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    The Motive for Metaphor

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    expanding one’s thought process. While reading Shakespeare or Milton you might find yourself looking up hard words to understand‚ when not priorly being exposed to these words on a daily basis. Through learning these new words you begin to understand what imagination is and how to use it. Frye continues to tell us that the language of literature is our way of becoming a part of the world of imagination‚ or the world we would like to have and in turn this language helps us produce poetry‚ which directly

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    Always a Motive

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    In the short story "Always a Motive"‚ Dan Ross depicts Joe Manetti‚ the protagonist‚ as an agonized‚ isolated‚ and heartbroken young man. After returning the missing Miller boy to his father‚ Joe Manetti is interrogated by the Inspector and is perceived as an agonized man. When asked about his occupation‚ he says that he is a musician‚ "but not working at it now". When asked if he was married‚ he says yes‚ "but my wife left me. She’s somewhere on the West Coast". Being alone and unemployed would

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    lot of land to gain and a lot of wars to fight. The largest‚ and probably most important wars‚ was called the Punic Wars‚ which was fought between Rome and Carthage. There was a series of three wars‚ lasting between 264 BCE until 146 BCE. The motives of these wars are complex‚ but essentially each city-state was determined to conquer the other in an attempt to gain territory for trade and economic expansion. Prior to the first war‚ Rome and Carthage signed peace treaties in the 5th century

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    resourceful land near lake Tanganyika. This immensely resourceful land was in the forefront of various european ‘explorers’ missions into Africa. This notion is immensely‚ relevant when discussing the motives behind King Leopold’s mission to Africa (mainly central)‚ King Leopold claimed that his mission to establish a state in Africa was solely humanitarian‚ however I believe that he had far more discerning motives‚ that have had a detrimental effect on the people and state of the Congo‚ which can be felt until

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    Colonization of America

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    When the Europeans had discovered America‚ the possibilities for them were endless. Although mistakenly discovered‚ it greatly aroused the curiosity of many European explorers. There were new opportunities for them to expand‚ and in more than just one way. Chances to spread religion‚ boost their economy‚ and help themselves politically. As soon as Columbus returned‚ the pope issued a decree saying the world itself was an inheritance of Christianity. Spain and Portugal‚ the two main Christian powers

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    been successful in battles and wars. Our motives for invading and expanding are examined as we examine our successes throughout the New Era and the World Wars. America had wanted to expand outward and was imperializing surrounding countries for economic and political domination. There were three major terms of U.S. foreign relations. The first is the Monroe Doctrine of 1823‚ which expanded hemispheric relations and created an agreement of not invading European countries as long as they don’t invade

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    Brutus' Motives

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    holds true if you are buying a car‚ picking a spouse‚ flipping through the channels‚ or simply deciding what to wear. Some circumstances‚ however‚ call for a much deeper thought process. One decision that would be particularly hard to make is if a person should be killed for something they might do. In “The Soldier’s Dilemma‚” a soldier‚ Dillon‚ had to decide whether he should kill a woman for what she might do‚ or let her live and put the other soldiers’ lives at risk. I believe that if a country

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    After World War 2‚ the European Empires were too weakened to maintain their domination over their colonies and they had to give them independence. One country had been preparing for this moment and it was the United-States. With the goal of “reaping the spoils of the collapsing European colonial empires” (Gelinas‚ 1998‚ p.3)‚ they founded the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These institutions were put in place to help the recently designated “underdeveloped countries” which

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    Colonization in Africa

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    European colonization effected Africa negatively‚ as it resulted in the continent being taken advantage of‚ people and resources exploited‚ and their economical standpoint being very low. By looking at Africa’s experience with the Berlin Conference and the effects it had‚ we can see how greatly the continent was negatively influenced. The Berlin Conference brought King Leopold II into Africa‚ but the world did not know that it would result in genocide of about 5‚000 people in Sierra Leone. Continuing

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    Secondary Motives

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    SECONDARY/ LEARNT/ PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVES ·Besides the basic biological needs‚ the expression of psychological needs is also of great significance:through society and culture in which one lives. · Non-satisfaction of these motives may lead to mental illness. Main psychological needs are: i. Achievement ii. Curiosity iii. Need for appraisaliv iv. Need for affiliationv v. Need for powervi vi. Work as motive 1.Achievement · Self- actualization or attaining excellence in relevant

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