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Make A Difference Bad Times
1,900 wordsI am so much like you. Yes, you! Were all so different and so diverse- in personality, and background, race and creed, perceptions and beliefs, thoughts and emotions, aspirations and wants but eventually we all come down to being human and that means were all the same. We have fears and dreams. Everyone wants to succeed, everyone wants to be happy. Nobody wants to suffer yet we all do. I used to question myself a lot before. Why is life so unpredictable and why is it so unfair? I tried reasoning...
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The Role Of Portia In Merchant Venice
656 wordsPortia is one of the main character roles in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, and is often related to as the heroine of the play. Unlike the business city of Venice, her home is set in the contrasting city of Belmont, which represents love and harmony within the play. We are introduced to Portia in Act 1 Scene 1, when Bassanio describes her as a fair lady, richly left, but we do not see her until Act 1 Scene 2. We learn that she has a close relationship with her waiting-woman, Nerissa, and she ...
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Kill Claudius Shakespearean Criticism
1,774 wordsThe Ghost in Hamlet cleared out the event that Hamlet was uncertain of. The spirit clarified the death of King Hamlet, and caused Hamlet to perform his evil deeds. The Ghosts request to avenge him caused the death of Hamlets family, friends, and eventually himself; therefore, the spirit can be viewed as evil because it failed the four tests that was set by Lewes Lavater and the Church. Lewes Lavater describes how the church determines if a ghost is evil or good. The first description is good spi...
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Libation Bearers Child Rearing
1,424 words... nt Cilissa to fetch Aegisthus, so that he might hear the news, too. Cilissa is grieving for Orestes. She raised him as if the boy were her own son; as was not uncommon in rich Greek households, Orestes' parents had less to do with his upbringing than his nurse. She raised him from infancy, and now she has lost him. She must bring the news to Aegisthus, whom she clearly hates. The Chorus asks Cilissa if Clytaemestra told Aegisthus to return home armed and with bodyguards. Cilissa says yes; th...
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Problems Are Opportunities Problems Are Opportunities In Disguise Problem
672 wordsQuestion: Bob Maynard has said that Problems are opportunities in disguise. Write an essay describing a time in your life when a problem became an opportunity. How did you transform the situation? Explain what you did to turn the problem into an opportunity and how others can benefit from your experience. Life is full of problems, but how we approach those problems often determines whether were happy or miserable. Bob Maynard says, Problems are opportunities in disguise. If we approach problems ...
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Plan Of Action Sun Moon
953 wordsAll of the myths are basically structured the same. They all start of with a problem, lead into a plan of action, and result in a positive outcome. In the myth "Taming of the Sun", Maui is upset that the sun doesnt shine for very long each day "life was very difficult because the sun god traveled quickly across the sky and made each day much too short" (361). This is the problem. In "Raven and the Sources of Light" the problem is that everybody lives in eternal darkness, "all living creatures we...
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Democratic Institutions Dependent Variable
1,320 wordsStable Democracies I show that the problem of democratic stability is in large part one of incentives: do political officials have the appropriate incentives to honor the rights of citizens and the rules of democracy? To see the importance of incentives for our question, notice that stable democracy requires two conditions: first, electoral losers must have incentives to step down; and second, those out of power must be willing to eschew force as a means of taking control of the government. If e...
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Color Isn T Color Isn People
397 wordsYou Color What is Color? You are wondering what it is to be a color? Are you a color if you paint yourself white? Is color just an exterior or is it an interior as well? Is the color you are on the outside, the color you are on the inside? Think about it this way, many people in our culture pretend to be something that they are not, just another white man, or just another black man. The fact of life is that you are what you are, and that you cannot, excluding major reconstructive surgery change ...
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Appearance Versus Reality Hath Not A Jew
969 wordsThe Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is still relevant today because it deals with issues which still affect us. Show how two of those issues are discussed in the play. Throughout the play a distinction is made between how things appear on the outside and how they are in reality, or on the inside. The issue of appearance versus reality is demonstrated in varied ways, mainly by the use of real-life situations. The first representation of this is Shylock's generosity with hi...
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Zeus Dionysus Semele Love
589 wordsDionysus, also known by his Roman name Bacchus, which he appears to have two different origins. Dionysus was the god of wine, agriculture and fertility of nature, but on the other hand he also represents the mystery in religions. Scholars believe that this god came about later in pre-history, unlike other gods. Almost all barbarian nations had their own versions of Dionysus under many names such as, Bacchus, Zagreus, Sabazius, Adonis, Athens, Zalmoxis, Pentheus, Pan, Liber Pater, or simply? the ...
