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- 24681: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- ... He grew up in a small village in western India called Porbandar. His family was strict Hindus. His father was the Dewan (Chief minister) of the town; he was a good leader and politician. Gandhi's mother was a very religious housewife, and spent most of her time at home or in the temple. Gandhi was brought up in a branch of Hinduism called Vaisnavism, which worshiped the god Vishnu. He was a devoted and good Hindu. His family followed the moral values of Jainism, this included the practice of ahmisa (non-injury to all living things), vegetarianism, fasting, and tolerance of other cultures. Gandhi's teenage years were full of problems. He was not good at school, or in sports, he also missed a year of school at age 13, when he got married. Life got very stressful for him ... obstacles to overcome was that he was a vegetarian. After finding a vegetarian restaurant, he felt more accepted. He then followed to join vegetarian society. This was one of the major turning points in Gandhi's life; it turned him from a shy boy to an outspoken grown man. After this he returned to India, and found out that his mother had passed away. There was no work to be ...
- 24682: Romeo And Juliet Vs Much Ado A
- ... characters that act as liaisons between the lovers. For example, Romeo and Juliet cannot simply go out for a walk in the park because they are forbidden from seeing each other. Instead they use Juliet s nurse to act as a messenger. The nurse makes it possible for Romeo and Juliet to be married by relaying information between the two. In Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick also have liaisons. Friends of Beatrice give the illusion that Benedick is madly in love with Beatrice and Benedick s friends do the same. Eventually, Benedick and Beatrice realize they are in love. They would have never gotten together if the liaisons had not intervened. Identity also plays a major role in both plays. In Romeo and Juliet, the lovers would never expect to fall in love because they have been raised to hate each other s families. Romeo never would have taken it upon himself to court someone in Juliet s family because in those two families it is considered forbidden. Beatrice and Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing insulted ...
- 24683: The Deception in King Lear
- The Deception in King Lear William Shakespeare's play King Lear is a play full of deceit, betrayal and meaningless promises. This becomes evident in the first few lines. We first learn of the empty words of Goneril and Regan as well as ... way as her sister and expresses how Goneril has named her very deed of love. Regan adds a little twist to this and professes that she loves Lear more than her sisters and that Goneril's affection for her father "comes too short." (I.i.71) By uttering these words, Regan shows that her love is even less true than that of her sister's. She goes even farther to say: "...that I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square of sense possesses, And find I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' ...
- 24684: Kenichi Ohmae
- ... spectrum of industries, including industrial and consumer electronic financial institutions, telecommunications, office equipment, photographic euipment, industrial macinery, food, rubber, and chemicals. Prior to joining McKinsey, Ohmae worked for Hitachi as a senior design on japan's protype fast breeder reactor. His special area of expertise is expressing a creative approach and developing uniformity, so that it can be implemented into the private and public sector. Ohmae is known in the United ... million hardback copies. In his book The Borderless World, Ohmae discusses that centralized governments are loosing their ability, and their need to direct national economies. He is the founder of "Reform of Heisei", a citizen's political movement estavlished on November 25, 1992, to promote and catalyze the reform of Japan's political and administrative systems. This organization has two elect Diet members commited to this program. Reform is almost unheard of in Japan. He is doing rallies, television appearances, and bus tours, to recruite members ...
- 24685: Macbeth: A Tale of Two Theories
- ... a man being swayed by the woman he loves, as a matter of fact this action could be perceived as quite the opposite. Second, the witches have to be dispelled as a source of Macbeth's misfortune before the latter theory can be considered. It is admittedly strange that the weird sisters first address Macbeth with,"All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee Thane of Cawdor!"(I.iii.49), a title which ... 232) Most important to the theory that Macbeth is reponsible for his own actions would be a point that the infamous witches and Macbeth agree upon. Such an element exists in the form of Macbeth's ambiton. In the soliloquy Macbeth gives before he murders Duncan, he states, "...I have no spur/To prick the sides of intent, but only/Vaulting ambition,..."(I.vii.25-27). Are these the words of ... the head witch, Hecate, declares,"Hath been but for a wayward son,/Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do,/Loves for his own ends, not for you." (III.v.11-13), which again highlights Macbeth's ambitious nature. The most significant part of the play is the part that is missing, and that is a connection between Macbeth's ambition and some spell cast by the weird sisters which might ...
