Essays Tagged: "ulterior motives"

Why People Dye Their Hair

s in the last couple years. Why do we do it? Most hair dyers probably aren't entirely sure of their ulterior motives behind the florescent colors, but I decided to figure it out.When someone dyes thei ...

(4 pages) 47 0 3.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Discusses characters in "The crucible" by Arthur Miller

llains select thepeople they do for condemnation are both simple and clear. All of the accusers haveulterior motives, such as revenge, greed, and covering up their own behavior. Many ofthe accusers ha ...

(6 pages) 138 0 3.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Book Review, "Pelagious and the Fifth Crusade" by Donovan

ave a large group of people been able to unite under one common goal without infighting and without ulterior motives. The time of the crusades illustrates this point quite effectively. Any historical ...

(6 pages) 44 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

King Lear - Edmund thou a villain is nonetheless a very intelligent man.

ourteous to his father, even loyal, but through his soliloquy's we discover the real Edmund and his ulterior motives to the treatment of his father and others. As Edmund says himself, he is adaptable ...

(2 pages) 25 0 5.0 Feb/2004

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

The Conspiracies involved in the Philotas Affair

unt. Unfortunately our sources, much like many of their modern counter-parts, seem to have too many ulterior motives to deal with this incident circumspectly.Arrian begins by stating, 'Ptolemy's accou ...

(12 pages) 44 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

"The TRUE Objectives of a Public School System"

School: How public education cripples our kids and why," and in this article he discusses possible ulterior motives for our public schools. In fact, our current public school system is entirely based ...

(3 pages) 70 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Four Yoga's Summarizations This is a short essay about the four yoga's in buddhism along with a choice, as requested by the instructor, as to which yoga best discribes mr beliefs.

hinking and knowledge. Bhakti Yoga - The way to god through love: to love god dearly with no ulterior motives. Not to identify with god but to adore god with every element of the individuals be ...

(1 pages) 36 1 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

d Hiroshima resulted in the death of over 100,000 people. Many people believe the United States had ulterior motivesfor the dropping of the bombs, while some consider the bombing the largest and most ... cities instead of us, we would have sentenced Germans who were guilty to death." The United States' ulterior motives got in the way of their good decisions.

(2 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The powers of the president that Truman utilized.

a major advocate of helping disadvantaged foreign nations, even when some countries questioned his ulterior motives and Congress disagreed with his reasoning. He once said "I make foreign policy," (W ...

(4 pages) 39 0 3.7 Feb/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Modest proposal

is emotionally sound as well. Swift only wants the best for the children and his country. He has no ulterior motives to profit from his idea because he has no young children and his wife is past child ...

(3 pages) 31 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Death In Venice

reflects the political climate in Europe at the time. No one seems to be trustworthy, everyone has ulterior motives for their suspect behavior, and no one exhibits any great sense of humanitarianism. ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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

Before Brokeback: Homosexual Undertones in Double Indemnity and Classic Film Noir

f the man (and the woman herself might get dragged down in the scheme as well). Often, manipulative ulterior motives (often resulting in a double-cross being double-crossed) and legitimate sexual attr ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2008

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

The human condition The three texts "The Crucible" by authur miller, "stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" by Robert Frost and the play "12 angry men" directed by Sidney Lumet

of the human condition, such as facing temptation, the leveling of accusations based on opinion and ulterior motives which in turn creates adversity and the need to expose the truth. The play portrays ... Williams cleverly makes accusations of others “witchery”, which enable her to satisfy the ulterior motive of shifting the burden of shame from her shoulders on to those she named. “I da ...

(3 pages) 10 0 1.0 May/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… Mirror Imagery in The Scarlet Letter

Lasser argues that Hawthorne uses mirror imagery to reveal a character’s innermost secrets and ulterior motives. The child Pearl is described as, “… the scarlet letter in another form; ...

(4 pages) 5446 1 5.0 Jul/2008

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

Howards End by E.M. Forster How far do you agree that the Wilcoxes are hypocritical and emotionally dishonest?

e. Charles of course would never be able to see this – he is suspicious and believes they have ulterior motives for their interaction with his family, and proceeds to use Dolly to blame for being ...

(2 pages) 1065 0 1.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Politics Debate

issues in order to gain popularity. Currently, a thick haze consisting of political correctness and ulterior motives prevents the average person from understanding politics. Negative campaigning, for ...

(5 pages) 51 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The Lord's Prayer Bible Study

ighteousness (Shelton, 164). He said this under the context the disciples would pray to Him with no ulterior motives (Barker and Kohlenberger 31). In that time, it was a custom among the chief priests ...

(7 pages) 0 0 0.0 May/2013

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity