Their new piece of technology caused so much harm that Xi named it "evil thing." I believe most societies are immune to "evil things" because they value technology's advantages more than its disadvantages. ... Like the Bushmen, I have experienced an "evil thing" that changed my subculture's values. ... If it were up to me, I would throw those "evil things" off the edge of the world. ... This example truly represents how different two people's values are. ...

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By portraying the collapse of core social institutions and the inefficiency of medicine and science to address epidemics, 28 Days Later represents a contemporary lack of trust in government's security and maintenance. ... Carroll references Paolo Virno, when he mentions "Major West seems to prove Virno's argument that "evil expresses itself precisely as a horrible response to the risk inherent in this world, as a dangerous search for protection.... The family represents another means of establishing secure values and foreseeable responses necessary to limit the dreadful o...

• Word Count: 1321
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The traditional Marxists such as Adomo and Jameson favoured realism and realist literature as this represented the people and their struggles with the real world against the Bourgeois world. ... The character which may be considered a common man is portrayed as an evil man by the dominant society during the time but, if we look closer towards the intentions and causes of Iago's actions, it may be said that he acted to break down these barriers of class. ... (Act 2, Scene 3, lines 334-340) This great contrast between the characters creates a sense that white men are evil and malicious ...

• Word Count: 1957
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cars represent the Socs power and the Greasers vulnerability. ... The rings in the novel represent the physical power that accompanies wealth. ... For example, Two-Bit's switchblade is his most prized possession and, in several ways, represents the disregard for authority for which Greasers traditionally pride themselves. ... Second, it represents a sense of the individual power that comes with the potential to commit violence. ... The Greasers, even though they possess little power still use this for good rather then evil. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The children are in their teens, and both genders are represented. ... Crime for example, is viewed as a necessary evil. ... They intimidate the kids with claims that they represent the small and the weak and they would be taken advantage of by those who can and will. ...

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Csiszar represents this loss of power and Lear's transformation by revealing how direct contact with the inhumanity of ruling class makes Lear question the validity of property, distribution of wealth and social inequality: "O, I have ta'en Too little care of this. ... Often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars - Edmond's eventual demise at the close of the play symbolises the triumph of good over evil. ... They are conveyed as being instinctively drawn to the pure evil that emulates from Edmond's being th...

• Word Count: 1753
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The evil character Scar bears much resemblance to Creon, Jocasta's brother who became ruler by default and brought destruction to Thebas. ... The comic book character Superman is also an iconic cultural symbol, representing a heroic figure that has become the personification of strength. ... In much of recorded mythology women are the symbolism for life creation, and are often represented with signs of fertility. ...

• Word Count: 1933
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Each role carries with it a set of norms of how it is to be played; norms are a subset of the general values, which represent the application of societal values to the "shoulds" and "oughts" of role conduct. ... Americans fought, as mostly known, to rid their young nation of the evil practice of slavery. ...

• Word Count: 1580
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate