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    possess weapons of far greater power than ever before. This raises the question as to whether the consciences of human beings can have any influence on the serious chaos that is developing‚ also whether a lack of conscience is a significant cause.  It must be recognised that human civilisations have largely failed to have any conscience in the past. Religion‚ of whatever kind‚ should be a source of “conscience” among human beings; surely we all have a responsibility in this area. Therefore this is the

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    casualties‚ try not to abandon our dead to the coyotes. If we have been taught to keep our promises – if‚ in the simplest terms‚ our upbringing is good enough – we stay with the body‚ or have bad dreams. I am talking‚ of course‚ about the kind of social code that is sometimes called‚ usually pejoratively‚ “wagon-train

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    INTRODUCTION The conscience is a highly misunderstood concept today. Obey your conscience can be defined or illustrated as “an act of the intellect judging that an action must be performed as an obligatory or must be omitted as sinful‚ or maybe performed as lawful or is advisable as the better course of action” .What this statement is trying to drive at is that there is an inner feeling as to the goodness or otherwise of one’s behavior (my conscience is clear; has a guilty conscience) or inner voice

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    1. Dramatic Purpose: The dramatic purpose that Robert Bolt conveys is thematic and consists of ideas of identity and conscience. The dramatic purpose also includes the theme of anti-authoritarian and corruption. The reason that Bolt uses this is to show that people in power are corrupt and evil. Finally Bolt conveys support for the letter of the law. 2. Backdrop: The backdrop of A Man for All Seasons is 1530’s England Soon before the Reformation. The play is also based on real events in English

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    Conscience Conscience is “the practical judgment of reason upon an individual act as good and to be performed‚ or as evil and to be avoided” (Glenn‚ 1930). Hence‚ an individual must prefer to do the right thing over the wrong thing in accordance with his moral or ethical conduct. The judgment is practical because it leads to a course of action. On the other hand‚ it is a judgment of reason because it derives from our understanding of what ought to be done as good and what ought to be avoided

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    from a different personal problem and with each character’s guilt comes a different reaction. Miller and Hawthorne use the source of guilt‚ the actions resulting from it and the eventual consequences to portray the concept of a guilty conscience to the reader. Each character’s guilt originates from a different source. Through different characters‚ Hawthorne and Miller display guilt and it’s source to the reader. In both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible the use of relationships

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    32-33) Translation today: A guilty conscience can make a man go crazy. In the play Macbeth‚ this is a recurring theme throughout one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. There are many different images that help contribute to this theme such as sleep/sleeplessness‚ water‚ & children‚ but the most significant image would probably that of blood. Throughout the story‚ the characters’ guilt is exposed through images of blood. This guilty conscience caused serious mistakes‚ which eventually

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    IIMs SHOULD MAKE ONE YEAR COMPULSORY OF SOCIAL SERVICE COMPULSORY India is a country full of disparity. It is a home to world’s leading millionaire and also a home to world’s largest slums and poor. Few elites enjoys the luxuries at par with the most developed countries while half of the population lacks basic amenities of food‚ shelter‚ education‚ portable water and sanitation. India needs to bridge this gap between the poor and rich‚ benefited and marginalized as soon as possible. For this‚

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    Quotes Her views change as the play progresses. When she hears what her father has done to Eva‚ she says ’but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people’ (p19) At the end she repeats the words of the Inspector’s last speech - ’fire and blood and anguish’ (p71)‚ and unlike the elder Birlings is genuinely changed by the night’s events. She is horrified by her own part in Eva’s story. She feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself as "really responsible." Priestley uses Sheila to

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    Analysis Essay Soto: 1996

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    AP Language and Composition 29 October 2013 Soto Analysis: 1996 Second Draft As a child‚ much of the minds of people reflect on bright‚ bittersweet moments filled with positivity and innocence. However‚ young children may also have a sense of knowing right from wrong‚ while feelings of guilt emerge from little to big mistakes. In the passage from “1996”‚ Gary Soto’s continuous thoughts of guilt convey themselves through a shameful tone‚ vibrant imagery‚ and conventional biblical allusion showing

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