“The Ring of Gyges” is a story that comes from Plato’s book The Republic‚ where this magical gold ring confers the power of invisibility to its wearer. Because the Ring of Gyges would make the wearer invisible‚ it would in turn allow the wearer to do things without being watched‚ therefore he or she could get away with virtually anything and everything. Obviously with such a powerful ring‚ many would assume that it would lead to moral corruption because it would allow the wearer to do anything they
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The film “The Fellowship of the Ring” based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien‚ along with my personal experience‚ portrays the idea that there will be an interplay between fear and foresight when an individual makes life-altering choices because foresight of the outcome of situations will often builds fear when being unsure of what will happen. The main character in the film‚ Frodo Baggins‚ along with my personal life experience‚ show that while making a life-altering decision‚ acknowledging foresight
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after it split from India around 88 million years ago (Ratsirarson 2003). A primate who is native to the island of Madagascar is the Lemur Catta‚ also known as the ring-tailed lemur. Lemur Catta are endemic to southern and southwestern Madagascar‚ with an additional population on the southeastern plateau of the Andringita Mountains. The ring tailed lemur’s classification is of the following‚ Domain: Eukaryota‚ Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Chordata‚ Subphylum: Vertebrata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Primates
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Capital One Financial Corporation 1. How is Capital One’s use of IT different from other mass customization strategies? Capital One uses IT through its information-based strategy (IBS) to “record‚ organize‚ and analyze data on the characteristics and behaviors of their customers‚” as stated by CEO Richard Fairbank. Their philosophy was to exploit information by constructing scientific models that could be used to both assess the creditworthiness of potential cardholders through
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Mrs. Thompson English‚ Period 1 16 February 2012 To Ring or Not to Ring For various reasons‚ I believe schools should ban the use of cell phones at school. Some people might argue that students could use their cell phones as educational tools; however‚ personally‚ I am one of the students who you could say has a “cell phone addiction.” I am usually the one teachers catch texting from the corner of their eye as my fingers move quickly across
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The Fellowship of the Ring‚ an exciting and passionate novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien‚ captures the heroic conscience that lives within us all. In this remarkable novel‚ Tolkien displays how greed and envy have the power to destroy important promises made by partners‚ but how friendship and courage can fight them. This story displays a rare example of how one person can make a difference in the world. As one once said‚ "The world cannot be changed by a single person‚" however through the challenging
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Influence of Cultures on "The Thousand and One Nights" Stories like Sindbad‚ Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and other popular stories are very common today in the western culture. Animated movies were also made for the entertainment of kids on these popular stories. One might wonder that where these stories originated and how it came down and made place in the western culture. Although these stories are very popular in both the western culture and the eastern culture but the original literary work
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The Thousand and One Nights‚ generally known to the English‚ speaking world as the Arabian Nights‚ is a compendium of Arabic tales compiled between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. The collection starts with the story of King Shahrayar. Betrayed by his adulterous wife‚ he swears never to trust a woman again‚ deciding instead to marry a different virgin every night and have her executed the next day. He carries out his plan for three years‚ until his Vizier can no longer find a virgin to
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“The Thousand and One Nights” (“Alf Layla Wa-Layla” in Arabic and often referred to as “The Arabian Nights” in reference to the first edition published in English)‚ is unique in its adaptability and resilience. Over a period of more than a thousand years‚ this book has continued to enrapture its readers as it has changed and evolved. It is impossible to find any definitive “true” version of the Nights. The tale has many authors from many places and seems to have consistently evolved since its earliest
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most influential fantasy writers of all time. He has been referred to as the “father” of modern fantasy literature. Tolkien was an English writer‚ poet‚ philologist‚ and a professor at Oxford University. He has written The Hobbit‚ The Silmarillion‚ the famous Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ and more. The Lord of the Rings has inspired literature‚ artwork‚ music‚ film‚ videogames‚ and television. In The Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ Tolkien
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