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Taking On Male Qualities Taking On Male Power
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... gly emphasised. Within conformity comes power
and this is how the characters from both texts
were able to hurt others and get away with it.
They used their authority as a group to over-power
individuals. In the two films, both the microcosms
seem to be corrupt as a result of this power. In
Shame the local boys stayed together as a large
group in order to have control and power over
individuals and even the town. This is evident
throughout the entire film: from the way they
overpowered the ac...
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Scotland Pride Or Shame
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Gazing round the streets of Glasgow at around one
in the morning, I fill with shame. Police sirens
scream in exasperation and drunken fights cloud my
eyes. The smell of alcohol and stale cigarette
smoke advances towards me, making the food in my
stomach churn. This is hardly a sight to be proud
of I think, as I begin to realise just how ashamed
I am of being Scottish. Although some people may
argue over Scotland's good points. For example
some of the scenery we hold is beautiful and that
we have...
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Hester And Dimmesdale Hester Prynne
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Without an honorable reputation a person is not
worthy of respect from others in their society. In
Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter,
the struggle to shake off the past is an
underlying theme throughout the novel. Characters
in this novel go through their lives struggling
with trying to cope with the guilt and shame
associated with actions that lost them their
honorable reputation. Particularly, Hawthorne
shows the lasting effect that sin and guilt has on
two of the main characters...
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Guilt And Shame Feelings Of Guilt
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In Great Expectations, Pip goes through stages of
moral maturity. Over the course of the novel, Pip
learns lifelong lessons that result from pain,
guilt, and shame. Pip evolves from a young boy
filled with shame and guilt to a selfish, young
man, and finally into a man who has true concern
for others. Pip goes through three stages in the
novel; shame and guilt, self-gratification, and
his stage of redemption. The first stage of Pips
maturity is his shame and guilt. Shame is a
feeling brought on ...
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Hester Prynne Effective Method
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The persistent issue of corporate punishment has
been the proverbial thorn in the side of many
people throughout history. Corporations have
caused many people huge amounts of both physical
and emotional pain due to instances of improper
mechanical maintenance, ignorance towards the
environment, and the manufacture of life
threatening products. The main problem that lies
as an obstacle in front of prosecutors of these
corporations is, who do they punish? The Lord
Chancellor of England questioned,...
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Oedipus The King Long Ago
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In the play Oedipus the King Queen Jocasta
illustrates the devastating effects of
perpetuating one s sin rather than confronting it.
Motivated to hide her own shame, Jocasta sets into
motion and perpetuates a series of events that she
intended to prevent, but ultimately accepts at
Oedipus expense. Throughout the play she attempts
to hide the truth by deceit and feigned disbelief.
Long before the play ever begins Jocasta sets into
motion the events that lead up to the tragic
ending of Oedipus the...
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Power Of Guilt And Shame Guilt And Shame Love
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Phaedra: The Power of Guilt and Shame In
neo-classical works of literature, the themes are
often based on reason and passion. The two factors
of influence collide in a struggle that an
individual character or group of characters must
overcome and decide which to follow, and this
conflict usually leads to suffering, guilt, and
shame. In Racine's classic, Phaedra, the title
character is influenced by her overwhelming
passion, which leads to her commit her crimes by
the power of guilt and shame. As...
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Hours A Day One Of The Things
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[Note: The following is a transcript of an
interview with Bly from the PBS program " No
Safe Place: Violence Against Women" which
aired March 27, 1998. Click here to visit Post
companion web site for the program] Q: What are
the roots of male violence? Is it just a part of
mens nature? A desire to maintain control? The
absence of the father role model? Is it rooted in
the patriarchy? The roots of male violence. Ill
give you three answers that almost any sensible
person gives, and Ill g...
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Hester And Pearl Time Of Day
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The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made
manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron
(64). This quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel,
The Scarlet Letter, described the well-known
scaffold in Boston where confessions were made,
punishments were given, and sins were revealed,
such as Hester Prynnes sinful scarlet A. The three
scaffold scenes of The Scarlet Letter depicted
different characters, times, and emotions.
Throughout the story, all of the main characters
eventually stood on the...
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