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    In Act two‚ Macbeth had killed Duncan. Duncan was a king and that is what Macbeth wanted to be‚ so he decided to murder him. Macbeth’s outward appearance is that he is powerful‚ but really incapable of standing his own ground. Macbeth became paranoid because he did not want anyone knowing that he had murdered Duncan. Every knock of the door he heard‚ he would ask “whose there?” Macbeth had an excessive amount of blood on his hands and thought that his hands could never become clean again. His

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    a holistic and ever improving offering‚ which engages multiple supply chain participants (employees‚ consumers‚ suppliers‚ partners‚ even artists) in co-devising a value proposition that appeals not just to our sense of fashion‚ but also to our conscience. II. Challenges and Opportunities Veja encountered challenges due to their small-scale operation at first and the inherent fierce competition from big players in the market. Customers expect ethical products in the first place‚ so having eco-shoes

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    In Karen Horney ’s essay‚ "The Distrust Between the Sexes‚" she demonstrates how the expectations we have when we are in love can often lead to disappointment. "An almost unavoidable source of disappointment and distrust in our normal love life derives from the fact that the very intensity of our feelings of love stirs up all of our secret expectations and longing for happiness‚ which slumber deep inside us (361)." Simply‚ projecting our desires‚ expectation and sometimes guilt upon our lover can

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    The mind can only hold off a guilty conscience for a short time before it becomes all consuming. Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking through her castle when a Doctor and a Gentlewoman see her. Lady Macbeth is seen washing her hands when she says “Out‚ damned spot! Out I say‚” (5.1.37). This quote suggests that Lady Macbeth is attempting to wash out a blood stain on her hands that in reality is not there. While the actual murder is the fault of her husband‚ she knows her hunger for power and her influence

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    In Macbeth‚ one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays‚ Macbeth is faced with very tough choices and encounters several moral dilemmas. In act one‚ it is revealed to him in a prophecy‚ proven to be accurate on two other occasions‚ that he is to become king. Although there’s already a healthy and great king‚ Duncan‚ Macbeth – now convinced it is his destiny – begins to have indecent thoughts about how to make the thrown his own. His mind quickly brings him to the idea of murdering Duncan. He tells

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    Conscience vs. Society Conscience and society are often in conflict with one another. Your culture and the people around you may be telling you to do one thing‚ while in your heart; you feel that a different way is the way to go. This is exactly what happens in Sophocles’ play Antigone. Ismene‚ Haimon‚ and Creon all have a difficult time choosing between following what their conscience is saying and what society thinks‚ which leads to conflict between the characters. Ismene faces this conflict

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    Macbeth Exemplar Essay Analyse how the choices made by the writer influenced your reactions to one or more important themes in the written text(s). In the Scottish tragic play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare written in the early 1600s are important theme portrayed is that ‘excessive ambition‚ lust for power and temptations can easily weaken a man and influence him to do wrong‚ eventually resulting in harmful consequences.’ Shakespeare’s choices of making such a loyal and noble warrior –

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    Strong Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness Providing an alternative view to the theories of weak artificial intelligence is strong artificial intelligence. This approach redefines intelligence to include more than just the ability to solve complex tasks‚ or simply convince observers that such a quality exists within a system‚ as per the Turing Test. Strong AI theory rests upon the principle that complex machine systems such as neural networks are capable of establishing connections between

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    Reading Task Part 2 Macbeth 1. Is Macbeth basically a good man led astray? In the play‚ Macbeth is portrayed as evil. I wouldn’t call Macbeth ’evil’. I would call him disillusioned. He was a good man‚ capable of serving his family‚ the royal family and the country nobly. He was an efficient soldier and worthy of respect. It was his ambition that became the cause of his downfall. He let his vaulting ambition get the better of his morals‚ his values and defeat his clear sense of

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    Morals

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    MORALS Morals http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-hume-morality/ Growing up I always was told to tell the truth‚ treat everyone how you would want to be treated and not to lie‚ cheat‚ or steal because these are morals I should live by. The definition of morals is a principle or habit with respect to right or wrong conduct. What is right and wrong‚ and who decides these rights and wrongs? I will go back and explore Kant and Locke to hopefully answer my questions. • The values people

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