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- 22161: Herbert Spencer
- ... a book under the title, The Man Versus the State. It is his most famous work on politics and it is still the most influential statement of the Laissez Faire. In the first essay, "The New Tories," Spencer attacks the English Liberals for abandoning their historical individualism in favor of social reform and the welfare state. According to Spencer, English Conservatives, like any conservative party, are the historical descendants of the ...
- 22162: The Need For Horror and Thrill and the Movies
- ... contrast, films like Psycho, where the murder in the shower is kept out of sight heightens our fear because the imaginations of the audience are left to create the unknown sights of the murders. The “new horizon of survivorship” is opened up starting with Matheson’s “I am Legend.” In the novel the original idea of “living” with the infected is introduced when a female survivor is discovered, but it is ...
- 22163: Lord Of The Flies
- In the novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway describes a couple who share a very strange and distant kind of love for each other. This story takes place immediately after World War I, a time of great hardship. This hardship results in a digression of values both morally and socially. The love that Brett and Jake share is symbolic of the general decline in values in ...
- 22164: Last Days Of Socrates
- ... jury, Socrates says, “It seems I really am wise” (41). A few moments later, Socrates tells the jury, “…so what can he (the oracle) mean by asserting that I am the wisest man in the world? He cannot be telling a lie”(42). These statements not only present a man who has much respect for his own wisdom, but how wise is it to say such things in front of a ...
- 22165: Lessons To Be Learned From The
- ... apply to the Puritan times of a small town is very naïve. Humans are still human, and by no means have these moral challenges disappeared from daily life. Readers of The Crucible will gain a new understanding of themselves and their views on such issues, and this understanding can be directly applied to effectively make important decisions.
- 22166: Fate In Macbeth
- ... two predictions were true. They call him the Thane of Glamis, which he is at the present time. Then they call him Thane of Cawdor, which he finds out shortly after that he is the new Thane of Cawdor. Lastly they call him King hereafter, which he realizes is his fate. Macbeth sees this fate in his eyes to be very unlikely and almost impossible because of the current circumstances. His ...
- 22167: The People Vs Larry Flynt
- ... the free flow of ideas. Freedom to speak ones mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty, but essential to the quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole. In the world of debate about public affairs many things done with motives that are less than admirable are none the less protected by the first amendment”. I must say that I am very thankful toward Larry Flynt ...
- 22168: Much Ado About Nothing: The Film Directed By Branagh
- ... 4 with the long conversations pertaining to clothing (another metaphor for deception) between the gentlemen in scene 2 and the ladies in scene 4 and Benedick's, and Beatrice's pain in adjusting to their new emotional states. The film moves immediately to Dogberry's instructions to the watch to preserve peace at any cost. Dogberry is portrayed in high farce--pretending to arrive on horseback, grimacing, performing antics, affecting a ...
- 22169: "The Idea of a University": Education as Moral Training
- ... clear. We all realized that the way he though of studying was maybe something he went to in his own life and he wanted us to realize that there is more out there in the world and not just want you want to study, meaning your "Majors." Henry Newman's book, which was published in 1852, was a book, which explain everything. Students and parents would read the book and decided ...
- 22170: Blazing Saddles: Blazing Satire
- ... he is persuaded to save a town; even though, the citizens hate him. An example of this, is when he greets an elderly woman, she replies, “Up yours, nigger,” which illustrates her dislike of the new black sheriff. In most westerns, the sheriff is the favored citizen everyone loves, except the outlaws. An example of this is in the film is that the townsfolk automatically remove their hats and bow their ...
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