now is sharp and passing empty‚ and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged for then she never looks upon her lure.” (4.1.170-172). The falcon itself is a bird of prey with great destructive power (OED)‚ and as such Petruccio remarks on the behaviour of Katherine as strong-willed and powerful‚ but destructive in nature. Petruccio reiterates her nature by his description of the hawk as “sharp”. Sharp is a term used to describe a bird of prey’s craving for food‚ or hunger (OED). When a hawk is
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When David and his men returned to Ziklag only to find it burned to the ground and all their possessions gone including their wives and children they must have experienced immediate feelings of grief and discouragement. There is a stark difference between the way David handled the situation and the way his men handled it. David and his men had been in Ziklag for over a year and in that time they had worked hard to establish themselves and develop a life free from the persecution of Saul. Now suddenly
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shocking to me – over half of the subjects would keep shocking the ‘learners’ until the end just because the experimenters required them to do so‚ even though the learners cried desperately for help. I think this experiment has fully revealed the destructive side of authority‚ which can turn a mature and conscientious adult into a tool for punishment or even killing. The experiment reminds me of the painful history of Chinese during the invasion by Japan. It has been difficult for me to understand why
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portrayed a tyrannical civilization which is also represented in other writings; meaning that this future is a realistic outlook. In Fahrenheit 451‚ author Ray Bradbury tells the story of a man who seeks knowledge but lives in a society that demands obedience and creates
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Love in Romeo and Juliet is not that really‚ idealized emotion. The love Romeo and Juliet share is beautiful and passionate. It is pure‚ exhilarating‚ and transformative‚ and they are willing to give everything to it. But it is also chaotic and destructive‚ bringing death to friends‚ family‚ and to themselves. Over and over in the play‚ Romeo and Juliet’s love is mentioned in connection with death and violence‚ and finds it’s greatest expression in their suicide. The theme of love in Romeo and Juliet
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and turns the female protagonists into the moral centre‚ while most of the male characters either remain apathetic or indulge in destructive violence. In patriarchal social set up masculinity means superiority while femininity means inferiority. Masculinity implies strength‚ action‚ self-assertion and domination‚ femininity implies weakness‚ passivity‚ docility‚ obedience and self-negation. Through narrator Lenny the Bapsi Sidhwa lends weight and validity to the feminine perspective on the nature of
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sufficiently destructive to prevent us using it on humans‚ what do we learn from studying on animals? A description of psychology experiments has drawn many criticisms. These and other details where looked at in chapter 1‚ where Slater goes back in time and looks at B.F. Skinner famous experiment called "the rat race". Skinner performed an experiment on rats using food levers and other instruments to condition and shape their behavior‚ to see if we organisms are easily programmed to obedience or we are
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During the 1920’s and early 1930’s‚ Germany was unstable socially economically and politically. The government was very often in a state of confusion. The population was disappointed and scared‚ as the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1923 pushed the economy to a collapse before the people’s eyes. These unfavorable events made a nation in a state of insecurity‚ while fed up‚ the people looked for a rescuer. This came in the form of fascism‚ an ideology in which the individual is controlled
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Believes they are stopping their aspirations b. National liberation is‚ in the words of T E Lawrence‚"as tasteless as water." - Struggle for nationalists‚ resort to under dealings on civil agitation & admin sabatoge - British believe in civil obedience and efficient government - Against actions of a. striking civil servants b. murder policeman c. mob hysteria d. demgogy e. Crowd yelling f. student demonstration - British yielded due to contributions made by Asians and Africans on Western
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by police only. At times it also happens that students are put behind bars due to their aggressive activities. What are the causes of this indiscipline? Students are the builders of nation. They are the symbol of creativity. When they indulge in destructive acts what will be the future of our country? Hence‚ we must sort out the reasons so that they may uproot in order to give a secured present and future to our students. The greatest cause of the indiscipline among students is our defective educational
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