Lear has given away his position of power, but still hangs onto the symbols of power, such as the company of knights. ... Often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars - Edmond's eventual demise at the close of the play symbolises the triumph of good over evil. ... They are conveyed as being instinctively drawn to the pure evil that emulates from Edmond's being through costuming. ...

• Word Count: 1753
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Carroll references Paolo Virno, when he mentions "Major West seems to prove Virno's argument that "evil expresses itself precisely as a horrible response to the risk inherent in this world, as a dangerous search for protection.... It is through our own interpretation of these symbols that allows us to understand and fix the vulnerabilities within our society....

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The evil character Scar bears much resemblance to Creon, Jocasta's brother who became ruler by default and brought destruction to Thebas. ... The comic book character Superman is also an iconic cultural symbol, representing a heroic figure that has become the personification of strength. ... Her sword, a masculine image of strength and power, which could be seen as a phallic symbol, is worn on her back or her side. ...

• Word Count: 1933
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Comparing and contrasting Marx" belief on religion as a social opium, along with Emile Durkheim and Max Weber's understanding and account of religion within society. How do we account for religion - its origin, its development, and even its persistence in modern society? This is a question, which has occupied many people in a variety of fields for quite a long time. At one point, the answers were framed in purely theological and religious terms, assuming the truth of Christian revelations and proceeding from there. But through the 18th and 19th centuries, a more "naturalistic" appr...

• Word Count: 2462
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The purpose of this essay is to look at how the media is a source of 'knowledge' to present crime and victimisation and how the media invokes 'moral panics' about crime and lawless behaviour. There are a number of individuals who think when a person commits a crime they are punished for that crime. ...

• Word Count: 2855
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Tom Pain's Common Sense (1776) delivered the first bold argument for independence in words any fairly literate person could understand: "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil". ...

• Word Count: 3737
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: Undergraduate