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- 521: Submission Or The Drop Of A Fi
- ... the whites and the blacks in the Brotherhood is an underlying sense of authority and domination. Although a picture of alliance is what the whites wish to paint, even shallow reading brings out the irrefutable control which they possess over their black brothers. Unknowably, the narrator is under this control throughout the entire story, despite the recurrent instances that stare into his blinded view. The above passage is not a particular episode in the novel, yet rather a metaphorical representation of a main theme: control versus rebellion. It also acts as a foreshadowing for the latter section of the novel, as well as a summation for the entire account in general. At this particular point in the novel, the ...
- 522: Forbidden Planet Comparison to Shakespeare's The Tempest
- ... technology, nature, or both. One of the most obvious parallels is, of course, to Shakespeare's The Tempest, the story of a man stranded on an island which he has single-handedly brought under his control through the use of magic. Indeed, the characters, plot, and lesson of Forbidden Planet mirror almost exactly those of The Tempest, with the exception that where The Tempest employs magic, Forbidden Planet utilizes technology. At ... explained to us. What is more important, however, is that how the technology works is irrelevant for the purpose of the movie, which is to entertain and to teach us a lesson about man's control over the elements and over his own technological creations. At this point a brief synopsis of the movie would seem to be in order, with special attention as to how it relates to The Tempest ... and her son Caliban, and which is in a state of primal chaos. Using the magical powers he has cultivated all his life, Prospero gradually brings the forces of nature on the island under his control, and manages to somehow enslave Caliban, whose mother has died in the interim. (Some of these details are fuzzy because I am familiar with The Tempest only through Marx). A group of sailors is ...
- 523: Eutahania And Suicide In America
- ... cited reason for ending the lives of patients without their consent was low quality of life, and the family couldnt take it anymore. Doctors in Holland have also been found to provide inadequate pain control and comfort care that could reduce the need for euthanasia, and they falsify death records to avoid paperwork or scrutiny from local authorities (Medical Decisions About the End of Life). The legalization of euthanasia also ... at home. Staff members visit the family regularly and are available at all times for emergencies. They try to provide what the patient and family need. Such hospice services may include nursing care and pain control, meal preparation, laundry, or shopping. Hospice staff members are also available to sit with the patient while family members rest. After the death of the patient, emotional support is provided for the family. Hospice care ... Lee Yueh-Ting et al. (1996) article found that attitudes toward euthanasia were culturally based, but that density of population, such as Chinese are more likely to favor abortion or euthanasia as a way to control population growth. The Nisha Shah et al. (1998) authors done a national survey to find out the attitudes toward euthanasia of United Kingdom psychiatrists. They say that the belief in the so-called rational ...
- 524: The Ninth And Tenth Century Dynasties
- ... coast, Yemen, Palestine, and parts of Syria. Fatimid merchants traded with Afghanistan and China and tried to divert some of Baghdad's Arabian Gulf shipping to the Red Sea. But the Fatimids' dreams of gaining control of the Islamic heartland came to nothing, partly because many other independent states refused to support them and partly because they, like the 'Abbasids in Baghdad, lost effective control of their own mercenaries. Such developments weakened the Fatimids, but thanks to a family of viziers of Armenian origin they were able to endure until the Ayyubid succession in the second half of the twelfth ... recruited by the Ayyubids and then, like the Turkish mercenaries of the 'Abbasid caliphs, had usurped power from their enfeebled masters. Unlike their predecessors, however, they were able to maintain their power, and they retained control of Egypt until the Ottoman conquest in 1517. Militarily formidable, they were also the first power to defeat the Mongols in open combat when, in 1260, the Mongols moved against Palestine and Egypt. Alerted ...
- 525: The Effectiveness of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
- ... Eisenhower amounted to 55.14% of the votes. These votes turned into 442 electoral votes that constituted the landslide victory when compared to Stevenson's total of 89. In Congress the G.O.P. gained control. In the House, the Republicans achieved a majority over the Democrats by eight seats. In the Senate the Democrat and Republican seats were split 50/50, but since the Republicans won the presidency, a tie ... of his "middle of the road policy," since politically he was considered a liberal Republican with conservative domestic views and was liberal in foreign policy. In the midterm elections of 1954, the Republican party lost control of both the House and Senate to the Democrats. Still, after his party had lost the Congress, he continued to maintain his political support from both Republicans and Democrats alike. After Dwight Eisenhower was elected ... apparently harmless, watered down amendment might still produce. Dulles also knew that there is not a history of treaties having ill effects in the domestic realm. Eisenhower summed it up by saying that "giving Congress control over treaties would jeopardize the permanence of the treaties because one Congress could nullify the action of a preceding Congress."28 As the administration became more entrenched in the battle over the amendment, Eisenhower ...
