âDeath is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still aliveâ (Shakur par. 1). Life is extremely unpredictable; one minute, everything is transcendent; the next, everything goes down in flames. These events are what ultimately shape an individualâs character. This matter is very eloquently portrayed in Shakespeareâs quintessential tragedy, Hamlet. The theme of loss is unquestionably prevalent throughout Hamlet but is often overlooked. In the play âHamlet,â William Shakespeare astutely uses tragedies, literary...
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Similarly to the society we live in, characters in a literary text belong to different social status, and their social status contributes to the development of characterization. For example, Mary Shelleyâs novel Frankenstein written in 1817 and John Miltonâs Paradise Lost, an epic poem written in 1667 involves characters that are in a high social status, an outcast of the society and the ones that are protected by superior one. Social status in Frankenstein and Paradise Lost is significant and...
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âFast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mealâ exposes the realities of the American fast food industry by shedding light into the dire realities of this sector. American cuisine has gradually transformed into roadside eateries with the emergence of hotdog stands, burger cafes and a plethora of eateries offering a wide range of fast food. The other side of the reality points out to the ill effects of the fast food industry on Americaâs environment caused by the...
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âThe Alchemistâ by Paul Coelho follows Santiagoâs journey, an independent Andalusian shepherd, to uncover his destiny. In the present day, Santiago sleeps in the ruins of a church with his herd of sheep. He is awakened by strange recurring dreams that tell him to seek treasure in Egypt. Santiago pursues the advice of a Gypsy to tell him the meaning of this recurring dream, and she advises him to journey to Egypt. He later meets Melchizedek, the king of Salem-...
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Monsieur Lheureux and Shylock are merchants that possess three common negative character traits: greed, jealousy, and uncharitable. Being both from the same occupation, their lives revolve around money. They purposely target citizens for their motives. Monsieur Lheureux in Gustave Flaubertâs, Madame Bovary and Shylock in William Shakespeareâs, The Merchant of Venice deliberately drive the protagonists to their financial ruin. In Venice, Shylock has a reputation for charging too much interest on loans. He only has one thing on his mind,...
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Luhrmannâs film The Great Gatsby serves as a symbolic tribute to 1920s America. The movie emphasizes a society of materialism and corruption while also portraying a sense of the social structure and spiritual desolation associated with the 1920s. In the movie, Baz Luhrmann uses symbolism and irony to build the theme that materialism breeds unhappiness. Using symbolism, the movie brings to life a society whose attitude was affected by the recent ending of World War 1. At the center of...
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Born into the world with a tabula rasa, the creature in Mary Shelleyâs Frankenstein enters life with innocence and potential. With no instinctive precept of life, the creature who is initially gentle and innocent, attempts to integrate himself into society, only to be rejected because of humanityâs fear of his appearance. Loneliness, whether it be emotional, physical, or social, and its impacts, is a recurrent themes depicted through the creature. The creatureâs demand for companionship derives from his sense of...
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The 1904 Louisiana purchase exposition celebrated the centennial of the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, which represented the first major expansion of American territory (Kennedy, 1998). The fair displayed various exhibits ranging from the field of architecture, agriculture, technology, art, and history. Among these, the anthropological exhibit had gained much attention, organizers brought people from the Philippines, the Arctic, and elsewhere to the fairgrounds as set pieces among re-creations of their home environment or villages (Taylor, 2019)...
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Many of the problems seen in modern times are due to events that many Americans pass off as âtypicalâ with misfortunes and injustices. The Other Wes Moore perfectly exemplifies these exact afflictions that a multitude of people face in the United States, partially due to ethnicity or cultural background. The instances of poverty, economic injustice, drugs, and family influence in The Other Wes Moore contribute to significant findings in the socioeconomic structure that relate to considerable matters in the present...
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The complex changes confronting the world today, particularly those resulting from the impact of globalization and technological revolution, have radically transformed the world in every aspect, especially the higher education field. By creating new systems of knowledge, learning and education furthermore breaking the boundaries of space and time between nations, the education opportunities became wider and boundless (Van Damme, 2001) in other words the cross-border mobility of students was encouraged and emerged. Students mobility is concerned with students who are...
