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- 9511: The Scarlet Letter: Different Levels Of Sin And Evil
- ... has committed one of the worst possible sins that can be imagined: adultery. They feel she is horrendously corrupt, yet it is not truly her fault. Hester is the victim of her husband, Roger Chillingworth’s (formerly Roger Prynne) stupidity by sending her to New England by herself, while he remained in Europe. Chillingworth even admitted that it was his fault when he voiced, “It was my folly! I have said ... and breaks Commandment 7, which was often punished by death. Arthur Dimmesdale is a strong pillar of the community and a very devoted Puritan. What could he do that is worse than young Hester Prynne’s appalling act of adultery? Well he goes a little further into the same sin. First of all, he commits adultery with the abandoned Hester. Then instead of admitting his sin to the public, he keeps ... is a man of God, but he cannot find the strength to admit openly that he has had an affair with Hester. His weakness is the reason he is more evil than Hester. Dimmesdale doesn’t want to admit that he sinned against God because he is a great servant of him in being a minister. Dimmesdale strives to be perfect, but because of the sinful act of passion that ...
- 9512: The Pearl
- ... and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction through greed. Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant man, had lived a spiritual life for what had seemed like as long as she could remember. When her son Coyito fell ill from the bite of a scorpion, she eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects of life. Beginning to pray for her son's endangered life. The doctor who had resided in the upper-class section of the town, refused to assistant the child, turning them away when they arrived at the door. Lastly they turned to the ...
- 9513: ABRAHAM MASLOW
- ... supports his idea that a society that asserts the standard for normal most often produces mediocre people who most often obey the moral standard set forth by society. Furthermore, it seems that much of Maslow's success as a psychologist comes after his marriage to Bertha. When describing the first kiss he shared with Bertha Maslow describes it; "Bertha didn't protest or fight back, he recalled. She kissed back and then life began."(Ryckman pp.433) He goes on to say that he regarded this first kiss as one of the greatest moments in his ... first kiss as a peak experience and subsequently life began for him. He may have noticed his need for love and belongingness before he was able to progress as an individual. I believe that Maslow's theory holds a lot of truth in the world today. There is a strong influence of society on our behavior. Many conform to the ideals held by society in order to further themselves or ...
- 9514: Computer Crime: The Crime of the Future
- ... is a type of person that thrives on chaos, that is the malevolent hacker. Some hackers act on revenge or just impersonal mischievousness. But whatever their motives, their deeds can be destructive to a person's computer. An attack by a hacker not only affects the victim, but others as well. One case involving a notorious hacker named Kevin Mitnick did just that. Mitnick is a very intelligent man. He is ... or pass it around on the Internet. To compensate, they will raise the price of disc programs. CD Rom programs cost more to make but are about the same price as disc games. Companies don't loose money on them because it is difficult to copy a CD Rom and impossible to transmit over the Internet (Facts on File #28599 1). One company in particular, American On-line, has been hit ... offered by AOL (Alan 37). His advice became popular and he spawned a program called AOHell. This program, in turn, created many copycats. They all portray their creators as gangsters, and one of the creator's names is "Da Chronic." Many also feature short clips of rap music (Cook 36). These programs make it easy for people with a little hacker knowledge to disrupt AOL. These activities include gaining access ...
- 9515: Diary Of Anne Frank
- The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940's went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich's and her husband Albert Hackett's most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank began to read the diary, it flashed back to July 1942 in an attic in Amsterdam ...
- 9516: Taming Of The Shrew
- ... plots or themes of the play. Identify three of these contrast and explain how these help to develop the plot or the theme. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. This play is about a young girl "Katherina" who acts like a shrew. In "Taming of the Shrew" one of the main ways that themes and plots are shown is by using contrasts ... Bianca, the contrasts in settings like the relationship of Kate-Petruchio and Bianca-Lucentio, and the contrasts in events like 'the marriages of Kate and Bianca'. The most important way that Shakespeare developed his play's theme is through Bianca and Kate. In the beginning of the play Kate is known as a shrew and she appears harsh, cruel and frightening. Even his father is scared of her and he begging ... are. One of the other important contrasts in this play that is help to develop theme is the contrast in setting. As an example of contrast in setting is the contrast in the Kate-Petruchio's relationship and that of Bianca & Lucentio. When we first meet Petruchio, he is only after the money of Katherine, and accepts her harshness as simply a goal he must overcome. But as we read ...
- 9517: Charlotte Temple Essay
- The Tabloid of the Century (1800’s -1900’s) The general reason I think Charlotte Temple stayed on the best seller list for so many years is because the subjects that were discussed in the book were taboo in that day and time. Montraville ... keep bringing her to see him. " He soon pund means to ingratiate himself with her companion, who was a French teacher at the school, and, at parting, slipped a letter he had written into Charlotte’s hand, and five guineas into that of Mademoiselle, who promised she would endeavor to bring her young charge into the field again the next evening" (Rowson 11). Montraville was influenced himself by Belcore who ...
- 9518: Movie Review: Dangerous Minds
- ... where no sane teacher would tread except for ex-Marine LouAnne Johnson, played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Leaving a nine-year military career LouAnne Johnson is eager for employment as an English teacher but she doesn't realize what she has gotten herself into. She bribes and cajoles her students into learning, bucks the system, ignores petty bureaucrats, employs offbeat methods and sacrifices personally to get the most out of her students. This movie shows an accurate description of this country's flunking educational system and students who know to trust no one and count on nothing. Dangerous Minds portrays a true depiction of this country's flunking educational system. The movie is mostly about life when you have nowhere to turn. In the movie, the students are expected to fail and if it were not for the determination of LouAnne ...
- 9519: The Ingenu
- By: BJM Le Connaissance Nouveau de L'Ingenu Francios-Marie Arouet's, assuming the pen-name of Voltaire, L'Ingenu is a satirical story that begins in 1689 when a ship of English merchants are coming to France to trade. This is when the Ingenu is first ... do. Under appearingly unfortunate circumstances, he becomes imprisoned and able to educate himself. He learns of the French society on a hands-on basis by feeling their cruelty. This Child of Nature symbolizes John Locke's "blank tablet". The Ingenu, also known as the Child of Nature, Becomes enlightened through his experiences with French society by having no prior worldly knowledge of his own, being taught by the French, and disregarding ... gentle" (Voltaire, 190) and an awkward manner of being courteous to the Kerkabons "all with such a simple, natural air that brother and sister both were charmed" (Voltaire, 190). When asked countless questions, "the traveler's answer would be very much to the point" (Voltaire, 191). Instead of in a roundabout way in which was inevitable if their roles are to be reversed. "The Huron did not turn a hair" ( ...
- 9520: Providing Jobs For The Disabled
- ... many handicapped people unemployed, giving them a job is a chance for them to benefit as well as the employer. Whether they are a little slow mentally, physically or whatever the problem being, that isn't a reason for them to be excluded from working. Woolworth is hiring handicapped workers and they're trying to influence other businesses to step up and do the same. This will benefit everybody and gives Woolworth the recognition it deserves. Disabled or not, they can still be productive in the workplace. Because of limited abilities there will be jobs that they can't perform that most people can. However a good portion of the jobs out there require a limited amount of skill. Since Wollworth Corporation operates nearly ten thousand merchandise and specialty stores You can just imagine how many handicapped workers they employed. Weather it’s mental retardation or a strong injury, these problems in many cases will not hold back job productivity. Also remember that having a job, regardless of what it is, may often times be more valuable ...
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