John Wayne, in his anti-heroic role as a bigot and intolerant, is a tragic, lonely, morally-ambiguous figure who is doomed to be an outsider. ... Freedom, civilization vs. wilderness, families vs. outsiders, the spirit vs. the letter of the law, myth vs. fact. ... The two doorways--both the one to the home, and the one to the bedroom, make him an outsider to society and to his desire to be with Martha as well. ... The tragic outsider, Ethan stands for a few moments, lingering outside as the camera pulls back into the darkened inside of the home, the doorway framing the scene. ...

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The first two stanzas refer to the Kenyan conflict, while the second two address the war within the poet-as-outsider/insider, between his roles as blood insider but geographical outsider to the Mau Mau Uprising. ...

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He is an outsider to Venice and therefore an outsider to the customs and society of Venice. ... This casts her in utter contrast to Othello and serves to highlight how much of an outsider Othello is. ... Iago and Othello are both outsiders in their own ways, but Iago can turn the manners of Venice against Othello more effectively than any Venetian could. ... Iago is certainly an outsider, but this bitterness stems from so many sources - the essay needed to pinpoint how he disrupts the social fibre - perhaps quote racial sexual language in Act 1. 8. ...

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To Georg Simmel, the stranger is "an element of the group itself whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it."# As a man with a Jewish background living in Nazi-Germany, he could certainly understand what it meant to be a stranger. While Simmel did in fact have great influence on the field of sociology, he also produced major works that may be classified as philosophy of history, ethics, general philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy of contemporary civilization and metaphysics.# Even within the field of sociology, he cannot really be placed into ...

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As Denscombe, (1998, p68) explains: "The image of the pitch-helmeted outsider dressed in khaki shorts arriving on the shores of some remote and exotic palm tree island to set up camp and study the lives of the "native" has become legendary." ... As Denscombe, (1998, p68) explains: "The image of the pitch-helmeted outsider dressed in khaki shorts arriving on the shores of some remote and exotic palm tree island to set up camp and study the lives of the "native" has become legendary." ...

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Othello's status as an outsider may be the reason he is such easy prey for Iago. Although Othello is a cultural and racial outsider in Venice, his skill as a soldier and leader is nevertheless valuable and necessary to the state, and he is an integral part of Venetian civic society. ... Othello sometimes makes a point of presenting himself as an outsider, whether because he recognizes his exotic appeal or because he is self-conscious of and defensive about his difference from other Venetians. ...

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Hale's own family members often treated her as an outsider. ... Hale's status, as an outsider did not cease when she became an adult. ... Her mother constantly belittled Hale and made her an outsider in her own family. ...

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For many of years, various theorists have been developing theories to help explain and understand why criminal behavior occurs within society. To help better understand and explain deviancy, it is important to bridge such theories with the accompaniment of a certain quality of mind called the "criminological imagination"." Obtaining this quality of mind will help us make interconnections with various structures in society that will then allow us to make valid assumptions during our analysis of "American History X." I will work toward a well developed concept of the "criminological imagination ...

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"Eight local clergy published a letter referring to King and his fellow civil rights activists as outsiders, calling the protests unwise and untimely' and praising law enforcement, in particular, on the calm manner in which these demonstrations have been handled."" ... In the public statement the Clergymen stated that they were confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of their Negro citizens, directed and led in part by outsiders. ...

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The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the largest long-distance coerced movement of people in history and, prior to the mid-nineteenth century, formed the major demographic well-spring for the re-peopling of the Americas following the collapse of the Amerindian population. Cumulatively, as late as 1820, nearly four Africans had crossed the Atlantic for every European, and, given the differences in the sex ratios between European and African migrant streams, about four out of every five females that traversed the Atlantic were from Africa. From the late fifteenth century, the Atlantic O...

