Essays Tagged: "Tension"

An Ethical and Practical Defense of Affirmative Action

tical Defense of Affirmative ActionAffirmative action has been the subject of increasing debate and tension in American society.However, the debate over affirmative action has become ensnared in rheto ... he equality of results. The debate has been more emotional than intellectual, andhas generated more tension than shed light on the issue. Participants in the debate have overexamined the ethical and m ...

(6 pages) 525 0 4.3 Dec/1996

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

The double edged sword of heresy

issident beliefs, and the Church to condemn his views and define orthodox doctrine. This inevitable tension between dissent and order was the motor which drove the development of Christian thought. He ... xisted on its own, it is best understood in its symbiotic relationship with orthodoxy. The inherent tension between two sources of authority-bishops and scholars-became a flash point for heresy in the ...

(11 pages) 132 0 4.8 Nov/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrance

urish. Although there is no doubt that there is love between the two, the forces around them create tension that suppresses it. Miriam believes herself not nearly as beautiful as she really is. Becaus ... relationship with his mother was very dominating. When Paul compared his two loves, it caused great tension between the two, he would begin to hate Miriam. This tension is similar to the tension that ...

(3 pages) 99 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

America and Affirmative Action

America and Affirmative ActionAffirmative action has been the subject of increasing debate and tension inAmerican society. However, the debate over affirmative action has become ensnared inrhetor ... he equality of results. The debate hasbeen more emotional than intellectual, and has generated more tension than shed light onthe issue. Participants in the debate have over examined the ethical and m ...

(4 pages) 291 0 3.4 Dec/1996

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

In Cold Blood Movie Review

ch his father deserted him,and at one point, had a gun pointed to his head. Also there appears to betension between Smith and Hickock. They think differently at times,especially when it comes to the d ...

(2 pages) 72 0 4.2 Dec/1996

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

Compare the techniques used to create tension and fear in the two stories "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens and "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl

e two stories 'The Signalman' and 'The Landlady' are quite similar in the techniques used to create tension and fear, but the stories can also be very different in places.At the very start of each sto ... be very different in places.At the very start of each story, there are hints that lead to fear and tension. In 'The Signalman', there is a "glow of an angry sunset", which gives us an image of someth ...

(5 pages) 68 0 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Minister's Black Veil

the sin he shows it clearly on his face with the aid of a black veil. This black veil might relieve tension in his body that has accumulated due to his sin. In the story, Father Hooper says that every ... out revealing them to anyone. If you do not express your secret sin you would be keeping stress and tension locked up inside you, but if you express it, the stress and tension will be relieved.Another ...

(2 pages) 89 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Electronic Monitoring Vs. Health Concerns

off. While electronic monitoring in the work place may be the cause of increased stress levels and tension, the benefits far exceed the harm that it may cause.Employees don't realize how often electr ... nt of employees subjected to electronic monitoring suffered from higher stress levels and increased tension while only sixty-seven percent of those employees that were not subjected to monitoring had ...

(2 pages) 83 0 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

US Civil War Turning Point

of the world. However, many state that it was a war that was bound to happen because of the growing tension in the United States. Nevertheless, it was a war full of fantastic strategy, courageous figh ...

(4 pages) 104 0 3.7 Feb/1996

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

Trichotillomania-Physcology 101 paper. Paper on an OCD diagnosis. This paper was written as term paper.

hing harmful to oneself or to someone else. A sufferer sometimes experiences a sense of pressure or tension before performing the behavior and can feel a release of tension afterwards. Sometimes peopl ... of an impulse disorder include the inability to resist the urge to pull out one's hair and mounting tension before pulling and the feeling of relief afterward."Trich" is a neurological disorder not ju ...

(2 pages) 150 1 3.6 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Expansionism and Slavery during the 1800s

ter over the issue of slavery in the 1850s. The issue of territorial expansion brought about heated tension between party lines and regional lines during the early to mid 1800s.When Thomas Jefferson w ...

(1 pages) 127 0 3.2 Aug/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Paralangue and Kinesics

ously. They are usedsubconsciously because you may not know what they mean. Which cancause cultural tension if you do something that may seem harmless to youbut may be a great insult to another cultur ... depressed look, dramatic gaze,guarded gaze, and absent gaze. The blink frequency can be a measure oftension, or even of sobriety as some researchers have concluded.The mouth is a remarkable communicat ...

(8 pages) 133 1 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Describes What a Learning disability is a focuses on dyslexia

, 1996 p. 190).People with dyslexia can face many obstacles and experience frustration, anxiety and tension. They may have a few signs or many, which can determine if they are dyslexic. Some people ca ...

(3 pages) 197 3 1.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Cult of True Womanhood

ese principles create and have created a strong division between the genders, and therefore, caused tension. Basically, it states that men are to work and make money for the family. A woman's goal was ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.3 Jan/1997

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

This essay discusses the assumption, made in the Crito, that "one should never do wrong in return" within the context of civil disobedience.

horities.Civil disobedience is disobeying the unjust rules of society in a nonviolent way to create tension and raise consciousness. A civil disobedient is a person who feels strongly about a certain ... ng "an unjust law is no law at all." This sets him up to break only certain laws in order to create tension in the minds of those believing in other ways of thought, namely segregationalists.

(3 pages) 88 0 3.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

The Economics of Clean Air

ty such regulations and deregulations provide for other companies. Global warming has increased the tension over the economics of cleaner air, but with little the government can do to limit the use of ...

(5 pages) 143 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

How does Galileo view the issue of religion and science? How does he resolve the tension between religion and science?

ical realities might deceive us. The Letter to Queen Christina was Galileo's attempt to resolve the tension between religion and science; his letter tried to open the minds of people to new findings. ... . He was frustrated with those who reputed his finding because of their own self-pride and fear.The tension between church and science went beyond Galileo's views on astronomy. "I hold the sun to be s ...

(4 pages) 166 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Hate Groups

oday's society where differences between people are magnified and everyone is discussing diversity, tensions between different groups are remarkably high. The extreme of this tension is brought out in ...

(7 pages) 194 0 4.1 Dec/2002

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

Analyse the short story 'The Red Room' by H.G. Wells. How is suspense created and maintained?

lp them engage into the story further. Throughout the story, there is a slow but steady increase in tension and an overwhelming sense of fearful expectations.The story begins by portraying a conversat ... the narrator, and subsequently, the reader. Repetition is an effective method used to build up the tension. 'This night of all nights.' 'It's your own choosing.' These are ominous phrases and aim to ...

(4 pages) 82 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Washington's Farewell Address (his stances on sectionalism, political parties and foriegn policy).

ship with the other three areas. The biggest advantages had to do with resources, security and less tension within the union. Each area had specific resources to offer the other areas. For example, th ... ivided into separate nations, even if they were allies, allegiances do not always work. Soon enough tension would erupt and with the nations so close to one another, war would be inevitable. Washingto ...

(2 pages) 71 0 4.5 Jan/2003

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