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MACHIAVELLI'S VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
Number of Words: 1088 / Number of Pages: 4
... distrusted citizens, stating
that "...in time of adversity, when the state is in need of it's citizens
there are few to be found."5 Machiavelli further goes on to question the
loyalty of the citizens and advises the Prince that "...because men a
wretched creatures who would not keep their word to you, you need keep
your word to them."6 However, Machiavelli did not feel that a Prince
should mistreat the citizens. This suggestion once again to serve the
Prince's best interests.
If a prince can not be both feared and loved, Machiavelli suggests,
it would be better for him to be feared bey ...
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Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
Number of Words: 1756 / Number of Pages: 7
... he hoped to help cast half of them overboard before they came to their
journey's end". But, "it pleased God before they came half-seas over, to
smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a
desperate manner, and so was himself the first that was thrown overboard".
Bradford believes that the sailor died because God was punishing him.
According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and mistreatment of the other
passengers displeased God, so God punished him accordingly.
In the same chapter, Bradford tells of another ship passenger named
John Howland. At one point in the trip, ...
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Frankenstein: Good And Bad Choices
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... a being. The choice he made would haunt him for the
rest of his life. When Zeus finds out that Prometheus has stolen his fire,
he took Prometheus to a top of a mountain and chains him to the mountain.
Every day an eagle comes down and rips him open and eats his insides.
During the night Prometheus would recover during the night.
After Victor Frankenstein created his being, he called it pure evil,
but in reality, Victor made his being evil. When Prometheus opens the box
that his bother sends to him (Pandora's box) he lets out all the evil
things that corrupt the world.
Frankenstein can be compared ...
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A Comparison Of The Magic In "The Rocking-Horse Winner" And "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
Number of Words: 1742 / Number of Pages: 7
... describes. The stories are bound
by the fact that the magical things they discover are unbelievable at best.
They often criticize Paul for his affection for a horse he should have
outgrown long ago. No one would believe that the rocking-horse essentially
talked to him. Although the characters in "A Very Old Man with Enormous
Wings" believe that an angel is in their presence, they have no idea what
to do with him. No one had ever dealt with a spirit on this level before.
As he rocked back and forth on his rocking horse, Paul had faith in
finding the winner of the next horse race. For some reason t ...
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Gatsby's Dream
Number of Words: 800 / Number of Pages: 3
... financial goal it would lead to a better life.
In America the car is one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby's gorgeous
machine is one of the most majestic cars created. Nick's comments on the vehicle
describe its luster, “...and there in its monstrous length with triumphant
hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of
glass in a sort of leather conservatory we started towards town” (68). The use
of the symbolic automobile can be seen as a demonstration of how an ideal based
on materialism alone can be destructive. This was the fatal car which kills
Myrtle Wil ...
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Shirley Jackson The Lottery An
Number of Words: 593 / Number of Pages: 3
... pushes her husband, "Get up there, Bill." (561) In doing so, she acts rebelliously, ironically contradicting custom by reversing the accepted power relation between husbands and wives. In her name Hutchinson, Jackson alludes to the religious reformer Anne Hutchinson, who, because she was a woman preacher, was considered a threat to society and strict Puritan laws. She was banished from her society, as Tessie is stoned and eliminated. In this way, Jackson shows that rebellion of a place in society is repressed.
In addition to the reinforcement of a firm division between the genders, the institution of ...
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With And Without The State In
Number of Words: 1825 / Number of Pages: 7
... the state refuses to attend. It
is widely known the two factors for the makeup of a civilization lies in
the people and the state or the state and its people. Without one or the
other to depend on, reliance hinders stability. The functional branch or government in Rome is thousands of miles away that there is a barrier
between the Italian people. Because the capital is not located in the
village, they cannot interact and develop a personal fulfillment of
needs. The mind and power of the state should be planted into the hands
of the people so that contact solves sympathy and loyal ...
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Lord Of The Flies: The Vision Of God
Number of Words: 948 / Number of Pages: 4
... lived in heaven, which was thought of as a
tangible place in the sky, and still was thought to be in the shape of a
man.
This idea was challenged by another Hebrew prophet, Jeremiah. He
was the first to convey the message that god was holy, apart from the world,
and did not meddle in mortals lives. This change was brought about by the
change in morality by the monotheistic Hebrews. With the ascension of
David's son Soloman to the throne, the Hebrews became a very moral people.
After the Hebrews had mastered temptation and sin, their god could not be
an immoral being. The change in that go ...
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Theocracy And Guilt And Punishment In The Scarlet Letter
Number of Words: 2153 / Number of Pages: 8
... such theocracy. It based its ideals on the bible and used fear of sin to dominate the minds and lives of its people. This concept of theocratic domination is presented in the novel in several different forms. It is shown in the actions of town officials, enforcing the laws of the bible and punishing those who go against biblical law. This is shown when they punish Hester Pryne for committing the sin of adultery. Theocratic Domination is also presented by how the thoughts and thinking patterns of characters are affected by the laws and ideals of the society. This is shown in Dimmesdale and how he ...
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The Scarlet Letter
Number of Words: 404 / Number of Pages: 2
... and also raises her daughter without a father. This makes the punishments both private and public. Hester wishes she were dead but then changes her mind because she says to Chillingworth, “I have thought of death, have wished for it, would even had prayed for it, Yet if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it. See! It is even now at my lips.”
Hester is responsible for her adulteress affair with Dimmesdale. She deals with her guilt by staying strong and helping others. The narrator tells us, “such helpfulness was found in her so to do and to symphasize that ma ...
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