Its every man for himself in this situation. I personally think anyone would do what Krogstad chose to do. Blackmailing Nora was the only way to ensure that he would not lose his job. A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen reveals to us just how serious Krogstad is when he confronted Nora.
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from the desire of people to be protected‚ whether it be from external or internal conflicts. With the formation of governments‚ a hierarchy formed between the common people and government workers. As Lock and Hobbes put it‚ a “social contract” was established between the two. By Locke and Hobbes’ standards‚ a social contract is the agreement between individuals and governments‚ in which both agree to make compromises to avoid the consequences of living in the state of nature‚ or life without the
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Lewis & Clark were born leaders both experienced in army forces‚ resourceful‚ intelligent‚ and adventurous.1 They started their expedition near St. Louis Missouri in May of 1804.3 Congress allocated 2‚500 dollars for their expedition. They experienced different things on their journey and made new discoveries. They experienced dangerous weather‚ illness‚ injury and fatigue.3 During their journey through the Americas Lewis kept a journal of all their discoveries. They were opposite but were stronger together
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The Constitution of the United States of America was approved on September 17‚ 1787‚ by representatives from the twelve states that were in attendance. Article 1 in the Constitution governs how the legislative branch will be operative. The main focal point of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislative branch which is a governmental body with two houses‚ known as the United States congress. The framers of the Constitution thought that having two houses would limit the amount of
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had brilliant scientists such as; Aristotle‚ Ptolemy‚ Isaac Newton and many more. On the other hand‚ the enlightenment had philosophers such as; Montesquieu‚ Voltaire‚ Adam Smith and John Locke. Both the enlightenment and the scientific revolution were the best era in human history because; They developed the idea of reasoning and lastly‚ both used the scientific method. These are the reasons why the scientific
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when he gets incriminating pictures that show the judge in compromising situations with a prostitute. The scene “You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order!...” is a well known scene that becomes the turning point in the movies battle between Kirkland’s ethical
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When introducing Sister Alexandra to his children and he want his children to follow rule and regulation set by Alexandra as a brother he does not want to hurt his sister‚ so he tries to convince his kids to be patient and do what as she says. The author in the novel “To kill a Mocking Bird” narrates the lines by Mr. Atticus as‚ “Your aunt’s doing me a favor as well as you all. I can’t stay here all day with you and the summer’s going to be a hot one” (146). Such statement reflects
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First experience of the United States at colonization. It was never the stated intention of America to colonize the Philippines forever “the Philippines are ours not to exploit‚ but to develop and civilize‚ to educate‚ to train in the science of self – government” President McKinley US congress (1899) Objectives: To pursue a manifest destiny for America as world power; To use the Philippines as a source of raw materials for U.S industries and as the market for U.S manufactured
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amendment. In terms of the 13th‚ the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford comes to mind. We see the court rule and state that Americans of African descent were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Along with that we also again see racial segregation upheld in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ as I talked about previously. Although there were no cases that directly overturned the Dred Scott case or the Plessy case‚ the fourteenth amendment paved way for equal protection and marked these
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What is academic English? You may be confident in using English in everyday situations‚ but the kind of English you need for study is rather different. It is what is known as ’academic English’ and is the type of English you need for * reading and understanding your study materials * writing about your subject. Academic English is different from everyday spoken English. It may be used to * describe an object or situation * describe a process or how something works * explain
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