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Hamlet, Rosencrantz and GuildensternRosencrantz and Guildenstern wander through Tom Stoppard's play like a virgin on their way to the lake in a modern day slasher film. From the beginning to the end of the play these characters are generally confused and cannot comprehend the world around them. Despite the fact that they try and attempt to understand their surroundings and predicament they end their journey consistent with the fashion of all humanity, in death. Death is something that is inescapable and Tom Stoppard shows us this through the themes and symbols in his play. It is easy to compare these characters to the virgins of the modern day slasher movies simply because Tom Stoppard plucked them from one of the best slasher stories written, William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". The play starts with a suspension of belief and Tom Stoppard so cleverly does this with the coin toss that opens Act I. With this one game he gives insight into the characters themselves while hinting at something more treacherous that lies in the shadows. While according to the law of probability, a tossed coin should have a fifty-fifty chance of landing on heads or tails, the coins in this particular act almost e |
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Introduction to The Iliad and The OdysseyThe Odyssey and the Iliad are two of Homer's most famous works. The two classic poems are also the two most famous and most beloved epic narratives in the world. Likely written between 900 and 700 BC, the two works both tell of fictional events that are likely based on actual historical occurrences from ancient times. The Odyssey and the Iliad are both epic poems, in the both figurative and definitive sense of the word. An epic poem, by definition, is a long poem that tells a story, often those of heroes embarking on adventures. Normally, these heroes will embody the values, beliefs, and epics of the civilizations they hail from or represent. The two stated works by Homer are the precursors to hundreds of other poems that contain similar patterns, including Dante's Divine Comedy, and the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf. Many epics are based off a certain model, or formula of telling a sequence of events. The Odyssey follows the "long journey" model, as it tells the chronicle of Odysseus' |
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Love and Jealosuy in OthelloOthello (the play) presents the audience with a disturbing picture of jealousy, yet an inspiring picture of constancy in love. In Othello, jealousy is presented to the audience by Shakespeare as a disturbing predator, which takes control and attempts to destroy constancy in love. The jealousy portrayed by Shakespeare is based on pure evil, hatred and the joy for destruction as well as swayed, insecure jealousy. This is achieved through the use of a range of characters; Iago, Othello, Desdemona, who possess polar qualities, and also through a range of situation and scenes of commitment, savagery and uncertainty. Shakespeare uses the egocentric, manipulative and malignant character of Iago in an attempt to present a disturbing picture of evil, destructive jealousy. Immediately, the audience becomes aware of Iago's 'greatest' and most controlling quality, jealousy, which is directed towards the innocent Cassio. "One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damned in a fair wife, that never set a squadron in the field, nor the division of a battle kno |
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Research Paper: India-China RelationsINTRODUCTION India and China, by the end of the nineteenth century and the middle of the twentieth century, emerged as two independent Asian giants, eagerly rushing forward to make use of their relative resources and populations to give a boost to their economies. China and India chose to opt for completely different political doctrines post their independence. India had been quick in outstretching official recognition to the coming to light of People's Republic of China in 1949. Diplomatic relations were consented between the two on April 1, 1950. An important agreement was established in 1954, stating the five principles of Panchsheel, of peaceful co-existence. Although, this spirit of newly acquired friendship did not last long when Chinese maps were published showing portions of Indian territory as that of the Chinese. India-China relations have never been particularly friendly and after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, these two nations have stayed fiercely competitive for the past f |
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NASA and the Journey to SpaceWhat do you think of when you think of space travel or even getting into space? Most people might respond by saying something about NASA, astronauts, rockets and large space shuttles. Enthusiasts might reference science fiction novels in which propulsion drives easily lift huge spaceships from earth or some distant planet's surface to outer space. The more extreme person might say something about Starwars, Star Trek or any other science fiction movie, quoting the hyper-drive this or quantum flux generator that or some other type of made up drive name. Scientific people might think of Einstein's relativity theory on worm travel through black holes, or the next level in speed. What you probably would not hear anything about would be a space elevator that links the earth to outer space |