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Stalin Essay Stalin's Childhood The man who the world would come to know as Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, on December 21, 1879, in the Georgian village of Gori, a small town in the southern reaches of the Russian Empire. He was the third child born to Vissa...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement Chapter 1: A Personal Perspective on Generational Homogeneity Chapter 2: Generational Homogeneity: The Empirical Research Chapter 3: Reasons for Generational Homogeneity: A Perspective from Young Adults Chapter 4: Dissemination Challenges Chapter 5: Solutions Conclusion Statement Throughout my life, both as a theatergoer and practitioner, I have been aware of an apparent generational homogeneity in American theatre audiences. My thesis will, firstly, investigate to what degree this perception is accurate, across the spectrum of American theatre. Next, I ...

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Although an immigrant, an outsider in Canadian society, Mistry already understood this condition, for in India he belonged to the Parsi community, whose Zoroastrian religious beliefs set its members on the edge of Hindu society. ...

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Although an immigrant, an outsider in Canadian society, Mistry already understood this condition, for in India he belonged to the Parsi community, whose Zoroastrian religious beliefs set its members on the edge of Hindu society. ...

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Formulating a staffing strategy: HR planning involves following staffing strategies: - • Do not train employees • Train current employees • Hire but do not train outsiders and • Hire and train outsiders. ...

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Outsiders Coming In Because the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a national organization that worked to support local, grassroots campaigns for civil rights, they wee often accused of being outside agitators. When King worked with local groups such as the ACHMR, he often became the focus of media attention, resulting in local segregationists viewing him and SCLC as outsiders who were disrupting their community. ...

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BP (British Petroleum) is 1 of the biggest energy companies in the world, there are almost 100000 employees in this company. BP offers to its consumers petrochemical products for daily use items, energy for light and heat, fuel for transports with retail services. From 1966 Lord Browne was the CEO of the company for many years. He focused on two areas : one is green energy and second is knowledge management. In my research I focused on BP when Lord Bowne was CEO. ...

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Sociology 11/09/01 When the tragedy happened at Waco with David Koresh, to many it resembled the tragedy with Jim Jones in Guyana. Jim Jones and David were alike in many ways as leaders of their occults. The death toll in Guyana was over 900, in Waco it was about 90. In the mass suicide in Gu...

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Outsiders must be accepted into the group before they can participate in decision making. 2.2.2 Etiquette and protocol for both business and social occasions There are many unwritten laws regarding etiquette and protocol that apply to business and social occasions in Japan and understanding these is vitally important to Cotton Australia executives. ...

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Perhaps because she has done a number of other things in her life - architecture, screen writing (she is 37 years old); and is a self described outsider to society - she has not succumbed to the attention and glamour showered on her. ...

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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. --Victor Hugo Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought. --E.Y. Harbug Different technologies have affected every single aspect of modern life. The f...

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I. Introduction The concept of "failed states " has long occupied a considerable place in international security and has been a topic of discussion and arguments (Call 2008). Although this concept has existed for decades, until the historical attacks of September 11th did it come to prominence and start receiving worldwide attention as a political phenomenon that could do harm to the global safety and security. In the age of globalization, state failure is becoming a growing concern for many foundations, think tanks and scholars, who have attempted to identify the root causes and come up with ...

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My name is Amanda Rose. I'm currently hiding myself from the light and going into the darkness. I lived in the darkness ever since my mother died and I don't know what to do. My father, Eric, has done nothing, but he began to drink and abuse me. He acted differently ever since my mother died. As I g...

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Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witchcraft trials in Massachusetts during 1692 resulted in nineteen innocent men and women being hanged, one man pressed to death, and in the deaths of more than seventeen who died in jail. It all began at the end of 1691 when a few girls in the town began to experiment with magic by gathering around a crystal ball to try to find the answer to questions such as "what trade their sweet harts should be of ". This conjuring took place in the Parris household where a woman named Tituba, an Indian slave, headed the rituals. Soon after they had begun to practice these ...

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In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the antagonist. That is, he is the villain in the play Othello. He is the person who causes an action to occur which affects the other characters in the play. This action may not necessarily be a good thing. Iago is the catalyst for Othello's change. He is the ...

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