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- 17261: Stereotypes of Pro Athletes
- Stereotypes of Pro Athletes "Dumb jocks!", "Women don't belong there, doing that!", "He must be a criminal, just look at his clothes." How often have we heard somebody mention these things, yet, how often have we said something similar? Our society is based ... ethnic groups in our country. Professional Basketball, Football, and Baseball players have been the victims of many stereotypes. Hearing people call them dumb is common. A misconception by many people is that pro athletes aren't educated. This is such a farce since the vast majority of them have attended prestigious colleges and universities, and received degrees in different fields of study. A popular misconception is that the educations they did earn were in areas like Liberal Arts, or other general fields of study which didn't challenge their mental capabilities. Another stereotype is that pro athletes received preferential treatment while in college. Many believe that if an athlete needs a certain grade to remain eligible to play sports, then the ...
- 17262: Internet Inventions
- Internet Inventions Several inventions have changed the way people communicate with each other. From the old fashioned telegraph to today's modern electronic forms of communicating, people have beencreating easier ways to correspond. Electronic communication, such as e-mail and other internet offerings, have created a cheap and incredibly fast communications system which is gaining steady popularity. E-mail is basically information, usually in letter form,addressed to a destination on the internet. The internet is aninternational web of interconnected networks--in essence, anetwork of networks; these consist of government, education, and business networks. Software on these networks between the source and destination networks "read" the addresses on packets and forward them toward their destinations. E-mail is a very fast and efficient way of sending information to any internet location. Once an e-mail is sent, it arrives at its destination almost instantly. This provides people with a way to communicate with people ...
- 17263: Through The View Of A Reader
- ... more than just talk about it though. She also urged Macbeth into doing it and that is what makes her part of this crime, but she is not as guilty as Macbeth. He really didn't have to listen to what his wife said. Macbeth had a mind of his own and he could make his own decision. The other murders that Macbeth was involved in were not committed by him ... the King. After killing the King he ordered some of his men to murder Banquo and Fleance, Fleance got away though. Later on through the story when Macduff went to join Malcolm, Macbeth had Macduff's family killed. Macbeth was a man that murdered far more people then his wife did. So he was a more guilty person then she was. Through the story Macbeth got obsessed with killing others and ... self conscience that she went crazy and killed herself. Throughout the course of the story it is tough to decide who is a more guilty person, but if you look at it through the eye's of today's law you will see that Macbeth is more guilty of murder. This is because he had killed a lot people before he killed the King, and when he did kill the ...
- 17264: Human Awareness Essay On Cloni
- ... and harmful to society. There are many reasonable methods of cloning, and offcourse many different opinions on what we should use this technology for and who should have the authority to use cloning towards society’s benefit. Cloning is done by taking the genetic information from a person so that a clone may be made and placing the genetic information into an egg which has had the nucleus removed. This now ... child to look ugly. Society would be dull and boring because everyone would be the same. Cloning will certainly expand the scope of medicine greatly, thus enhance the possibilities of conquering diseases such as AID’S, cancer and other diseases that were earlier considered incurable. Cloning could be used to increase the population of endangered species of animals and thus save them from total extinction. This would help maintain a natural ... creating life, and what are the moral obligations of the creator?" When Pope John Paul II was asked on the issue of cloning he said "the creation of human life outside marriage goes against God's plan, a person has the right to be born in a human way and not in the laboratory." All of these are positives and negatives relating to cloning but the question I want to ...
- 17265: Medieval Morality Plays
- ... morality plays were not abstract qualities. These alternative roles were ones of angels, devils, priests, doctors, fools (found usually in English writings), etc. (1). The morality plays focused on the "hero" or main character, who s flaws were pointed out through "diabolic forces", but the hero did have the option to choose redemption and take help from figures such as the four daughters of god. (1). One commonly used subject of ... were the debate of heavenly graces, the debate of soul and body, and the conflict of vices and virtues. The other form of plot was the coming of death. (Warren 2). English morality plays didn t really get into all aspects of the plot structure and setup. (2). During the medieval period, there were many morality plays written about many different parts of the Christian life. Sad enough though, many of ... For example, the earliest know morality play, "Pride of Life", has many lost parts to it. (Warren 2). Another morality play, entitled "Creed", is also now lost. (2). The earliest known English morality play, "Lord s Prayer", which was written in the late 14th century, has been lost. (2). Fortunately enough, there is a guild in York, England which is devoted to keeping the "Lord s Prayer" going. (2).One ...