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Biography of Abraham ZamickuAbraham Zamicku (°1964, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an artist who works in a variety of media. With Plato's allegory of the cave in mind, Zamicku makes works that can be seen as self-portraits. Sometimes they appear idiosyncratic and quirky, at other times, they seem typical by-products of American superabundance and marketing. His artworks are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, cliches and bad jokes. They question the coerciveness that is derived from the more profound meaning and the superficial aesthetic appearance of an image. By parodying mass media by exaggerating certain formal aspects inherent to our contemporary society, he wants to amplify the astonishment of the spectator by creating compositions or settings that generate tranquil poetic images that leave traces and balances on the edge of recognition and alienation. His works are an investigation into representations of (seemingly) concrete ages and situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be real |
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Judith in the Old TestamentThe character of Judith (name meaning "Jewish woman", "Jewess", "woman from Judea") in the book bearing the same name is a complex person with many contradictions. We meet Judith as an extremely religious woman, but also lies, deceives, seduces before murdering the leader of the enemy. It raises the question of whether God is complicit in these actions. This essay examines this individual in the story, how she becomes the heroine to the people of Israel and associated implications. This is a dramatic and fast moving story once we meet the main character in Judith, half way through the book. The first half of the story sets up the scene for the arrival of Judith to rescue her people from distress. Like many books, Judith starts by setting the location and time of the events that will unfold. While the book may be considered historical, at best it is fictional since many of the historical details in this story are incorrect. For example, Nebuchadnezzar is rule |
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Power of the European States: 1848-1914The balance of power is the idea that the national security of a nation is expanded through military conquest and it's distributed so that one state won't be able to dominate all others. That if one nation gains that power to dominate other nations, it will use that power to attack weaker nations and continue to expand. The balance of power of European states changed from 1848 to 1914 because of revolutions and certain unifications. Like the nationalistic unification of Italy and Germany. And certain imperialistic changes that led to unifications. Also certain the Crimean War, which caused the end of conservatism and alliances with European nations. From 1848-1914 there were many nationalistic, imperialistic, and certain failures that affected the balance of power among European states. The unification of Italy started with a man named Count Camillo Benso di Cavour. He was a nobleman who had limited and realistic nationalistic goals when he joined politics of Sardinia. He wanted unit |
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The Latin Kings in North AmericaAbstract The Latin Kings is the largest and one of the most organized crime families there is in North America. The birth of the Latin Kings originated in Chicago, Illinois, and was developed to overcome racial prejudice that was attacking the Puerto Rican/ Hispanic communities. Therefore the Latin Kings consider their selves as a nation alone living in another nation. This organization consist of first predominantly Puerto Ricans back when it was first came about, but now it consist of Columbians, Mexican, Cubans, and Dominicans( all types of Hispanics nations). The Latin Kings The ALKQN, ALKN, LKN was established in Chicago; Illinois in the 1940's to help and protect the Hispanic communities against racial discrimination and racial prejudices. And even though it was originally started by Puerto Ricans it has become more open to the entire Hispanic nation. This organization created kings and queens (ALKQN) to who was involved in all types of criminal activities such as; drug trafficking, |
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Money and the Root of SelfishnessIn life we have all heard many cliches but the one that is heard the most is "money is the root of all evil." However, it is the truth in life and especially a motto and or phrase that humans live by. Additionally humans naturally have the tendency to become selfish when it comes to money. For this reason the wealthy will not share their funds nor give it away willingly unless they get something in return. However there are times when money can lead us to progress. Examples in Modern History of Hawaii will prove that money can lead to both selfishness and progress because of ethnic tension, the evolution of Hawai'i pidgin English, the school system, and the establishment of labor unions. In the 1900's the plantation workers had, had enough of the harassment they endured from their owners and the tension was building up very quickly. Which was due to being whipped with whips and being treated as property instead of a human being. Also the wages were unequal and depended on r |
