We agree that Shylock is more a villain than a victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to
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of a failed attempt to get back at Hamlet. Polonius died because of Hamlet’s vendetta plot against Claudius‚ Ophelia’s tragic end was an effect of Polonius’s death (thanks to Hamlet) “ "Pretty Ophelia‚" as Claudius calls her‚ is the most innocent victim of Hamlet’s revenge in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet”(Innocence of Ophelia and Gertrude‚ Studymode Research). Last‚ but not least‚ the death of Hamlet’s father‚ and previous king of Denmark was caused by Claudius‚ the new king of Denmark‚ and Hamlet’s
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endless cycle of suffering known as saṃsāra because of our unawareness of; impermanence‚ suffering and non-self. Saṃsāra is the endless cycle of birth‚ existence‚ suffering and death. It is considered to be dukkha which is unsatisfactory and troublesome because an individual will remain in this cycle if influenced by desire and avidya (ignorance). Teachings from the Buddha have emphasised individuals cannot achieve true happiness because it is only temporary and eventually will make us suffer more due
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How you can be a creator and not victim relies on how well you can mentally handle situations that don’t turn out the way you would have liked it to go. It takes a lot of mental attitude to not blame something for your situations outcome. A victim will protect themselves by saying whatever they think that will help gain approval‚ picture a kid that agrees with everyone but doesn’t say how he/she feels. To be a creator‚ don’t be scared of your inner critic. Sometimes what you are thinking to say out
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Cyberbullying victims hardly come forward and face their attackers. Victims are scared to come forward for fear of retaliation‚ feeling ashamed and many other things. What they do not know or fail to understand is that victims are never responsible for what is happening. Everything that is being done about it now is most commonly because of an incident that has already happened. It is sad to say it but it is true. Like many other things it is often too late but better than never. The only time a
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Irving L. Janis’ Victims of Groupthink Author(s): Paul’t Hart Source: Political Psychology‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 2 (Jun.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 247-278 Published by: International Society of Political Psychology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3791464 Accessed: 11/01/2010 13:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless
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Is Mayella a Victim or Criminal The norms of society are infectiously pervasive. Sometimes it’s these norms‚ which don’t let the society appreciate the potential it has causing the innocent victims of society to turn into criminals. It is not just the society which plays a role in creating criminals in fact family and home life is quite influential as well. We notice this when Mayella a nineteen-year-old commits the unspeakable crime of accusing a black man of a rape- who is completely innocent
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The Birth of the Republic Edmund S. Morgan Notes James Otis – 1765 “Were these colonies left to themselves tomorrow‚ America would be a mere shambles of blood and confusion . . . . there would soon be civil war from one end of the continent to the other.” 20 years later these same people united to create a government that has had a longer continuous existence than that of any Western country except England. P. 8 - Colonial governors helpless to take action without the assistance of the
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Top of Form Friedrich Nietzsche The Birth of Tragedy An Attempt at Self-Criticism [Note that this first section of the Birth of Tragedy was added to the book many years after it first appeared‚ as the text makes clear. Nietzsche wrote this "Attempt at Self-Criticism" in 1886. The original text‚ written in 1870-71‚ begins with the Preface to Richard Wagner‚ the second major section] Whatever might have been be the basis for this dubious book‚ it must have been
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BIRTH CONTROL IS NOT MURDER Hormonal birth control has been a major form of pregnancy prevention since 1965. The prevention of the biological process of embryotic fertilization has been in practice since 3000 B.C.‚ and since then caused controversy among religious societies and pro-life advocates. Ethical reasons for this practice are that‚ personally‚ a woman has the right to control her own body‚ and generally‚ the mass control of population. Against the practice are those who believe in the
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