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Authors often focus on physical appearance to point out major human flaws. This is an approach that appears in Mary Shelleyâs âFrankensteinâ in which Frankensteinâs creature epitomizes the âOthernessâ whereby due to his grotesque appearance the creature endures loathing and rejection both from his creator and society. The creature becomes isolated resulting in vengeful behavior. Shelley wrote the story during the 19th Century when distinctions in race, gender, and class were rampant in English society. Through the metaphor of Frankenstein...
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Many decades ago the world was provided with a curse, the curse penetrated our universe invaded our nation, robbed our banks, altered our cultures and poisoned our minds; Being the world's busiest and most successful nation, Americans need to be kept fed and with a busy schedule, the food needs to always be available, cheap, tasteful, and filling and the eternal curse manages to accomplish the task quite successfully. revealed in a book by eric schlosser's ¨ Fast Food Nation¨...
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Abstract Recent literature on populism influencing democratic society in regard of migrantsâ rights shows tremendous changes in its treatment. Throughout history, there has been no more need for migrations than in present, especially from the East. However, these changes in the treatment of migrantsâ rights have shown that citizens are less willing to welcome refugees and provide them help needed. This paper will show how populism influences Europe in meeting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights focusing on Migrantsâ Rights...
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The informational book âHow To Read Literature Like A Professorâ illustrates the specifics of reading by showing the reader the different techniques and understandings of what the literature is featuring inside it's text. One in depth idea of literature that it talks about in the book is âsymbolismâ. Symbolism (as shown in the book) is a general idea/meaning that can be interpreted in different ways (not one specific meaning) as it shows us different examples of text that uses symbolism...
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The Beginning This whole journey started on February 24, 1995, the day that Steve Jobs was born. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, CA. Steve Jobs was actually, he was adopted by Paul Reinhold and Clara Jobs. School While Steve Jobs was in school, he was a really good student and all the teachers liked him. One day he was doing so well in school that he thought it was not fun anymore. So he started playing pranks on...
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The theory of the Spartan Mirage was first coined by Francois Ollier in the 1930s. Francois Ollier was a French historian who published a book titled âLe Mirage Spartiateâ. The book outlined the effect of distortion of Sparta found in ancient writers like Xenophon, Plutarch, and Herodotus. These books have created a picture that the Spartan society was equal and united. The theory states that the perception of Sparta is distorted by sources written by non-Spartans. These writers either idealized...
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Introduction Health Promotion is a rapidly growing field that has a wide variety of definitions. Above all these definitions, I like the one by (Kumar and Pretha., 2012) which adduces to the fact that health and well-being are determined by many factories outside the health system. They went further to list the following as factors that determine health, socioeconomic conditions, patterns of consumption associated with food and communication, demographic patterns, learning environments, family patterns, the cultural and social fabric of...
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Located just a few kilometers from the city center of Halifax, Spryfield is considered as an urban community with easy access to both natural environments and commercial/business structures. In terms of community health jurisdiction, Spryfield falls under Community Health Network 2 or the Chebucto Community Health Team. Spryfield is a great neighborhood to live in in terms of accessibility to essential establishments. However, just like any other community, Spryfield suffers from a number of health issues. One of which is...
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Dracula which was written by Bram Stoker in 1897, is known and considered as the origin and birthplace of vampires. The horror classic, Dracula has been adapted book-to-screen since the day it was written. But this Dracula essay example will be mainly about Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1992. Coppola's version of the movie is widely prestigious as being the closest and most 'accurateâ to the novel. Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and the Dracula by Bram...
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The present excerpt is taken from the realistic novella âDaisy Millerâ which belongs to the Genteel Tradition of the American Realism, written by Henry James. It was published in Cornhill Magazine in 1878 and in book form in 1879. The story is about an American young lady called Daisy Miller who traveled with her family to Europe. She has a unique personality that got the attention of a Europeanised gentleman named Winterbourne. He was fascinated by her appearance and behavior...
