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Ideal State Three Parts
1,197 words
Even after thousands of years Plato and Socrates
teachings are as valid in today communities as it
was in their times. Plato left us a blueprint etch
in stone in becoming an idealistic human being and
righteous community. Through Crito, Apology, and
the Republic, Plato reveals that even though the
unjust ideals may be enticing it will bring a just
happiness. In book VII of The Republic, Socrates
speaks with Glaucon about the analogy of "The
Cave." This analogy represents humanity as being
ignora...
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Subject Matter External World
768 words
Daniel J. Aversano Dr. Oral November 23, 2000
Modern Thought An Analysis of Dreams According to
Freud Dreams are one of the most mysterious facets
in life. Freud was intrigued with dreams. Dreams
became Freud's passion. Constantly analyzing and
examining dreams, Freud tried to break dreams down
into an exact science. While he did not completely
succeed in his goal, Freud did, however, make many
breakthroughs in the study of dreams. In Chapter
11 of On Dreams, Freud states that It is commonly
sai...
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Punishable By Death Gay And Lesbian Community
1,563 words
Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman;
that is detestable (Leviticus 7: 22). This is the
quote that most often justifies Christian
homophobia. This essay will show that everyone, is
this is what they believe, is welcome into the
kingdom of God no matter what their sexual
preferences are. The Gay and Lesbian community
should be welcomed into the house of God instead
of being turned away for being openly homosexual.
This subject is the cause of some controversy
between the church and the ...
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Ralph And Jack Good And Evil
1,355 words
William Golding's novel The Lord of The flies
presents us with a group of English boys who are
isolated on a desert island, left to try and
retain a civilised society. In this novel Golding
manages to display the boys slow descent into
savagery as democracy on the island diminishes. At
the opening of the novel, Ralph and Jack get on
extremely well. We are informed Jack, shared his
burden, and there was an, invisible light of
friendship, between the two boys. Jack changes
considerably throughout ...
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Church Authorities Young Boys
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Alone in his room the priest would mastermind his
hunt. He would examine his conscious as he looked
in the mirror. He admires his body and hungers for
it to be touched by a young boys hand. He is
reminded of his vow of celibacy but knows it does
not work for him or for most of his peers. Many of
them share stories of their affairs with the
outside world and the temptations they confront
daily. Few, however, speak about crossing the line
by submitting to their carnal desires. At the
fortress nigh...
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Perfect City City State
1,706 words
Plato, the Greek philosopher is considered to be
one of the greatest thinkers in history and is
called by one scholar the fountainhead through
which all western thought flows. In his book The
Republic he outlines what the perfect city-state
would look like and how it would operate. Along
his path of reason he makes no attempt to hide his
disdain for other political systems. That includes
democracy, a system he does not seem to agree
with. In fact, from what I read, Plato obviously
disagrees with...
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Killed His Father Kill His Father
2,241 words
The mystery of Shakespeare's Hamlet is a phantom
of literary debate that has haunted readers
throughout the centuries. Hamlet is a complete
enigma; a puzzle scholars have tried to piece
together since his introduction to the literary
world. Throughout the course of Hamlet the reader
is constantly striving to rationalize Hamlets odd
behavior, mostly through the plays written text.
In doing so, many readers mistakenly draw their
conclusions based on the surface content of
Hamlets statements and ac...
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Webster Husband
1,637 words
Amy Czech Professor Lebanon-Rostovsky English 30
March 3, 2000 The Shrew? s Illusion HORTENSIO: Now
go thy ways, thou hast tam? d a course show.
LUCENTIO: ? Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will
be tam? d so. Indeed, Hortentio? s assurance in
the taming of the? course show? Katerina seems a
wonder to all the audience in the final scene of?
The Taming of the Shrew. ? After hurling
furniture, pitching fits and assaulting her
sister, Katerina delivers a speech that lauds
obedience and censures roug...
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Sense Of Identity Comparison And Contrast
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Careful He Might Hear You, by Sumner Locke Elliot,
is a complicated novel, revolving around the story
of a six year old boy named PS and his search for
personal identity amidst the conflicts of his
closest relatives. The narration of these
conflicts, as well as the history behind their
origins, forms the basis of the novel, and while
the different types of relationships between the
characters are not the main focus of the novel,
the author links them with each of the characters
sense of identity...
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Thoughts And Actions Light And Dark
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Color Imagery in Macbeth A Tragedy of Many Shades
Does William Shakespeare write with blood pouring
from his pen? Do the violent images that his
colors produce play a role in the tragedy,
Macbeth? It is Shakespeare's creative mind that
produces each drop of blood that is evident with
every new line of thought. Within Macbeth, an
entire spectrum of colors helps develop and reveal
the plot as each color brings a new meaning.
