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- 9771: Atirtotle's Politics
- Atirtotle's Politics Aristotle's Politics is a timeless examination of government structure and human nature that explains his ideas on how a utopian state can be achieved. In this work, Aristotle examines ubiquitous issues such as government structure, education ... many constitutions as there are modes of arranging the distribution of office according to the superiorities and the differences of the parts of the city" (Page 138). He believes that the organization of a state's constitution is directly related to the kinds of citizens that reside in the polis. The constitution has a direct root to the most powerful or most populated class. The middle class is where most ...
- 9772: The Life Of Stalin
- ... him savagely. When Iosif was 7, he caught smallpox, which scarred him for life, and then he came down with septicemia, which left his left arm slightly crippled for life. He lived in the 1920's a normal life, surrounded by many relatives who spoke their minds freely in the family circle, and he had good personal friends among the Soviet leadership. His life began to change, though, after the suicide ... he accomplished in only one decade. Though this was a great success, the peasants paid dearly, most with their lives. Most of starved to death from famine. Those that survived were killed off in Stalin's "purges" to rid him of opposition. Stalin's birth name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin was born on December 21, 1879, in Gori, a village in Transcaucasian Georgia, a province of the Russian Empire within the Caucasus mountains. Note: Stalin was not ...
- 9773: Confessions in Rhyme: Poetry Analysis
- ... alone, it blends in with the gray. This relates to when Charlotte is coming aboard the Seahawk. Also it relates to how she becomes one with the crew. This poem is modeled after my poet’s work because Molly Peacock would use metaphors in her poems. She would compare two things together to make one. Revenge For each sailor a flag has fallen and surrender was pleaded, for each sailor a ... the brig. This poem relates to the part of the novel when there is a big fight and two are thought to be dead. It tells what happens before, during, and after the fight. Captain’s Triumph The captain’s musket was once useless until the crew became ruthless. Aiming at all insight, he pulled the trigger with all his might After thinking he stole two people’s lives he collected the sailors’ swords, ...
- 9774: An Individual's Achievement of Self-Knowledge
- An Individual's Achievement of Self-Knowledge An important theme is an individual's achievement of self-knowledge as a result of undergoing an ordeal. As Rev. Hale sits through the proceedings of the court in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, his views change drastically. When Rev ... The Salem witchcraft trials began as a result. At first, only the poor and lower classes were accused, but soon respectable members of the community such as Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth Proctor were charged. Hale's personal feelings tell him that they are innocent, but his Puritan background prevents him from questioning the authority of the court. As the play progresses, Hale begins to alter his views about the trials. ...
- 9775: Loneliness 2
- ... woman in "All Souls'" who, is paralyzed by loneliness (383). This loneliness in the younger life of Wharton was inevitably ingrained in her stories. The story "Pomegranate Seed" is a perfect example of how Wharton's loneliness seeped into her writing. Erdrich's "The Red Convertible" is contained in the book Love Medicine. Marie, a character in another story, is losing Nector, her husband. Her grandson Lipsha attempts to cure her loneliness by preparing a love potion. He botches the recipe and kills Nector. This shows that loneliness is not a foreign idea to Erdrich's writing either. Both "Pomegranate Seed" and "The Red Convertible" begin with lonely characters. Charlotte begins the story remembering her friends sometimes stopped by, but "Sometimes--oftener--she was alone"(Wharton 317). Charlotte rarely had ...
- 9776: Business
- ... Ages, modern capitalism started to evolve. (The Software Toolworks Illistrated Encyclopedia) In the late Middle Ages, the medieval economy was based on MANORALISM. This system said that peasants worked on the land that the lord's owned, but everthing that was produced by them was kept in return they had to perform services or pay dues to there lord. During this time period, there was no incentive to produce large and ... 19th century when most of the world like Britan, France, Germany, and the United States were in the age of Laissez-Faire economic capitalism, other countries like the Soviet Union and China followed Karl Marx's Communism. (Galbraith Pg. 97) Modern Capitalism The main thing that drives capitalism today is the large corporations that are able to finance large operations to promote economic growth. As corporations got bigger and bigger, many ... and local governments amounted to more than one-fifth of the gross national product. The same thing seemed to be happening in other European countries like Sweeden, and Britain. (Lekachman Pg. 62) During the 1980's when Ronald Reagan was elected president it signaled the return of capitalism as the dominant economic idea in the United States. Reagan's two main policies or objectives were to reduce the size of ...
- 9777: Chaucerian Moral and Social Commentary in the Canterbury Tales
- Chaucerian Moral and Social Commentary in the Canterbury Tales As the first great English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer has etched out a tradition of English literary brilliance. From stem to Stern, Chaucer’s cheerful and diverse poetry stands apart from other British writers. Between colorful and humorous verse and tale, Chaucer creates a picture of man in his society. The Canterbury tales, Chaucer’s defining work, integrates Chaucerian whit, paradox and color into a quilt of medieval social strata. Chaucer played not the part of the poet Baird but of the watchful investigator. The Canterbury Tales represent Chaucer’s investigation into the social and moral contradictions of human individuals in medieval society. Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th century existence created atmosphere, experience and opportunity that allowed Chaucer to delve into the character of the ...
- 9778: The North American Free Trade Agreement
- ... reserves of the dollar because of its stability as a means of settling international debts. Unfortuneatly, despite the solidity that our economy is so often associated with, we have accumulated a 5 trillion dollar (that's 9 zeros) national debt. Something has to be done about this colossal problem to ensure that the United States retains its status as a world power in the global economy. One vital catalyst to help ... historically was that it was to be the first trade agreement entered into between two industrial countries and a developing country. By much of the world the NAFTA is often viewed upon as North America's answer to the European trading bloc. Many provisions of the NAFTA take their roots in the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement which became operational January 1, 1989. A target objective was to create free trade between the United States, Mexico, and Canada rather than a comprehensive economic union such as that of ...
- 9779: IMF, World Bank And Africa
- An avid viewer of television has seen the commercials portraying shortages of food and mass starvation in Africa. Yet in these times of relative prosperity, little is heard of Africa’s debt problem. Although the total debt of all African countries combined is small in comparison to that of the United States, millions of people suffer as a result. However, it is not until these countries ... repay old loans in a attempt to salvage any credit rating a country might have (George, 13). Because many banks, particularly in the United states, have invested as much as 100 percent of their shareholder’s equity in these less developed countries (LDCs), the chances of a country defaulting on a loan sends tremors through the economic world (George, 39). Eventually the countries are recognized as a poor credit risk and ... an organization whose purpose was to encourage international trade and discourage protectionism while assisting in the “correction of balance payments disequilibria” for those countries who required short-term assistance (World Bank, 7). The World Bank’s sister organization, the IMF, attempts to promote economic growth in certain countries through loans granted for specific development projects. Membership in the World Bank requires membership in the IMF. Recently the two organizations have ...
- 9780: The Korean War and The Damage
- ... Damage Korean War was one of the by-products of Cold War, the global political and diplomatic struggle between the Communist and non-Communist systems following World War II. Korean War, military struggle fought on t June 1950 to July 1953. Begun as a war between South Korea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea (Democratic people¡¯s Republic of Korea), the conflict swiftly developed into a limited international war involving the Unites States and 19 other nations. Specifically, the Korean War, excluding its early, solely national stage, resulted from so-called police action undertaken by the United Nations against Communist aggression. As a result, the Korean War was recorded as one of the most tragic such episodes in the nation¡¯s history. The suffering that it caused was cruel beyond expression. Above all, the Korean War left its scars on an entire generation of survivors, a legacy of fear and insecurity that continues even now ...
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