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- 19241: Compare and Contrast Dogs and Cats
- ... a recent report prepared by the American Veterinary Medical Association. However, this great disparity between dogs and cats should not seem alarming considering the fact that dogs have been around for centuries as the human's steadfast animal companion. Since the earliest agrarian societies, to the modern post-industrial societies of today, dogs have been an intregal part of how humans have functioned. Unlike cats, dogs have sense of usefulness and ... from any other pet is their ability to be trained. Dogs are the only animals to role, jump, shake, run, act dead on cue, or come galloping into a room and lie by the owner's feet, with a mere gesture of hand or call of their name. The reason cats are found less in American homes, may be do to the fact, that cats present no serious advantages for an ... and a lick of their sandpaper tongue would leave a permanent red mark on a face. As for acknowledging love and affection, cats will occasionally come out from their hiding and stroke against their owner's leg, like an actor making a last minute curtain call to an audience before zipping away. All cats would rather get in one more hour of sleep than rather wait by the front door ...
- 19242: Crucible 3
- ... many people lose their lives or are punished unfairly due to their justice system. Justice to Puritans really is not justice at all; it is a quick fix to a complicated problem. In Arthur Miller s The Crucible, the Puritan justice system is poorly illustrated due to the lack of evidence in trials, church influence in government, and in the setting. With the witch trials in Salem, the lack of evidence has a large effect on many people s lives. Someone can accuse another of a crime, and in almost no time at all, there will be a trial in the town court. Not only those who are personally affiliated with the crime are affected, everyone in the town is touched also. When Putnam states, She cannot bear to hear the Lord s name that s a sure sign of witchcraft, he jumps to conclusions about the girls being witches. Simply because he made this accusation, talk was stirred up in town. The townsfolk become highly agitated ...
- 19243: Elephant Man
- Ashley Montagu tells John Merrick s unusual story in the book that studies human dignity, The Elephant Man. The Elephant Man, an intriguing book that captures the heart of the spirit, is the story of a simple, yet unfortunate, man. It causes one to think about life s precious gifts and how often they are taken for granted. As the sad and unique story of John Merrick, the elephant man, unfolds, all are taught a lesson about strength and courage. When Sir Frederick ... his horrible life. With outstanding endurance, he proves to the world what a truly heroic person can do. The Elephant Man, an intriguing and well-written book, also captures the true essence of John Merrick s life. The context of the book asserts descriptiveness and easily captures the interest of the reader. When Treeves first viewed the elephant man, he states: The showman pulled back the curtain and revealed a ...
- 19244: Imperialism and India
- ... and India Throughout history, many nations have implemented imperialism to enforce their will over others for money, protection and civilization. India was no exception. Since its discovery, Europeans were trying get a piece of India's action. In many cases England was the imperial, or mother country. Since India was put under imperialism, a great deal of things changed, some for the good, mostly though for the bad. Between 1640 and ... under the guise of economic imperialism, when in fact the manipulation of Indian affairs was much more political than let on. When it was founded in 1600 by Queen Elizabeth I, the East India Company's main purpose was "to break into the Indonesian spice trade which was dominated by the Dutch." But after colonizing a post a Madras in 1640, the company was re-chartered to include such rights as coining money and act as government to British subjects at the East India Company's posts. As well, the British government also gave the company the right to make was or peaceful arrangements with powers who were non-Christian. This control expanded with the founding of a port at ...
- 19245: Censorship of the Internet and the Tyranny of Our Government
- ... twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views also deprives others of the right to listen to those views," said Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr(Censorship and the U.S. Government 1). I completely agree with Mr. Holmes, and when the question of censoring the Internet arises, I cringe. Governing the Internet dominates many debates, censorship leading the fight. The Internet is the largest and ... a few simple tools to consume, and produce, information and ideas to hundreds of people at a practically non-existent cost. Numerous factors indicate censorship of this force is not possible, and not the government's place. It should be left up to the users to decide what is broadcast. Most importantly, censorship of the Internet impairs the expression of ideas and infringes against the First Amendment of the Constitution. First ... major credit card number. Forms are sent in the mail and logging onto a pornography site can be quite time consuming. Also, parents can take an active part in the censoring of their own children's online activities. They should manage their child's Internet usage as they would determine the kinds of movies available to be watched. (Censorship and the Internet 1) This can be done with software, not ...
