Ibsen's early plays were wild concentrating on visions both romantic and poetical of the rebel in search of the truth. ... This peiod saw brilliant plays such as An Enemy of the People (1882), The Wild Duck (1884), The Master Builder (1892) and When the Dead Awaken (1900). ... Into the remotest nooks and corners reaches his voice, with its thundering indictment of our moral cancers, our social poisons, our hideous crimes against unborn and born victims." ... It was not my desire to deal in this play with so-called problems. ... Benedotto Croce ca...

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They were the ones who would call people to go to the pardoner to have their sins removed and forgiven. ... This author is in agreement saying, "O what a shameful thing it is when a priest is like an ass, unversed in moral and lawlessly wild! ... Also with the wife of Bath, she talks about her moral values and views upon marriage but she doesn't to follow through with them. ...

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The Yanomamo live in hundreds of small villages, grouped by families in one large communal dwelling called a shabono (http://crystalinks.com/yanomami.html). ... Groups of Yanomamo could live entirely off the wild foods in their environment. Generally the most common wild foods are two species of wild pig, several varieties of monkeys, tapir, armadillos, anteaters, alligators, deer, rodents, and birds (Chagnon 1997: 61). ... Wild honey is one of the most highly prized foods of all, and the Yanomamo will go to great extremes to get it (Smoles 1976: 103). ... Although the Yanomamo supplement ...

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The artistic community was called into action, producing whole schools of painting, which glorified the development of the nation. ... The so-called Hudson River School appeared in the mid 1820s. ... The Hunter's Return represents wild woods surrounding a glade where a family seems to be living in symbiotically with the prevailing forces of nature. ... Cole was famous for the spiritual or moral symbols he was used to put in his work. ... America was still a new country, and many considered it as a Garden of Eden, plentiful and wild. ...

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The English word Church is translated from the original Greek word 'EKKLESIA', which means 'CALLED OUT ONES' - from EK (out), and KLESIA (called). ... The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch (Acts 11:26). ... The main leader came to be called Bishop. The others, later, were called Presbyters. ... Among those who perished in this reign were Simeon, the brother of Jesus, Bishop of Jerusalem, crucified (AD 107), and Ignatius, second bishop of Antioch, who was taken to Rome and thrown to the wild beasts (AD 110). 4. ...

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Then there's the story of Marlow's predecessor Fresleven, a gentle, quiet man who goes on a wild rampage, and the office of the Company with the two women knitting black wool like the fates. ... There was a touch of insanity in the proceeding, a sense of lugubrious drollery in the sight; and it was not dissipated by somebody on board assuring me earnestly there was a camp of natives - he called them enemies! ... He so disillusioned and disappointed by his fellow Europeans that he calls their exploit a "lugubrious drollery-. ... His responses aren't extraordinarily moral, just no...

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In his portrayal of the small world of the island, Golding paints a broader portrait of the fundamental human struggle between the civilizing instinct-the impulse to obey rules, behave morally, and act lawfully-and the savage instinct-the impulse to seek brute power over others, act selfishly, scorn moral rules, and indulge in violence. ...

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Gladiatorial contests hold a central place in our perception of Roman behavior. They were also a big influence on how Romans themselves ordered their lives. Attending the games was one of the practices that went with being a Roman. The Etruscans who introduced this type of contest in the sixth cent...

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Heart of Darkness opens on a boat called "Nellie." ... Conrad also illustrates Marlow's growing empathy for the men he once called "savages" during a scene in which a band of followers sent by Kurtz attacks the steamboat with flying spears. ... According to Marlow, Kurtz has been overtaken by the wild darkness. ...

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To accomplish this, Buddhists have to practice strenuous moral and intellectual disciplines. ... So the noblest moral values for the Buddhist are those of self-denial, compassion and sacrificial love. ... Throughout Korea one can see huge monoliths carved with human heads called Miryucks. ... And jen (human-heartedness) was exalted as the highest moral ideal. ... For the Confucian the goal of history is called "ta-tung": the age of Grand Unity. ...

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In both, the girl escapes when the false grandmother lets her go outside to answer the call of nature, with a rope tied to her. ... On her way to her Grandmother's house, Little Red stops to eat wild strawberries: " '... ... The behaviour of the Prince/King in Perrault's version seems less explicable than Basile's, even if more moral. ...

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Great Expectations. "Great Expectations" was written by Charles Dickens in 1861. "Great Expectations" is a coming of age story that revolves around the life of one man Pip. From the time he was seven years old until he was in the mid thirties, Pip shows us the important events in his life that s...

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The excluded is forced to leave the contrary it is what many call a "moral death- much worse than death itself. ... The lowest of all castes were called the untouchables they were made up of many different sub castes the most common of which was the candaas. ... The third person is normally called "the go between- and does just what their name means, they speak to both parents in order to strike a match. ...

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But though this be a state of liberty, yet it is not a state of licence; though man in that state have an uncontrollable liberty to dispose of his person or possessions, yet he has not liberty to destroy himself, or so much as any creature in his possession, but where some nobler use than its bare preservation calls for it. ... For these two are the only reasons why one man may lawfully do harm to another, which is that we call punishment. ...

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Is it true that the monster is treacherous? Walton says that Victor showed letters and that W. saw the monster, to lend credibility to the story. Victor had thought to be useful, but without due consideration to values. Epic hero: "the greatness of his fall." Victor's speech: we do something not because it's easy but because it's hard--shows some noble sentiment and aspiration. ...

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He then plucks one of the roses and offers it to the reader as a "moral blossom" to be found later in the story. ... He also comments that in spite of her excellent needlework, she was never called upon to make a bridal gown due to her reputation. ...

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There is symbolism in this small tale, however, for when the turtle first tried climbing over the wall, a wild oat got stuck in his shell, and after being hit by the truck and flipping himself over, "the wild oat head fell out and three of the spearhead seeds stuck in the ground" (Steinbeck, 22) . ...

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Were merely some of the illicit acts carried out by this so-called "cruel tyrant" another account recalls Dracula's customized dealership of the poverty situation in Tirgovise, a Transylvanian capital established in Wallachia, and the location of Dracula's castle. ... He also exposed them to the elements and to wild animals, and built screw trapdoors to drop wretches on cunningly located stakes below. ...

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Once upon a time there was a magical world, where everything was perfect and everybody was happy and it was known as the land of Fairytales. Is this a realistic view of the world? This is the view Fairytales give the reader and it is evident that childhood tales help to shape the listener or reade...

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After she published these two books her fans became wild about her and she developed a wide circle of `friends (George 6). ... "Her work is informed by penetrating psychological analysis and profound insight to human character played against the backdrop of English rural life, Eliot's novels explore moral and philosophical issues, and employ a realistic approach to character and plot development- (Harris 91). ...

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I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling (said Daisy) (Pg. 17) Tom not showing up to his daughter's birth shows how he has no moral value of family. ... Nick has high moral, since he attended Gatsby's funeral; however, or the contrary, Tom's morals are low, since he was not present at his daughter's birth, not for Daisy's sake, and not for Pammy's sake. ...

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Abortion poses a moral, social and medical dilemma that faces many individuals to create a emotional and violent atmosphere. ... This life imposes on us a moral obligation to preserve it and that abortion is tantamount to murder. ... The most commonly used type of second trimester abortion is called dilation and evacuation. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

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Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the...

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is known for his early religious paintings that synthesize with the late Renaissance and the decline of the Church's power. His bold, naturalistic style revolutionized Renaissance art by introducing a new style that was adopted by many artists. "Judith Beheading Hol...

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