- 24686: King Lear: Conspiracy in Nakedness and Dress
- King Lear: Conspiracy in Nakedness and Dress Nakedness and dress in Shakespeare's King Lear, represented the status of a character. Many scenes use clothing to show one characters dominance over another. The more opulent the clothing, the higher the status, or the lack of clothing, the lower ... somebody, so he becomes a lunatic. Still needing protection, but also needing to be somebody, Edgar chooses a person near nobody. The person he chooses is given in the line, " Poor Turlygod! poor Tom!/ That's something yet! Edgar I nothing am." Edgar becomes Tom of Bedlam, an insane lunatic. Now that Edgar is somebody, he can once again mingle with the other characters in the play. His first meeting with ... gives him better clothes to wear. Here is where Edgar changes clothes and becomes of higher status, he is now a beggar. The last rise in status for Edgar is his answer to the herald's call for someone to challenge Edmund. Here Edgar enters dressed and in armor, only those of semi-important status have armor. Edgar knows that with his clothing come his noble rights for when asked ...
- 24687: Macbeth: A Tale of Two Theories
- ... a man being swayed by the woman he loves, as a matter of fact this action could be perceived as quite the opposite. Second, the witches have to be dispelled as a source of Macbeth's misfortune before the latter theory can be considered. It is admittedly strange that the weird sisters first address Macbeth with,"All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee Thane of Cawdor!"(I.iii.49), a title which ... 232) Most important to the theory that Macbeth is reponsible for his own actions would be a point that the infamous witches and Macbeth agree upon. Such an element exists in the form of Macbeth's ambiton. In the soliloquy Macbeth gives before he murders Duncan, he states, "...I have no spur/To prick the sides of intent, but only/Vaulting ambition,..."(I.vii.2527). Are these the words of a ... Later the head witch, Hecate, declares,"Hath been but for a wayward son,/Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do,/Loves for his own ends, not for you." (III.v.1113), which again highlights Macbeth's ambitious nature. The most significant part of the play is the part that is missing, and that is a connection between Macbeth's ambition and some spell cast by the weird sisters which might ...
- 24688: A Futuristic Interview With Romeo
- A Futuristic Interview With Romeo SCENE I: Setting: On the set of Time Voyager', a new television series. Characters: ANN - Announcer ROMEO - Romeo ANN: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome again to this week's edition of Time Voyager. In case this is the first time you have tuned in and are unfamiliar with the concept, let me explain it to you. Modern technology today allows us to go back ... did you slay Tybalt? ROMEO: On but the second of May. ANN: Where shall we put you? What year? What month? What day? ROMEO: I have no hope for redemption... ANN: Have hope, for god's sake! Life is worth living! ROMEO: I have been stolen from my home... ANN: Think of what you can live over again! ROMEO: ...And placed in a strange future, a thousand years later. ANN: And ... years. ANN: Come then! 1139! We shall go! ROMEO: Shall I come? ANN: I see no reason as to why not... ROMEO: Wonderful! ANN: Except that this machine can only hold one person. (Takes Romeo's Hand) Here. You go. It is your future and your past, not mine. ROMEO: (Smiles) You are too kind. Farewell! I shall go and visit mine ancestors and prevent this filthy mess from even ...
- 24689: The Advantages Of Stupidity
- Admittedly, stupidity has certain disadvantages. Life isn't a bowl of cherries. And being stupid doesn't make it any fruitier. Being stupid can annoy even the most sensitive people. If one acts stupid, and does it in the wrong crowd, like a group of adults, it will seem more immature than ... hair, and counting the pixels on a Sony TV. Now, there has been a rumour going around that suggests that stupid people have low expectations. This is true. They are so stupid that they don't realize great from O.K. They could have a Sanyo cordless phone, but would probably choose instead a Pierre Cardin alarm clock telephone, because it comes free with their sensamatic folding bed. And someone ...
- 24690: Political, Social And Moral Me
- Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known to generations of readers all over the world as "Dr. Seuss," is the American author of many popular children s books. Dr. Seuss "deft combination of easy words, swift rhymes and batty nonsense" (Horn 69) has convinced many children that reading does not have to be a boring chore, but instead can be fun and ... theme. Two groups of animals live on either side of a stone wall. One side eats their bread butter side up, while the other side eats their bread butter side down. Because of each group s odd ways, neither side trusts the other. Each side sets up a border patrol with mild protection. Over the course of the book, the weapons get more complicated and powerful until each side invents "the ... issues" (Lystad 2) and leaves it up to the reader to decide his or her own beliefs on nuclear war. Political issues arise again in Green Eggs and Ham. In this book "Sam-I-Am s persistence convinces a friend to try an unusual - but tasty - dish." (Horn 67) This confrontation between Sam-I-Am and his friend is "so obviously a parable about the struggle between capitalist and socialist ...
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