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The War on Drugs - The Failure ContinuesIn 1971, President Nixon declared war on drugs and increased the presence of federal drug agencies. He also pushed measures of mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants. When Ronald Reagan became president, it was the start of a long term of intensified rates of incarceration. The number of people behind bars for nonviolent drug offenses increased from 50,000 to 400,000 by 1997. The war on drugs was not effective because the drug laws have been poorly correlated and prisons are getting more money than colleges. One reason the war on drugs has been a failure is because The New Jim Crow has shown that in the past three decades, the United States prison population has skyrocketed from 300,000 to more than two million, the majority of the increase being from drug convictions. One fact is that blacks and latinos are being stereotyped as criminals. These stereotypes are a problem because law enforcement is only focusing on these communities and profiling people that possibly aren't doing anything. Even though drugs are used by every race, police are targeting African Americans. In &qu |
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The Renaissance Period - Era of AchievementOne indicator of a society that is doing well for itself is the diversity of its art. The Italian Renaissance is no different in this aspect as it was one of the greatest artistic times in history, especially for Italy. During the Renaissance many artists emerged, that are still renowned to this day. The technological advances as well as ideas have carried on well into modern times giving us some of our most frequently used modern inventions. One of the men credited with so many of these great inventions is Leonardo da Vinci, who became famous not only for his inventions and ideas, but also for his magnificent works of art. This paper will discuss in depth Italian Renaissance Art, as well as Leonardo da Vinci, and more Specifically Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The Italian Renaissance began in the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century. This historical moment in time was a great age of technological achievement as well as cultural transformation. One major aspect of this tim |
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Environmental Degradation and NEETS in ChinaUS-CHINA made a deal to cut of carbon emission by 2030 and use zero-emmision fuels. This issue impressed me the most. China is one of the biggest pollutant in the world. Infact the air quality in china is extremely poor. There is an environmental degradation in china due to the following reasons: Firstly, air pollution in china has increased due to industrialization. China has cheaper land price and labours, more resources and high demand of market. Therefore more and more industries are being set up. To meet the requirements of the consumers, more and more products are being made . Being the 'world factor', more products are being made and more industries are being set-up release green house gasses such as carbon dioxide in the air. This results in increasing number of pollutants. Secondly, air pollution in china has increased because no actions was taken during the pollution. The government was busy enjoying the money rather than implementing laws for causing environmenta |
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The Negatives of Advertising on ChildrenThe main purpose of advertisements is to persuade the audience about a product and to instill in the audience to keep purchasing their product. Advertisement plays an important role in society because it influence the minds of young children. In today's society, more children are watching more television, thus increasing the amount of advertisement that they see. Advertisers tend to target children because they are more vulnerable and easier to persuade. Between the ages of 2 and 11 years old, children see more than 25,000 advertisement a year on television (Levin). Advertisers tend to promote sugary sweets, soda, ice cream, pizza, and other kinds of unhealthy snacks, as well as name brand clothing items, and toys. Flashy magazines and billboards makes children wants to buy on impulse. Television advertise dangerous stunts, which influence children to do the same, which often ends with sometimes fatal results. There are five main negative effects advertisements have on children. Advertisements have a negative effect on children behavior. When a child sees a commercial that is advertising a certain toy that they want, they wa |
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Product Development and ManufacturingWhere is the product manufactured? Maui Style Onion Chips is a product that is manufactured by the Frito Lay Corporation which is headquartered in Plano, Texas. Texas is a state that is friendly to business which is likely why the headquarters are located here. In addition to low tax liability and no personal income tax, Texas boasts of it legal climate being responsive to the needs of corporations. This makes Texas fairly attractive for such businesses as Frito Lay. Frito Lay has nearly 30 manufacturing plants throughout many states including: Florida, Kansas, Texas, California and Lousiana. It is at one of these plants that the Maui Style Onion Chips are manufactured. (Texas Wide Open for Business, 2015) Given the suggested retail price of the company and using a 50% markup on price at retail, determine the sell price to the distributor/merchandiser. Review the company's overall gross margin. If the product is sold direct to the consumer you may apply the gross margin as calcu |
