Essays Tagged: "restraints"

How the military as an institution promoted prejudices against the black man

the right to citizenship in the United States." Fredrick Douglass spoke these words out against the restraints held against the black man, the man of African descent, and the man in chains of bondage. ...

(4 pages) 115 0 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

It compares Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau in regards to social contract, the state of nature and each of their ideal governments.

n the fact that in the state of nature, if there is some resource which a person wants there are no restraints on getting it other than the physical and mental powers of other people. Glory, consists ...

(7 pages) 596 3 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

A Pageantry of Costumes

eligious worship, and when they performed on stage, the costumes were a release from their everyday restraints. The costumes of this century brought out the flair and individuality of the people weari ...

(5 pages) 63 1 2.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

"The Voice of Choice" Compare/Contrast essay on the issue of abortion. Persuasive from the Pro-Choice (for abortion) viewpoint.

freedom of choice and freedom of expression, yet we are not free. The oppositions of society create restraints for women seeking abortions. The pro-choice view of abortion believes that every woman ha ...

(4 pages) 552 1 4.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Civil Disobedience - A public right or a crime?

in support of and protest and against it.Freedom is a universal ideal. It occurs when there are no restraints placed on personal choice by another individual, state or authority. To be truly free the ... alized by modern society to create an environment where an individual's choice is maximized and the restraints on their will minimized. This has coincided with the application of science and reason to ...

(9 pages) 440 2 4.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Women's starvation in the early 20th century.

d. Being deprived emotionally, physically, and psychologically by dominating forces are some of the restraints endured by humans, especially women of the nineteenth century. In a male-dominated societ ...

(6 pages) 121 3 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Proof that black Americans feel superior to white americans.

the same bathroom facilities as other Americans; they had shop in different stores, eat in separate restraints, and sometimes were not even being served in some restraints. Is this type of discrimina ...

(3 pages) 126 1 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Slaves

eholders tried everything in their power to keep control over slaves, the slaves raised above these restraints and created lives for themselves in many ways. Slave owners used many techniques to keep ...

(1 pages) 35 0 1.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Role of Chinese Women : The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

female role. Chinese women were considered second-class citizens and were subject to the wishes and restraints of men.The basic unit of Chinese society, the family, was male dominated. The oldest livi ...

(5 pages) 132 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

What is your own understanding of freedom? Do you believe freedom is an individual or communal ideal? What is true freedom?

st? Can one do what they feel because they have the want to? And how far does freedom exist without restraints, if it does exist?Freedom for Mills speaks of the rights of an individual. Mills concept ... ence that one must deal with. So what is an individual free to do? Nothing. In life, all one has is restraints. There are restraints from school, from one's parents, the law and the God. No one is fre ...

(3 pages) 168 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Struggles of Individuality.

ted. In many instances only those who have a true conviction to change their lives can overcome the restraints that bound them. It's in that instant of time where one's courage will give chance for ho ...

(4 pages) 56 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Ode to a Nightingale" and "To Autumn" by John Keats.

re during Romanticism, described it as "liberalism in literature', meaning the artist was free from restraints and rules, and was encouraged to write about his/her own experiences, rather than being a ...

(6 pages) 160 1 4.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

In "Fern Hill," by Dylan Thomas depicts a child's magical childhood and the restraints time has on life itself.

laborate bed time stories. In "Fern Hill," Dylan Thomas depicts a child's magical childhood and the restraints time has on life itself.Colors are used by many authors to represent various moods and at ...

(2 pages) 64 0 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Class notes on Absolutism in France and England.

t, where members could be elected and changed in necessary, rather than an absolute monarch with no restraints.*James I & Charles I tried ruling without consenting Parliament*Parliament so in cont ...

(3 pages) 75 1 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Issues of Women Characters in Miriam Tlali's.

hat: "[...] black women do not have time to dream" (95). The lives of black women are besieged with restraints and conflicts. Black women in South Africa do not have the "complete peace inside" (Ryan ...

(10 pages) 52 0 4.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Freedom in america

st? Can one do what they feel because they have the want to? And how far does freedom exist without restraints?Being free is to be able to have an opinion or act on a decision with out fear of oppress ... have the support of others and being able to stand up for what you believe in.In life, everyone has restraints. There are restraints from school, from your parents, the law and the God. No one is free ...

(6 pages) 119 1 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Can a 19th Century Discovery be the Solution for the 21st Century Energy Problem?

on of the Ozone layers in the 1990s have generated a sincere search for an alternate energy source. Restraints placed the new energy source are that it needs to be efficient, a renewable resource, and ...

(7 pages) 137 2 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Seatbelt law

and with this necessity comes a duty to enforce that the driver and his passengers, wear the proper restraints.Some people protest against wearing seat belts using the basis of the right to choose, wh ...

(1 pages) 119 3 3.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Athenian Radical Democracy

put forth.Freedom is a person's ability to participate equally in society as well as be free of any restraints on their speech or actions, so long as they don't interfere with the livelihood of others ...

(4 pages) 66 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Critical analysis of the financial systems in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the U.S. and Australia

Another important factor in the differences on these financial systems are the laws and regulatory restraints put on a country. While it is simple to see that there are heavy restraints on banks acti ... d to the Anglo-Saxon countries' financial systems:First is the severity of the legal and regulatory restraints on large investors being 'active' investors in firms... ...Second, there are differences ...

(8 pages) 246 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges