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- 6961: Mysteries
- ... this bone-chilling horror may help one decide whether or not to believe in the existence of the beyond. "Everywhere on earth and all through history, people have believed that there is more to the world than meets the eye. Behind the outward material appearance of things there is sensed something inward, immaterial, and probably invisible."(Cavendish 1) Apparitions of things have been seen all over the world. The definition of apparition, as given by Richard Cavendish, is "the supernormal manifestation of people, animals, objects, and spirits." (Cavendish 25) In the ancient folklore of England and Europe, glowing ghosts of little boys who ... usually put to an end by exorcism. On a somewhat humorous note, this terrif! ying creature, whom is feared by many, is said to be frightened of automobiles which explains their absence in modern day world. (Guiley 44) Another fear of children is the closet monster or the monster that lives under the bed. These two phantoms have never been proven, and are simply fears of small children. (Guiley 76) ...
- 6962: Human Genome Project 2
- ... men by the names of James D. Watson and Francis Crick when they discovered the double-helical structure of DNA. Little did they know they were opening the door to the creation of a perfect world. In 1986, the Human Genome Project, led up by the National Institution of Health(NIH), took a giant leap through this door. They began the long process of mapping out the entire genetic makeup of ... child to be perfect . Over the years, there has been heated, ethical controversy on each of these issues, especially designer babies. How far will we let biotechnological discovery take us? What will come of the world if designer babies become standard procedure? The earliest and maybe simplest use of genetic manipulation was in the selection of the sex of an unborn child. In Vitro Fertilization(IVF - A procedure in which a ... the firstborn. Males tend to be more assertive and more dominant than females, as do firstborns. If you put all this together, it seems as though we are headed towards an even more male-dominated world. This is obviously a huge issue not only for the feminist and gender-role stereotypes, but also for the more general idea of a balance of nature. Will females eventually fade out of existence? ...
- 6963: Computer Fraud and Crimes
- Computer Fraud and Crimes In the world of computers, computer fraud and computer crime are very prevalent issues facing every computer user. This ranges from system administrators to personal computer users who do work in the office or at home. Computers without ... person logs onto the Internet, he or she may download a file corrupted with a virus. When he or she executes that program, the virus is released into the system. When a person uses the World Wide Web(WWW), he or she is downloading files into his or her Internet browser without even knowing it. Whenever a web page is visited, an image of that page is downloaded and stored in ... scanned for viruses and safety. Whenever it passes one of these security layers, it is scanned again. The second resistance against viruses and corruption is computer law. This defines what is illegal in the computer world. In the early 1980's, prosecutors had problems trying suspect in computer crimes because there was no definition of illegal activity. The third defense is the teaching of computer ethics. This will hopefully defer ...
- 6964: "The Glass Managerie"
- ... She would have to be gorgeous, since she was so beautiful as a young girl, and have a slightly overbearing and intimidating way to her. She has to seem like the nicest person in the world, but also have a sensitive, caring side, in addition to a very forceful side at times. In some parts of the play you would need to be able to see that she is acting and ... she would do a wonderful job in portraying Amanda, since she has in so many other movies. Another lead character in the play is Amanda's daughter, Laura. Laura lives in her own made- up world of imagination and intrigue. She is not beautiful, but she has an attractiveness deep within her that comes out when you search for it. One of her legs is shorter than the other, making her ... often difficult for people to look past at first, which made it hard for her to become comfortable with people. She has her collection of glass animals that helps her escape out of the real world, into a world perfect for her, full of imagination. It's almost like she needs those animals to keep her sane. On top of all that, her mother puts a huge amount of pressure ...
- 6965: An Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing
- ... Sicily, at the estate of the governor of Messina, Leonato. Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon, Don John, his brother, Borachio his servant, Benedick, a young lord, and Claudio his best friend are all returning from war, and have been invited to stay with Leonato for a month. Shakespeare's antagonist Don John, bears much resemblance to Don John of Austria, the illegitimate son of Charles V, half-brother to the King ... attempts to bring himself fame. Shakespeare was known to draw parallels between his characters and actual historical figures, in an attempt to produce a sort abstract history of the times (Richmond 49). Upon returning from war, Claudio saw a young woman named Hero that he had seen before going to fight, and felt a strong attraction to her. Claudio expressed to Benedick his attraction to Hero, Leonato's daughter, and Benedick ... declaration of his bachelorism, and is contrasted to Claudio in his uncertainty, and need to confide in and look for approval from others. Claudio only saw Hero for a brief moment upon returning from the war, and immediately desires her. In the play, The only conversation Claudio and Hero had was at their wedding when he denounced her and made public her accusation of promiscuity. This shows that his attraction ...