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Coca-Cola and the 1999 Discrimination LawsuitAccording to business-humanright.org, in 2000, a major US company made the largest settlement ever in a corporate racial discrimination case. In April 1999, four African-American employees, both current and former, of Coca-Cola filed a lawsuit against the company for racial discrimination. The four employees were representing themselves and 2200 other employees a similar situation. The plaintiffs claimed that they were receiving discrimination in their pay, promotions and performance evaluations because of their race. They gave statistics demonstrating that the middle pay for African American workers was 33% less than that of whites inside of the organization. The offended parties additionally asserted that a "glass ceiling" kept African-Americans from ascending to top positions. Few African-Americans had progressed to senior levels in the org |
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Women in Modern SocietyI was recently watching a movie titled Somethings Gotta Give staring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson plays a rich man in his sixties, Harry Sanborn, who only dates women under thirty. He starts dating Diane Keaton's character Erica Barry's daughter, Marian. When Marian brings Harry on a vacation to the Hampton's they have a family dinner with Marian's mom, and her Aunt Zoe. They start talking with Harry and talking about how they knew him from an article. He was famous for dating women only under thirty. Aunt Zoe teaches women studies in Columbia and realizes something interesting. She uses Erica and Harry as an example. Harry is sixty-three never married but "if he were a woman it would be considered a curse." He would be considered an "old maid, a spinster." But "instead of pitying him they write articles celebrating that he's never been married. He's elusive, un-gettable, a real catch. Then Erica on the other hand, an accomplished, successful |
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Universal Human RightsThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a Western-biased document that is challenged in its universal applicability due to cultural difference and competing ideas of society and community. This essay will look briefly at the history of the document including articulating a clash of 'Western' and non- 'Western' ideas and a conceptualisation of 'human'. The essay will also present examples in practice of how non- 'Western' states have questioned the applicability of the UDHR and where some of the limits lie. Egon Schwelb (1946) argued that the basis for the UDHR is in the legal and political thinking between the seventeenth and twentieth century, from France, England and the United States. Modern human rights discourse and language, as well as its implementation and applicability within international law was borne out of the 'Western' response to the atrocity and trauma experienced within humanity not only by the Nazi and other Fascist, totalitari |
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Peer Review Journal - Cyber CrimeCommunity Work Program on crime and violence is a very unique one. There are many times when there is crime in a public workplace, but how do we prevent the crime and violence? Many public employment programs (PEPs) have been established to manage the public work programs, and are there to respond to high levels of poverty and unemployment. They do not manage the crimes directly, but instead manage the creation of jobs, which reduce crimes. The article is focused mainly on a South African PEP. The CWP (Community Work Program) is interested in the impact of criminal prevention. This is due to its work in poverty areas of South Africa. The CPW may contribute to the reduction of crime and violence, but it is important to consider how it does. The research that was conducted was in two different categories: Age and Gender. The results were that women were 13.4% employed while men were 14.2% employed. Digging further into the research, there were more results of crime when there were a higher amount of unemployed members. Additionally, the younger males have been found to cause more crime, due to the low skilled abilities. On another outcome, if a woman makes mo |
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Ethical Analysis of Deception in BusinessDoing research about ethics is a long tradition in human society, rooted in religious beliefs, cultural and philosophical thoughts. Ethics involves moral commitment, responsibility and social justice. The word ethics is derived from the Greek ethiko and ethos, which means custom or practice. As Aristotle said, the concept about ethics includes ideas on the nature and how to apply it. So, the moral reflect individual personality and you can tell the characteristic of a business, because business is the collection of individuals. Therefore, if we don't fully understand about the roles of ethics in business and contribute to build an ethical business environment, there is a good chance that the company will not be able to achieve its goals. Understanding the definition and role of ethics is extremely important in doing business. In this paper, I will analyst about the deception in business, explain the theory, propose several criticism and formulate what I take to be a more plausible theo |
