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Penelope As Moral AgentIn her essay "," Helene Foley attempts to discuss Penelope, a major character in Homer's the Odyssey, in terms of Classical Athenian portrayals of women and, as her title suggests, in terms of what she calls a "moral agent." In her introductory paragraph she lays out guidelines as set down by ...
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Skeptical Views On Noahs ArkSkeptical view of the flood myth
As skeptics have long been aware, there was no global flood in the last 5000 years, a boatload of animals did not ground on so-called Mount Ararat or on any mountain, and the world's animals are not descended from two or seven pairs of each species that lived ...
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Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging An Honest ConsensusVisiting Researcher, The Foresight Institute
P.O. Box 61058, Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA
hanson@charon.arc.nasa.gov 510-651-7483
To appear in Social Epistemology, 1992. (version appeared: in Proc. Eighth
Intl. Conf. on Risk and Gambling, London, 7/90.)
C O U L D G A M B L I N G S A V ...
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Computer Mediated EvnvironmentsCHOICE IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTS
In the last several years, the increased diffusion of computer and telecommunications technologies in businesses and homes has produced new ways for organizations to connect with their customers. These computer mediated environments (CMEs) such as the ...
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Education Of Ee CummingsOutline
I.Introduction
A.Cummings' life
B.Introduction to Cummings' ideogram form
C.5 Poems being analyzed
D.Thesis Statement: Cummings utilizes unique syntax in these
poems in order to convey messages visually as well as verbally.
II.Poem analyses ...
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Short Story Analysis - End Of Flying Carpets by Steven Millhauser.Flying Carpets
Steven Millhauser
In his novel Flying Carpets, Steven Millhauser tells us the story of a young boy who's been offered one of these flying carpets, and thus discovers the joy, but also the dangers this new acquisition will lead him to encounter. Our analysis will mainly be based ...
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Porphyria's Lover"Porphyria's Lover" is a poem by Robert Browning and it was first published as "Porphyria" in the January 1836 issue of Monthly Repository. Browning later republished it in Dramatic Lyrics (1842) paired with "Johannes Agricola in Meditation" under the title "Madhouse Cells." According to (Browning ...
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SchizophreniaA beautiful 17-year- old with a great future ahead of her. She was the star of TV commercials, and sang in the high school choir. She was the envy of all the schoolgirls and the teachers' favorite. She lived in Crawford, Colorado and helped her family on the farm. She had high hopes of becoming a ...
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Picture of ChildhoodExplore the way in which Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem `Picture of Childhood', positions the reader to see justice.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem, `Picture of Childhood' is a descriptive piece of poetry. Written through the eyes of a young child, it successfully positions the reader to see justice. ...
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The Trouble With WildernessDrew S****
Professor X
ENGL
1 April 2013
Wilderness
The meaning of wilderness has changed over time, and today there is a debate surrounding the meaning of wilderness. William Cronon says in "The Trouble with Wilderness", "As late as the eighteenth century, the most common usage of the ...
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Elements of LoveElements of Love
What is love? According to various dictionaries, love is defined in many ways; the one thing love is not -- it is not defined in a singular definition, it has specific meaning to each individual. Sharon Old's "Last Night" describes the love she encounters only for a brief ...
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Institutional in American Society "Racist" and "" are provocative words in American society. To some, these words have reached the level of curse words in their offensiveness. Yet, "racist" and "" are descriptive words of a reality that cannot be denied. African ...
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Greek MythsBefore defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". In this document the word "myth" will be defined as a story of ...
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Dwight David EisenhowerThe taste of victory was fresh and sweet to John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Just about a year ago, he sat in the drawing room of his Georgetown home
and spoke breezily about the office he would assume. "Sure it's a big job,"
he said. "But I don't know anybody who can do it any better than I can. ...
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Gods GrandeurAs a Jesuit priest who had converted to Catholicism in the summer of 1866, Gerard Manley Hopkins’s mind was no doubt saturated with the Bible (Bergonzi 34). Although in "God’s Grandeur" Hopkins does not use any specific quotations from the Bible, he does employ images that evoke a variety of ...
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Development Of Computers And TechnologyComputers in some form are in almost everything these days. From
Toasters to Televisions, just about all electronic things has some form of
processor in them. This is a very large change from the way it used to be, when
a computer that would take up an entire room and weighed tons of pounds has ...
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Hamlet's SoliloquyIn this soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Hamlet we get a look into the mind of the prince. Hamlet takes us on his own journey to discover his feelings and thoughts about himself. He lets us see the quarrel in his mind, which is discussing why he hasn’t taken revenge yet. Hamlet is disappointed with ...
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Intro To IslamThe word "Islam" is an Arabic word which means "submission to the will of God". This word comes from the same root as the Arabic word "salam", which means "peace". As such, the religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart, one must submit to God and ...
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Dea Sea Scrolls ImperfectionThe Dead Sea Scrolls are a series of complete and incomplete scrolls containing biblical literature, as well as some other writings that have not been identified as parallels to any biblical books. Found in Qumran, located in the Judean Desert, these scrolls have been a controversial topic in an ...
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The Computer Revolutionhas brought about a total change in society, as we have known it. From the fifties and early sixties culture of make-do-and-mend to the materialistic, customer orientated society of today, IT has played an ever increasing role. We can now no longer spend even an hour without some form of ...
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