important aspect of the lesson ...
- 1447: Time Warner
- ... diversity of ideas. Unfortunately, in America that diversity has been sacrificed in the name of free market economics, with the result of oligopolys, concentration and vertical integration. But what is most worrying, is what that effect has had on the American democracy (And democracy around the World). It is well known that the media perform political, social and cultural roles in a modern democratic society. They offer access to the general ... only a few companies own the means to distribute information, then diversity is affected, and effectively so is democracy. For decades many Americans have believed that corporate ownership and the dependence on advertising, does not effect the content because the people eventually get what they want and that journalistic integrity prevented certain biases. Now some people are beginning to question those views. If a company like Time Warner owns practically everything ...
- 1448: Impact of Television on Society
- ... are concerned that programmes which contain adult content are schedualed too early in the evening, parents worry about anti-social values portrayed in programmes along with the images of violence which may have a dramatic effect on their children. In Australia inparticular many people are concernced whether the media reflects and assists in a tolerent multi-cultural society. For many the lack of real debates about politics and social issues is ... portrayed in programming. Australian statistics show that sleeping is the only activity on which the average person spends more time than television viewing. It has been suggested that both activities are similar in nature and effect. This is a cynical simplistic approach to the value of television and the real role of the media is more than this . When people watch television they observe dramas, documentaries , and news items. News coverage ...
- 1449: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... other places, or the towns folk could have just created a lynch mob, and eventually the people living in the development would leave. I believe that the economic situation of the country has a great effect on the fall, or succession of people like the Joads, but I don't believe government programs will effect them at all. For example, the great depression was a major economical event, and it greatly effected more then just people like the Joads, but programs like the public works administration, which employed people for ...
- 1450: Normandy
- ... that Hitler was had no interest in naval warfare. By 1943 the Allies had mastered the North Atlantic. The bombing offensive established control of the skies, which was another precondition for the invasion. The actual effect on German industrial production is still controversial, but there's no doubt that the bombing drained away German air resources that might have shown up over Normandy beaches in 1944. At the same time, the ... greatly weakened after defeats at Stalingrad and North Africa in 1942. The French resistance was at its most effective. Instead, the British and Americans squabbled about how to proceed, and the delay meant that, in effect, nothing happened in 1943. It's one of the most interesting What If's of World War II. The over-all ground commander for the invasion was the former head of the British Eighth Army ...
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