Essays Tagged: "Greed"

The Role of Prejudice in "The Merchant of Venice"

omedy, The Merchant of Venice,believed to have been written in 1596 was an examination of hatred andgreed. The premise deals with the antagonistic relationship betweenShylock, a Jewish money-lender an ... Shylock, a Jewish money-lender and Antonio, the Christian merchant, whois as generous as Shylock is greedy, particularly with his friend,Bassanio. The two have cemented a history of personal insults, ...

(8 pages) 240 3 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Corruption: The Macbeth Story

anything when their in power for a long period of time.Corruption is something that is motivated by greed and deception. It's a very sinister personality that controls and destroys people's live and m ... become a powerful foe.The reason why corruption has become a problem is because it's fair to become greedy for more. And soon it gets out of control and now you have a corrupted person who in order to ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Merchant of Venice

be looked at as more tragic because of the negative intents from some of the characters in the play.Greed and deception are just a couple of the main features from where many of the decisions are deri ... For example, revenge was an intent that Sylock had against for Antonio, only to say the least for, greed... Antonio is being a set victim for revenge because of his deception against Shylock, and als ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Macbeth. Superstitions.

, but their evil ambition ultimately causes their downfall and death. The play focuses around evil, greed and the supernatural. The play was written by Shakespeare for the king at that time, since he ...

(4 pages) 51 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Greed in sports

GREED IN SPORTSRecently Michael Jordan wanted to de-certify the union of the National Basketball Ass ... but because they have a true love for it. At what point doesthe athlete lose the love and gain the greed?The NBA has become the land of the guaranteed contract. These players want their millions hand ... One yearlater they contradict themselves by refusing to play due to a salary dispute. I think this greed begins as soon as theathlete realizes that he can play at the professional level. When they re ...

(3 pages) 118 0 4.3 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Basketball Needs to be Fixed

competition and have caught much criticizim for it. At the heart of this problem is a single cause, greed. The game of basketball has become all about money instead of the game and its fans. This prob ...

(5 pages) 89 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

WHY ATHLETES ARE GOOD ROLE MODELS

hathappens though when the realization sinks in that they are human too and that some of them doget greedy and selfish? A lot of athletes are model citizens that you should really look up to, butthere ... nspire youngpeople to work hard so that their efforts can pay off, but no one is pure and flawless. Greeddoes take a hold of some players, but they shouldn't be the ones we devote all of our attention ...

(6 pages) 169 1 4.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The best way to fix greed

The Best Way to Fix Greed Giving money to a charity really should be given from the heart, not just to make peopl ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Socrates

beliefs and desires. If one is bad or unjust in the social sense it is because of their sensuality, greed, or vanity. This is because of a disordered psychological condition. According to Socrates whe ...

(1 pages) 106 0 4.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

A Critical Analysis of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List

of Oskar Schindler, but it is the story of how good can overcome evil and how charity can overcome greed.Schindler's List begins with the early life of Oskar Schindler. The novel describes his early ... Amon, but he tried to get in on his best side in order to keep using his Jews in his factory. Amon agreed to let Schindler use them, and thus saving his Jews from some of the harshness of the Plaszow ...

(5 pages) 143 0 4.6 May/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A Critical Analysis of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List

of Oskar Schindler, but it is the story of how good can overcome evil and how charity can overcome greed.Schindler's List begins with the early life of Oskar Schindler. The novel describes his early ... Amon, but he tried to get in on his best side in order to keep using his Jews in his factory. Amon agreed to let Schindler use them, and thus saving his Jews from some of the harshness of the Plaszow ...

(5 pages) 126 0 4.1 May/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Gangs

nment, theater, drugs and our economic system.On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens ingangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound gl ... the environment we have created forourselves. Some of these factors include: oppression, the media, greed, violence andother gangs. There seems to be no way to end the problem of gangs without totally ...

(6 pages) 152 0 4.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Defintion paper on Desire

The act of wanting; to covet. One word with so many meaning: Want, crave, longing, carnality, lust, greed and so many more. Everyone desires something: a rich and full life, lots of money, slim thighs ...

(1 pages) 76 0 4.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Divorce in the New Millenniun.

rents, prevents growing maturity in married couples and generates a negative industry that supports greed and blame.Children are deeply affected by the increase of divorce in our society and those who ... rents, prevents growing maturity in married couples and generates a negative industry that supports greed and blame. The Family Courts appear to be interested in making changes and help troubled coupl ...

(5 pages) 247 0 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Critics on some of the characters in John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"

. Very CreativeEssay: The Pearl:I chose to write my essay on the profound amount of selfishness and greed displayed by some of the characters in The Pearl.The person who I feel is the most selfish is ... doctor returns he gives Coyotito the anecdote and then asks when he will get paid.The next show of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his ...

(3 pages) 99 0 4.4 Jan/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Irony in the Canterbury Tales by

es aboutdrunkenness, while he is drunk, blasphemy, as he attempts to sell fakereligious relics, and greed, when he himself is amazingly greedy. Yetthere are also many ironic situations in the story it ...

(3 pages) 112 1 5.0 Mar/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

The evil of this book is the evil created by one's self and thrusted upon one's self. The power of greed and selfishness take over Dorian Gray and create an ugly evil side to him.The mid eighteenth c ... had a maginot line; that he does not have a soul. In my opinion that was a poor excuse because his greediness and selfishness began before he abandoned his soul. His first act of covetousness was whe ...

(4 pages) 121 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Al was forced to pay a 5,000 dollar fee to drive in his driveway. Just asdesolation arose from the greed for land between Marcy and Al, the same hashappened with man throughout history. In the book, ... cles, this theme is portrayed with a passion. Man's lust withimperialism leads to destruction.Man's greed for land causes desolation. In the begginning, a firstexpedition is sent to Mars to try to col ...

(3 pages) 38 0 4.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Twain's Huck Finn's Conflict with Society

rry Finn in 1883. The novel deals with many problems of society. Huck Finn 'can't stand' hypocrisy, greed and 'sivilz'ation, qualities that are still present today.One trait shown in Huck Finn is hypo ... th a prostitute. Most aspects of today's society involve hypocrisy.Another trait that Huck hates is greed. He is kidnaped by his greedy, alcoholic father. Huck's father beats him for his money when Hu ...

(3 pages) 92 0 3.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Tools of the trade. Speaks of Geoffrey Chaucer

twist, after he tells the story he trys to sell others counterfiet relics. In this short story aboutgreed, disrespect and death Chaucer utilizes three important literary tools personification, irony,a ... lives. With these factors all combined it creates a story whichwe can relate to even today because greed is universal.

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry