Writing II (1-2:15 p.m.) Assignment #1 February 26‚ 2014 In Plato’s The Republic‚ the author has to use rhetoric because of its controversial content. In order for Plato to create his idea of a perfect society‚ he makes the argument that censorship is essential for the benefit of the society as a whole. Though his idea opposes the fundamental beliefs of his audience‚ Plato creates a rhetorical strategy that disputes the case in which there must be censorship within the Republic. Plato also argues
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Shane Smith Professor Samuels English 102‚ Section 13 18 October 2012 Compare & Contrast Essay The 1960’s was a carefree time period‚ a time when the “hippy” lifestyle was considered the norm. A time when the youth were often the voice‚ citizens were dedicated to bringing peace to the United States‚ the abolishment of segregation was occurring‚ and the Vietnam War had just begun. The poems I analyzed were both written in the early 1960’s‚ when segregation finally came to an end.
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Some theorize that the “Stratford man” was a cover story for an anonymous aristocrat‚ or that “William Shakespeare” is a pseudonym of the real author. They often refuse to call him Shakespeare and regard him with contempt‚ calling him “Shaxper” or “Shagsber.” (Epstein 273-274) Even though the anti-Stratfordians have valid theories‚ they have been disproven over and over again. They argue that there are no remaining manuscripts or handwriting samples left from him‚ but the lack
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Title: Compare-Contrast Essay In twenty first century communication is very important aspect to humans. People have to talk the way listeners like. When there is male and female working together‚ there always occurs a problem of communication. Men like to talk about one topic whereas women like to talk about different topic. This problem commonly occurs in newlyweds. The husband thinks that his wife is so over caring‚ on the other hand the wife thinks that her husband is not emotional
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Assess the contribution and achievement of Plato as a critic. Plato was the first philosopher-scholar who gave a formal and systematic shape to criticism. It is believed that he started his career as a poet but soon after his meeting with Socrates‚ he destroyed his poems and dramas and began to take active interest in philosophy and politics. But he was not a professed critic of literature and his critical observations are not embodied in any single work. His chief ideas are contained in the Dialogues
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will compare and contrast the factors that impact on student achievement in Asia and the West and explain the similarities and differences amongst those factors. One obvious difference is class size. The number of students per class in United State is less than the number of students per class in Japan. Usually the class sizes in the West are much smaller than in Asia. For example‚ the average number of elementary school student per class in the United States is around 24 (based on data from the
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This essay will compare and contrast two characters from stories we have been reading‚ Great-Grandma from The Three-Century Woman by Richard Peck and Laurie from Charles by Shirley Jackson. Both Laurie and Great-Grandma lie and misbahve in some way. Initially‚ their families aren’t aware that they’re lying. In The Three-Century Woman‚ the narrarator doesn’t know that Great-Grandma is lying until her mom tells her‚ and the mom doesn’t know until Great-Grandma said that her husband died young. In
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the Greek’s upstanding views portrayed in the themes‚ such as loyalty‚ differed from the epic poem. In a comparable sense‚ the plots influenced whether the themes‚ like the homecoming‚ were similar in the movie and poem. However‚ the movie is by no means directly based upon the epic poem; you simply cannot view either without perceiving the connection between the uses of epic themes. The most plainly seen similarity between our epic hero and soggy bottom boy would be their limitless vanity in their
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Therefore it is natural for one to see similarities and differences within the process of attaining knowledge in different areas of knowledge. When the method forming scientific and historical models for human understanding of the world are examined‚ many similarities can be seen. These differences and similarities can also be seen when products of explanations are assessed. When scientific and historical explanations are compared one can see many similarities. Empirical evidence are used in both
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3-2 Rene Descartes Rene Descartes‚ also known as the “father of modern philosophy”. Descartes was born in the town of La Haye in the south of France‚ on March 31‚ 1596. Rene Descartes spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. Joachim Descartes his father served in the Parliament of Brittany‚ France as a Councilor. When he is one year old‚ his mother Jeanne Brochard Descartes died. His father remarried‚ while he and his older brother and sister were raised by his grandmother. Descartes was never
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