- 17266: Ancient Greek Olympics
- Ancient Greek Olympics Reporting today's Olympic games is like a technological masterpiece. The athletes compete in many events, their times and scores are tallied and sent worldwide by satellites and high-tech computers within seconds. Each event is carefully watched ... was even older. It was used about 2,900 years ago. Another important discovery was the finding of the statue of Hermes. Hermes was sculpted by the Praxiteles. This statue was found in the Hera's Temple. Contained in the Temple of Zeus was one of the Seven Wonders of the World, it was a statue of Zeus sitting on his throne, it was larger then a two-story house. This ... had several special skills, he competed in boxing, sprinting, and the pancration. (combination of boxing and wrestling) He won at least 1,400 times. Women were not allowed to participate in these games. They weren't allowed to watch the games either. There was one women from Rhodes, she dressed herself in men's clothing and went to the games. She went to the games to watch her son in ...
- 17267: Body Images In The Media
- ... judged by standards of ‘cuteness’ and ‘prettiness’ and this shifts with age into standards of ‘beauty’ and ‘glamour.” Parents of newborn babies tend to emphasise appearance more in girls than in boys. Body image isn’t just about appearance. What girls feel about their bodies is directly linked to their self-esteem and confidence. Many magazines which appeal to teenage girls such as Sassy, Seventeen, and Cosmopolitan advertise using many underweight ... Slim Fast. As children reach adolescence they see that nearly all of the famous actresses and models have the “perfect image”. Some girls will do anything to try and be like their “roll model” on T.V. Many girls in their adolescence years will acquire eating disorders such anorexia and bulimia to be “beautiful”. Because of social influence, what many females fail to realise is that beauty is contained within. Social ... ill and can also be fatal. Currently these self-destructive methods are widely supported for the transition towards a “perfect” image. Media covers their negative images with slogans that many people will find appealing. Media’s images of women have a negative impact on self-esteem and subconsciously sets them back. There will always be someone more “beautiful” if women compare themselves to the inhuman images portrayed in media. Women ...
- 17268: A Computerized World
- ... more areas are being taken over by the computer. As computers are capable of handling large amounts of data in a very short time, they are well suited for wordprocessing. I guess that it won’t be long till all the paper-archives are replaced by magnetic tapes and diskettes. A diskette can contain much more data than a written page, and it takes less place It is possible to get ... you want to be a boxer, simply change the scenery on the main computer, and you are in the ring. Today, many kids have got video games. You could say these games are the present’s answer to ludo and monopoly. In a way, it is a great advantage that the kids are being presented to computors at an early age, because they will definitely have to use them later, when they start to work. In the future there will be few occupations which won’t use computors, one way or another. But the videogames are often being presented as something negative, which hinder the kids from doing homework and other more useful activities. This partially true, if they do ...
- 17269: Religion: Taoism
- ... Religions such as Confucianism, Animism, Shintoism, Buddhism and Taoism all started either in China or the Far East (Asia). The religion that I studied was Taoism. Taoism was a philosophy that started in the 300's BC, later on Taoism changed into a religion (100's BC). A philosopher named Lao-tzu founded Taoism in China. Later the religions and teachings of Lao-tzu were passed on to another thinker in classical Chinese philosophy, Chuang-tzu or Zhuangzi. Taoism and its ... customs though, seeing as Taoists avoided all social obligation. Taoism effected may people, some in different was than others, but all that followed were forever changed. Taoism has basically no followers today and I don't know why that is. Maybe it was modernization didn't allow a life in China completely cut off from society. Or maybe there just aren't anymore men with philosophical visions.
- 17270: The Use Of Irony In The Stone
- ... good example of irony. The title indicates to the reader that Arnold has no feelings and is like a stone. The irony here is that Arnold cares more about Eugie than anybody, he just doesn t know how to express it. Although Arnold did not start out as a stone boy , by the end of the story the other characters actions forced Arnold to build a wall around himself so his feelings couldn t be hurt anymore. George Orwell also used irony in the plot of Animal Farm. In the beginning of the story, Old Major talks about rebelling from Mr. Jones administration . Mr. Jones way of running things ... the end it led to their downfall. At another point in the story, when Boxer is being taken to the hospital , he is really being taken to a slaughter house. The animals think that Boxer s life is going to be saved, when it was really being taken away from him. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses different forms of irony in many ways. First of ...
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