Essays Tagged: "Reputation"
Darwinism - The Theory That Shook The World
two plus twoequals four; but in the year eighteen hundred and fifty nineDarwin not only risked his reputation with these far fetchedfindings but also the risk of being excommunicated from thechurch. ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin
Macbeth
of definitely established character, successful in certain fields of activity and enjoying a greedy reputation. We must not conclude, there, that all his violations and actions arepredictable; Macbeth ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Common Pagan Rituals and Beliefs
Paganism is an ancient type of religion which has quite an inauspicious reputation today. Thereare many types of paganism, most date back thousands of years, which include ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Byron's poem, "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"
ies. "But one sad lose ruins the name for ay." This line shows that Childe Harold is upset with the reputation that he has inherited from his family. Just as Bruce Wayne d Üoes Childe Harold stri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Appearance of Propriety vs Essence of Propriety in "The Boarding House" by James Joyce
idea. Establish grounds for your interpretation and explain why the idea is important.Theme: Every reputation meets the challenge of realizing the appearance of propriety is of greater social importa ... an idea. As the characters came into motion, the theme became unveiled: it is inevitable that each reputation meets challenges which force the individual to an epiphany that the appearance of proprie ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Safety on construction site
risk of injury to others and yourself.Safety assignmentThe construction industry has a not so good reputation in health and safety having 70% of people killed in their first two weeks of visiting a l ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Summary of Joseph Stalin in power.
When Lenin died on January 21st, 1924, Stalin did everything he could to build his own reputation. He delivered the eulogy, had Lenin's body mummified, and saw to the building of a Lenin ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Crucible (John Proctor's decision to die is the right one?)
to walk like men in the world if he himself was not a true man. Therefore for the sake of his name,reputation and his kids, John's decision to die is the right one.Family life and friendship is very ... ir sins, a man of his nobility could not live through the guilt. Also John did not want to ruin his reputation as a man who stands up and would die for what he believes in. John Proctor knew the impor ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Blaise Pascal
d in Paris on Aug. 19, 1662. His father, a local judge at Clermont, andalso a man with a scientific reputation, moved the family to Paris in 1631,partly to presue his own scientific studies, partly to ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Rasputin
en though Grigory attended school, he remained illiterate throughout his whole life. His licentious reputation also earned him the nickname Rasputin, which is Russian for "debauched one." At the age o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Odyssey: Telemachus And His Development
tly pampered by his mother. He is not helped by being the son of a world-famous father- a difficult reputation to live up to. This lack of motivation and assertive behavior does not help Telemachus wh ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
"Analysis of Macbeth and Contribution Towards Theme" -describes Macbeth's decline into cruel tyrancy. focused on how characters provided to the theme,"fair is foul and foul is fair."
or simply things are not what they seem. Macbeth's ruthless qualities are responsible for both his reputation as a hero and his ultimate demise as a villain and tyrant.When Macbeth is first introduce ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
How how a community's actions, or in this case, lack of action can contribute to one's madness in "A Rose for Emily" by Faulkner.
ss Emily's madness. 'A Rose for Emily', tells the story of a woman who fails to live up to her high reputation and fitting in a community where almost everyone knows each others business. William Faul ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
John Gotti, the head of the largest Mafia family in history. His life fromhis birth until his cinviction for murder
was constantly getting into fights with olderboys who tried to take his lunch money. He soon got thereputation as one you didn't cross for fracturing anolder boys skull in a classroom. Gotti began run ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Not So Hidden Agendas, Wilfred Owen and His Early Editors
s premature death, it is clear that Wilfred Owen was not responsible for the development of his own reputation. Instead, it was through the efforts of his editors that Wilfred Owen and his poetry were ... twell, 1920; Edmund Blunden, 1931; and C. Day Lewis, 1963) were responsible for establishing Owen's reputation and that reputation was reaffirmed by subsequent editions. This means that in order to un ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Alfred Hitchcock 50 Years of Movie Magic
Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout his career he gave hi ... d him the recognition of being one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His films earned him the reputation of being the 'master of suspense', and after viewing two of his more popular films, Psych ... haracter and narrative would be perfect (Spoto 84). So early in his career, Hitchcock already had a reputation for the true art of film-making.Hitchcock always prided himself as being the total film-m ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors
"Animal Farm" by Orwell. Speaks of the difference of Napoleon and Snowball (characteristics etc.)
e-looking Berkshire boar, the onlyone of those on the farm. He was not much of a talker, but with a reputationfor getting his own way' (Ch.2, P. 25).'Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, q ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
John Paul Stevens, short about his work and life
l Stevens became a member of the high court in December of 1975. Stevens, a middle aged man, with a reputation as a sharp-minded, hardworking lawyer, and first rate judge was given the highest evaluat ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
British Naval Fleet Expansion
fleet in the world. Even when challenged by the best Spain had to offer, she was able to uphold her reputation. Now this was a lot to say since, "Spain in the sixteenth century was at the height of he ... , only because the meager taxes they did collect went straight to the naval division for they had a reputation to uphold. With these fundings England had more ships, more weapons and they were wicked ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Opinion paper on is America an Equal Opportunity Society.
national origin, sex, physical or mental handicap, or age" (Webster's dictionary, 2002). America's reputation is known as the "land of equal opportunity" but I believe it has failed to completely sta ... known as the "land of equal opportunity" but I believe it has failed to completely stand up to its reputation (Sawhill, 1998). In this paper, I will argue that, due to a person's education, family an ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays