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- 7901: Macbeth Issues
- In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are many issues that may have had an affect on the play. The complex marriage between the power hungry Macbeths, lady Macbeth’s dominant character directing Macbeth in the murders, the role reversal during the murders, Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death, and male and female marriages for authority. When analyzed these issues help describe the Macbeth’s relationship. They are the very issues that eventually lead to the “Great ...
- 7902: The Bluest Eye
- The Bluest Eye is a brilliantly written novel revealing the fictional trauma of an eleven-year-old black girl named Pecola Breedlove. This story takes place in the town of Lorain, Ohio during the 1940’s. It is told from the perspective of a young girl named Claudia MacTeer. She and her sister, Frieda, become witness to the terrible plights Pecola is unintentionally put through. Pecola chooses to hide from her disabling life behind her clouded dream of possessing the ever so cherished "bluest of eyes". The Breedlove’s constant bickering and ever growing poverty contributes to the emotional downfall of this little girl. Pecola’s misery is obtained through the touch of her father’s hand and the voice of her community’s struggle with racial separation, anger, and ignorance. Her innocence is harshly ripped from her grasp as ...
- 7903: Pablo Picasso 2
- ... his mother, Maria Picasso, was an Andalusian of Majorcan origin. In 1896 Picasso entered the school of fine arts where his father was a professor. In 1900, Picasso visited Paris, at the time the world's centre for art and literature, and became infatuated with its street life, in particular, the area of Montmarte, Paris' bohemian district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly, it was here that he discovered the posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, which inspired him into creating one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here ... co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first issue March 31, 1901 - "Young Art"), in Paris. On a second trip to Paris, in the summer of 1901, he exhibited his works at Ambroise Vollard's gallery in the Rue Lafitte and became good friends with the avant-garde poet Max Jacob. It was during this visit that he discovered Vincent Van Gogh, who inspired him to create "The absinthe ...
- 7904: Explain the importance of Contingency Planning
- ... smaller shops, yet they were often inferior in terms of human values, health and safety. Following a growing concern for industrial safety, the number of work-connected accidents and injuries continued well into the 1950's. There were 14,000 occupational fatalities and over 2,000,000 disabling work-connected injuries each year in the United States alone. This led to a federal concern, which established standards of occupational health and ... employees to work. The most common emergencies today are fire, bomb threats and labour disputes and most organisations are well prepared for the first two. This is a result of Office Health and Safety (OH&S) and other standards, which will be discussed further in this paper. Other risks or emergencies that contingency planners may consider include explosions, spills and chemical leaks, accidental disclosure, angry or hostile clients, armed holdups, blackmail ... to staff or clients through accidents, litigation by client or supplier, loss of data & records, major price undercutting by opposition, malicious rumour mongering by opposition, millennium bugs, non-insurance payouts, non-paying customers, O,H & S injuries to staff or clients, organised crime, violence pollution - money laundering, power loss/ failure/cut-off, ram-raids, sabotage, sexual assault on staff or clients, sharemarket upheaval, shoplifting, sieges, sit-ins, smuggling, staff death ...
- 7905: China
- ... of China are jointly commanded by the Military Commission of the Communist Party and the Central Military Commission of the government. China has an army, navy, and air force, which together make up the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The PLA has about 3 million male and female regular members. About 1 1/4 million men and women serve in China’s militia (citizens’ army). There are also about 700,000 army reserves. Men and women between 18 and 22 years of age may be drafted for military service. Draftees serve three years in the army and four years in the air force and the navy. The armed forces have held enormous political power in the People’s Republic of China since its birth in 1949. Military officers have made up a large percentage of the members of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. In addition to its military duties, the People’ ...