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Shirley Temple Chinese Family
1,075 wordsThe Jade Peony by Ways Choy, is a novel depicting Vancouver's Chinatown in the early thirties. The story that takes place before the times of World War II, and is told through the eyes of three different siblings: Jook-Liang, Jung-Sum and the young Sek-Lung; three children born from a Chinese family, but raised in Canada. For this immigrant family, life in Vancouver's Chinatown is difficult; both parents are forced to work constantly in order to provide a satisfactory and safe living environment...
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Late Nineteenth Century King Arthurs Court
1,029 wordsA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court Hank Morgan, a Connecticut Yankee working in a munitions factory near Hartford, is tapped on the head by a crowbar during a quarrel with a fellow worker. He awakens in the early part of the sixth century, A. D. Captured by the knight Sir Kay, he is taken to Camelot, King Arthurs court, where the knights of the realm gather around the Table Round. The Yankee is amazed to here each knight exaggerate the tale of his own exploits in his quest for the Holy G...
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Legend Of King Arthur Fell In Love
1,150 wordsDuring medieval period, which took place between 1066 - 1485, the literature of the time went through change. The medieval romance, which contains kings, knights, and the supernatural, is one type of medieval literature. The Legend of King Arthur is the most well known medieval romance. A study of the Legend of King Arthur involves an analysis of the kings that preceded his ascension to the throne, which includes Vortigern s rise to power, Constantine s sons control of the throne, and ultimately...
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Edmund Father
440 wordsGood v. Evil In William Shakespeare? s King Lear, both good and evil meet with ironic demises. The very brother whom Edmund betrayed is the one who destroys him. Regan? s vanity and pretense bring about her downfall. His own good and trusting nature shatter the life of King Lear. These three characters? faults and virtues lead to their utter annihilation. First of all, the downfall of Edmund is ironic in that its instigator is Edgar, the brother Edmund sought to betray. Edmund believed that thos...
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Regan And Goneril Commit Suicide
1,341 wordsThe play opens with King Lear deciding how to retire his throne. He decides to divide his land up among his three daughters. Whichever daughter can lavish him with the most praise and prove they love him most, will get the best land. Regan and Goneril are the first to profess their love to their father. Lear is gratified and grants each a healthy portion of land. He saves the last, but best portion of land for his youngest and favorite daughter, Cordelia. Cordelia, unfortunately, is unwilling to...
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Part Of The Upper Miss Julie
846 wordsIn Miss Julie, by August Strindberg wrote about the naturalistic view of human behavior. He symbolizes the behavior through animal imagery. The animal image Strindberg uses helps him exemplify his naturalistic view. The first animal imagery Strindberg uses is the dog. Jean uses the dog imagery to describe to Kristen how Miss Julie made her ex-fianc? act before the break-up. ? Why, she was making him jump over her riding whip the way you teach a dog to jump. ? A dog is mans best friend only becau...
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Convince Othello Iii Iii
1,197 wordsAppearance and Deception, Iago as a Satan Figure The play Othello by William Shakespeare we encounter Iago, one of Shakespeare's most evil characters. Iago is an ensign in Othello's army and is jealous of Cassio's promotion to Lieutenant. Through deception and appearance, we see unfolded a plethora of lies and clever schemes. The astonishing thing about Iago is that he seems to make up his malicious schemes as he goes along without any forethought. Iago seizes every opportunity to further advanc...
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Eyed Goddess Athena Grey Eyed Goddess Athena Odysseus
2,033 words? You! You chameleon! / Bottomless bag of tricks! Here in your own country / would you not give your stratagems a rest / or stop spellbinding for an instant? (Homer, XIII, 345 - 48) This exchange between the Grey Eyed Goddess Athena marks Odysseus return to his homeland of Ithaca, and spells doom for the Suitors. But it is also the embodiment of what Odysseus is. His guile and wit are compared many times to the great gods of Olympus. And it is these skills as a deceiver that allow him to conduct...
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Romeo And Juliet Juliet
876 wordsRomeo and Juliet is a story about a pair of star-crossed lovers. Two teenagers pursue their love for each other despite the fact that their families have been at odds with each other for decades. The story combines sword fighting, disguise, misunderstanding, tragedy, humor and some of the most romantic language found in literature all in the name of true love. To start with, we can see that the general situation is rather like a clan or tribal conflict. Such conflict can lead to social disorder,...
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Terrible Waiting Room Youre A Man Smack
812 wordsWaiting Room Madness You know the waiting as well as I do. You hate it too. The terrible waiting. The time you dread more than a five foot needle stuck in your backside. You feel the rage. You work harder than hell for some decent medical insurance only to wait like a flea-bitten dog for a miserable bone. Waiting in line to fill out a form. Waiting for a bubblegum-smacking babette to point out an pale plastic seat. The terrible waiting in a terrible waiting room. A colour-coded monstrosity overf...
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