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- 3211: Weakness of Women in Hamlet
- ... by William Shakespeare, women are portrayed as ineffectual and impressionable creatures dependent on men for emotional stability. The two women characters in the play, Ophelia and Gertrude, are similar in their weaknesses and frailties. Ophelia’s madness ensues from the loss of her father, who made her choices for her, and from Hamlet’s renouncement of their love. Shakespeare uses Ophelia’s reaction to tragedy to show how women are hysterical and lost without the voice of a man to guide their actions. Through her speedy remarriage and her refusal to believe in her son, Hamlet, ...
- 3212: How The New Economics Effects Modern America
- ... the lower class. This would mean companies would pay them less. There are less appt to complain or leave their jobs as a highly educated graduate. The educated high school grad may say, “ I don’t need this “ and leave. Where as the other may say” I can’t afford to leave”. Now I am not saying that the lower class doesn’t want more or isn’t smart. I think that they have it harder then someone who is educated and knows that they can leave and still find work. The problem is now there is ...
- 3213: The Cultural Gap In Joy Luck Club
- The Cultural Gap In Joy Luck Club Amy Tan's "Joy Luck Club" contains a display of the challenges faced by four China-born women and their Americanized daughters. The relationship between these women and their American daughters show the struggle of how loving intentions ... Brian Wong, a 21 year old senior at San Jose State University. "This affects me a lot. I'm conditioned to the point where I feel guilty for going out because I know they don't like it. It sucks because all my other friends don't have to go through the same thing. Their parents let them go where ever they want at any time." Wong was born in San Jose. Still living with his parents, he has experienced situations ...
- 3214: Bay Of Pigs
- B A Y O F P I G S The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, which is located on the south coast of Cuba about 97 miles southeast of Havanna, was one of mismanagement, poor judgment, and ... Soviet Union because Cuba was receiving armed forces to expand and improve its army. Cuba received 30,000 tons of arms a year, which included Soviet JS-2 51-ton tanks, SU-100 assault guns, T-34 35-ton tanks, 76-mm field guns, 85-mm field guns, and 122-mm field guns (Goode, Stephen 75&76). Fidel Castro took great pride in the armed forces. He expanded the ground forces ... of every thirty Cubans in the armed forces, compared to one out of every sixty Americans (Goode, Stephen 76). Castro and communist Cuba was generating a military establishment ten times larger than that of Batista’s. Castro put together the best army any Latin American country had ever had (Goode, Stephen 76). Analysts in Washington were frightened by this news. They were getting scared that Cuba might try to attack ...
- 3215: Romeo And Juliet - Mercutio
- At the time Mercutio makes his famous "Queen Mab" speech in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, he and Romeo, together with a group of their friends and kinsmen, are on the way to a party given by their family's arch-enemy, Lord Capulet. Their plan is to crash the party so that Romeo may have the opportunity to see his current love, Rosaline, whom they know has been invited to the Capulet's masque that evening. Romeo, whom his friends seem to consider generally very witty and fun, originally thought the party-crashing would be a wonderful idea, but suddenly is overcome by a sense of great ...
- 3216: Adopted Children Should Know T
- ... head” -Carol Lucawikz When a mother gives birth to her child it is the ultimate bonding experience. And when a mother gives her child up for adoption, it is a selfless act for the child’s best interests, but not a painless one. Every parent that is involved in an adoption arrangement will wonder and worry about their child for many days of many years. Curiosity is powerful, and it is not uncommon to long to be reunited with one’s own flesh and blood. Adopted children have a right to know who their biological parents are. Health reasons, curiosity, and the need to bond with family are all important factors that adopted children face. Genetic ... old age, he will need information from his biological parents. In the case of rare blood diseases or a needed organ transplant, an adopted child knowing who his real parents are could save the child’s life. An adopted child should have the right to access knowledge about their health, even if it means revealing the identity of both their birth parents. Every person wants to know where he or ...
- 3217: Edith Whartons The House Of Mi
- Lily Bart, the central character in Edith Wharton s novel, The House of Mirth , was born into the fringes of high society in late nineteenth century New York. She developed a, lively taste for splendour (page 30) and a fear of, dinginess .(page 35 ... did not choose to spend their money on luxury. When Mrs Bart died, she died, ......of a deep disgust. She had hated dinginess, and it was her fate to be dingy (page 35). But Lily s mother alone is not solely to blame for this want, Lily says of her need for luxury, ..I suppose (it was) -in the way I was brought up, and the things I was taught to care for. Or-no I won t blame anybody for my faults: I ll say it was in my blood (page 226) Although Lily felt that she should not blame anyone else for her high tastes she does not blame herself. ...
- 3218: Flowers For Algernon 2
- Flowers For Algernon 1.General Information- I read the book Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It s a fiction book, but with all the advances in modern medicine it could happen. It takes place over the course of a few months, starting in March and ending in November. The book shows how society treats retarded people. It also reminds us that all doctors are not all knowing, and some claim to know more than they actually do. 2. Character Introduction- Charlie Gordan s character changes throughout the book. In the beginning, when he is retarded, he is kindhearted and likable. In the end, after the operation reverses, he is the same optimistic and happy guy. In the middle ... people he had put on a pedestal are not as good as they seem. He also starts to think about romance. Miss Kinnian, or Alice as he later in the book calls her, is Charlie s night school teacher and then a romantic interest and then a teacher again. She liked the old Charlie, but when he starts becoming smart she finds it harder and harder to keep up with ...
- 3219: 1920s And 1930s With Reference
- By: Anonymous The 1920's exemplified the changing attitudes of American's toward foreign relations, society, and leisure activities. The twenty years that fell between 1920 and 1940 were a time period that has shaped America not only because it is the darkest period in the countries ... a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of, and hostile towards these new groups. They differed from the "typical American" in language, customs, and religion. Many individuals and industries alike played upon America's fears of immigration to further their own goals. As a measure of relief, the war torn and disillusioned Americans turned their attention to problems at home that had festered while America was off at ...
- 3220: Mars
- ... planet Mars. Earth is no more, it went out with a flash of light then a bang. My science teacher said "we will feel the effects in a couple of days," said Cathy. Cathy didn't know it then but when the Earth died so did all the water supply to Mars. Cathy is in the 6th grade at the Earthling-Alien elementary school in the city of Worthac. Today was ... because he worked at an oil refinery and it was moved to Mars. Cathy got o school and her friends Joe and Chris were already waiting for her. They said at the same time "There's a pop quiz in math today!" "How do you know?, said Cathy. " We heard Mr. Biller talking about it to another teacher." "I'm going to fail!"exclaimed Cathy. Cathy hated math, probably because she ... States and Russia. The Russians sent an experimental new weapon to United States. The US was trying to defuse is when it blew away the whole planet. The day ended with a crash, on Cathy's way home there was a huge 25 car pile up. She almost slipped in the street because all the water from every ones gas tanks was leaking all over the place. She walked by ...
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