Essays Tagged: "misguided"

Having a Gun

urpose of decreasing the crime rate, that wasthe top concern of the Ukrainian citizen, in 1994, somemisguided politicians in government adopted the legislationrepealing the previous amendment and thus ...

(2 pages) 78 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Was Locke misguided in trying to account for all the legitimate functions of government in terms of "the preservation of property"?

When one tries to decide whether Locke was misguided in trying to account for all the legitimate functions of government in terms of "the prese ... ection, should pay out of his Estate his proportion of for the maintenance of it."Locke perhaps was misguided if he was trying to explain all the legitimate forms of government in terms of the "preser ... t to intervene for the greater good of society as a whole, if this is indeed the case and Locke was misguided in attempting to explain a government in terms of "the preservation of property", we have ...

(8 pages) 236 1 4.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Drug Legalization

has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug legalization lobby, civil libertarians, and misguided academic researchers to the public with limited review and challenge.Attacks on drug enfor ... se of crime and social disruption. The drug problem has been so enormous that some in our society , misguided by frustration , are listening to the arguments to legalize or decriminalize drugs. The so ...

(5 pages) 184 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

"Scarlett Letter" (Hawthorne) reading log.

onvinced me that even though havingstudents read a book over a very short summer vacation is a bad, misguided idea, the bookyou're making us read isn't as bad.CHAPTER 2- The Market Place-This chapter ...

(17 pages) 90 0 1.8 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fat Burners, or Life Burners - A persuasive essay to discourage use of weight-loss pills

n looking for a way that will free them of their problems with ease. These people have been fatally misguided by "miracle pills" that help them lose weight and suppress their appetites. Dietary supple ... g itself an easy way out rather than educating our country, which is quite obviously, nutritionally misguided.Until our technology is adequate enough to create a revolutionary diet pill with zero or m ...

(3 pages) 275 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Death of a Salesman: how Willy's false reality and lack of self knowledge leads to his downfall.

this is what Willy does, except that the times have changed and 'business is business' (1915). This misguided ideology leads Willy to be a poor salesman who hardly makes enough money to support his fa ...

(3 pages) 157 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Discuss the sexual hipocrasy that runs rampant through the novel "Joseph Andrews" using the character of Mrs. Slipslop as the primary basis for your argument.

nappropriate use of language and her uncontrolled sexual impulses when combined with her undeniably misguided devotion to those of status make her the ideal comedic example of society's wrong doings.M ... and talked exactly as a lady does to her sweetheart in a stage-play"Fielding also mocks Slipslip's misguided devotion to the class structure. The conversation between Slipslops and Lady Booby demonst ...

(5 pages) 41 0 1.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Willy Loman, in the book "Death of a Salesman", by Arthur Miller, and his quest for the "American Dream."

s one of a common man; Miller portrays him not as an evil selfish person, but as a well meaning yet misguided person. Miller also adds other characters to show the different effects the American dream ...

(3 pages) 74 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The events leading up to Macbeth's death. How greed, ambitions and Lady Macbeth's influence turned a seemingly honourable man, Macbeth, into a loathsome traitor.

Iago and Edmund were true villains, Macbeth was depicted as a man who possessed goodness; however, misguided by his lust for power and wealth. Macbeth's ambition was his ultimate flaw, compelling him ...

(3 pages) 267 1 3.1 Apr/2003

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

Comparing the "Rockinghorse Winner" and "The Wild Swans"

inner, his disgust for these values. Lawrence demonstrates that in a patriarchal society, minds are misguided, obsessed with the accumulation of wealth, and as a result of this, the value of family is ... an important member of society and worthy of the "social position, which they had to keep up." The misguided value put onto wealth by Hester reflects the materialistic concerns of the twentieth centu ...

(6 pages) 106 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Marijuana: Legalize or Decriminalize

ems, while we deny marijuana to seriously ill people who could get a lot of relief from it. This is misguided and cruel. "Ever wake up feeling really hung over from a night of smoking out? Thought not ...

(3 pages) 48 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

"Death of a salesman" by Arthur Miller.

f a Salesman is a tragic play about an aging and struggling salesman, Willy Loman, and his family's misguided perception of success. In Willy's mind, being well liked is more important than anything e ... th. Ultimately, Willy wastes his adult years trying-- unsuccessfully-- to prove his worth. He has a misguided philosophy that he passes on to his two children, and can no longer distinguish between re ...

(3 pages) 86 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What Goes Around Comes Around.

hem rich. Despite attempts by so-called positive figures to educate and change the mindset of these misguided individuals, the influence of the criminal survival lifestyle is still more powerful. The ...

(6 pages) 38 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Understanding Cultures for Effective Communication.

awhole and come to the realization and conclusion that other cultures have the exact samefears and misguided interpretations that we have and face today. To understand the vastmany beliefs and tradit ...

(5 pages) 406 0 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Analyse Of American Beauty.

ayed by Kevin spacey.American Beauty opens with a girl being filmed as she begins to talk about her misguided father. The shot is very grainy and the sound isn up to a great deal, I would think that t ...

(4 pages) 94 2 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Movie reivew of the Queen of teh Damned.

. Stewart Townstend plays Lestat, her right hand man, and lover. He's supposed to be a confused and misguided vampire, but he just comes off arrogant the way he generously gives demonstrations of his ...

(2 pages) 30 1 2.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Karl Marx: Modern Revolutionary.

rrowed language,'(Tucker,Ed. 595)Karl Heinrich Marx; a name, which is often a victim of slanderous, misguidedinterpretations put forth by those blinded by the evils of modern day or likely past action ...

(6 pages) 227 0 4.9 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Sexism in Language.

to men. There main points are brought up in this film. These are: words people use that convey the misguided notion that men are superior to women, how children are socialized into this idea from a v ...

(3 pages) 58 1 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Why was unemployment such a persistent problem in Britain during the inter war years?

ugh its staple industries and saw USA and Germany become leading international producers. Alongside misguided international and domestic policies, unemployment was an important feature of Britain duri ...

(8 pages) 60 1 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Futility of Aspiration Exposed in Frankenstein

lates to us the tragic life of one Doctor Victor Frankenstein, a man reduced to crumbles by his own misguided lust for knowledge. It seems this Frankenstein had started on a path to scientific discove ...

(2 pages) 33 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American