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- 8191: Euthanasia
- ... person. The idea of active euthanasia is very old. Plato, Aristotle, and Luther- all eminent figures of history recommended it, but at the present, the only legal ways of ending life are abortion, capital punishment, war, and suicide. The issue of “assisted suicide” has been the subject of intense national debate. In June 1997 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases challenging the legality of state bans ... half of the people who will die in Western society will be connected to “equipment”. Or, you may be one of the other half who will not and if you wish to deliberately leave this world, then active euthanasia is your only avenue. On the other hand, neither suicide nor attempted suicide is criminalized anywhere in the United States or in many other countries, but not because of any “right” to ...
- 8192: Macbeth 8
- The William Shakespeare play ³Macbeth,² depicted Macbeth as a loyal subject of King Duncan and his homeland of Scotland. Duncan was so pleased with Macbeth¹s actions during the war that he was named the Thane of Cawdor, a title not far from king. Soon after, he wrote a letter to his wife that would make his future blood stained. Macbeth told her about the ... have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, which would be worn now in their newest gloss, not cast aside so soon. (p.41)² Macbeth was getting a name for himself in the social world and wanted to enjoy it instead of risking it for more. Lady Macbeth begins to ³chastise with valor of her tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round,² by degrading his manhood. She yelled ...
- 8193: Hitler
- In the fall of 1922, the Germans asked the Allies for a moratorium on the reparations payments that they were required to pay according to the Versailles Treaty (from World War I). The French government refused the request and occupied the Ruhr, the integral industrial area of Germany, when the Germans defaulted on their payments. The French occupation united the German people to act against the ...
- 8194: Clinton Impeachment
- ... Constitution can only pledge impeachment for high crime, misdemeanor, treason, and bribery, President Clinton was unfairly investigated. My interviewee preached that the Congress needs to get their priority straight. He disliked that fact, when the world was in a global combat, when Russia was about to become Communist again, and India was about to stir up a nuclear war with Pakistan, the Congress only cared to bring Mr. Clinton down for a private sexual relationship, which kept the president from doing what he really should be doing to protect the Americans. This impeachment nightmare ...
- 8195: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... loneliness and uncertainty that Nonna Katia would have felt. She says on page 117, "I just sat there, glad that I live in these times.. I don't think I could ever handle the quiet world she lived in." Another important discovery which is threaded throughout the book is Josephine's discovery on the whole issue of sexual relationships. We can see throughout the novel there is great pressure from Josephine ... respect, rather than just having a physical relationship." In this way the article underlines the discovery which Josephine makes in the novel, by showing it is a discovery made by many people in the real world. 3. "Insight, Muslims in Sydney" - non-literary visual documentary on SBS This documentary highlights the discovery of the problems and pressures involved in the issue of multiculturalism. Within this broader area of discovery the viewer ... what Josephine Alibrandi thinks when she looks at people such as Ivy Lloyd and John Barton. She thinks that because these people have money and social standing they shouldn't have a worry in the world because their lives are already set out perfectly for them. A significant discovery that Josephine makes, however, is that this is not a true generalisation. She discovers that social standing and material wealth do ...
- 8196: Escape Theme In The Glass Mena
- ... to be her escape, which she just can't take. Often in the play the music from the Paradise Dance Hall is the background music for the scenes. The Glass Menagerie playing quite frequently. With war ever present in the background, such as the fact that Amanda is in the Daughters of the Revolution, the dance hall is the last chance for paradise. Mr. Wingfield, the absent father of Tom and ... harder. She also feels that it is partly his duty to find a suitable companion for Laura. The more Amanda nags, the more Tom seems to need his movie escapes. They take him to another world for a while, where mothers and sisters and runaway fathers do not exist. As the strain of his real life gets worse, the movie watching becomes more frequent, as does Tom's drinking. It is ...
- 8197: Pros And Cons Of Abortion
- ... unwanted children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so that in 1948, Canada along with most other nations in the world signed a declaration of the United Nations promising every human being the right to life. The World Medical Association meeting in Geneve at the same time, stated that the utmost respect for human life was to be from the moment of conception. This declaration was re-affirmed when the World Medical Association met in Oslo in 1970 (Sproul) Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy ...
- 8198: Global Warming 2 --
- ... over the past century has risen one degree Fahrenheit over the last century. These last few decades have been the warmest this century. The sea level has risen 4 to 10 inches, and mountain glaciers world-wide have begun to retreat. It is important to recognize that with the recent warming and the other climatic changes that have been going on have not been related to one another. For example, warming ... more than 10,000 years ago. With the increased warming of the Earth it could lead to catastrophic events that could endanger living things on our planet. One event is major drought all around the world. With the warming of the planet, the water on the ground would quickly evaporate causing the rivers and lakes to quickly dry up. This would lead to crops dying from lack of rain, which would ... with more people inland, it would cause a shortage of space in some areas. With the coastal cities under water, this would cause a great economic strain on the rest of the cities throughout the world. Global Warming would also cause extreme weather. Thunderstorms would be more powerful than they have ever been. Tornadoes would be stronger than they normally would. With the warming of the surface it would also ...
- 8199: LORD OF THE FLIES
- ... to be the same had the island been inhabited with adult survivors instead of children. The novel is about a transition from an immensely exciting adventure of some children, to what eventually becomes full-scale war, ending with the arrival of the naval officer who rescued them. Tough I still wonder if they were really saved, considering the atomic war which, at that time was still raging around the globe. The book begins by introducing the two of the characters - Ralph and Piggy. Ralph finds a conch (a shell shaped in such a way that ... be very dominating over the boys towards the end of the book, which I believe was his true personality. Setting The novel was set on a Pacific island, during what appeared to be a nuclear war of some sort. Review I thought the book was an absolutely brilliant story. Although deceptively simple it can be read at many different levels and is full of beautiful language, including some highly descriptive ...
- 8200: Lord Of The Flies 2
- ... Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life." This demonstrated Roger's tendency for evil and his attachment to the civilized world. It also showed that there is the potential for evil in everyone. As the novel progressed the evil that was in Roger seemed to show itself even more prominently. Near the climax of the novel ... give him a perverse pleasure. Roger's regression from a docile choirboy to a heartless murderer represented the potential for evil in everyone; the moral and civilized boundaries he overstepped were dissolved once his old world was lost. The chaos on the island was an example of how the world cannot survive before the potential for evil exerts itself and destruction is the inevitable outcome.
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