William Shakespeare understands the importance of
violence and bloodshed ...
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Personal Desires Real World
1,108 words
Destiny in Gilgamesh and The Iliad Stories do not
need to inform us of things. From Gilgamesh for
example, we know that some of the people who lived
in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers in the second and third millenium's BCE. We
know they celebrated a king named Gilgamesh; we
know they believed in many gods; we know they were
self- -conscious of their own cultivation of the
natural world; and we know they were literate. In
the story, The Iliad we also know that great
rulers and g...
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Houghton Mifflin Company Washington D C
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After WWII why did the economy prosper and what
role did consumerism play in the 1950 s? After
WWII many economists predicted a recession in the
American economy. It is easy to do so when at the
peak of post war unemployment in March 1946 2. 7
million searched for work. In 1945 people were
laid off from their jobs. However, in 1945 the US
entered one of its longest, steadiest, periods of
growth and prosperity (Norton 829). How could this
be? With many new developments affecting the
United States...
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20 Th Century Mona Lisa
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What elements of dada and surrealism suggest the
influence of Freud? The 20 th Century marked a
changed in how people viewed the known world.
Since its beginning art has played a major role in
how people were able to express themselves. The
early 20 th century brought rise to new and
exciting art forms. These were types of writings,
paintings and, documentaries that no one had ever
seen before. From expressionism to Dadaism types
of work ranged by all means of the artist. About
the 1920 s a new ...
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Turn Of The Screw Intimate Relationship
1,691 words
Even in her first glimpse of Miles, the governess
in Henry James Turn of the Screw feels instant
adoration and affection for the boy who she
describes as innocent, at least by outward
appearance. As she grows to know Miles, she
develops not only an attachment towards him, but
an obsession as well. The governess longs to
protect Miles from evil, to protect him from Peter
Quint a man whom she has not only never met, but
who is also dead. The closing chapter of Turn of
the Screw demonstrates clearl...
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Sister Carrie Attitude
940 words
I think it is very difficult to define the exact
character of Dreiser? s? Sister Carrie? , and his
original intention. I would say, ? as many eyes,
so many opinions? , so no wonder there are
different approaches and interpretations towards
the novel which is influenced not just by the
reader? s reading or personal experience, but also
by their particular philosophy of life as well as
knowledge about the historical background. ?
Sister Carrie? can be read as a novel of desire,
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Sense Of Responsibility Sense Of Pride
1,100 words
In the novel Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton, the
main character Ethan Frome is described as a man
with a strong sense of pride and obligation to
others. This sense obligation often interferes
with Ethan's desires for happiness and a fuller
life. In a way, he ends up preventing himself from
leaving the cold and boring town of Starkfield,
which has been his place of residence his whole
life. Ethan wishes to make more of his life, which
includes leaving Starkfield and finding
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Chopin The Awakening Madame Bovary
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Kate Chopin's The Awakening And Gustave Flauberts
Kate Chopin's The Awakening And Gustave Flaubert's
Madame Bovary Compare The Awakening to Madame
Bovary Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Gustave
Flaubert's Madame Bovary are both tales of women
indignant with their domestic situations; the
distinct differences between the two books can be
found in the authors unique tones. Both authors
weave similar themes into their writings such as,
the escape from the monotony of domestic life,
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Mystic Margery Kempe Margery Kempe Discusses God
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In Finding Truth Finding Truth In almost all major
religions, there abounds the undertone of the
spiritual battle that takes place inside someone
regarding the succumb ation to sin or earthly
desires and the like. Also ever present in the
souls journey through life is the search for a
prize; an ultimate Truth, especially in the early
Middle Ages when religions where beginning to
mature and take power in society. Though the
doctrine theoretically differs greatly, Christian
and Islamic faith as on...
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Alice Walkers Black American
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Insecurity as a Root of Tyranny Everyday Use, by
the acclaimed author Alice Walker, is a thematic
and symbolic adaptation of the authors life and
the lifestyle of the African-American population
during the 1960 s. Reviewing Alice Walkers life
and the 1960 s provides the necessary background
to understand the character development of this
story. Walker was born in 1944, the daughter of
poor southern sharecroppers in Georgia. The
history of the Walker family predates slavery;
therefore, many tradi...
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Male Dominated Society Place In Society
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Although Charlotte Bronte uses Jane Eyre to
represent a modern woman, she fails to do so for
Jane is forced to accept her role as a woman in
the Victorian patriarchal society, which defines
her character and determines the outcome of her
life. Jane lives in a world and in a time where
society thought women were too fragile to ponder.
Women at the time have barely any rights at all
and are not allowed prominent positions. Male
dominance is the biggest obstruction at each stop
of Janes journey thr...
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