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    Roxana: The Unfortunate Mistress and the Discourse of Marriage “...I thought a woman was a free agent‚ as well as a man‚ and was born free‚ and cou’d she manage herself suitably‚ might enjoy that liberty to as much otherwise as the men do; that the laws of matrimony were indeed‚ otherwise‚ and mankind at this time‚ acted quite upon other principles; and those such‚ that a woman gave herslef entirely away from herself‚ in marriage‚ and capitulated only to be‚ at best‚ but an upper-servant‚ and

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    In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ Rousseau holds that the institution of private property has corrupted human nature and humanity‚ such that‚ man‚ whose incipient nature is pure and inclined to goodness and compassion‚ eventually degenerates to displaying traits of deceit‚ cunning and trickery (Rousseau‚ 2008‚ 159). However‚ it is this author’s contention that Rousseau fails to account for any of the possible positives and advantages which arose out of the institution of private property

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    understanding of the meaning of what the picture is portraying. In this case‚ civil discourse will be displayed through many artists. For example‚ Norman Rockwell painted the Freedom of Speech painting in 1943. Civil Discourse is discussing something to be better understood with an unbiased opinion. While looking at art and digging deeper into the meaning‚ a question will appear‚ to what extent does civil discourse or lack thereof‚ improve‚ diminish‚ or hold society at status quo? Norman Rockwell

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    The No Show Consultant Abstract A top consultant at a firm is a no show at a client installation. The employee’s manager has uncovered damaging information while searching for his missing employee. According to other clients he has arrived late or not at all to previous appointments and has an increasing problem with his temper. The manager finally locates the missing consultant by contacting his neighbor. The employee explains he is having problems due to his wife leaving him and has abused

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    A movie is about a man (Truman Burbank) who is held hostage inside a world that spins around him. Truman Burbank does not know his life is a show on the television that was playing 24/24. Since the time he was born until the time he grows up and married‚ a thousand cameras were recording the images of him to a millions audience watch like a movie. At age of 30‚ Truman still no doubt about his perfect life. And he doesn’t try to leave his Disneyland because every day people (actors) always remind

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    Discourse CommunityI want to discuss about the Buddhist Community. It is the group of people who follows‚worships‚ and believes in Lord Budhha who is known as the Light of Asia. This communitybelieves in peace of the world. They connect their feelings of love‚ joy‚ happiness‚ sorrows withany other people by peace. Anyone can participate in the Buddhist community but there are somebasic things to learn about this community: Anapanasati (Pali)‚ Anatta‚ Beginner’s mind‚Bhikkhu‚ Bhikkhuni‚ Bodhi‚ Bodhi

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    Harten has challenged that assumption by contextualizing the historical development of Mas and the rise of Evo Morales‚ which the two have grown together in a unique way. Harten’s book The Rise of Evo Morales and the MAS‚ argues that by utilizing “Discourse Theory” Morales discursive logic can shed insight on the nature of Bolivian democracy (Harten‚ 8). The book‚ divided into three sections‚ and contains nine chapters. In the first chapter Harten discusses the roots and background‚ of the Bolivian

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    Rousseau: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau is a firm believer that humans are born good‚ and society corrupts them. Throughout his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ he attempts to give many reasons and examples on how this is so. One of my favorite arguments of his was from p. 34‚ “I ask if anyone has ever heard tell of a savage who was living in liberty ever dreaming of complaining about his life and of killing himself.” Although this argument is very blunt‚ he does make a good

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    How do we define ourselves as Humans? Name: Instructor or Class: September 10‚ 2009 This paper discusses what it means to be human‚ and the importance of the human’s responsibilities in life. It is important to fulfill the responsibilities as humans‚ and to explore all of the options and possibilities that the human’s short life has to hold. Plato saw man’s true nature as rational and believed that civilized society must be organized‚ and civilized life conducted according to

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    significant cultural change. Previously‚ almost no criticism of the media reached the public‚ except for some of the complaints of business interests and conservatives. The media controlled the "means of communication" and it used that power to censor virtually all discussion of its own role in shaping events But now -- at last -- we are starting to get some public debate over the way the media manipulates public opinion and routinely creates fictions that masquerade as facts. The change has taken

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