Essays Tagged: "evils"

Growing Pains

to develop in Act I is a typical mortal, boweddown by his human infirmities and by a disgust of the evils in a world which has led him tothe brink of suicide. Hamlet voices his thoughts on the issue: ... to develop in Act I is a typical mortal, boweddown by his human infirmities and by a disgust of the evils in a world which has led him tothe brink of suicide. Hamlet voices his thoughts on the issue: ...

(7 pages) 58 0 4.6 Jan/1997

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

Commercial vices - gambling, prostitution, and drugs

so strong and widespread thatattempts to prohibit them in western countries have always failed.The evils of these vices are threefold: Those who practicethem suffer, the criminals who sell them prosp ... e, unsuccessful, and often corrupt.Two commercial vices have been accepted as unstoppable, butthere evils have been minimized by legalization and regulation. These are theparticular drug, alcohol, and ...

(2 pages) 101 0 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Hidden Evils

Some of the most fathomless evils in the world go unknown to people.These evils present themselves disguised as good, and may do ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The Crucible

haracters in this play are caught "dancing," and it somehow turns into a witch-hunt. There are many evils in this play, like, greed, murder, vengeance, manipulation, obsession, lying, and lechery. The ... and lechery. The Puritan religion is the reason for why the people are being executed. The easiest evils to explain are obsession, lying, and manipulation.The biggest obsession in Salem is purity in ...

(4 pages) 128 0 4.3 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Concept of Sin (King Lear)

disaster. His/her behaviour will also impact on others and may spawn/propagate/bring about further evils.The ancient Greeks and the writers and philosophers of medieval times had been preoccupied by ...

(1 pages) 91 2 3.8 Mar/2002

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

Who is Macbeth?

blackness, a man who finds himself encased in evil. Macbeth believes that his predicaments and the evils that he commits are worth everything he will have to endure. In spite of this towards the end ...

(10 pages) 70 2 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How James Baldwin views the fear and love of racism

synonymous.' (16) Timidity blinded him to believe that following God's words shielded him from the evils of society. However, because of Baldwin's love for his church, he reads the Bible, only to rea ...

(2 pages) 128 0 3.9 May/1996

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

"Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, one of the greatest American books of our time, explained and dissected.

California during the time period of the 1930's. The most popular book written by him to show these evils was the 1939 novel Grapes of Wrath. The novel was about a family's journey from Oklahoma to Ca ... at the same time conveys his thoughts and beliefs about the harsh conditions thrown on the Okies by evils of America.Fontenrose, Joseph. "John Steinbeck: Introduction and Interprtation." Barnes andNob ...

(6 pages) 174 0 4.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Racism now. This essays contains a historical background of Malcolm X and how he might feel/think about racism nowadays.

necessary to up the level of the so-called Negro community by eliminating other religions and other evils that destroy the morals of the community.Malcolm X believed that anyone with a drop of black b ...

(3 pages) 223 3 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

The Pardoner's Tale: Chaucer's Use of Irony to Criticize the Church

tarts his prologue.He tells the other pilgrims that his sermons reflect how money isthe root of all evils, 'radix malorum est cupiditas.' He actuallypreaches against his own problems and sins. Pardone ...

(1 pages) 85 0 3.7 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

changing ideas of Utopia in "Animal Farm" by George Orwell

of Utopia is 'no place.' A Utopia is an ideal society in which the social, political, and economic evils afflicting human kind have been wiped out. This is an idea displayed in communist governments. ...

(4 pages) 53 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Cry, the Beloved Country", by Alan Paton. Stimulates a Change

havingone-sided personalities or by referring to them by a simple label, Paton indicates that these evilsare universal and fundamental within human nature.As Stephen Kumalo searches for his son, Absal ...

(4 pages) 71 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A Whisper of Change. Speaks of Nikolay Gogol's novel, "The Overcoat"

for a better system. Gogol used his creativemind and his writing abilities to speak out against the evils of the Russian government. Heused symbolism to prove his points, and often risked exile by his ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Themes in Blindness. In an oppressed society of people who have contracted white blindness, degredation, oppression and savagry become epitomy of these peoples

Man in his innate human nature is good, but subjects himself to evils. It is the battle of the conscience between good and bad which drives the continuous cycle of ... ilarly to Saramago, shows the importance of a complete cycle through the consequences of unrepented evils. Guilt, the result of harbored sins, initiates a prolonged predicament involving a battle betw ... one's conscience (18)" conceals fate. With the intervention of the conscience, the confrontation of evils and redemption of sin, the purification of the soul and the restoration of a righteous society ...

(2 pages) 68 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An esaay evaluating and explaining symbolism and rhetoric devices used in the novel The Stranger

writing in the first person (from the standpoint of Meursault), he draws in the reader, making the evils of society more prevalent. The sun, I believe marks Meursalts journey and emotions; both of th ...

(3 pages) 55 0 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A Seperate Peace. The question asks how Gene's paranoia and jelousy ultimately brought about his betrayal of Finny. Includes direct quotations from the novel.

es involving true human nature. Gene Forrester, the narrator of the book, is a prime example of the evils of human nature. Gene is generally viewed as a simple and harmless person. However, his path i ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.3 Aug/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Hamlet: A Study of Psychological Growth (William Shakespeare)

, Ophelia, and his school friends all appear to turn against him and to rally themselves around the evils of Claudius. Hamlet is a symbol of ordinary humanity and how people grow psychologically, whet ...

(5 pages) 75 0 3.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Power of the Judiciary

ca, they knew that a separation of power would be necessary to protect the American people from the evils of a monarchy or dictatorship. In doing this, they created the three branches of government; L ...

(7 pages) 120 1 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Power of the Judiciary

ca, they knew that a separation of power would be necessary to protect the American people from the evils of a monarchy or dictatorship. In doing this, they created the three branches of government; L ...

(7 pages) 116 1 4.5 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The Black Panthers, with interviews from primary sources from Oakland

A Battle RecommencedThroughout the centuries, man has always tried to triumph over his evils. From religious persecution to social injustices, it is human nature to try to overcome oppres ...

(5 pages) 50 0 3.5 Nov/2002

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