Arthur Dimmesdale‚ Hester Prynne’s minister‚ suffers the greatest burden in the novel. Little does the congregation know that he had an affair with Hester. Instead of admitting his sinful act‚ he keeps it secret. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ this secretive sin brings Arthur Dimmesdale physical‚ emotional‚ and spiritual burdens. Arthur Dimmesdale inflicts a physical burden upon himself with self-loathing and torture. He takes Puritan fasting to an extreme by starving himself “
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There is one main over-arching purposes of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The purpose being that the “American dream” is unachievable. While Fitzgerald does not directly say the “American dream” cannot be real or cannot be accomplished‚ he uses different characters as well as the plot itself to represent his argument. The “American dream” also known as goals; are standards that people set for themselves to reach success or greatness. Fitzgerald is saying that the people who pursue the “American
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Role of Nationalism in the Downfall of Napoleon Nationalism is the devotion of people to the interests of its nation or the love of one’s country to stay independent. Nationalism played a major role in the downfall of Napoleon in that he wanted an empire and his opponents wanted independence. As Napoleon was conquering lands and creating a vast empire his troops stressed in the far lands that they conquered life‚ liberty and equality. Even though Napoleon did not realize it triggered
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Lady Macbeth was the main reason for the downfall of a born leader and courageous war hero. She was the instigator for Macbeth’s slow downfall from a hero to a murderer to a crazed man full of guilt for what he had done. Macbeth should have not stayed with Lady Macbeth for three reasons. She was power hungry and did not love him. She claimed that he is “too full of the milk of human kindness‚” what she is saying is that Macbeth is afraid to get his hands dirty and is rather feminine. She is contempt
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1.1 Aspects of Andersen’s culture that would be signals of a dysfunctional culture. Inability to question superior’s practices and incapability to suggest new ways of doing things in all areas of the firm. Andersen’s organization‚ culture and practices were derived from the old structure‚ which were still seen as the best practices even if outdated. At the organization‚ new trends of the market and new competitors were not going to change any of the company. "Don’t question it. That’s the
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Norman Lewis “… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education‚ was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis Norman Lewis‚ leading African American artist and prominent member of the Abstract Expressionism movement‚ was born on July 23‚ 1909‚ in Harlem‚ New York. At an early age‚ Mr. Lewis became keenly aware of racial tension as he and his parents resided in a mostly Italian and Jewish neighborhood. At the age of nine‚ Norman Lewis discovered
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Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism began in the 1940’s in New York and flourished in the 1950’s‚ making New York the centre of the art world. This meant that Paris was no longer the art capital of the world. Abstract Expressionism came at a bad time as it was during World War II and many of the artist in Europe evacuated to the sates which was another big reason New York became so popular to artists. Some distinguished artists who moved to New York were‚ Max Ernst‚ Piet Mondrain and Leo
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William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth is an unfortunate one. Although Macbeth does take the actions that lead to his downfall‚ he is not fully responsible for his behavior. After encountering three witches who foretell the future for him‚ he desperately wants to believe what they say since everything they told him is good on his part. It is said that the witches were just figments of his imagination. In either case‚ the prophecies told act as a vehicle to plant ambition in him which then leads him
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Abstract for cognitive behavior therapyAbstract Cognitive behavioral group therapy is based on behavioral practitioners using a brief‚ active‚ directive. Collaborative‚ present-focused‚ didactic‚ psychoeducational model of therapy that relies on empirical validation of its concepts‚ and techniques (Reinecke & Freeman‚ 2003). Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) had replaced the term behavioral therapy. The cognitive behavioral approach to groups currently represents the mainstream
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Abstract Yuqi Xiao Abstract Throughout centuries‚ the four seasons by Antonio Vivaldi have been very famous and well-known by people who are obsessed with Western art music all over the world. Most people have heard of Antonio Vivaldi’s music concerto “spring”‚ but not really familiar with the rest of the three seasons: “summer”‚ “fall”‚ “winter”. In my knowledge‚ I think that the winter one is most interesting concerto out of four seasons. The paper compares the “winter” concerto with the other
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