- 7906: Comparative View Of Two Dinsti
- ... personal opinion with reliable, exact knowledge - is lost. For Watson mental processes were not a proper subject for scientific study because they are ultimately private events. After all, no one can see or touch another's thoughts. Consequently, if psychology were to be a science, it would have to give up consciousness as its subject matter and become instead the science of behaviour. Behaviour refers to any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. Watson asserted that psychologists could study anything that people do or say -shopping, playing, chess, eating- but they couldn't study scientifically the thoughts, wishes, and feelings that might accompany these observable behaviours. Watson's radical reorientation of psychology did not end with his redefinition of its subject matter. After Watson, behaviourists eventually came to view psychology's mission as an attempt to relate overt behaviours (responses) to observable ...
- 7907: Analysis Of Political Situatio
- The US embassy in Iran was taken by storm on November 4, 1979 when Iranian militants seized and took sixty-six American members hostage. This hostile event stemmed from Iran's demand that the US return their deposed Shah. The US immediately engaged in economic sanctioning tactics to ensure the safe return of the hostages. Although authors like Renwick deem such methods as ineffective, Baldwin's argument assesses the situation and demonstrates how economic statecraft positioned the US so that the hostages were returned home safely, and American resolve was kept firm. By the14th of November, economic sanctions against Iran included ... the order of precedence, most authors assume the later to have more importance. Baldwin also highlights the intended effects because he feels these have relevance in understanding the goal of the sender state. Getting Iran's attention to recognize the seriousness behind US actions seemed prevalent to policy makers: "this crisis calls for firmness and it calls or restraint. I thought depriving them of 12 billion in assets was a ...
- 7908: Black Boy
- ... the white world has set for Southern blacks. When Richard finally decided to become writer, that career represented a declaration of independence from those in the black community. PLOT SUMMARY: The opening chapter recounts Wright's early childhood in Natchez, Mississippi, and his family's move to Memphis. It describes his early rebellion against parental authority, his poverty and hunger, and his unsupervised life on the streets while his mother is at work. Then the Wrights move to the home of Richard's Aunt Maggie. But their pleasant life there ends when whites kill Maggie's husband. Later the threat of violence by whites forces Maggie to flee again. Richard's mother has a stroke. Richard is ...
- 7909: Huckleberry Finn Internal Conf
- The Battle of Huck In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Huck faces the dilemma of embracing the discriminatory ideology of the South as he simultaneously combats his inner consciousness. Searching for a better way of life, both Huck, a freedom seeking youth, and ... Jim, a runaway slave, set off downriver. Along the way they encounter many obstacles. Their initial association eventually blossoms into a steadfast friendship, bypassing the practices of a racist society, leading Huck to support Jim's escape. Originally, Huck sees Jim more than less as a slave. During this time period, slavery is incredibly strong in the South. In the eye of southern whites, blacks are the bottom rung. Their acceptable ... alias of "Sarah Mary Williams". After finding out that Jim is being pursued, Huck returns to the island insisting on that the two of them leave immediately. "Git up and hump yourself, Jim! There ain't a minute to lose. They're after us!" (page 68) Huck also hides Jim under a quilt in the canoe to prevent any trouble with slave hunters. At one point in the story, Huck' ...
- 7910: Sirens Of Titen
- ... us that long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved." (Vonnegut:220) The Sirens of Titan is Kurt Vonnegut's second novel. He has written it in 1959, seven years after his previous Player Piano. It has been described as a pure science fiction novel and, after only one reading, it really can be considered ... rather cold-hearted, generates more human warmth than Player Piano which is directly concerned with the agonies of exploring and following conscience, emotion and love. Three possible explanations for this fenomenon present themselves: first, Vonnegut's skill has grown in the intervening seven years; second, the science fiction mode affords the author more detachment, and he is less didactic in this work; third, the positive forces, particularly love, carry more weight." (Reed:66) The Sirens of Titan has been, as many other Vonnegut's books, influenced by his experiences from World War Two (The Fire-bombing of Dresden was a benefit just to one man, to Kurt Vonnegut. Over the years, he got five dollars for each corpse, ...
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