I would say greed and ignorance is the biggest problem facing the world today. It is an aspect of human nature and seemingly intractable. I don’t expect the mass of humanity to undergo spiritual transformation to amend these aspects. However I do think that in order for problems to be solved such as objective conditions e.g. war and poverty‚ there has to be a change in social ethos- that of which is generally considered desirable in our social attitudes and behaviour. I suppose greed and arrogance
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Themes of Treachery‚ Deceit‚ and Greed The main concept that is portrayed in the medieval text “The History of the Kings of Britain” is the theme of treachery‚ deceit‚ and greed. The book revolves around the medieval leadership in Britain from the era of King Brutus to King Cadwallon. In chapter I‚ Gratian Municeps is seen to run and grab power after the demise of Maximian. This shows the greed for power as the author further adds that Municeps ruled with such tyranny that the common people felt
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With witchcraft on the rise‚ many citizens of Salem in 1692 were fearful‚ greedy and jealous. Nearly every character in this story gives into one of the factors. In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ fear‚ greed‚ and jealousy contribute to the witchcraft hysteria and mass executions in Salem. One of the main contributors to the mass hysteria would be fear. As if the witchcraft hysteria wasn’t enough‚ in 1692 many Salem villagers feared famine due to the upcoming war. The people of Salem contributed
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“The Red Shoes” is a folktale that narrates the story of a poor‚ homeless girl who gets taken in by an affluent women and gets swept into a world of materialistic concepts and ideologies. Ultimately‚ at the end‚ the girl succumbed to greed and it results in her feet being amputated off. Although an initial reading of the text may suggest that being malicious to your elders‚ will result in your harm is being promoted‚ a closer analysis reveals that this piece is conveying the Buddhist ideology that
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evident that the tragic hero‚ Macbeth‚ chooses his own fate and creates his own downfall. With greed‚ hubris and mistrust‚ Macbeth chooses and shapes his own destiny. Macbeth’s greed for power leads to the mistrust of those around him and in the end forms his fatal downfall. If the evil inside Macbeth was not to have overtaken the good‚ his ending may have concluded otherwise. It is Macbeth’s greed that lead to his decision to kill Duncan. Although the witches foretold that Macbeth will become
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The film Blood Diamond directed by Edward Zwick‚ we see three important ideas. The ideas are the child exploitation in countries that are struggling‚ the importance of family through hard times and the destructive nature of wealth and greed and what it can do to people. These are all portrayed in the film but can be easily related back to real life. The children in the film Blood Diamond are constantly being exploited‚ from the young ages of only 8 and up they are taken‚ abducted from family
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In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the author shows greed by the main character selling his soul for a large treasure‚ being a cheap and greedy moneylender‚ and the lack of the main character and his wife sharing the wealth between each other in order to show that people will do anything for money and become rich. “The Devil and Tom Walker” was written by Washington Irving. Washington was a very famous American author. Washington Irving was born in New York on April 3‚ 1783. In his childhood
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decline of family values in society today. Slide 2: Before I start I will show you the outline of my presentation. For the introduction‚ i will say in general about the decline of family values. After that I will show main points and explain the greed and other reasons which led to family values decrese. Lastly‚ I will sum up my presentation with summary‚ prediction and recommendation. Slide 3: Due to globalisation with the growth of materialism‚ people have high standard of living‚ the decline
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Rocking Horse Winner‚ the family lives well beyond their means. There are many messages that you could get from this story. How people take those messages and interpret them is up to them. Greed‚ sorrow‚ and guilt are three messages from The Rocking Horse Winner.” The first message from The Rocking Horse Winner is greed. The family in this story live well beyond their means. This means they have an expensive taste in lifestyle‚ and not enough money to support that habit. In the beginning of the story
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Claudius is driven by his own greed to commit murder. Polonius is always looking out for himself. Hamlet thinks of vengeance from the moment he finds out about Claudius killing his father. Human nature has been all of these things‚ but it has also changed through the ages. We can be cruel‚ but we can also show great compassion and kindness. Claudius kills his own brother so that he can claim the crown and the Gertrude. He gets rid of a good king to satisfy his greed. He kills his own brother‚
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