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- 1521: Structural Levels of The Iliad
- ... The universal war occurred mainly because Hera and Athena felt that Aphrodite should not have received the apple of discord. This resulted in a symbolic social war that mirrored the war of the gods. Achilles' effect on the social war, during his private conquest, caused the social war to come to an victorious end for the Greeks. In a way, the victory of the Greeks was a reward to Hera and ... of the gods over the apple of discord created the social war between the Greeks and Trojans. This social war lead to Achilles' war to redeem his honor. Achilles' private conquest then had a enormous effect in giving the Greeks victory of the social war. The resolution of the social war eventually lead to peace on Mt. Olympus. The three structural levels of the Iliad thus created, carried out, and concluded ...
- 1522: Same Sex Parents
- ... a quality he or she disagrees with. This, by no means, is to say that this reason alone is sufficient for legalization of homosexual adoption, but it does, however, point out a very desirable side-effect that is becoming increasingly helpful in today's changing world —a side effect that encourages and assists our human race in its effort towards total equality. Many people tend to think that children raised by same sex couples might be influenced towards a homosexual lifestyle themselves. This, however ...
- 1523: History Of Rap
- ... folk music, bebop jazz records, and television news broadcasts. In 1976 Grandmaster Flash introduced the technique of quick mixing, in which sound bites as short as one or two seconds are combined for a unique effect. Shortly after Flash introduced quick mixing, his partner Grandmaster Melle Mel composed the first extended stories in rap. Up to this point, most of the words heard over the work of disc jockeys had been ... be given credit for the use of their creations. By the early most artists requested permission for the use of samples. Some commonly sampled released CDs containing dozens of sound bites specifically for sampling. One effect of sampling was the sense of musical history among black youth. Earlier artists were celebrated as cultural heroes and their older recordings were reissued and repopularized. During the mid-1980s, rap moved from the verges ...
- 1524: The Human Mating Game
- ... common between the two. Physical attraction. Starting in your teenage years, people begin to worry and obsess about how they look. Psychologists call the familiar feeling that the whole world is watching oneself the spotlight effect. We tend to think that people notice appearances considerably more than they really do. Most people, honestly, just don t notice when one is not looking their best. Studies have shown that since people are ... between two people. Still, by escalating and de-escalating the flirtation s progression, the woman controls the pace. Women are more aware than men of exactly what they do, why they do it, and the effect it has. Just as a man may only remember what happened in the bed, the woman may remember everything leading to the bed. (Lott 42-45,72). There are many things to consider when you ...
- 1525: Leggatt as an Independent Character in Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer"
- ... meet, the captain says to the reader, "[Leggatt's] voice was calm and resolute. A good voice. The self-possession of that man had somehow induced a corresponding state in myself" (Conrad 144). This soothing effect is what allows the two men to continue to develop their close bond. The captain makes use of this effect later, when Captain Archbold is aboard. The captain almost toys with him, pretending he is hard of hearing. He asks Archbold to speak up; this way, Leggatt, hidden a few feet away, can listen to ...
- 1526: J.M Coetzee's "The Harms of Pornography"
- ... can say to another what is right and wrong, or what should or shouldn't be done, that decision has to be left to the individuals themselves. It's this issue of pornography having an effect on women who aren't even involved in the industry of making or even watching it. We as a nation and even a world stand to learn a lot from simply listening to ourselves. We ... issue of pornography, it needs to be accepted that people need to be allowed to make decisions for themselves without the intervention of some government medium, but only as long as those decisions don't effect or hinder the rights of others. Pornography is an immense opportunity for an experiment in freedom of speech and democracy. The largest scale experiment this world has ever seen. It's up to you and ...
- 1527: Working Mothers
- ... with the baby, how will household chores be divided, and so on. When thinking of working women, two models come to mind. One of which is paid employment that has a protective and beneficial mediating effect. Employment protects women against certain negative aspects of being full-time homemakers and mothers, such as monotonous housework, dependence on the male partner for financial and emotional support, increases self-esteem because they are contributing ... of it. They are living life to the fullest. This model is the one that is constantly referred to as “bad” because it paints the woman as someone who does not really care about the effect of working will have on the baby. In fact, most of these mothers have made this choice with painstaking care. They are constantly feeling what everyone is thinking, and this in turn causes undue stress ...
- 1528: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... school" was a driving inspiration in his art. Lampman is regarded "as the most talented of The Confederation Poets"( W.J. Keith 18). It is amazing that this unspectacular man could have such a profound effect on the evolution of Canadian literary tradition. His upbringing was in a very conservative environment as Lampman descended from Loyalists on both sides of his family and his father was an Anglican clergyman. It seemed ... life allowed him plenty of leisure time to explore his surroundings and at the same time explore his literary work. It has been said of Lampman's work that "such strong imagery produces a powerful effect on the mind of the reader. It peoples woods and meadows for [them] with a life that is almost human, and interests [them] to fascination. It compels [the reader] to habits of close observation and ...
- 1529: The Good Life(comparison Of Ka
- ... object of the will, so that nothing remains which can determine the will except objectively the law, and subjectively pure respect for this practical law. Moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it, nor in any principle of action which requires to borrow its motive from this expected effect. This is a good, which is already present in the person who acts accordingly. "The supreme principle or law of morality that the good person must follow is the 'categorical imperative.' Rational beings, to the ...
- 1530: European Animals- The Major Pa
- ... diseases." All of these incursions caused the dreadful extinction of many sorts of native plants and animals. Although cows and pigs were brought over primarily for their agricultural purposes, the horse, which also had damaging effect on the environment, was brought over for an entirely different purpose. The American Indians, who had never seen a horse before, were terrified of this new beast. Therefor, the primary purpose of the horse in ... rapidly, in fact, that doubtlessly they had much to do with the extinction of certain plants, animals, and even the Indians themselves, whose gardens they encroached upon." Therefor, these animals not only had a devastating effect on their new environment at that time, but also hugely and permanently altered the ecology of the Americas and thus marking their spot in history forever. Bibliography Alfred W. Crosby, "The Columbian Exchange: Biological and ...
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