- 526: Crime
- ... crimes as arson, assault, breach of the peace, burglary, kidnapping, larceny, murder, rape, and robbery. The second group includes crimes of a rapidly growing urban society. These crimes include violations of income tax laws, liquor control regulations, pure food and drug laws, and traffic laws. Crimes in the first group usually involve severe punishments while crimes in the second group are generally punished by fines, notices to follow the court's ... and they are money and power. No one knows how much of each that they truly have, but investigations have shown that organized crime is a multimillion-dollar business and that gangsters have considerable political control. White collar crime originally included only criminal acts committed by businessmen and professional people while earning their living. The term referred to such crimes as stock market swindles and other kinds of fraud. Today, the ... and early 1970's, consumer protection became one of the fastest growing fields of criminal law. In the United States, for example, the federal government developed new rules and penalties. The regulations were intended to control air and water pollution, to prevent fraudulent trade practices, and to alert people seeking loans about actual interest costs. Crime is one of the world's oldest social problems. Almost every generation has felt ...
- 527: Sexual Violence Against Women
- ... mother denies any knowledge and will also shift the blame on the daughter in order for herself to deal with such an accusation. The general incestuous relationship is not about sexual satisfaction, but also about control and power. "Sexual relations have many forms and bonds, but the most traumatic type of sexual abuse is considered to be incest between a child and a parent." Incest isn't the only form of ... the risk of being raped. 1. You have a right to set sexual limits and to communicate those limits. 2. Be assertive. 3. Stay sober. 4. Find out about a new date. 5. Remain in control! 6. Take care of yourself. 7. Trust your feelings. 8. Students should take extra precautions. There are a lot of myths about rape that people may think are true. They are listed below. Myth: Guys have such strong sexual feelings that they can't control themselves, so it's up to the girls to make sure the guys aren't tempted. Wrong! Everyone can control their emotions, and everyone knows what they are doing. If a girl says no ...
- 528: Theocracy and Guilt and Punishment in The Scarlet Letter
- ... all of life with its rules and regulations. Those who were nonsubmissive to their rules would face harsh and humiliating punishment. Guilt and punishment is a system engendered by theocratic domination as a way to control and manipulate the people it dictated over. By placing guilt on people for their sin and punishing them if they were insubordinate to the rules, a theocratic society can control its people. Hawthorne presents the concept and theme through his use of literary devices or techniques such as imagery, symbolism, and light and dark words. Theocratic domination is the ambience of control of a society based on religious ideals and laws. It is a society that relies on the guilt that comes from the violation of the laws of its religion and the punishment of these ...
- 529: Human Rights In Yugoslavia (98
- Yugoslavia became a Communist state in 1945 under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito, who ruled until his death in 1980. Under Tito, Yugoslavia developed its own form of Communism, independent of control by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the most powerful Communist country in the world until 1991. The Communists in Yugoslavia banned all other political parties. However, they lifted the ban in 1990. That year, the first multiparty elections were held in all the republics. Non-Communist parties won control of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia. Communists renamed Socialists, continued to hold power in Serbia and Montenegro. National government. In theory, Yugoslavia's government is democratic. It has an elected parliament and an appointed ... Slobodan Milosevic. In May 1992, elections were held for parliament. However, opposition parties boycotted the elections, and Milosevic's party--the Socialist Party of Serbia--won a majority of seats in the legislature. Milosevic's control of the parliament allowed him to rule in a dictatorial manner. Local government. Both Serbia and Montenegro have a popularly elected president and parliament. Serbia includes the provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. These provinces ...
- 530: Bloodstain
- ... parents, and Mr. Haskell, the unfortunate victim. Rowan's theme of irresponsibility is expressed most clearly through the behavior of the protagonist, Fred. The initial incident is Fred's poor decision to take his parents' gun. With the knowledge that they would not be returning home soon, he underhandedly sneaks the weapon away into the nearby forest. Once he is there, he carelessly acts out an adventure, completely oblivious to the fact that the hammers on the gun are cocked; the gun is ready to fire. When he sees what he thinks is a rabbit, he impulsively fires at it. In addition, after his frightening discovery, Fred thoughtlessly flees the scene instead of making any attempt ...
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