- 6966: The Walkabout
- The Walkabout I felt that this movie was fairly easy to understand. This movie to me symbolized the reality between the real world and the dessert. It is easy to see this within the first few minutes of the movie. There were immediately two camera shots that showed a brick wall and then the city, then a brick wall and to the rural desert. Something that I did notice about the film was the camera shots that showed how little the people were in the real world. The first example of this was when the little boy was walking home he walked beside a huge tree, the big building and little woman inside, and big desert with a little car. These examples were present throughout the entire movie. All of these examples stood out to me. To me it showed how small we are in the real world. This was even more resounding when they were lost in the desert. The characters seemed so tiny in the outback of Australia. I felt that the music attributed to the movie greatly. The film ...
- 6967: Natural Disasters
- ... The research of my paper will involve storms that form in the Atlantic Ocean and effect The United States and its neighbors. The main reason that I have decided to research this part of the world and not look at the rest of the world is I live in this part of the United States and have been part of one of these storms. Also the data was much easier to research. Most people think of the Atlantic when they ... that if a late season does take the first path it could be just as harmful. The major factor about economical loss is the track taken. The first track goes through a part of the world that is not as rich as some of the other world. Also, when it hits the United States, the storms are going to hit some of the poorest states in the United States. Thus ...
- 6968: The Picture of Dorian Gray: Corruption Through Aestheticism
- ... affects his life forever. "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that" (Wilde 109). As it turns out, the devil that Dorian sells his soul to is Lord Henry Wotton, who exists not only as something ... Each of the three primary characters is an aesthete and meets some form of terrible personal doom. Basil Hallward's aestheticism is manifested in his dedication to his artistic creations. He searches in the outside world for the perfect manifestation of his own soul, when he finds this object, he can create masterpieces by painting it (Bloom 109). He refuses to display the portrait of Dorian Gray with the explanation that ... attempt to escape through good actions, he decides to escape by committing the most terrible of crimes. Aestheticism has claimed its final victim. "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks of me: Dorian Gray what I would like to be - in other ages, perhaps" (Hart- Davis 352). Because of the endings he creates for these characters, Oscar Wilde proves that he does not ...
- 6969: The Influence of Reading on Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary
- ... sought to live out their dreams and fantasies through reading. Reading served as morphine allowing them to escape the pain of everyday life, but reading like morphine closed them off from the rest of the world preventing them from making rational decisions. It was Anna and Emma's loss of reasoning and isolation that propelled them toward their downfall. Emma at the beginning of the novel was someone who made active ... and when the consequences caught up with her latter in the novel she secluded herself from her friends, Vronsky, and even her children. Anna and Emma both had character flaws that made them view the world as fantasy so that when their fantasy crumbled they resorted to creating a new fantasy by living their lives through the books they read. Books allowed Emma Bovary to withdraw from her deteriorating life. They ... dreams of love, affairs, and knights; from the wreckage of her marriage with Charles. Emma's, experience at La Vaubyessard became a source of absurd fantasy for Emma, and ingrained in her mind that the world that the novel's she read depicted was with in her reach. She devoured without skipping a word, every article about first nights in the theater, horse races and soirees; she was interested in ...
- 6970: Clockwork Orange
- ... revolved around the corrections aspect of reforming the criminal element. Within the confines of the seventies Londoner. The character, Alex is created as the ultimate juvenile delinquent leading a small gang. Living within his own world the use of old Londoner language and attire reflect the non-conformity with society. Let loose within a large metropolitan, Alex is engulfed in the affairs of several criminal practices, from rape to aggravated assault ... of institutions like this, though more in than out for most of you, or are you going to attend to the Divine Word and realize the punishment that await the unrepentant sinner in the next world, as well as in this?"(Burgess 90) and the main focus for reforming is in the hands of God and individual moral choice. Through religion Alex soon becomes a model prisoner, externally, yet internally still ... overshadows any curiosities of the treatment. Transferred from a state prison to a private facility insures his release from incarceration. "In a little over a fortnight you will be out again in the big free world, no longer a number"(Burgess 108). With the increase in population comes an increase crime, this has also brought on encouraging new rehabilitating techniques to corrections. Stated by one government official the importance of ...
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