Passion Gone too Far in Medea Passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling and is not limited to just feelings of love‚ but also‚ feelings of hate (“Passion” def.1). In Euripides’s‚ Medea‚ there is a suggestion that revenge may‚ sometimes‚ be justified (Hopman 155). However‚ when revenge leads to loss of life‚ others would argue that passion has gone too far (Robertson XVI - XVII). In Euripides’s play‚ Medea‚ “a woman betrayed by Jason -- her husband of 10 years‚ a man she had murdered
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making them more vulnerable to learning from and adopting as reality the violence they see on TV(American Academy of Pediatrics). Indeed these enormous amount of hours watching TV when at home leads to changes not only in eating habits and health‚ but also on one’s psychology and eventually the impact on the social life. Watching too much TV can affect you eating habits. When kids get back from school‚ when parents get back from work‚ with their about just about to explode‚ they want to relax
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Do you think it’s too short‚ too long or just right? This is a question many are asking about our school days. Many kids in schools today are saying “the school day is too long; I have no time for homework...” Etc. Is the school day really too long? Or does it even need to be longer? The school year consists of 180 days of school to receive credit. Is this too short or too long? Knowing there is 365 days in the year‚ some may say it is‚ some may say it is not. 180 days of the year in the classroom
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Parents often believe that it is better to be safe than sorry. Do you consider young people to be too protected? Whenever you come across the word "childhood"‚ you can sense the freedom to do everything‚ you can see yourself on all smiles and even you can remember the silly things you have done with your friends when you were young which could make induce a sense of humour till now. Well not anymore. In today’s world‚ parents prevent them from letting them go out and venture‚ they do not
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A1 Drama Piece- Section A essay The piece was a devised piece of drama called ‘Fire’‚ set in 2011 in the outskirts of London. It was about a schizophrenic teenage girl whose conscience persuaded her to undertake risky activities. The stimulus for our play was a song called ‘I hate Mondays’ from which we fashioned a piece of physical theatre on. We also used gun crime statistics as well as the life of 50 cent to help develop and influence our drama. I played the part of Olivia’s conscience and
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The modern civilization lives in the age of information and the whole information is concentrated in computers. Today millions on servers all over the world contain the whole valuable information about the humanity and the World Wide Web called the Internet. Everyone has access to the net‚ because they can join it from the PC‚ a smart phone‚ a laptop‚ etc. The mature people are still getting used to the innovations in Information Technology and try to connect their life with computers to be able
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In today’s society‚ parents are challenged with the ability of children to grow faster than ever before. Tweens are moving closer and closer to teens‚ and fulfill these adult-like roles. The media plays a major part in this dilemma‚ along with the need to fulfill major responsibilities‚ and the lack of family presence. The media is one of the biggest proprietors when discussing the state that our children are in‚ and why they’re unable to play children roles. It’s not hard for a child to
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In William Wordsworth’s “The world is too much with us‚” an unidentified speaker laments that society is disconnected from nature. He speaks longingly of nature…Sonnet… Thesis! Something involving the need for nature in order to get close to God. The tone is not nostalgic‚ something that is pretty rare for Wordsworth. The poem makes no mention of a time when things were better than they are now. The speaker is longing for a different world instead of longing for a time gone past. Thus‚ the tone is
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Department of Agriculture has tested upon 1‚137‚718 animals‚ not including mice or rats‚ in 2002 (Bidnall n. pag.). These statistics are only from two countries throughout this entire planet‚ which entirely surpasses prudency. Animals are not lesser than humans because they do not have the same intelligence‚ or a higher pain tolerance. Animal experimentation is unethical and should be banned. It is true‚ of course‚ that animals are similar to humans and it seems easier and more ethical to test upon
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Does our society depend too much on technology? Yes‚ I think the society is really dependent on technology nowadays. Since the technologies are very developed and popular‚ people are more relying on computers‚ laptops and Internet. In today’s world‚ people use computers in business‚ education and in the entertainment world. There are lots of mordern gadgets coming out these days. All people like to use mobile phones‚ computers and Internet. People cannot live without these things. It’s like everyone
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