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- 981: Psychological Doubles
- ... of Hyde s face and the hue of his skin, than in the categories brought upon him. Stevenson furthers this by making the image of the upright bourgeois male (DJMH 49) also the image of violence. Hyde is depicted as an aristocrat, whereas Jekyll is described as a scientist. This split in their personalities points out the dual roles that Stevenson wanted to portray. The creation is inherently of the higher ... This novel portrays a world which consists of almost exclusively middle-class professional men. Instead of attacking Hyde, these gentlemen more often close ranks around him. Again, the monster gentleman is expressed in terms of violence. In the original draft, Hyde murders the well-respected Mr. Lemsome, who is the man that Utterson considers a bad fellow and an incurable cad (DJMH 34). Hyde is the scourge of (a bourgeois) God ...
- 982: The Internet, Pornography, and Children
- ... pornography on the Internet (risk #1) is a concern of a lot of parents. Pornography is defined as “1.Pictures, writing, or other material that is sexually explicit and sometimes equates sex with power and violence. 2.The presentation or production of this material.” 6 Of course, that definition is from a standard dictionary. What is considered pornographic usually depends on the individuals judging the material. Child pornography is prohibited in ... the SafeSurf Wave( SS~~). SafeSurf has the following ratings categories that could apply to pornography: age range (SS~~000), profanity (SS~~001), heterosexual themes (SS~~002), homosexual themes (SS~~003), nudity (SS~~004),and sex, violence, profanity (SS~~006). Each of these categories have values of 1 to 9. For example, the category age range has the following values and labels: value 1 – all ages, value 2 - older children , value 3 ...
- 983: Sixteen Most Significant Events in US History between 1789 to 1975
- ... postwar demobilization ought about widespread unemployment, increased labor strife, racial hatred, and poverty. Propaganda campaigns, designed to create support for the war effort, resulted in strong anti-foreign and anti-Communist feelings, which led to violence and the violation of civil rights for many Americans. Politically, the postwar period saw a repudiation of Progressivism and a return to the political philosophy of the late nineteenth century. Progressivism was a political movement ... anti-Communist feelings. Immigrants were often falsely accused of being Communists, Socialists, or radicals, conspiring against the United States. Members of labor unions were often targeted as being anti-American. This climate frequently led to violence and the violation of the civil rights of many Americans. The Vietnam War and postwar period also resulted in a period of significant social and political change. The division in the country between those who ...
- 984: How Technology Has Hurt Us
- ... people may beg to let them die medicine refuses to let them. This is slowly changing with living wills. Even though we love to watch TV it has also caused problems. Some people say that violence has increased in America because there is too much violence on television. Family time has become less because people are watching TV. Kids spend more time locked upstairs in their bedrooms watching TV. Negative news comes into our living rooms every night. I would rather ...
- 985: The Bronte Sisters, Jane Eyre
- ... author also heightens the experience of supernatural imagery with descriptions of characters as angels and devils living in heaven and hell ( Heights 2). The romantic tendency to invent and delight in monsters, the love of violence in speech and action, and the abnormal in situation--of all these are abundant examples in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights (Draper 419). When analyzing characterization in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, many other comparisons ... of all these literary devices which gives the structures of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights their complexity. Both novels received a great deal of negative criticism when both were first published because of the uninhibited violence and graphic imagery. Over time, however, people soon began to recognize the books for the great masterpieces they were. Charlotte and Emily s passion swept over the pools of Victorian fiction and roused them to ...
- 986: The Theme Of Darkness In The H
- ... feel that, although Conrad did live in a time when some forms of racial prejudice were so commonplace that they seemed almost natural, he wrote the novella essentially as an expose of imperialist rapacity and violence (Cedric Watts). Several times throughout the novella he refers to colonialism and white racists negatively. Early in the novella, Marlowe comments that The conquest of the earth which mostly means taking it away from those ... ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it to much , thereby condemning imperialism. He also invokes our sympathies in the black shadows of disease and starvation and his descriptions of the senseless violence which he witnesses. I also do not agree with another of the common interpretations which explains that Colonialism is and spreads the darkness. This notion is supported by an idea previously stated and explained that ...
- 987: Hitler And Gleichchaltung
- ... Communist planned attempt to stage a coup. Therefore Hindenburg again issued the Ordinance for the Protection of the Nation and State on February 28. In the name of defending the state against "Communist acts of violence," the ordinance suspended indefinitely all basic rights guaranteed in the Weimar Constitution and placed Germany in a permanent state of emergency "in which every constitutional safeguard was suspended insofar as the purposes of the regime ... Communist planned attempt to stage a coup. Therefore Hindenburg again issued the Ordinance for the Protection of the Nation and State on February 28. In the name of defending the state against "Communist acts of violence," the ordinance suspended indefinitely all basic rights guaranteed in the Weimar Constitution and placed Germany in a permanent state of emergency "in which every constitutional safeguard was suspended insofar as the purposes of the regime ...
- 988: Public Education Vs. Home Scho
- ... may be due to the removal of God and prayer in public schools, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962. Since then, SAT scores have plummeted, while teen pregnancies, suicides, alcoholism, drug abuse, violence, and illiteracy rates have increased dramatically. Many believe disciplinary problems begin before a child s introduction to public school. In Washington, D.C., the principal of one elementary school banned regular recess due to drugs and violence. The children played outside only within an enclosed eight-foot concrete barrier. At times, play was allowed on a small section of playground monitored by the police (Klicka, 51). In the last ten years, research ...
- 989: Use of Non-Lethal Weapons
- ... Resolved that non-lethal weapons, such as tasers, could be used instead of lethal weapons, such as guns. Every year over 10,000 people are killed by guns in the United States. This kind of violence does not need to happen, and won't happen if weapons such as tasers are used in everyday life. Another problem in our society is violence such as riots and fights. These things can be controlled with sticky foam, water cannons, or rubber bullets. The main reason to choose tasers and new-age weapons over guns, is the fact that they ...
- 990: The Relation Between Abuse Neg
- ... Maltreatment and Delinquency: The Question of Intervening Processes." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 35(1) 71-100. Cohn, A.W. (1996). "Juvenile Focus." Federal Probation. 60(4) 55-58. Goleman, D. (1995). "Early Violence Leaves Its Mark on the Brain." New York Times. C1, C10. Peters, R., Mcmahon, R., (1996). Preventing Childhood Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Delinquency. Sage Publications: London. Sandberg, D, N. (1989). The Child Abuse-Delinquency Connection ... Maltreatment and Delinquency: The Question of Intervening Processes." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 35(1) 71-100. Cohn, A.W. (1996). "Juvenile Focus." Federal Probation. 60(4) 55-58. Goleman, D. (1995). "Early Violence Leaves Its Mark on the Brain." New York Times. C1, C10. Peters, R., Mcmahon, R., (1996). Preventing Childhood Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Delinquency. Sage Publications: London. Sandberg, D, N. (1989). The Child Abuse-Delinquency Connection ...
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