of nature” that closely resembles civil war- a situation of universal insecurity” (iep.utm.edu). These words express Thomas Hobbes’ version of philosophical absolutism. He believes that a world without a government yields disorder and lunacy. Hobbes‚ in his book The Leviathan (1651)‚ communicates a crucial need: a ruler who can keep the world in order‚ a feared‚ all-powerful ruler. He concludes in his book that the world needs a leviathan‚ a sea monster that lived during the time of Job in the Old
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The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy this is dramatic poem and reflective poem . It consist of five stanza each stanza have four line . The speaker her is not the poet ‚ it is a soldier who kills another man without any sensible reason . He is enlisted forced to join the army ‚ he is poor‚ uneducated ‚out of work but he is very kind and generous. He is very sensitive ‚ he feel guilty because he kill another man without any reason ‚ he is puzzled and unsatisfied‚ so he send us a massage "stop war" to
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Thomas Jefferson was a congress representative of his home state of Virginia during the American Revolution‚ but is better known as the third president of the United States. The Declaration of Independence was a document that announced the thirteen American
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was founded by Thomas Cook‚ a cabinet-maker‚ in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester‚ Nottingham‚ Derby and Birmingham.[6] In 1851‚ the founder arranged transport to the Great Exhibition of 1851.[6] He organised his first tours to Europe in 1855 and to the United States in 1865.[6] In 1865‚ the founder’s son John Mason Cook began working for the company full time. In 1871‚ he became a partner‚ and the name of the company was changed to Thomas Cook and Son
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Edward Thomas wrote “Rain” during World War I. His use of the image of rain and his word choices create a mood which is somber and dark. All alone in a house‚ the speaker listens to the rain is confronted with thoughts of death. To Thomas‚ death would be a welcome relief from the misery in which he is living. Thomas says “Remembering again that I shall die / And neither hear the rain nor give it thanks / For washing me cleaner that I have been” (Thomas 3-5). To the reader it makes mood clear
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Thomas Cole‚ The Oxbow Usually when I flip through my art book I come across many beautiful pieces‚ but when my eyes landed on Thomas Cole’s painting I was blown away. The first thing I did when I came across it was touch the paper because you would believe that you can feel the leaves by the way they are painted‚ and don’t get me started on the values of green that he used to make the piece one harmonious view of nature. I love everything about this landscape piece because it tells a story and the
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The term "utopia" is defined as both "no place" and "perfect place." In Utopia‚ Thomas More creates a utopic society centering around communistic ideas. Utopia is an ideal communistic society that abolishes private property. The perfect society he creates is therefore not attainable due to humanity never being able to obtain complete and holistic perfection. Utopia’s strict rules impose several limitations upon its citizens that therefore dehumanize them. Utopia’s strict rules limit the citizen’s
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While he has many similarities to Gene‚ Cullen Thomas’ story in Brother One Cell of prison in a foreign country‚ is a coming of age journey different from that of Gene’s in the sense that‚ Cullen has many impediments that are not just internal‚ but external as well. Cullen Thomas‚ despite being twenty-two‚ has a very childish mindset‚ and lives life carelessly without thought. Those thoughtless actions pile up‚ and eventually he is thrown into prison for smuggling hashish into South Korea‚ where
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both from a fairly respectable and high class‚ but they symbolise different aspects of high society. Alec is the "evil" side of society‚ he doesn’t care for anyone else’s well being‚ not even his own mother’s‚ he seduces Tess not because he loved her‚ but because of his own need. He doesn’t even apologize for it until he "reforms" when he has a "calling from God". He is described in great detail; his lips are described as "badly moulded"‚ even though they are red and smooth. This tells us that even
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Through Laetitia’s mother‚ Thomas King demonstrates that people should be able to identify with the culture they wish to and should never be obligated to identify with a specific culture. Laetitia’s mother is forced into this situation and told by the Canadian border officer‚ “you have to be American or Canadian”‚ due to the officer adhering to outdated policies that are not fit for modern society (King 141). Through that statement‚ the officer requires
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