- 19246: The Fifty-First Dragon: Analysis
- ... this act, many German-language and Socialist newspapers were banned from the mails. When the act was challenged in court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes framed the "clear and present danger" test that balanced the government's effort to wage war and a dissenter's right to free speech. In 1918, Congress passed the Sedition Act which forbade writing or publishing "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution ... forces, flag, or the uniform." This act was mainly used to harass unpopular radical and pro-German publications. Many sweeping generalities of the Sedition Act were later repealed. Before American entry into the war, U.S. journalists reported the war from both the allied and German and Austrian sides. However, information in the war zones was tightly controlled by the military. Shortly after the war, the United States continued to ...
- 19247: Romantic Poetry
- ... Romantic period usually refers to the half century from about 1780-1830. It was a time when Britain underwent the first industrial revolution and so emerged with an economy more radically constructed than in Britain s history. Therefore it brought about different work habits, different leisure patterns, different prospects and even different sex lives for most people. At the same time the French Revolution and the American War of Independence changed ... is the moment when the French Revolution struck British consciousness. Coleridge was only 16 at the time and celebrated the event soon afterwards in Destruction of the Bastille . Soon followed in successive events was Britain s war with France beginning in 1793, The Reign of Terror in 1793-4 and Napoleon s coup in 1799. The impact for the first generation after the Industrial revolution was depressing, terrifying and intoxicating to a scarcely bearable degree. Eg: Manchester changing from an overgrown village of 27000 people with ...
- 19248: King Henry VIII
- King Henry VIII Henry VIII (born 1491, ruled 1509-1547). The second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York was one of England's strongest and least popular monarchs. He was born at Greenwich on June 28, 1491. The first English ruler to be educated under the influence of the Renaissance, he was a gifted scholar, linguist, composer, and ... but in later life he became coarse and fat. When his elder brother, Arthur, died (1502), he became heir apparent. He succeeded his father on the throne in 1509, and soon thereafter he married Arthur's young widow, Catherine of Aragon. During the first 20 years of his reign he left the shaping of policies largely in the hands of his great counselor, Cardinal Wolsey (See Wolsey, Cardinal). By 1527 Henry had made up his mind to get rid of his wife. The only one of Catherine's six children who survived infancy was a sickly girl, the Princess Mary, and it was doubtful whether a woman could succeed to the English throne. Then too, Henry had fallen in love with a ...
- 19249: Baseball And American Popular
- ... hype up the game, making the cheering crowd an active part of the contest. This enthusiasm leads to cheers when their team turns a great play or to boos and catcalls due to an umpire s bad judgement. It hard to describe why Americans likes to watch baseball. For me, it has to do with the excitement and appreciation of the game. Since I was big enough to hold a baseball ... mound, he or she wants to blast it past his opponent. Conversely, when batters step up, their personal goal is to put a hole through the pitcher when they send the ball blazing back. It s this understanding of the emotions involved that makes watching the game enjoyable to me. It has become a tradition to go watch a game with the family. Rooted in this custom are our culture s values of family and passing the experiences from parent to child. According to A.G. Spalding, author of America s National Game, baseball "is the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness ...Dash, ...Determination, ...Energy, ... ...
- 19250: MacBeth-The Transformation Of
- Due to the ruthless and murderous actions taken in order to fulfill her yearning for power, Lady MacBeth, of Shakespeare’s tragedy, MacBeth, suffers from emotional turmoil. At the play begins, she is a motivated, power-hungry woman with no boundaries, but as the play moves on, Lady MacBeth begins to fall further and further into ... 8 - 9). MacBeth just ignores these questions. What she is really worried about is the way her husband is acting. She urges him to be practical, “Things without all remedy / Should be without regard: what’s done is done” (III, ii, 11 – 12). In the beginning, MacBeth rushes home to tell his wife of the predictions of the three witches, and everything they do, they do together. Lady MacBeth does not ... MacBeth may have played in them. Upon his second visit with the witches, MacBeth hears, “Beware MacDuff, / Beware Thane of fife.” (V, i, 171). It is learned that MacDuff, who is now acknowledged as MacBeth’s enemy, has gone to England. He wants help from the King’s army to overthrow MacBeth. At this time, MacBeth’s men are going to MacDuff’s castle. The massacre of the MacDuff family ...
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