Essays Tagged: "conflict"
Antigone by Sophocles
which ultimately results in death for her. At the opening of the tragedy, Creon and Antigone are in conflict. Antigone's two brothers have died in a war over the control of the state, leaving Creon at ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Strikes and Alternative forms of Coping
and Alternative Forms of CopingAre strikes the most beneficial way of resolving labour - management conflict? Or are alternative forms of coping more beneficial?. Throughout this paper I will attempt ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Paper on the unions in America
tockholders. Higher wages and higher profits are compatible over the long run in a growing economy. Conflict does arise, however, from the fact that in the short run higher wages for workers imply low ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
OUTLINE Topic: Jay Berry Purpose: To identify the nature of the force of the conflict which Jay Berry encounters, and indicate how they help or hinder Jay Berry the protagonist ... ls novel Summer of the Monkeys Thesis: Before Jay Berry succeeds his goal he encounters many conflicts that both hinder and help him through his amazing adventure. I. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Responsibility in The Great Gatsby
lar theme in literature. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald recognizes the conflict between wealth and responsibility. In the book the narrator, Nick, describes how two of the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
God's Law vs Human Law in Great Expectations
is book Great Expectations, the problematic nature of moral judgement and justice that stems from a conflict between God's law and human law is one of several topical themes that Charles Dickens addre ... s more subtlety illustrated in his use of character. To facilitate the reader's awareness of such a conflict, the narrator often uses language that has Christian connotations when relating his thought ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens
"No Longer at Ease" by Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Writer
at young Obi Okonkwo must have experienced in the novel "No Longer at Ease". In each novel there is conflict both with peers and with Europeans. Inside these scenes of "life as usual" in Nigeria there ... (bills, taxes, insurance) which begins to corrupt Obi. Moral questions arise from his experiencing conflict between his new education and the customs of the people who paid for his education. Obi get ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
West Side story and romeo and juliet are different in many ways
dern character of Romeo and Maria is the modern character of Juliet. In the two tragedies the major conflict is two opposing families, or gangs, do not agree of the relationship of their child. This c ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet
A Midsummer Nights Dream. The Resolution.
The ResolutionIn Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the conflict is based upon pure confusion. The main characters are involved in a mix-up of epic proporti ... up of epic proportions. The story begins with Demetrius pledged to marry Hermia, daughter of Egeus. Conflict arises immediately when Lysander is shown to have won Hermia's affection and also her undyi ... ysander for Demetrius and causes Lysander to fall desperately in love with Helena. This is the main conflict. Characters that are desperately in love are torn apart by forces they cannot control. Hele ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream
Exploring Sexuality in Taming of the Shrew
the Shrew'Human sexuality underlies many of the happenings of 'Taming of the Shrew.' It affects the conflicts, theme, and resolution of the play. It becomes evident throughout the play that sexual beh ... character versus a 'waspish' or 'mean' character).In the beginning of the play, there is an obvious conflict between Kate and her sister, Bianca. This conflict stems from the fact that their father fa ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
The Natural Law Theory
mined a logic and gave to all humans. (Microsoft Encarta) This definition put this law into direct conflict with positive laws. Aristotle elaborated on the word natural in relation to law. He said ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Billiards
ory of billiards begins in the fourteenth century. The game was invented in Europe, but there was a conflict as to what country. The French believed that the English invented the game, but at the same ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Invasion of Panama
to effectively use the principles of war. The years leading up to the invasion set the climate for conflict; drug trafficking became a major problem between Panama and the U.S. in the 1980's, as well ... chain of command was formed, everyone knew who was in charge. Thus, there was no room left open for conflicting orders from two different commanders.The next principle of war is the concept of mass, w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History
"Accounts Settled"
and Gordon must take his place in taking care of the trapline that he had set up in the forest. The conflict of the story is internal and external because Gordon had to face himself and nature. The ri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Generations. My parents and me.
I can grow up without their close and constantsupervision. Of course there are a few things that we conflict upon, butnothing that disturbs or seriously affects anyone. The door suddenly burst ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
They Can't be the Same
e way. (Lakoff 627) If the two genders do communicate in the same way, there is bound to be serious conflict that usually involves violence.The movie Thelma and Louise tells the story of two women who ... nt Hal and Louise's boyfriend Jimmy. When a man and a woman communicated in the same way, there was conflict between the two. This was illustrated well by the truck driver and the rapist Harlen and th ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Dead Man Walking - Indepth
l punishment. The film cast several characters fromdifferent backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with one another. Several smalltopics and one major topic, capital punishment, were explore ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
about slavery and how the civil war started
at the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, this interpretation fails to consider the two main causes of the war itself:·the ex ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Methods of control ( curfew )
me is a method of control to keep things from going chaotic. Take for instance: Curfew. Curfew is a conflict of underage adolescence, the law, and sometimes parents. I'm neither for nor against curfew ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Different image of the wife between sixteenth centuries and today
Today many wives always want to have same position with their husband. So that they always have conflict with each other. Why they always have conflict? Actually, it is effected by wife who change ... emembered that wife and husband lived together very well in sixteenth century. They didn't have any conflict. Many wives would obey their husband when their husband order them to do everything. What d ...
Subjects: History Term Papers