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- 21691: Macbeth 2
- Responsibility for the Tragedy In Shakespeare s classic tragedy of Macbeth the main character Macbeth is driven from his status as a well respected warrior and lord of not one, but two Scottish regions to a dishonest, unloyal murderer. Macbeth gets caught ... to an even greater status than he began with but only through a gigantic web of lies which could not be untangled. He then felt lost and alone with nobody left to turn to. Life s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. However Macbeth was not the only influence in this great tragedy. Lady Macbeth played a large role as Macbeth s seductress and brainwasher. Lady Macbeth persuaded her husband to kill the King not so that he would himself be King but so that she could be Queen.Although because of her involvement in this ...
- 21692: Cults
- ... strongest group. When you join a sect you cannot get out of them but a cult you can leave without having any problem or commitment. Sects will not let you out because many times it's illegal and they are afraid that you will say something to the public. Cults sometimes are illegal to. Religious cults are in every town and village there is no definition of a cult that is ... small and getting bigger than becoming a church. Contemporary Cults Cults go back as far as we know of life, cults began to get bigger and be known throughout the world in the late 1960’s and early 70’s as people were better educated and better understood how they were formed and how they were run and people began to join. During this time Youths and middle class people began to join cults ...
- 21693: Constitutional Law Marbury V M
- ... was intended by the words of the Constitution and which part of government should have the final word in defining the meaning of these words. Marshall used the Marbury case to establish the Supreme Court's place as the final judge. Marshall identified three major questions that needed to be answered before the Court could rule on the Marbury v. Madison case. The first of these was, "Has the applicant a ... The Judiciary Act of 1793 had given the President the right to appoint federal judges and justices of the peace; there is no dispute that such an appointment was within the scope of the president's powers. Debate arises because the Constitution is silent on the exact time at which the appointment is considered complete. The Supreme Court ruled that "when a commission has been signed by the president, the appointment ... basis. The Constitution does not expressly grant the Supreme Court power over either of the other branches of government. Finally Marshall gets to the question based on which he decides the case - the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over this case. For the first time in this case, Marshall uses direct constitutional basis to make his ruling. He argues that, "If it had been intended to leave it in the discretion ...
- 21694: History of The Internet
- ... connect home or college users to the backbone networks. Today, there are more than fifty-thousand networks in more than one-hundred countries worldwide. However, it all started with one network. In the early 1960's the Cold War was escalating and the United States Government was faced with a problem. How could the country communicate after a nuclear war? The Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, had a solution. They would create a non-centralized network that linked from city to city, and base to base. The network was designed to function when parts of it ... would be a primary target for enemies. In 1969, ARPANET was created, named after its original Pentagon sponsor. There were four supercomputer stations, called nodes, on this high speed network. ARPANET grew during the 1970's as more and more supercomputer stations were added. The users of ARPANET had changed the high speed network to an electronic post office. Scientists and researchers used ARPANET to collaborate on projects and to ...
- 21695: Never Take Candy From Stranger
- Never Take Candy From Strangers During the times the story was written, there was much child abuse in society. The child's welfare was often put aside because the family was more important. The unknown author of the Fairy Tale "Hansel and Gretel" used many rhetorical devices such as symbolism and diction to intensify the purpose of ... recurring theme of the wicked stepmother has appeared throughout many of the fairy tales. In the tale of "Hansel and Gretel", the unknown author goes into great detail describing the full extent of the stepmother's bad nature. The author carefully selects his diction in order to convey the negativity of the stepmother's character. He or she uses such words as "cruel" or "wicked" wherever the stepmother is being described by the author, which intensifies the negativity the reader perceives. This device of careful word selection is ...
- 21696: Child Abuse
- ... have developed a system which allows them to record the effectiveness of parenting skills. They are particularly interested in disciplinary strategies because abuse most commonly occurs when the parent wants the child to comply. "It's a question of trying to determine which type of parent produces which type of child or which type of child elicits which type of parental behaviour," explains Oldershaw. As a result of their work, Walters ... they hug, kiss or speak to them warmly. This type of mothering produces an aggressive, disobedient child. A 'covert/hostile' mother shows no positive feelings towards her child. She makes blatant attacks on the child's self-worth and denies him affection or attention. For his part, the child tries to engage his mother's attention and win her approval. An 'emotionally detached' mother has very little involvement with her child. She appears depressed and uninterested in the child's activities. The child of this type of mother displays ...
- 21697: Michelangelo 3
- ... marble Pieta, which he finished before the age of twenty-five and is the only work he ever signed. This sculpture shows a youthful Mary with her dying son Jesus laying across her lap. Mary’s expression is one of resignation rather then grief. Another of his greatest works in the large marble sculpture David, which he produced between 1501 and 1504. The expression on David’s face is termed terribilita, a characteristic of many Michelangelo’s figures. He was later called back to Rome by Pope Julius II in 1505 for two duties. First, Michelangelo painted the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. For nearly three years Michelangelo ...
- 21698: Macbeth 7
- ... Macbeth. (I,i,8)" This shows that the three witches are planning to meet with Macbeth but the reason is still unknown. The words and phrases that the witches choose to express themselves foreshadow Macbeth's plot to become king: First Witch When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lighting, or in rain? Second Witch When the hurly-burly's done, When the battle's lost and won. Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun. (I,i) Although she knows that there will be darkness, the first witch is not even sure when they should meet ...
- 21699: Sartre and Homosexuality
- ... a homosexual saying, "I am a homosexual"? Is Sartre distinguishing two senses of the verb "to be"? Is Sartre correct in thinking that there is always something wrong with making such a statement? Could Sartre’s claim be rephrased in a more plausible form? Thesis: By virtue of Sartre’s logic, there is in fact always some thing wrong with a homosexual saying, "I am a homosexual." However, by allowing for two distinctions in English for the verb to be, the statement can be made ... plausible to a lay person. According to Sartre, the homosexual is talking with his friend, the "champion of sincerity, " who wants his homosexual friend to be what he is and declare his homosexuality. In Sartre’s logic, the homosexual is correct, as no person is a homosexual in the way that a "table is a table." Sartre’s argument lies within this framework. He believes that the homosexual cannot acknowledge ...
- 21700: Ground War In The Persian Gulf
- ... into the war and destroy the coalition, the Iraqis launched their improved version of the Soviet Scud missile against Israeli targets. In response to American urging, Israel stayed out of the fighting and accepted U.S.-manned Patriot antimissile batteries. The Patriot intercepted or partially destroyed many of the approximately 85 missiles that Iraq fired against Saudi Arabia and Israel. President Bush's decision to terminate the ground war at midnight February 28 was criticized for allowing Baghdad to rescue a large amount of military equipment and personnel that were later used to suppress the postwar rebellions of ... Kuwait and reestablish Kuwaiti independence. His decision was probably influenced by his desire to maintain coalition unity, particularly to keep on board the Arab members, who were increasingly unhappy at the devastation inflicted on Iraq's infrastructure and civilian population. Iraq, for its part, had gravely misjudged the coalition's war strategy, its degree of unity, its firepower, and the number of casualties that the Iraqi army could inflict. The ...
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