One such example of this occurs in what is considered by many to be Charles Dickens' magnum opus, Great Expectations. In Great Expectations, Herbert Pocket, Pip's best friend, is a foil to Pip for various reasons like his opposing view on life and his social habits. Their relationship exemplifies the message of Great Expectations, that money and social standing can either make or break a person's life. ... This goes to show that having fame and fortune can be a boon or a curse, which is the true message of Great Expectations. Great Expectations is a tale of love and loss, of pl...

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In Great ExpectaƟons, Dickens has Pip eventually reject the Victorian concept of a gentleman and embrace the example of Joe. ... The plot of Great Expectations centres on how a boy of working-class origin becomes a "gentleman.... His progress represents the class mobility of the mid-Victorian age of "great expectations," in which even the poor working classes could dream of success and become wealthy enough to aspire to rank. ... In Great Expectations, while an inclusionary impulse can be found in Pip's incorporation into the category of gentleman, this exclusionary impuls...

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In both Jane Eyre and Great Expectations, the central character is an orphan, who helps articulate various social and moral conflicts in society. ... In Great Expectations, the moral theme is quite simple: affection, loyalty, and conscience are more important than social advancement, wealth, and class. ... Ambition and self-improvement take two forms in Great Expectations "moral and social; these motivate Pip's best and his worst behavior throughout the novel. ... Throughout Great Expectations, Dickens explores the social conflict associated with the class system of Victorian Engla...

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Dickens, in the novel Great Expectations, exploits the ambiguity of the term gentleman. ... Joe's quiet goodness makes him one of the few completely sympathetic characters in Great Expectations. ...

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Self Conflict in Great Expectations Througout his novel, Charles Dickens explored the constant struggle Pip faces as he realizes the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. ... Great Expectations shows the need Pip has to establish his own sense of self-worth against the plans others have made for him, and thus hold a set of firm values and priorities. ...

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Charles Dickens' literary masterpiece, "Great Expectations," was written as a brutal commentary on the social hierarchy system during the Victorian era. ... Pip believes that his "selection " is a sign of his great personal worth and the people with which he's always associated with are now beneath them because they are too "common"." ... At this moment, Pip finally realizes that all of his great expectations "on becoming a gentleman and living the wealthy life, mean nothing when you have no one left to care about. ...

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The poems we studied in class reflect the ways in which society's expectations and social stigmas complicate a person's quest towards identity and true personhood. Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. ... Another poem that touches on identity and social expectations is the poem, My Father's Song, by Simon Ortiz. Thi...

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Just as in school, social class in the world of Great Expectations provides an arbitrary, external standard of value by which the characters judge one another. ... He demonstrates this by constantly illustrating how characters place an unreasonably great priority on outside appearances, wealth, and profession when judging others. ... His expectations only worsened his love situation by driving him to prioritize winning Estella over all other things. ... The best example in Great Expectations of this quality is Bentley Drummle. ... Jaggers's reputation is obviously great, from the constan...

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My parents have expectations and those expectations become my expectations which make me improve in life. ... Precious memories are a great value to me in life for I depend on the many happy events that happen in my life to go through the tougher or sadder times of life. ...

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The two texts that we read, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dicken's Great Expectations, both represent different courtship and marriage rituals taken from their perspective time periods. ... The marriages in Great Expectations, on the other hand were primarily from the middle class. ... In Great Expectations, our first look at marriage is that of Mr. and Mrs. ...

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The supervisor showed a great concern for his team members and he was always looking after his team requirements and needs. ... The supervisor is a great listener and makes us feel comfortable while discussing the problems with him. ... Initially while assigning the work he provide all the necessary inputs and resources required to complete the task and at end when the standards are not met or the performance is not up to the mark or expectations are not met, he never hesitate in punishing this team members for not meeting the expectations. ...

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Confucius elaborates further on perfect virtue by saying: "Its is when you go abroad, to behave to everyone as if you were assisting a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family.... The high expectations of the king act as the greatest example of al-Farabi's optimism of human nature. ... " In addition to these expectations, a king had to be a prophet and philosopher. Realistically, al-Farabi's expectations are unattainable and don't account for human error, thus mak...

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Laws, peer pressure, expectations of the general public and public scrutiny are some of the things that provide control within the subsets of society. It is only by understanding what unique controls these subsets impose that we understand the behavioral expectations of our individual societies, countries, cities, neighborhoods, homes, schools or work places. In finding acceptable ways to express our freedoms, we must first understand what the rules or expectations are and how they are to be respected. ... Keating about having his father's permission to take part in the play because he wa...

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There is a wide variety of ways that people can influence the behaviors of others, most often in the form of a set of social expectations. There are particular expectations, or "proper" ways of behaving, for all the different types of social situations and we expect people to act in accordance with these (Kowalski & Westen, 2011). Sometimes the expectations are subtle, as in the roles that a man or a woman should play. ... In both gender roles and eating disorders, the social influence can great. ... Society has a set of expectations for acceptable behavior in all types of situatio...

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Lily's entire life, and then even her death, revolved around social expectations. ... If she sways people to accept a person into their high social ring, then once they are in, they must show gratitude and respect towards Carry for her great favor. ... Another woman whose actions were decided by society's expectations was the charwoman who was seen on more than one occasion throughout the book. ... However, by portraying Gerty as the known outcast, it is easy to see how important societal standards and expectations are to everyone else. ... Overall, if the novel The House of Mirt...

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Chapter 2: Culture and the Media Define: Norms: the specific cultural expectations for how to act in a given situation Beliefs: shared ideas held collectively by people within a given culture Values: the abstract standards in a society or group that define ideal principles Language: a set of symbols and rules that, when put together in a meaningful way, provides a complex communication system culture: the complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society Dominant Culture: the culture of the most powerful group in society Subcultures: the culture ...

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In contrast, John Keating encourages students to find their individual paths in life, to follow their hearts and fight conformity and the expectations of society. ... The students have to live up to the expectations of their parents and the school by excelling in all of their subjects and sports. ... Keating believes that individuals can achieve excellence by working to the best of their own standards and expectations. ... Keating wants his students to understand that they will only achieve excellence if they choose to follow their hearts, instead of trying to live up to society's exp...

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Nevertheless, the careful reader notices a curious trend in many of Shakespeare's plays: many of Shakespeare's female characters exercise a rather great deal of delicate forms of power and influence, and often do so in unusual and even subversive ways that challenge traditional gender roles. ... Theseus, clearly invested in maintaining the prevailing social order because it advances his own interests.In other words, gender roles and expectations are being stated to this strong female character in no uncertain terms. ... First, Hermia contested traditional gender expectations and mad...

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Heroes are individuals with their own sense of style that makes them great, from the imagination of Steven Spielberg to the keen business sense of entrepreneur Bill Gates; from the hilarious comedic ability of Robin Williams to the perseverance of former Superman, Christopher Reeves. ... Qualities commonly seen in great individuals include humor, humility, compassion, imagination, knowledge, and insight to name a few. ... Heroes have certain expectations put upon them by society, and they must live up to those expectations. ... People like Martin Luther King junior and Neil Armstrong will la...

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Deviance is a variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations. ... He also visits several Missions and experiences the great accomplishments being made by the Jesuits and is extremely impressed. ... He is ruled by his social expectations in the beginning but as the movie progresses he seems to be less concerned with the standards placed before him and more concerned with what he feels is right. ... Finally The Mission is also a great example of social inequality. ... There was also a great gap between the rich and the poor. ...

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However, Eva rejects her ascribed subjectivity allowing her to grow beyond the constraints of society's expectations. ... Her imagination provided her with a means of escape from the restrictive role she was forced to play, and highlighted the fact that instead of conforming to society's expectations, she could alternatively satisfy her own. ... This displays Eva's development from a position in society that restrained her from gaining power of any sort, to one that allowed her great flexibility of power. ... Huberto's inability to depart from society's expectations...

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Social psychology is the study of how people think, feel, and behave. Social psychology looks at an extensive series of social topics, including the behavior in groups; how people lead others, social perception, conformity, aggression, and prejudice. Social psychology deals with the influences of pe...

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Absence of law and the fear of punishment creates an opportunity to go against the expectations of reality and generates the desire to go against one's conscience. ... 'At the heart of Marxism is the understanding that history's Great Men--its Great Villains, too--and their Great Ideas are the product of the material conditions and social relationships that shape people's lives, not the other way around' Marx's Theory of Working Class Revolution [online] October 2010. ...

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In this case, issues such as how it is affected by or it affects various societal aspects like expectations, context and norms of the society are discussed. ... A good example of this is for instance when students in North Carolina's University in 2002 developed and used terms such as hype, cool, phat, sweet or tight in reference to things that are either favourable, pleasing or great. ... Secondly, in relation to the society, the essay has found out that language intertwine with various societal aspects like expectations, context and norms. ...

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You can even upload photos of your family members, your great vacation, what you're thinking, or just what you're doing (or thinking about doing) that moment in a day. ... For certain individuals, especially ones with low self-esteem this can cause a mild form of depression, because they don't feel as adequate or that their life is as great as their Facebook friends. ... This theory proposes that mild depression is an adaptive response that evolved to aid risk aversive behavior in social contexts; for example, in threat situations, the suite of depressive functions include hype...

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