1. Taming of the Shrew meets the Dentist
The use of language in the novel encourages the reader to respond adversely and form an attack on the horrendous journalistic practises of "the News". There are numerous instances of modality (indirect author opinion) which have the verbal function of telling the reader what the speaker's attitude is about the News whilst supposedly maintaining a "scrupulously fair" (p. 106) "testimony" in his "report" (p. 8). Boll directs the reader's response by introducing sarcastic and scathing words, such as "bias" (p. 8), when referring to the paper and suggesting "The News [which is] all lies" (p. 139) is a "rag" (p. 40), an insulting term for a newspaper, and is both full of "lying and fraudulent statements" (p.61) and composed by "murderers and character-assassins" (p. 108). The News is personified as wild, out of control, animalistic, monstrous, beastly and therefore, as the reader is positioned to see, both powerful and very dangerous. Like the flow of water so often referenced by the narrator it is uncontrolled and without check; "The News behaved somewhat oddly after the murder of two of its journalists. Wild excitement! Headlines or bank robber" (p. 13). Thus the text positions the reader to view the media unfavourably and resentfully for its sensationalism, distortion of the truth and victimisation of individuals. .
The work offers a warning against the damage and destruction, done upon personal and individual reputation, caused by the structural violence inflicted by power blocks in society. Structural violence is not directly inflicted upon a person's body or psyche but is latently present in institutions of an unjust society and manifests itself when those in powerful positions secretively act to perpetuate social inequality and injustice and damage the well-being and reputation of individuals.
Some individuals believe that Petruchio succeeded in taming Katharina, while others believe that Katharina's words and behaviors cannot be taken at face value - she had not truly changed her life. Scholars that feel Katharina has been tamed, seem to think that Petruchio has changed Katharina by his plan to manipulate her into submission. ... When Petruchio courts Katharina, he plays the game of falsely listing and praising her positive qualities that both he and Katharina know she does not outwardly possess. ... This continual theme seems to lead to the conclusion that Katharina has not...
Blum set-up his essay in a chronological order. ... Blum the further explains the progression of the disease, which gives the reader more background on the topic and on Blum's position. ... On the other hand Alfie Kohn disagrees with Blum. ... Kohn's essay is not quite as good as Blums. For starters, his essay is not as long as Blum's, which gives Blum more chances to prove his position. ...
"Mercantilism meant that the state directed all economic activities within its borders" (Blum 27). ... For the next twelve years, despite the opposition of abler men, he remained at the head of the government" (Blum 83). ... The Americans believed Lord Grenville and Parliament had "no more right to make laws concerning them than it did to tax them" (Blum 96). ... The British claimed that the colonies had always been and should always be subject to the British crown (Blum 99). ... Also stating town meetings would only be held once a year unless the governor gave permission for a meeting (Blum ...
Mercantilism is when the state directs all the economic activities within it's borders(Blum 31). ... Due to the distractions from the complex constitutional issues and ineffective governmental organization the colonists felt further separated from England(Blum 51). ... For the next twelve years, despite the opposition of abler men, he remained at the head of the government(Blum 104)." ... The Americans had felt the taxes of Lord Grenville were "a deliberate aim to disinherit the colonists by denying them the rights of the English(Blum 96)." ... The British claimed that the colonies ha...
Nicholas I and the government had ordered that a master could not order a serf to more than forty blows with the rod, or fifteen with the cudgel (Blum, p.428). ... The army was also able to recruit him and get credit (Blum, p.429). ... Sometimes serfs were sentenced to digging ditches or laboring in quarries from as little as week and up to a month (Blum, p.432). ...
Honor Honor is a very strong word. ... Many people perceive honor in their own way. ... The president is honored as Mr. ... To become honored in your hometown, win a big high school football game and many could easily honor you. ... Honor is not expecting rose pedals at your feet. ...
The first college to implement an honor system was William and Mary. ... Many of the early students of this Southern university who were present during the emergence of the honor code around 1779 were sons of principled, aristocratic plantation owners, who "took special pride in their reputation as men of honor." So, the honor system developed on the principle of southern, gentlemanly honor. ... So, although the specific tradition of honor codes can be traced to southern universities, the idea of encoding academic integrity Many university honor codes today are detailed documents outl...
(Blum 336) Also, the North had more manufacturing plants then their counterparts the South. ... (Blum 376) The Emancipation also opened the acceptance of black men into the Unions army. ... (Blum 365) The plan called for the division of the south, blockade of southern ports, and the capture Richmond. ... Even though the Confederacy lost the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, they made it very costly for the Union army. (Blum 376) The South's chance of winning diminished with the overpowering North in the West and at sea. ...