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- 21731: Medea By Euripides
- ... of literature that may entail more than one theme throughout the story. The tragedy, Medea, by Euripides is very good example of this. Throughout this story, the themes of betrayal and love, revenge, and women s rights arise. Euripides brings these points up to help the reader to realize that women are powerful also. Betrayal is a very important theme throughout this story. Her husband Jason betrays Medea, when he abandons her and her children for another woman. Medea then realizes that Jason used her for her power and then dropped her when the chance to be more powerful arose. Medea s nurse says: Jason has betrayed his sons and her, takes the bed a royal bride, Creon s daughter-the king of Corinth s. Medea, spurned and desolate, Breaks out in oaths, Invokes the solemnest vows, Calls on the gods to witness How Jason has rewarded her. (P.19-26) Jason left ...
- 21732: Summary of The Great Gatsby
- Summary of The Great Gatsby The novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, made it's smashing debut during the raging twenties of America. Fitzgerald's creation critiqued the culture of America's East, and naturally people have responded with nothing but praise for the novel. Fitzgerald's use of creative writing "tricks," his description of American myths, and his parallel between Gatsby and the American identity ...
- 21733: A Portrait Of Nietzshe
- ... characterizes us. In fact, there is a specific issue in his book that thoroughly discuss an issue that affect the way in which we live our lives as well as who we are. Through Nietzsche’s description of this issue we are able to develop an insight into his true character and gain a deeper understanding of his beliefs. Resentment is a topic that Nietzsche addresses that explains his view on ... their own selfish motives. He does not treat these people any differently though. In fact he treats them with extra kindness. His theory is to replace the cruelness of others with the kindness from one’s heart; “dispatch a pot of jam to get rid of a sour affair” (14). Nietzsche also says that silence is the worst form of anger or resentment. Silence produces bad character and makes ones heart ... in taken for granted. To say what one means without holding anything back is the most humane form anger. One should not be afraid to say strongly what one believes. To stand up for one’s self and act strongly is proof of good will. According to Nietzsche certain situations make to deep of an impact on us. We tend to take things too personally and lock incidents in our ...
- 21734: Appeasement And Its Role In Th
- ... this was insufficient to deter Hitler from invading her on September 1, so precipitating World War II. The first time appeasement was introduced as means of keeping the peace and quiet in Europe was Mussolini's conquest of Abyssinia (1934-1936) and Hitler's reoccupation of the Rhineland (March 7, 1936). When Hitler the annexed Austria in February and March 1938, no effective attempts were made to prevent this "Anschluss" from occurring. Anschluss is a German word for union ... observers the act looked more like straight annexation. The British prime minister at this time was Neville Chamberlain (elected first time May 1937), who described his policy without shame as «active appeasement». Faced with Hitler's next demand, that Germany should acquire the fringes of Czechoslovakia in which 3,500,000 of the inhabitants spoke German (Sudeten Germans), Chamberlain went several times to meet Hitler, the last on September 30, ...
- 21735: Technology
- ... powerful, bloodthirsty executive committees, seeking to increase their profit margin by providing a surplus amount goods for the people, but at the same time will deplete the earth of its natural resources and stability. That's where today's technological miracles have thrust us. Many of today's factories have begun to use "smart-technology" and "artificial- intelligence" to replace thousands of workers worldwide. Robot machines that produce a better product in a shorter span of time. Is the world on the ...
- 21736: Domestic Abuse
- ... Spousal abuse’ may apply to couples engaged in a sexual relationship outside of marriage. And ‘child abuse’ may be penetrated by parents, siblings, step-parents, or live-in boyfriends or girlfriends of the abused child’s parent (Rosen 3). Battered women are defined as women that have been Victora 2 physically or emotionally abused by their husbands or families. These women suffer from many different types of domestic violence but the ... happens to many women but most of the time it is not reported to the police. "Abuse is an underreported crime, it is underreported for two reasons: a) it occurs in the privacy of one’s home where there are typically no witnesses aside from family member’s to detect and report it and b) though violence is by no means restricted to the lower classes, middle- and upper class violence is likely to go unreported to the police" (Stets 3). Why ...
- 21737: Christianity In The New World
- ... Ages played an all encompassing role over the lives of the people and the government. As the Dark Ages came to a close the ideas of the Renaissance started to take hold, and the church's power gradually began to wain. The monarchies of Europe also began to grow replacing the church's power. Monarchies, at the close of the Middle Ages and the dawn of the Renaissance, did not so much seek the guidance of the church as much as it sought their approval. However, the Church ... of Discovery was still a major influence. The discovery of the New World and its previously unknown inhabitants presented new problems in the Catholic Church in the late 14th and early 15th century. When Spain's rulers and emissaries decided to physically conquer and populate the New World, and not just trade with it, the transplantation of Christian institutions followed. The church established contact with the New World, and made ...
- 21738: Queen Victoria
- ... She was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Queen Victoria was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24, 1819, in Kensington Palace, London. Victoria's mother was Victoria Mary Louisa, daughter of the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was Edward Augustus, duke of Kent and Strathern, the fourth son of George III and youngest brother of George IV ... queen began to lose her eagerness for the party. After 1841, when the Melbourne government fell and Sir Robert Peel became prime minister, Victoria was an enthusiastic supporter of the Conservative Party. Also under Albert's influence, she began to interrogation the tradition that restricted the British ruling to an advisory part. In 1850 she challenged the command of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, alien secretary in the Whig government ... least be consulted on different policy. Palmerston, independent and self-assertive, disregarded the request. Their conflict reached a crucial period in 1851, when the prime minister, Lord John Russell, who was also unhappy with Palmerston's elective methods, removed him from the foreign office. Their altercations with Palmerston, one of the most liked political leaders in the country, caused Victoria and Albert to lose some of the regard of their ...
- 21739: "Down and Out Paris and London"
- "Down and Out Paris and London" The story of "Down And Out In Paris And London" deals with the author's experience with tramps and the poverty stricken in Paris and London in the 1920's. He lives with them on equal terms and suffers the same hardships and tribulations. Orwell shows great compassion for the plight of the poor and feels that society is very unfair in their criticism and ... and poor are different only by their incomes. He expresses this by saying: "The average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit." (p. 121) Orwell discusses the powerful effect that one's clothes has on one's personality and how they affect how one is perceived. Once one puts on the clothes of a tramp, Orwell discovered, one is put in an entirely different world. To ...
- 21740: Norma Rae A Labor Analysis
- ... about her poor working conditions such as excessive noise, long hours with short breaks, physical stress from standing for long periods and abnormally high temperatures in the work areas. Added to all this is managementˇ¦s apathy for the working conditions, as seen when her mother looses her hearing temporarily with little or no sentiment from the company doctor, who knows this is a common problem for the workers. With this ... agent both sides violate federal laws or come precariously close. First the Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) of the union will be examined. Barrick - 2 After reviewing the film a rather short list of union ULPˇ¦s, but they are potentially damaging and could be used by management to contest the outcome of the election if so desired. One committed by labor representative, the other by Norma Rae and are summarized as ... in regards to maintaining a good relationship with coworkers and family members, so she gave up the promotion and went back to her old position. This could be construed as management attempting to influence employeeˇ¦s rights to organize and a potential ULP section 8a-3 violation. Employer tried to coerce the employees to keep them from attending union meetings with negative comments that they should stay away from the ...
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