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The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... alcohol production and consumption, they are now expected to be incomplete. Since many of the officials admitted to not completing their findings, the amount of alcohol consumed is actually higher then documented.
Secondary books were used, to create for the author, an idea about societies attitude toward alcohol consumption and the temperance movement. Such books included John Krout’s The Origins of Prohibition (N.Y., 1925) and Joseph Gusfield’s Symbolic Crusade (Urbana, 1963).
“Americans between 1790 and 1830 drank more alcoholic beverages per capita than ever before or since”(ix). In fact many ...
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The Odyssey
Number of Words: 777 / Number of Pages: 3
... unravel everything she did during the day. Her plan worked, until the Akhaians caught her and forced her to finish it. She was extremely crushed, and disappointed. The Akhaians told Telemakhos that,
"He has to dismiss her mother from the house, or make her marry the man her father names and she prefers."
The Akhaians tell her that they'll never go anywhere else, until she takes and Akhaian to liking. Several incidents like this occurred throughout the book, and every time, Penelope refused. She believes very strongly that her Lord Odysseus will return home, partly because they have always had ...
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Macbeth Is Not A Villain...
Number of Words: 2426 / Number of Pages: 9
... difference between Macbeth and Banquo- Macbeth’s ambition and lust for power. He is a man with an unsurpassable desire to advance himself. He himself identifies this quality while he contemplates an action that he is wholly repulsed by; “I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting Ambition which o’erleaps itself, And falls on th’ other.” This “Vaulting Ambition” is what makes Macbeth vulnerable and leads him to commit possibly the most vile deed he can imagine, setting him on a path of destruction. There is a temptation to use the fac ...
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Business Ethics Essay (Grapes
Number of Words: 102 / Number of Pages: 1
... who wanted to buy that car, saying that it had just been sold. They took advantage of the people’s naiveté, and that is very wrong. Those car dealers were definitely unethical, taking advantage of people just because the demand was greater than the supply, they seized upon the opportunity to rip people off of their hard-earned money. ...
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Color Purple 2
Number of Words: 1154 / Number of Pages: 5
... This brought a lot of pain and emotional downfall but in spite of this with a great help of her younger sister Nettie, Celie tried her best to learn what she missed in school. It was very important for her, because she realized that knowledge is one of the ways to become strong and to improve in life. “ Us both be hitting Nettie’s schoolbooks pretty hard, cause us know we got to be smart to git away. I know I’m not as smart or as pretty as Nettie but she say I ain’t dumb.” (Page 10). In spite of the physical, sexual, and verbal abuse that Celie got from her father, ...
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Antigone
Number of Words: 872 / Number of Pages: 4
... She knew it was the right thing to do. As she says here, “I know my duty, where true duty lies,” (1.1.78).
Ismene was the other sister of and Polynices. She however, did not think that her family was important to her. told Ismene, “is he not my brother, and yours, whether you like it or not?, I shall never desert him, never,” (1.1.39) but still Ismene didn’t want to help. Well, maybe she did but she refused to help bury their brother because she didn’t want to sacrifice her life. She didn’t like the idea of going against her uncle’s orders like as she says here “ you cannot mean....to bury h ...
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Catch-22
Number of Words: 1110 / Number of Pages: 5
... as mindless puppets would be. This theme also appears when Colonel Cathcart keeps increasing the number of missions his squadron must fly--not for military purposes, but to solely enhance his prestige. One other example of this theme is in the novel, when Yossarian is wounded. He is told to take better care of his leg because it is government property. Soldiers, therefore, are not even people, but simply property that can be listed on an inventory. In a bureaucracy, as Heller shows, individuality does not matter.
Most war novels show that such things as lying, killing, adultery, and stealin ...
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Original Nature Of Man
Number of Words: 1141 / Number of Pages: 5
... influence of ritual and righteousness do men conform to modesty and reason and yield to order (chan.52)."
It is because of theses desires that human nature is bad. If one gives in to such desires, three would be no order to the society. According to Husn Tzu, these desire are extremely compelling and may be overcome only under the restraint of law and the influence of ritual and righteousness. Hsun Tzu believes in the plasticity of man and his ability for improvement but, if man is left to himself, he will grow crooked.
"Crooked wood need to undergo steaming and bending; only then is it straight. ...
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The Book Of Judges
Number of Words: 434 / Number of Pages: 2
... what was evil in the sight of the lord." Then after each period or subjection the author introduces another formula: " But when the people of Israel cried the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people. Through-out the book, tells about prophets, rulers and influencial people such as: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tilian and Samson. There are also many more minor people.
The name of the book is very deceptive, because there weren’t any judges at all, nor any judges notified of this book been written. The word Judges was actually a translation for the hebrew word "Sh ...
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Supernatural In Shakespeares P
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... is not until
the appearance of Hamlet that the ghost speaks, and only then after
Horatio has expressed his fears about Hamlet following it, ³What if it
tempt you toward the flood, my lord, or to the dreadful summit of the
cliff².
The conversation between the ghost and Hamlet serves as a
catalyst for Hamlet¹s later actions and provides insight into Hamlet¹s
character. The information the ghost reveals incites Hamlet into
action against a situation he was already uncomfortable with, and now
even more so. Hamlet is not quick to believe the ghost, ³The spirit
that I have seen may be a devil... ...
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