Essays Tagged: "decisions"

Damn the Fates - the question of Free Will.

le: the battle of free will versus determinism. Free will is that ability for a human being to make decisions as to what life he or she would like to lead and have the freedom to live according to the ... tions. This particular consciousness is described as a 'sensory element3 '-that which affects one's decisions. The senses are what pull people to make the choices they do, e.g. the sensing of danger c ...

(6 pages) 173 0 2.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The Power of Decision

The Power of DecisionDecisions shape our lives. In history , the decisions of leaders and generals have changed the cours ... ave changed the course of mankind. In today's world , multi-billion dollar corporations rest on the decisions of a few select executives. On a smaller but no less important scale, acting on decisions ... stagnation. In the story 'The Revolt of Mother' the main character shows us the power of acting on decisions. Mother recognizes the wrongs of her situation and weighs the effect on her family. In the ...

(5 pages) 153 0 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

King Lear

King learShakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description ofthe consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man isLear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life andth ...

(7 pages) 77 0 2.0 Oct/1996

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

King Lear

King learShakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description ofthe consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man isLear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life andth ...

(7 pages) 96 0 3.0 Oct/1996

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

King Lear

nglish OACShakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description ofthe consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man isLear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life andth ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.0 Nov/1996

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

Who would you meet and why - Polonius

ost famous quotes from Hamlet: 'To thine own self be true.'Polonius's quote helps me make tough decisions. Such an occasion arises when I have weighed the advantages anddisadvantages of a cho ...

(2 pages) 39 0 5.0 Jan/1997

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

Merchant of Venice

cters in the play.Greed and deception are just a couple of the main features from where many of the decisions are derived. For example, revenge was an intent that Sylock had against for Antonio, only ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.3 Jan/1996

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

An Instrument of life; Hamlet's contribution to the play

ctions directed by a mortal being. Inner weakness has riddled Hamlet's life, it runs rampant in his decisions, or lack of, and has plagued his fate. His inability to overcome insecurity, procrastinati ... the heart is much more devastating. To be mad at heart would mean that the ability to make critical decisions is still present. Hamlet is mad on both levels. 'His contradictory extremes of conduct wer ...

(4 pages) 90 0 4.3 Nov/1996

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

Macbeth

Macbeth - EssayIn the Shakespearean play, 'Macbeth,' the witches influence on how Macbethmade his decisions played a crucial part in contributing to his eventualdestruction. The witches were trying ... lage. This false confidence Macbeth was given was extremely importantto allow him to make his final decisions that resulted in his defeat.The apparitions made an effect on Macbeth and he acts foolishl ...

(5 pages) 39 0 4.0 Apr/1996

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

KING LEAR

AssignmentShakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description ofthe consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man isLear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life andth ...

(7 pages) 118 1 4.1 Jan/1996

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

Elsa Kumachuck in the Gabrielle Roy book Windflower

ence of other people in her life and the experience of isolation later on that lead her to make the decisions that she does.Elsa Kumachuck was at one time just a carefree teenager, going to the theate ... day. Elsa is proud to be the mother of the baby whom everybody seems to want, and she tries to make decisions that are in the best interest of her child. These decisions however, anger her mother, Win ...

(2 pages) 51 2 2.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Dual Career Marriages

Karen and Ross have been married for six years. During these years, each has had to make decisions concerning their careers to accommodate each other. Two companies have now confronted Ross ...

(7 pages) 118 0 4.0 Jan/1996

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

Business and Government Agencies

ion at a firm asking for approval of a drug, how should the former directors position influence the decisions of the agency? Finally how could government regulation limit the potential conflicts of in ...

(3 pages) 147 0 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Censorship, Freedom or Suppression?

to make laws and to keep our society in order. They were doing a fine job until they started making decisions for us on what is or isn't decent. The most recent example of this is the Communication De ...

(3 pages) 111 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Defining Racism and the Difficulties of Proving Discrimination

hin the criminal justice system, in that there are individuals, both white and minorities, who make decisions, at least in part, on the basis of race. We do not believe that the system is characterize ... a conscious attitude or conscious behavior by no evidence that most individuals in the system make decisions on the basis of race. In short, the definition of racism often predetermines the answer to ...

(3 pages) 292 0 3.9 Nov/1996

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

Thoughts on Irony

nk it was mostly for her benefit and her conscious. She told me how I was old enough to make my own decisions and that her new boyfriend needed her more. Besides, how many times had I said I couldn=t ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Female Circumcision: Good Tradition or Not

eeducated, and more open to the fact that women are notpossessions, they are able to make their own decisions onwhat they would like to be done to their body. Thereforethere isn't a need for this trad ...

(1 pages) 330 9 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Should steroids be banned from society?

on the rivaled competition. Often people do not realize the long term effects that result from the decisions they make early in life. This resembles the obvious phenomenon with steroids. Steroids bec ...

(7 pages) 332 2 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Learning from Data

understand one of the most severe constraints facing organization: inadequate knowledge for making decisions that mangers nevertheless have to make in order to perform the tasks and achieve the goals ... s procedures and processes are able to mobilize the knowledge needed for making particular types of decisions Some can question the importance of the relationship between knowledge and decision-making ...

(42 pages) 1282 0 4.3 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

The Evolution of the Franchise: Voting Through the Years. This essay explicates the evolution of who our government has allowed to vote and how changes came about

constitution to be able to evolve and change over time. The personal right of an individual to make decisions comes along with the right to vote. At the present time, almost all citizens over the age ...

(3 pages) 93 1 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science