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Niccolo Machiavelli George Orwell
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My focus is upon a piece by Niccolo Machiavelli,
an Italian prince from the renaissance period who
writes "The Morals of a Prince", and in an
opposite vein, an essay by George Orwell, an
English author and enemy of totalitarianism whose
essay is "Politics and the English Language."
Within these essays I have found a similarity in
which Orwell illustrates that 'political writing
becomes the defense of the indefensible, most
political writing is bad, where it is not the
author is usually a rebel w...
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Standard Of Living Standards Of Living
1,775 words
Chart comparing aspects of different countries
Comparisons between the Model Society and other
major societies and theories A Utopian society
does not exist in any country in the world. The
perfect system has not yet been developed.
Certainly the United States and the Soviet Union
have been two of the most admired systems OF the
past, but they to are far from an ideal model of a
just society which has been desired by many
persons throughout the ages. This just society, is
hard to define, neverth...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Find That Emerson Perfection
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Perfectionism, as defined in the Merriam-Webster
Collegiate Dictionary, is the "quality or state of
being saintly and perfect as a freedom from fault
or defect, as well as an exemplification of
supreme excellence and an unsurpassable degree of
accuracy. There are many times in a person's life
when they must gain perfection in order to be
complete. Ralph Waldo Emerson explains his
perfection of soul in his famous essay
"Self-Reliance." Emerson was born in 1803 in
Massachusetts. He graduated and b...
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Spy On Hamlet Hamlet Prince Of Denmark
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On How Tragedy Leads to Deception in: "The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" In the play "The
Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, " William
Shakespeare has used the theme of deception, and
how its use by one or more characters leads to
their downfall. Polonius explicitly stated this
theme when he said to Laertes in I, ii, "By
indirections find directions out. " Each major
character in Hamlet, in his or her own way,
provided an example of this theme. By using deceit
the characters in "Hamle...
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South Africa Twenty Years
564 words
In the early 1600 's, the British Empire took
control of the Indian government and forced the
Indians to conform to their new laws. Ancient rich
traditions and religions were thrown out and made
illegal by ruthless British generals eager to make
India another England. Indians were no longer
permitted to walk on the sidewalks and they were
restricted to walk on the main roads. Also the
Indians were forced to carry an identity card with
them at all times. The native Indians were in
great pain seei...
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One Person Can Make The Difference
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It was Thomas Carlyle who believed that one person
could change the course of events in history. He
strongly believed that it was because of the
individuals greatness that led the people into
their outcomes, not historical circumstances,
which Carl Marx would argue. Napoleon Bonaparte is
a perfect example of individual greatness. Carlyle
said, It is not a lucky word, this name
"impossible"; no good comes of those who have it
so often in their mouths. The word impossible was
not a familiar word t...
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Organizational Goals Interpersonal Skills
1,090 words
Over the past 25 years, management has emerged as
the most sought after profession not only in the
United States, but worldwide. Traditionally,
managers orchestrate the activities of others and
use financial and other resources to accomplish
organizational goals. Nowadays, in the midst of
corporate downsizing and global expansion, they
also must orchestrate their own careers to get the
most out of them. Are you a good ideas person
looking for skills to make them happen? Do you
lead a group in yo...
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Empress Anna Of Russia
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Russia is a nation with a rich past and a history
of royalty that cannot be compared with any other
in the world. There were memorable rulers,
including Catherine and Peter the Great, and
rulers that Russia and the rest of the world would
like to forget, such as Ivan the Terrible. However
short their reign, or how seemingly insignificant
their actions, all have had an effect on Russias
history and have left plenty of colorful images to
be written down into history books. One can argue
about how ...
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Animal Rights Movement Animal Liberation
1,141 words
What characterizes the animal rights movement as
"many hands on many oars?" The best example I can
think of that would characterize the animal rights
movement as 'many hands on many oars?' is
portrayed by the list found at the web page
address: web /arrives. html. This page lists link
to approximately 250 other web sites concerning
animal rights. Everything from the Animal Rights
Advocates of Western New York to Zoocheck Canada
can be found in this list. To compare the 'many
hands on many oars' ...
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Men And Women Man And A Woman
783 words
Communication is the foundation of every
relationship. Whether it is a relationship between
a man and a woman or a relationship between people
of the same gender, communication is the best way
and maybe the only way for people to express their
feelings to their partner. When a good
communication system does not exist, the
relationship could no longer exist either because
the two sides do not understand each other
anymore. Communication keeps the both sides inform
about everything. Even though co...
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Order To Protect Heart Of Darkness
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In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad,
the seaman Marlow tells a big lie to Kurtz's
Intended. To Marlow [there] is a taint of death, a
flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly
what I hate and detest in the world - what I want
to forget. He hates and detests those who lie but
lowers himself to doing it himself at the end of
the novel. There are many reasons why he does
this. Unlike the lies the Manager and the
Brickmaker might tell to further their own selfish
agendas, Marlow's o...
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Rules And Regulations Im Gonna
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Im gonna run for office I swear. Next election
quarter Im gonna come out and run for President as
an independent. How hard could it be? Isnt our
Nation about the people? What better for our
nation to be run, than by a youth? I mean, the
youth are the future; they are the most up-to-date
in technology, geography, language, and virtually
every other aspect of our intellectual
understanding. The youth are open-minded, willing
to work hard, and probably the most emotional and
passionate people on Ea...
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Life To The Fullest Helen Keller
493 words
This short story deals with how people take
advantage of having the privileges to see, hear,
and speak. Some people, unfortunately, are blind,
deaf, and mute. These unfortunate people take more
time to appreciate life and the wonders it has to
offer. The author, Helen Keller, is one such
person who is blind, deaf, and mute. She believes
strongly that people, who are fortunate to have
such senses, take life for granted. She also
believes strongly in living life to the fullest,
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Anglo Saxon Grendel Mother
783 words
Beowulf is a terrific example of a story that
portrays the beliefs the Anglo-Saxon people. Their
entire culture was based on heroism and loyalty.
They encouraged heroic action in the face of doom
and generously rewarded bravery. These
characteristics instilled a sense of courage and
loyalty in many individuals. They also tries to
imply the message that one should never give up,
no matter how much the odds are against you. The
importance of bravery, generosity, loyalty, and
the King-warrior relat...
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Air Force Time Management
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Effective time management is one of the most
important factors for succeeding in college and
despite my success in high school and Air Force
training I had a lot of problems with it. Some of
you might not think that time management is
important. I was one of those some, when I first
began my degree in Paralegal Studies at a
university in Florida. Here is what I knew from
high school and the Air Force: all I have to do is
go there, sit there until the classes ended, and
then go home and do whatev...
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Socialist Movement Revolutionary Party
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"The proletariat is revolutionary or it is
nothing. " - Karl Marx Being a product of
bourgeois society, the socialist movement is
linked to the vicissitudes of capitalist
development. It will assume different forms
according to the changing fortunes of the
capitalist system. In circumstances which are not
favorable to the formation of class consciousness,
it will not grow, or will practically disappear.
In conditions of capitalist prosperity it tends to
transform itself from a revolutionary to a...
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Cast Members End Result
953 words
As the great Shakespeare once quipped Life is but
a stage and we are merely players. A metaphorical
truth rings evidently in that statement. Our text
and workbook confronts the issues of roles and
conflict within roles in detail. To elucidate my
own experience with roles and inherent conflict
within a groups perception of roles I will spin
the tale of play that was fated to fail. In the
summer I was involved in a UIS student theater
group. My friend had written a play in an upper
level English c...
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Part Of The Word Read The Words Subject
661 words
The Stroop effect shows how selective attention is
utilized to attend to a task that requires the
subject to selectively focus on one of several
different stimuli. Stroop's findings can be seen
in parts of everyday life, such as a mother being
able to hear her own childs cry over many other
children in the same room. The Stroop experiment
tests the ability to name the ink color of colored
words under conditions where the word meanings and
ink colors varied. The dependent variable, that
which can...
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Shakespeare Sonnets Important Theme
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Shakespeare - Sonnet 18 This sonnet is by far one
of the most interesting poems in the book. Of
Shakespeare's sonnets in the text, this is one of
the most moving lyric poems that I have ever read.
There is great use of imagery within the sonnet.
This is not to say that the rest of the poems in
the book were not good, but this to me was the
best, most interesting, and most beautiful of
them. It is mainly due to the simplicity and
loveliness of the poems praise of the beloved
woman that it has gua...
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Lust For Power Hail To Thee Thane
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In all the tragic poems written throughout
history, the main character or the hero of the
story always has a flaw that causes his or her
final downfall. Since Macbeth is no exception, as
the rest of the tragic heroes, his weakness causes
him not only a breakdown, but also his death.
Macbeth character deteriorates completely through
out the story due to a moral conflict caused by
his ambition, and it is this lust for power what
ruins him. At the beginning of the story,
Shakespeare presents to the...
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