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The Crito
Number of Words: 1408 / Number of Pages: 6
... is right and some opinion is wrong. It is not simply a matter of mere opinion, but of correct opinion. The authority in this case is the actual truth of the matter. Socrates introduces a distinction between true opinion and false opinion. And the path to the latter is through argument and reason. By appealing to the opinion of "the many," Crito seems to be committing the Ad Populum Fallacy (i.e., something is right, true, etc., because the majority of the population says it is). Socrates seems to pose an open argument: the opinion of the many says that escaping from jail is right – but is it ri ...
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Comparison Of Karl Marx And Matthew Arnold
Number of Words: 640 / Number of Pages: 3
... the human mind; he did not want
people to get wrapped up in technology. "Faith in machinery is, I said, our
besetting danger; often in machinery most absurdly disproportioned to the end
which this machinery" (23). Arnold believes his culture is "more interesting
and more far-reaching than that other, which is founded solely on the scientific
passion for knowing" (21). Arnold believed that culture dealt with perfection;
as he stated in "Sweetness and Light", "Culture is then properly describe not as
having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of
perfection; it is a study of ...
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Flowers For Algernon 2
Number of Words: 372 / Number of Pages: 2
... are having honesty, ethics morals and compassion. One has to achieve this intelligence thoughtlessly; Charlie shows this before he has his operation. By reaching this type of intelligence a person does not have to have a lot knowledge or a high I.Q, but you may reach peace in life by being a spiritually kind person that is previously show in the abstract definition.
The only positive effects of the intellectual growth that one can gain is to be able to experience what the concrete definition was like in one’s own personal experience. Yet the negative effects of the operation, which were great ...
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Skunk Hour
Number of Words: 819 / Number of Pages: 3
... the speaker.
In addition, Robert Lowell portrays his character as something akin to a stalker, illustrated in the following excerpt.
One dark night,
my Tudor Ford climbed the hill’s skull;
I watched for love-cars.
(Lowell 25-27)
Why would anyone be out alone, searching for lovers who do not desire intrusion? The
speaker answers this question in the second half of the stanza.
Lights turned down,
they lay together, hull to hull,
where the graveyard shelves on the town…
My min ...
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Hamlet - Revenge Was Not An Ac
Number of Words: 1446 / Number of Pages: 6
... of Hamlet’s, said, “As it doth well appear unto our state, but to recover of us by strong hand and terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands so by his father lost…” (I.i.101-104). By this, Horatio is saying Fortinbras plans to forcefully regain the land King Hamlet took from King Fortinbras. Fortunately, King Claudius, the new King of Denmark, intervenes and sends two courtiers, Cornelius and Voltemand, to Norway in hopes of convincing the new King of Norway, Fortinbras’ uncle, to prevent the attack. Upon hearing the message, Fortinbras’ uncle vetoes Fortinbras’ plan to wage war on Denmark. Howeve ...
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Massage Speech Format
Number of Words: 514 / Number of Pages: 2
... The methods used range from being floated in a warm pool, to sitting on a chair, to creating your own massage by laying on top of a tennis ball.
Transition: As you probably already know, massage is best known for it’s physical benefits. The different methods are used to pin-point certain body parts directly. But mental and spiritual benefits can also be seen when undergoing massage on a regular basis.
II. Athletes, business workers, and even regular people can be greatly improved physically, mentally, and emotionally if they make appointments on a regular basis to get a massage.
A. The first th ...
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Emma
Number of Words: 1500 / Number of Pages: 6
... she was raised, and knows nothing of her parents. advises the innocent Harriet in virtually all things, including the people with whom she should interact. She suggests that Harriet not spend time with the Martins, a local family of farmers whose son, Robert, is interested in Harriet. Instead, plans to play matchmaker for Harriet and Mr. Elton, the vicar of the church in Highbury. seems to have some success in her attempts to bring together Harriet Smith and Mr. Elton. The three spend a good deal of leisure time together and he seems receptive to all of 's suggestions. The friendship between and H ...
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Cry, The Beloved Country
Number of Words: 1221 / Number of Pages: 5
... all time high. The black community of this
land is trying to break free from the white people, but having little
success. It is this so called racism that is essential to the setting
of the story. Without it, the book would not have as much of an impact
as it does.
The story begins, as many great stories have begun, with a
solitary man taking a long and dangerous journey to a distant land.
The man is an Anglican Zulu priest, Rev. Stephen Kumalo, and the
journey is to the white-ran Johannesburg in 1946. Like a weary prophet
taking a biblical sojourn to Sodom, Kumalo is ...
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Pride And Prejudice - Jane Aus
Number of Words: 8644 / Number of Pages: 32
... version: Blackbirds 1992
THEME:
Idea’s and manners can be changed. I don’t know what else to make of it. It’s the only lesson I can find in the novel. I read because I enjoy it, not because I want to be taught life visions.
STORYLINE:
Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austin
[Chapter 1]
Mrs. Bennet tells her husband, Mr. Bennet, to visit the new owner of Netherfield, Mr. Bingley. He is quite rich and he is single which makes him a wanted man with all the girls in the neighbourhood. Mr. Bennet tells her that he won’t be visiting him because he likes to fool around with ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath 2
Number of Words: 764 / Number of Pages: 3
... projects. Another program, the Works Progress Administration, later called the Works Projects Administration was created to develop relief programs, and to keep a person's skills.
From 1935-1943, it employed 8 million people, and spent 11 billion dollars. But in 1939, there were still 9.5 million still unemployed. Another program was the Civilian Conservation Corps. Unemployed,
unmarried young men were enlisted to work on conservation and resource-development projects such as soil conservation, flood control, and protection of forests and wildlife. These men were provided with food, lodging, and ...
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