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An Overview of Government SpyingThis essay discusses the issue involving government agencies like the NSA, CIA, and FBI and why they have no right to spy on citizens. The points included state that it's "un-American" for the government to do that because the idea of freedom paints the whole American picture. And because these secret agencies able to listen to every phone call and read every e-mail/text, it takes away the privacy and freedom. Before the US knows it, the government will have total control over everyone's life, and that's just the beginning. The other issue with this spying is how much time and money is being invested in it. There's an enormous amount of debt that already exists and we, as a country, don't need any more. The most obvious reason is because of the citizens itself. America's government is built on the idea of "power of the people" and sooner or later the people will start to rebel against the government and a second civil war could surely be on its way. This essay is |
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World War I and the Treaty of VersaillesWorld War I was caused by a variety of things. Militarism and war fever were big: the European nations were growing ever more powerful, and the armed forces of many of these countries i.e. Britain, Russia, and Germany getting stronger. Another cause was the alliance system conjured up by the German Otto von Bismarck. The alliance system entangled the involved countries with treaties and agreements that often contradicted each other, causing conflict between a few countries to escalate into a World War. Imperialism also posed a problem, as the most powerful nations in the world were scrambling to colonize and militarize then-under-developed nations in Africa, South America, Asia, and the Pacific. With nearly all of the great military powers rubbing shoulders to build up their own empires, a confrontation was inevit |
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Avoidant Personality DisorderAbstract I will be looking at "Anxious" personality disorders in this paper; in particular avoidant personality disorder and a social anxiety disorder. Although social anxiety disorder is not classified under personality disorders most theorists believe that the two disorders reflect the same psychopathology and should in fact be combined (Comer, p. 503). I will be discussing some of the behaviors that I have displayed, that could be seen as a potential problem if no coping skills were in place. I will also discuss the disorder as if I did have it and what treatment I could obtain if, in fact, I did have such disorder. In closing I will discuss how taking a look at my own behaviors in this manner gives me insight into how one could need therapy and not seek it. My Dimensional Relationship with Avoidant Personality Disorder Avoidant personality disorder, also known as anxious personality disorder, is a Cluster C personality disorder recognized in the Diagnostic and Statist |
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Absolution by Clare WaldIn the novel, Absolution, the writer, Clare Wald searches for the truth that will release her from her nightmares and sleepless nights due to the events from the past. The different events and each and every characters view in the novel provides a different outcome of the truth. It leaves the reader with a sense of confusion and wonder as to what the 'real' truth is. Clare has to accept a form of truth so that she can move on with her life. The statement 'You will know the turn and the truth will set you free' is true in its own way as we can see Clare's relationship with Sam and Mark grants her inner demons at some point to come out and show themselves. As a mother and sister, Clare Wald seeks meaningful truth so that she can assemble a version of events that will aid her research for absolution. This compiled version will allow her to accept her past peacefully without having the haunting ghosts of Nora and Laura altering her mind rendering her sleepless for nights on en |
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Slavery and the ConstitutionGiven that the Constitution was strongly swayed by slave-owners, the Constitution is Pro-Slavery because slaveholders controlled the bureaus and ordered the policy of the Government enforcing the stability and repercussion of the Nation to the provision of slavery here and there; overriding the rights of the Free States, and thus forcing the courts of the nation to be their instruments. From the year 1788 until the year 1860, just two, who were against the principles of slavery, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, obtained the country's main position in office, only for a time period of eight years. While slave-owners obtained the office for fifty years out of these seventy-two years, and northern men, who were not opposed to slavery and adhered southern ideologies (much like Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan) obtained the office for the remainder of the time. Regardless of the indirectness, slavery was endorsed throughout the Constitution. Primarily, the influence of the three-fifth |
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