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- 8711: The Soliloquies of Hamlet
- The Soliloquies of Hamlet composition of their characters. In Shakespeare's “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,” we can trace Hamlet's mental process through his soliloquies. Hamlet's first soliloquy reveals him to be thoroughly disgusted with Gertrude, Claudius, and the world in general. “How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world” (1284), he said. ...
- 8712: Time's Oldest Debate
- Time's Oldest Debate According to recent studies, planet earth formed approximately four and a half billion years ago. Since then, the earth has undergone many evolutionary changes. Earth began as a swirling gas which condensed to create an immense land mass. The ancient earth was basically the same as today's earth except for the environment. The atmosphere of the ancient earth was quite different, containing more carbon and nitrogen gases than oxygen. The former atmosphere is where much of present day organic molecules such as ... the various stages of a developing embryo. For example, while a human is still in early embryonic stages, it has gill slits. While the gill slits never fully mature, they serve as evidence that man's ancestors at one time had gills. During another period of embryonic development, a human has a tail. Sometimes, a human is actually born with a tail. The tail is evidence of a trait previously ...
- 8713: Billy Budd
- Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy, classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle s and Arthur Miller s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories.The classic definition of tragedy is Aristotle s, that the tragic hero must be noble and have a tragic ...
- 8714: The Islamic Faith
- ... customs of mediaeval Islamic North Africa. The latter book will be used to a great extent in this study. The outpour of these books brought forth many customs. Their fame became as religious as Islam's sacred text, the Koran. For men to be desired by a woman, must fulfill some regulations. He must practice an attitude in which he is anxious to please women and true to his word. In ... a man can satisfy all of these rules he will be truly desired by the opposite sex. When it comes to concerning women and their laws, there is a lot more to consider. The woman's appearance is greatly detailed. Her hair is to be black, forehead wide, and eyebrows black. She must have large, black eyes with "eyelashes like polished blades,"1 mouth smooth, tongue and lips luscious, with a touch of red, her neck to be strong and lengthy, with tendons showing, and her bust firm. The woman's body, overall, must have a perfect waist, plump arms, hips full, hands and feet elegant, and her buttocks hard. In addition, her "channel" must be narrow, moist, and radiate a strong heat. Most women ...
- 8715: Back to Religion?
- ... wars did not break out over different theologies. The freedom in the Americas gave people a chance to choose with out threat of being banned for having different thoughts. Religion was a part of everybody’s every day life. With the Americas liberal standards of freedom of religion it was easier to accept the choices made from one neighbor to the next. The Americas liberal standards that are what probably set the tone for today’s diversity in the spiritual realm. Although millions of people in the United States still have a strong practice of some kind of religion it is not nearly as powerful overall. There are still millions that ... eastern source of spiritual findings. Other differences today, are time constraints and money. Three hundred years ago spare time was spent in the church. Now society and its need to be materialistic have captivated today’s people. The more money one has the more objects one owns and that also leads to the more one does. If one is trying to lead a lifestyle like that, then one leaves very ...
- 8716: Biographical Influences in The Great Gatsby
- ... master piece" (Bruccoli Preface). The Great Gatsby was a book that was written for a younger audience, and written by an author of his time period (Bruccoli ix). The biographical influences of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby are shown through not only Nick Carraway's dedication to achieving wealth, but also in the very vivid comparisons between Daisy Buchanan and Zelda Fitzgerald, and between Jay Gatsby and Fitzgerald himself. In many of Fitzgerald's stories he uses his real life experiences, and in The Great Gatsby he chose to use some of his wife's experiences to make the character Daisy Buchanan. Zelda Fitzgerald was an enormous part ...
- 8717: The Journey To New England And Religion's Future
- The Journey To New England And Religion's Future The voyage across the Atlantic was a long and sometimes very dangerous journey. The puritans were set to make a migration to a land were they could practice their religious beliefs in peace. Their ... that were looking at this as an opportunity to advance their financial position. The settlers in the Chesapeake region had a much more difficult time than the family oriented area of New England. They didn’t have the family structure and religious ties to pull together into a tight nit community. The families that migrated to New England were following Puritan religious leaders. Before starting off on this journey they had ... Puritans did not take into consideration when they were concerned about how they were living their lives. The Puritan leaders were just concerned about the church community staying intact throughout the next generation. They didn’t realize that the life in New England was just making a shift. There were now many more people there and the population was spread out over a large area. If they could have looked ...
- 8718: Sacred Cow, Holy Bull
- ... for thousands of years in so many cultures that to be caught stealing them was often an offense punished by death (Brahman 1). The cow was not always sacred in India. Long ago in India’s early history, cattle was used basically for food to feed one’s family. It was also used as trade, like money. In about the year 350 A.D., a law was made called the “Code of Manusmriti”. The law did not specifically order the Indian people not ... cows are easily noticed by the big hump on their back right behind their head (“Brahman” 1). The country of India is home to 900 million people and home to almost 200 million cows. That’s 22 cows per 100 people. However, in the mid 1960s, the human population was 500 million to the cow population of 250 million, which was 50 cows to every 100 people.(Cherry 1, Chowdhury ...
- 8719: The Scarlet Letter: Roger's Character Stereotyped As An Abusive Person
- The Scarlet Letter: Roger's Character Stereotyped As An Abusive Person In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Roger Chillingworth's character is depicted as a stereotype of an abusive person, not as a real human being. This stereotype is a vice because it is evil, degrading and immoral. A stereotype is an oversimplified conception, opinion ... indifferent to what he was putting her through. She was affected greatly by his schemes, and thus Chillingworth emotionally abused his wife, as was his standard of doing things. Pearl was abused because of Chillingworth's neglect towards her. He could have looked past his wife's sin and loved his daughter. He could have cared for her and supported her, but he chose not to. He failed to look ...
- 8720: The Essence of Empowerment
- The Essence of Empowerment Empowerment is certainly not a new idea within the business arena. In fact, its concept has been around since the 1960's when American car manufactures suddenly realized that they were losing their butts to the Japanese producers. An extensive and extremely well-funded investigation for answers to the recurrent question, how do I get more out ... In fact, "empowerment is an extremely cost-effective means of bringing about desired changes in performance and operational effectiveness." It takes only a stout devotion of the entire organization, from the top levels downward. That's all. There are, however, key factors to its success. One of the most important key elements to take into account is the need for extensive organizational preparation to achieve effective implementation. By preparation, I mean ... the changes that are about to take place. Education is one of the most effective tools in preparing for change. Remember that psychological studies determined that individuals are inherently resistant to change when they don't know the results and consequences of that change. Education of all levels within an organization will help eradicate some of the fear that's associated with change. It will also help define everyone's ...
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