... is wrong. We see this even in Jack, as he cannot kill the first pig they meet. At first they are able to use this sense, and keep their traditional standards also on the island. They elect a leader democratically, and by popular vote they start deciding what has to be done. They have rules for the meetings and they make laws for what is allowed and what is not. “’We’ll have rules!’ he cried excitedly. ‘Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em—“33 The problem comes when the boys start realizing that there is no one there to control them. There are no adults there to make them toil and sweat if they do not want ...

... first, Shakespeare shows Macbeth¡¦s exceptional nature as well as his high position. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as a brave, selfless warrior - competent and loyal to his lord Duncan. He defends Duncan by killing Macdonwald and the forces of the traitorous Thane of Cawdor. He performs these acts not because he enjoys slaughtering people, but because he is addicted to the fame, royal favor, and titles such as ¡§valor¡¦s minion¡¨ (Shakespeare, 13) and ¡§Bellona¡¦s bridegroom¡¨ (Shakespeare, 15). No doubt he also rejoices in the success that crowns his efforts in battle. Macbeth remains an honorable gentleman until he begins to c ...

... would have using the names of today’s college athletes. ’s real life examples are his most convincing source by far. The readers of the time could put a face to the name. People knew of William Matthews and James Hogan and put their faces to their names when they read 's article. It would have the same effect on our time if an article suddenly emerged revealing that Tradjen Langdon and Rickey Williams were playing professional ball in Europe under assumed names and getting paid for it. The public would be outraged. acquired his information first hand; he uses actual quotes from his sources. He also uses letters written by the athletes and trainers o ...

... he says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households rancour to pure love."(Act 2, Scene 3), he is saying that the only reason he will marry Romeo and Juliet is because he hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right. Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy. Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks ...

... say that this is the beginning to the completely government controlled society where your every move is followed by the administration. The year is 2096. We are standing in the airport near Copenhagen. A lot of people are walking by with their net-agents. A small computer-program that has been trained to inform you on all the things that you find interesting. To identify themselves they have their citizen-card plugged into the device. An agent is calling our net-computer. He wishes to inform us about all the activities in Copenhagen today but of course only the ones he knows we might be interested in. The agents are a very handy invention which was created in th ...

... others, apparently less deserving of life, live well into their eighties and nineties. He has happened to witness a terrible accident (the sudden collapse of a national landmark, the Bridge of San Luis Rey) which five people were crossing at the time of the disaster. All five were killed instantly: a little boy, a young girl, a wealthy old woman, an old man, and a youth. Brother Juniper is shocked into a metaphysical thought: “If there were any pattern in the universe at all, any plan in a human life, surely it could be discovered mysteriously latent in those lives so suddenly cut off. Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by ...

... for he is a person possessed with the lust for violence and someone who just wants revenge on God. As his speech goes on he get more worked up and irate. He whips up emotion by talking of the pain they are suffering and although he knows there will be no victory - they cannot beat God - they will at least have had some revenge. Moloch is seen as a towering pillar of strength but only by despair. Moloch is seen as an extremist. “which if not victory is yet revenge.” The next person to speak is Belial, a fair person but all that he says comes to nothing, the speech is “false and hollow”, it sounds impressive but means nothing. Mammon gets up next to present his speech ...

... the reliance on the products required for a transformation into what is socially believed to be beautiful. Recently in history, women, who were far from being pawns and victims, used makeup to declare their freedom, identity, and sexual allure as they flocked to enter public life. The first social history of culture: a richly textured account of how women created the cosmetics industry and how cosmetics created the modern woman. You don't need the latest census to tell you that America is, more than ever, a rainbow of faces with worldwide roots. More and more women of African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American heritage are celebrating their own personal beauty ...

... room the lamps are dimmed, with green shades, in contrast to the brilliance of the room behind"(190). We understand that this meant that the outer room, lit with soft and shaded light, implies poverty, where as the inner room, illuminated with bright candles, expresses wealth. The darkened room, insinuating poverty, is the office in which the poor Old Ekdal 'does some extra copying,' and in return receives a small income. The inside room, representing wealth, is Old Werle's dining room where he was hosting a party. The distinctions of these two lit rooms contrast Old Ekdal and Old Werle. "In contrast to Werle's party, the lightin ...

... rest of her life with her father. When her father died and left her alone Miss Emily did not want to face reality and tried to keep the body. This proves her inability to let go of her first true male figure. Miss Emily’s next male figure is one that helped her earlier in her life. Colonel Sartoris was able to remit Emily’s taxes under the impression that the town owed her money. This act of kindness by the Colonel caused Emily’s dependence upon him and what he did for her. Later in the story, the Board of Alderman approached Miss Emily at her house in the attempt to get her to pay her taxes. When the Board started questioning Miss Emily about why s ...