... Syndrome” where people are afraid to go out. So they stay in the house and watch more television. Television has a very powerful effect - just look at the power of commercials. While it is a positive step that the government is trying to regulate television programming, it is still the parents' job to monitor what children watch. With the wide range of programming available, if a child watches television without any supervision, it is very likely that he/she will view a program that is unsuitable for their age. While television can be a negative force, it can also be very positive if used correctly. There are many programs on television today that are both ed ...

... was. In the comedy Much Ado about Nothing written by William Shakespeare in 1600, love is the major subject discussed by the author, which is presented to the readers. The author does not give a direct answer to this question - he lets the reader find it and think about it from his or her own point of view. There are two love relationships developing throughout the plot. The reader witnesses "love from the first sight" between Claudio and Hero, and laughs at Beatrice's scorns and attitude towards Benedick. However, as the plot develops, these relationships develop too. Although they change, there is one thing that remains constant - the contrast betwee ...

... meant the executioner had to cut his own head off. This declaration of execution represents English acquiescence of brutality and the unreasonable laws and culture. William Schwenck Gilbert plays wording nicely on making jokes to the Japanese, but indeed to the English people. In The Mikado, the sparking lyrics and the vagaries of love set in a fanciful Japanese society. For example: KO-KO (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) is engaged to YUM-YUM (Ward of KO-KO). Even YUM-YUM doesn't like KO-KO, she can't refuse him because of in Japan girls do not arrive at years of discretion until they are fifty- from seventeen to forty-nine are considered years of indiscretion ( ...

... foundations. Its creation was during the sixties, when counter culture was at its peak, a time when rebelling against "the system" and not "selling out" were the ideals of popular culture. The fact that the magazine held within its covers no advertisements catered to the ideal of not selling out, which drew a faithful audience. The second factor is tradition. As is true with most MAD readers of my generation, My first encounter with the magazine was when I was a kid, going through some old things of my father's in the attic. I came across an old issue of MAD and became interested in it although I only understood a few of the satires that it contained. It is a fact ...

... pottery trade in exportation up to the sixth century BC. Around about 525 BC the Corinthian and all other regional styles had been driven from the ceramics scene by Athens, who had created an empire of luxury wares with Attic Black Figure pottery. Around 530 BC there was a birth of a new type of pottery called Attic Red Figure. Attic Black Figure was virtually replaced by the new comer around 480 BC. The key to Athens’s success was due in part to the variety of shapes and the countless range of pictorial and geometric designs on the exterior of the pieces. The ancient Greek pottery has even inspired poetry. An author named John Keats wrote a poem called Ode on ...

... 11 o’clock at night because the boy had gotten into a fight with his friend. Ray (the guy who was driving the car) had become distracted and did not see the boy and hit him. After a little convincing they all agreed to a pact not to tell anyone and threw the boy’s body over the cliff and into the water below. No one saw them do this. In the movie, it was a man named David Egan who was killed. Another man killed David and his body was thrown over the edge of the cliff. It just so happened that the four teenagers, Julie, Ray, Helen, and Barry, where driving by at the time. David’s body hit the hood of the car while Barry was distracting everyone in the car. They all b ...

... there are powers at work in the kingdom. A power that could be considered supernatural is in control of the actions of the play. Hamlet is visited on several occasions by a ghost that offers thought provoking information. Hamlet knows not whether to trust the spirit or disregard what he has been told. "… the devil hath power T'assume a pleasing shape" Hamlet thought that the spirit may be trying to mislead him in the quest to find his father's killer. Characters of the play become unsure of their intentions due to the odd twists of fortune that they are dealt. Characters in the play that were so sure of their decisions became uncertain. This uncertainty arises w ...

... spent their whole life living lies. This is important to the theme because it shows the reader that when you lie to those you care most about you form a non-existing relationship because to live a lie is to not live at all. 5. Internal conflicts are what move the plot along for the most part. Throughout the story the characters are trying to live with who they are and also trying to please everyone else. The internal conflict of acceptance is what they all have to deal with and that is what moves the plot along. Point of View 1. The author uses a lot of stage direction to set the mood for each scene. Musical instruments define each character ...

... only wants revenge against the Jew-hater. The choosing of the three caskets is used as the main explanation of appearance versus reality. The suitor of Portia must choose either a gold, silver or lead casket, where the right choice will allow the suitor to marry her. The Prince of Morocco, on choosing the beautiful gold casket with the inscription, "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire," sees the message, "All that glisters is not gold," and is thus turned away by Portia. The Prince of Arragon, on choosing the silver casket with, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves," receives a fool's head, and is told that that is what he deserv ...

... of each of these families are all slaughtered within the play. Fortinbras, King of Norway, was killed by King Hamlet; slain by sword during a man to man battle. "àour valiant Hamlet-for so this side of our known world esteem'd him-did slay this Fortinbras." This entitled King Hamlet to the land that was possessed by Fortinbras because it was written in a seal'd compact. Polonius was an advisor to the King, and father to Laertes and Ophelia. He was nosy and arrogant, and he did not trust his children. He was killed by Young Hamlet while he was eves dropping on a conversation between Hamlet and his mother. "How now! A rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!" King Ha ...