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Australian cultural identity is the notion that all people within Australia share the same beliefs and values surrounding a single culture. It includes the history of our nation as well as the beliefs and virtues which shape the nation's character, as perceived from a global point of view. However cultural identity is inherently flawed as it suggests that we all share the same perspective on the way in which our society as a whole should act. John Kinsellaâs anthology, The...
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Absurd drama is a play that takes the shape of man's response to a world clearly without meaning or man as a puppet. It tells the response of people without goal and direction. A form of drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human presence by employing disconnected, monotonous, and meaningless dialogue, purposeless and befuddling circumstances, and plots that need reasonable or logical development. Waiting for Godot is an absurd drama. In reality, the absurd drama presents human life and human...
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Imagine living in a perfect world, where no tragedies exist and everyone gets along. Such as no war, violence, and poverty. Which The Giver community makes sure of. A perfect place with a perfect government who takes care of its people and maintains order. This is a utopian society. In the giver, there are various chapters that make us believe it is a utopian society. As finishing the novel, The Giver seems as a more dystopian society rather then utopian....
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Even from a young age Jimmy noticed that Crake seemed disinterested in girls and claimed that he received no signals telling him what kind of girls Crake was into (Atwood, 73). In fact, Crake thinks that sex is a messy and convoluted way of reproduction and sees it as a downfall of human engineering. Things such as jealousy, sexual assault, relationship maintance, etc are seen as unnecessary and debilitating side effects of an ineffective species. ââHow much misery,â Crake said...
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According to Zlogar, âThe Bluest Eye opens and closes with Claudia MacTeerâs reflection on the meaning and significance of a little girlâs suffering and her communityâs responsibility and obligation to herâ (âThe Bluest Eyeâ 188). According to Zlogar, âDark-skinned Claudia values herself more than the world doesâ (âThe Bluest Eyeâ 188). According to Zlogar, âUsing Marigold seeds as a metaphor for the affection that might have allowed her abused friend PecolaBreedlove to thrive, Claudia realizes that the failure of her...
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Cultural identity is developed through many activities you love to do and grow to learn more about. For example, playing the piano is a way to form your cultural identity by expressing yourself, through the way, you play. Jing-mei formed her cultural identity following her motherâs idea because if it wasnât for her mother she wouldnât have given the piano a chance and not be able to gain her cultural identity. Frida Kahlo formed her cultural identity by painting her...
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Access to healthcare is vital to the success and advancement of any society. Not being able to receive care and treatment for all types of illnesses and conditions may lead to many preventable issues in the lives of the uninsured population of America. However, there are numerous benefits to implementing universal health care for Americans. By doing so, the nation would see a positive impact on the economy and on the workforce. It would also rid itself of some of...
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When a person is facing a legal issue, he or she goes to a counselor-at-law. This results in a lawyer-client relationship that should not be based on hierarchy. If in this relationship the practitioner becomes dominant, the seeker would probably become deprived of certain fundamental and legal rights. However, professional lawyers have to follow the best code of conduct in this relationship to serve the clients to the best. The perspectives of Andrew Boon and Jennifer Levin support the idea...
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âNative sonâ by Richard Wright is an informative novel of the oppression black people faced, specifically living in Chicago in the 1930s. Bigger Thomas was a young African American ;Bigger was forced to suffer the effects and social conditions of the enormous oppression over African Americans due to the racism of people in the 1930s. The oppression applied to African Americans is based on the concepts of their race, class, and gender which Bigger was a big candidate for all...
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Abstract With increasing urban migration there is a need of improving facilities available in the public restrooms to ensure a safe contamination-free environment. This project attempts to design and develop an Automatic Sanitization system for public restrooms using an integrated circuit with a pre-defined control algorithm (555NE). This system comprises a hand washing and hand drying system built in a solitary unit. For standard application, the system is designed to ensure it is user-friendly and interactive with ease of installation...
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