Essays Tagged: "viewpoint"

Laertes' Role in Hamlet

requests that King Claudius allow him to return to his duties in France. This is important from the viewpoint that it demonstrates his dislike for the King and his wish to be away from the questionabl ...

(5 pages) 95 0 4.5 Jan/1997

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

the need and utility of nuclear weapons , destructors or Saviors?

st subheading, dismantling nuclear weapons; but, before stating their reasoning, we will change our viewpoint to that of the naive (no insult intended) or too optimistic. Assuming all nations dismant ...

(3 pages) 97 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

"Fountain Head"

inds true to this belief and goes by the name of Howard Roark. This young architect who had his own viewpoint of the world and how he envisioned it, was condemned by the media and the public by doing ... temple, Roark had the freedom to build whatsoever he choose. This gave him a medium to express his viewpoint without having any restrictions. After the delayed unveiling of the temple, it was condemn ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A look within Milton's " Paradise Lost " Looks at Satan as the tragic hero in the Poem

r action, particularly unconventional action, endeared him to certain types of minds, even if their viewpoint might be considered theologically misleading. Milton often follows the road of intellectua ...

(3 pages) 190 1 2.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

John Gardner's novel, "Grendel". Gives the reader a new perspective on the classic 'good vs. Evil'

orces the reader to analyze situations in the book in the same way that Grendel does. By using this viewpoint, the author allows his readers to see the other side of the coin. Therefore, throughout th ...

(3 pages) 78 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of the methaphor "Life is like a box of chocolates"

e be compared to something as small and simple as a box of chocolates? There have been two opposing viewpoints in regards to the meaning of this quote, and each viewpoint comes about by a different an ...

(4 pages) 71 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The life and works of Jessie Shirley Bernard (1903-1996).

professional lifetime changed from a traditional positivist sociology to a feministically informed viewpoint (Bannister 1991). Privately, Bernard struggled with her Judaic heritage, conflicting press ...

(17 pages) 152 0 4.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Soul of Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo, a character summary

seems like a three dimensional character at first. But deep inside his emotions he shows a defined viewpoint on life making him a flat character. One of the most compassionate things he did was guard ...

(2 pages) 45 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Mill's Theory of Liberty

of liberty.To Mill, one can never be certain about the veracity or mendacity of acertain opinion or viewpoint. Any assumption of complete certainty of thetruth or falsity of an opinion is an allusion ... eved, any challenges are not renderedtotally useless. As such, even in the locus of completely true viewpoints( with the exception of mathematical truths where all argument is on oneside ), any attemp ...

(14 pages) 360 1 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

A review of Richard Brookhiser's article "All Junk, All the Time" criticizing the boyband phenomenon.

lay to listeners with inferior intellect, and above all there is easy money to be made.Brookhiser's viewpoint may appear haughty or altruistic, but in reality his statement is fact. This type of satir ...

(2 pages) 74 0 4.4 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Values shown in the book The Great Gatsby. The Author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows what values he excepts and rejects

American way in the 1920s is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book is told through the viewpoint of a man named Nick Carraway, who had recently made his wealth and moved from a Midwest to ...

(2 pages) 74 0 4.4 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Is He Serious? (An opinionated report on the Unabomber's Manifesto)

dict himself before I wasfinished with the paragraph. In my opinion, the entire manifesto and every viewpointexpressed therein, was a strange mix of confusion, fact and storytelling. Althoughwritten w ...

(6 pages) 50 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Discuss some of the issues raised in "An Inspector Cals" by Priestly

Discuss some of the issues raised in 'An Inspector Calls' and show how Priestly expresses his own viewpoint in the play.The play is set in the1912 on an English street scene in the evening.The plot ... tly had very strong views about equal rights and he uses the characters very well to get across his viewpoint all over the world.

(4 pages) 32 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Scientific Management is sadly underestimated as an approach in modern organisational life. Provide a detailed justification of your agreement or disagreement of this statement. (i disagree with it)

istic, inhumane approach does not belong in the 21st century.A much broader theory is the classical viewpoint, 'a perspective on management emphasising finding ways to manage work and organisations mo ... nisations would be the contingency theory of management. This particular contemporary concept is a 'viewpoint arguing that appropriate managerial action depends on the particular parameters of the sit ...

(8 pages) 517 1 3.9 May/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

A Cloned Chop? Speaks of cloning in relation to the agricultural aspect of the United States

in Newsweek called A Cloned Chop, Anyone? They take a somewhat neutral, but also somewhat negative viewpoint of cloning in an agricultural and medicinal sense. They admit some good aspects of this ge ...

(4 pages) 73 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Comparative Essay (The website makes many errors in my essays. Please get me to e-mail the originals of my work to you if you like them).

miliar Theme? from the collection The Chess Player?s Bedside Book deal with this theme, butfrom the viewpoint of very different characters: Teddy and Harry Golombek ? a young boy trapped within an ima ...

(4 pages) 124 0 2.1 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Cloning

ws, or constructs: individualistic and communitarian (an image of collectivism). An individualistic viewpoint 'stresses the rights of the individual as a unique being' (class review). A communitarian ... nd that offensive.'(Wilmut as quoted by NYTimes, Daniel Callahan, 02/26/97).From an individualistic viewpoint, those in favor of cloning human beings, do not see it as morally, or ethically wrong. Man ...

(6 pages) 216 0 4.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Influence of Green Groups on the Policy of the United States

man centered. Environmental groupshave been attempting to change this to a biocentric or ecocentric viewpoint, which includes the rights of animals andthe environment. These views are nature centered ... Animals, plants and the entire ecosystemmust have the same protection as humans have. An ecocentric viewpoint establishes the right of the environment to havelegal standing. This gives people the abil ...

(8 pages) 230 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Debate on Surrogate Motherhood

child's mother. Clearly, we must indeed recognize this side of the argument.But to those with that viewpoint, that is the end of the argument. They do not see any reason for the issue to be continued ...

(3 pages) 83 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Analysis of Voltaire's philosophy in Candide

In Candide, Voltaire uses sarcasm to explain his viewpoint of "reason plus action". His philosophy is that it is not enough simply to believe in cert ... osed to someone else's. Candide is the model that Voltaire uses to contradict the other character's viewpoints, and in turn to show the reader what Voltaire truly believes.Candide, apart from being en ... o identify with the characters and the story line, but more importantly, to understand the author's viewpoint on life. Voltaire's real premise in Candide was not just to make fun of other philosophers ...

(5 pages) 236 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy