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- 8321: Hektor Is A Greater Hero Than
- ... that of Achilleus because he is the greatest of the Trojans. Priam does not fight due to his age and Paris does not help the Trojan forces, so Hektor burdens the entire weight of the war on his own shoulders. He gives his help for the good of his city. Hektor shows his love for his community several times in his speeches to fellow Trojans. In his talk with Paris, he urges Paris to join the battle for the sake of Troy, especially since the war is being fought for him. Also, in his talk with Helen, Hektor says, Already my heart within is hastening me to defend/the Trojans, who when I am away long greatly to have me (book ... one s army to lose, no matter what the circumstances, lacks true heroism. Achilleus only wants his army to lose so Agamemnon will need him and apologize for dishonoring him. He clearly fights in this war for personal glory and gain as opposed to Hektor, who is fighting for Troy and for honor. Achilleus treason strongly diminishes his heroic status. Achilleus heroism is also diminished in his fight with Hektor ...
- 8322: Leukemia
- ... 1997). Right now the causes of Leukemia are unknown. Some studies have shown that exposure to high-energy radiation increases chances of contracting leukemia. Such radiation was produced in the atomic bombing of Japan during World War II. There is also enough energy in nuclear plants so strict safety precautions are taken. Some research shows that exposure to electric magnetic fields, such as power lines and electric appliances, is a possible risk ...
- 8323: Leukemia
- ... 1943 she died twelve years later in the year of 1955 of Leukemia. She was in Hiroshima when the United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on that city in an attempt to end World War II. Sadako Saski was only two years old when all this had happened. Ten years later, Sadako had been diagnosed with Leukemia as a result of the radiation from the bomb. At this time Sadako ...
- 8324: Leprosy
- ... was the Indus Valley that is located in India. Leprosy spread from there to the Mediterranean region and North Africa, then all of Europe was affected. This disease is much less common now, as the world case count has dropped below 1 million. During 1995 about 530 000 new cases of leprosy were discovered. It is obvious that third world countries have way more cases as India, Indonesia, and Myanmar account for almost 70% of the cases reported in the world. 5500 know cases of Leprosy still exist in the US, and about 200 cases a reported annually. Tests to produce leprosy in experimental animals, have not been successful as of yet. Though the organism ...
- 8325: Hedda Gabler By Ibsen
- ... to the setting, the time period in which Hedda Gabler was written is key to the background of Hedda s manipulations. The late nineteenth century was a time for change for the women of the world. The women s suffrage movement brought forth the concept of the importance woman s rights (Women s 1). Regarded by many as a feminist play, Hedda Gabler investigates the consequences of excessive feminism (Mazer 1). Hedda Gabler is portrayed as an extremely strong-willed woman. During the times in which this play is set, numerous women s rights and suffrage movements were occurring across the world. It can be inferred that Hedda s assertive attitude is characteristic of the time period. To Hedda, it is preposterous that she would have to be under the power of a man. When Judge Brock ... Lφvborg if Hedda becomes subject to [his] will and demands (Ibsen 262). She states, No longer free! No! That s a thought that I ll never endure! (Ibsen 262). At this time women across the world were adopting new ideas on their place in society. The atmosphere of the era provides an explanation of the source of Hedda s manipulations. The three aspects that explain Hedda s motivations for manipulation ...
- 8326: Great Expectations: Self Conflict
- ... a gentleman, and to be taught in London, where he starts to stray ever-farther from those who truly love him. As Pip begins his progression toward being a gentleman, he is faced with a world that appears frightening, a commercial world of protocol and etiquette that Pip blindly sees as the answer to the shortcomings he sees in himself. He meets a man by the name of Magwitch, who he immediately refuses to see as anything ... desires for a life worthy of Estella's approval have shielded him from the true value of having loving and constant friends. His values and morals did not allow him to prosper in the complex world of London, and he came to realize his true feelings. He stepped away from the path he once saw as his way to self-worth, and returned to his true beliefs, his true friends. ...
- 8327: Cancer
- Cancer Right now, cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s almost 6 million new cancer cases developed and more than 4 million deaths from cancers occurred. Also more than one-fifth of all deaths were caused by cancer and it has been predicted, by the American Cancer Society, that about 33% of Americans will eventually develop this disease. This is a huge disease that is killing people all over the world. The field of cancer study is called Oncology. The government has spent billions of dollars on research of this fatal disease. Cancer is the most aggressive disease of a larger class known as neoplasms. Neoplasms ... the US, skin cancer is the most common cancer, then prostate cancers in males, and then breast cancer in women. Leukemia is clearly the dominant cancer in children. The number one killing cancer in the world today is lung cancer, mostly caused by the smoking of cigarettes. Some researchers have stated that if Americans stopped smoking, lung-cancer deaths could disintegrate within two decades. Stomach cancer is the second most ...
- 8328: Catcher in the Rye: Corruption of Holden
- ... that Allie will never become corrupt. He will always be in Holden's mind a little boy not affected by the dirty hands of society. Pheobe, on the other hand, will have to enter the world sooner or later and then she too will become corrupt. D.B., though, has already submitted to that corruption by "selling out" to the movies. Holden realizes that D.B. has given his story to ... but is on her way and Holden nor anyone else can stop her. Holden finds corruption in almost everything he sees but does not yet even realize that he too is part of that corrupt world the minute he stopped being a child and wanting to be an adult. By doing many of the things he does he displays a desire to grow up, to act mature, to ultimately blend in ... This battle, through Holden's eyes, is one of adulthood verses childhood. this battle is an impossible one an until Holden realizes this he will never leave his land of illusion and adjust to the world.
- 8329: Ku Klux Klan 2
- Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan has been the most organized of the many different White supremacy groups that came into being after the Civil War. The ill-reputed Knights of the Klan have been involved in countless incidents of human rights violations against blacks and other minority groups in America. Especially in the South, during and after the Reconstruction period ... just words but for legal evidence against the Klans inside machinations. For that purpose someone would have to go under a Klan robe and turn the hooded orders dirty linen for all the world to see. The author decided to volunteer for the job and thus began his adventures as a Klan-buster, in the headquarters of the Klan at the time in Atlanta. The first few chapter Soon ...
- 8330: Revelation
- ... of England as the consummation of the Reformation, as an elect nation with the potential to recreate the true church of the early Christians. Their intense belief in the imminence of the end of the world, however, along with the mode of interpretation which they applied to the Revelation, reflected trends in Christian thought redirected by Martin Luther, and largely ignored by John Calvin. In this paper I will examine Luthers ... circumscribed, allegorical significance, and that was all. Calvin remained wedded to a view of God as, in all significant things, Unknowable."2 He concerned himself more with personal salvation than with the salvation of the world, and his sparse and unsystematic views on history tended to look for progressive improvement rather than rapid upheaval. Calvin spoke in terms of a "zeal for daily progress" among the community, and his followers expanded ... perceived its teachings to be perversions of the Word of God, and in so doing he modified the traditional approach to the Revelation.15 As he saw it, ". . . by means of [the papacys] book, the world has been filled with all kinds of idolatry--monasteries, foundations, saints, pilgrimages, purgatory, indulgence, celibacy and innumerable other creations ofhuman doctrines and works."16 Unlike some medieval commentators, who also identified the pagan Turk ...
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