Essays Tagged: "contention"
The Personality Traits of Antigone
his two sons: Polyneices and Eteocles are left to contend the throne of the city of Thebes. In the contention for the throne, the two brothers are killed in battle, leaving Creon to be King. With thi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Arguement and debate regarding Indigenous Languages and their extinction
Contention INative languages are becoming extinct and there is no support for the teachings of nativ ... Lakota is not cool. It has been replaced by English, the language of multi-media and of modern life.Contention II-Extinction of indigenous languages endangers human values relating to culture/environm ... rder to help preserve the languages3.Native Americans will be used to ensure the success of the planContention IIIThe effort to preserve the indigenous languages would aide towards preserving culture/ ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Between the Forest and Greed?
past decade there has been a rising 'environmentally conscious' movement. The spectrum of issues in contention by environmentalism has expanded virulently and is reaching its zenith. Public dissatisfa ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Discuss critically the validity of the contention that the motivation to work well depends on more than a high salary and good working conditions.
1) Discuss critically the validity of the contention that the motivation to work well depends on more than a high salary and good working cond ... rewards are necessary. Herzbergs 'Two Factor' theory of motivation supports the latter part of the contention that the motivation for staff to work depends on high salary and good working conditions. ... bt that many firms still do not do enough to motivate their employees and still many believe in the contention that the motivation for staff to work well depends on high salary and good working condit ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Juvenile crime
g action and making government programs that will decrease thenumber of crimes committed by minors. Contention I: The status quo is onlyharming the people of the united states by remaining. Subpoint A ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Individual Rights Vs. National Security
maintenance of a legitimate government, or a govt. that maximizes the rights of its citizensMy sole contention proves that a government's legitimacy is contingent upon its preservation of individual r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
How Far Does The Period 478-404 Bear Out The Contention That "Spartan Policy Is Always Governed Mainly By The Necessity Of Taking Precautions Against The Helots"?
How Far Does The Period 478-404 Bear Out The Contention That"Spartan Policy Is Always Governed Mainly By The Necessity OfTaking Precautions Again ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Taoist principles of Non-contention
The Taoist principles of Non-contention are quite simple, Taoist beliefs are that you don't participate in argument or strife. Th ... back into your face. Simple, natural."Putting this theory in action then, the Tao teaches that Non-contention is the only path. Everything which happens is of your own action or doing. Thus any confl ... , but a stream or wind will eventually cut through even the hardest materials.Another aspect of non-contention is the believe that a force tends to revert to its opposite. Any force expelled is turned ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Pathos for the Native American Indian: a textual analysis
s the white men grew in numbers, so did their appetite for land and control. The Caucasians brought contention, confusion, distrust, and problems. As though all of this were not enough, they also brou ... ns had nothing left. The white men crowded them out, claimed their lands, brought with them liquor, contention, and confusion. All of the evidence Red Jacket includes sufficiently shows the reader how ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Saddam Hussein (abused or abuser) His Rise To Power.
rybody today about a person who is at this moment perceived to be public enemy number one. It is my contention that this person is not so different than any one of us. With a different kind of upbring ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Ehtical look at war.
answers. The very definition of war has been subject between philosophers. Cicerodefines war as "a contention by force", Hugo Grotius adds that "war is the state of contendingparities, considered suc ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Kant's Categorical Imperative.
focus on human rights and just treatment in society's standards. Throughout his arguments, his main contention for this is his categorical imperative, which instructs society to act in ways that could ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Does All Knowledge Come From Experience?
primarily his 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding'- almost certainly so. Locke's epistemological contention was that knowledge is derived from experiential concepts acquired in the form of sense-da ... piricists, in that all knowledge begins with experience, but was tempered against radicalism by the contention that; 'although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it aris ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
National Identity in Australia as presented by television broadcast television.
Using examples from your own observations of television programs discuss Barker's contention that"National Identity is a form of imaginative identification with that nation state ... and rituals and consequently in the defining of national identity (Barker, 1999, page 110). Barkers contention that -"National Identity is a form of imaginative identification with that nation sta ... give an audience a feeling of belonging to an imagined community and a sense of identity. Barker's contention also recognises the fact that the discourses, symbols and rituals are presented to an aud ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
The increasingly dominant role of women in film and television: a social or economic reform?
great number of factors to consider, the following will discuss points that are significant to the contention of each side.'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' (2001), starring Angelina Jolie is based upon the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
Bill of rights vs. Canadian charter.
vastly different, but also contain several similarties. Thou both excellent documents, it is in my contention, however, that the Bill of Rights is far superior, more significant and efficiently excee ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Ethnic Clashes.
ground, gender, religious differences, or political affiliation. Conflict is defined as an opposing contention between two or more parties. Human history is really that of conflict. The Armenian Massa ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Freedom of speech in school.
hool newspapers should be seriously reconsidered. Judging from the information presented, a concise contention can easily be formulated. The overall appropriateness of the subject discussed in the sch ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
The Characterization of Hamlet.
. Eliot argued that Hamlet was an artistic failure, due to a basic weakness in the play. It was his contention that a playwright owes a duty to the audience to write a dialogue appropriate to characte ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
An article citing the reasons the line "under god" should be removed from the pledge of allegiance.
unconstitutional, and removing it will restore the Pledge to its original meaning.The most obvious contention against the "under god" clause is that it violates the Constitutional separation of churc ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues