Three core problems lie in doubts over whether (1) Hermia would get executed in nineteenth century Italy for disobeying her father, (2) Duke Theseus and Hippolyta's loss of power, and (3) the loss of Bottom's free-flowing exuberance. ... By setting the play in nineteenth-century Italy, Hoffman ignores the fundamental conflict in Shakespeare's play, which makes his film adaptation unrealistic. ... Duke Theseus is played by a fifty-year-old David Strathairn who lacks the glory and the command that Shakespeare develops so well. ... Setting the play in nineteenth-century Italy h...

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Hitler promised to raise Germany from the rubble and restore its glory. When the Second Great War broke out in 1939, Hitler had fulfilled many of his promises while setting the world on a course of death and destruction. ... In Russia, the Communist Party swept into power. ... When Hindenburg died the following year, Hitler consolidated his power and became both President and Chancellor of Germany. ... Any opponents to Nazi Power were arrested or killed. ...

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Heller manipulates various themes and a unique style and structure to satirize war and its values, as well as using the war setting to satirize society as a whole. ... By maneuvering the traditional war setting and language of the novel, Heller is able to depict society as sinister and warped. ... By making the soldiers ignorant, it allows more power to the officers. ... This just shows flat out stupidity, as well as a power trip. ... Unlike other war novels, which concentrate on the glory and defeat of war itself, Catch-22 shows the corruption of our society and Heller's idea of human...

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When they do not attain this "glory," they cause damage to those who give them disrespect, setting thereby an example to others as well... - In summary, human beings by nature have three sources of conflict, competition, diffidence, and glory. ... Right of nature: self-preservation ("seek peace and follow it") - Man is naturally in a state of war without a common power to keep everyone in check. ... ) - Everyone should be willing to give up the right of nature in favor of law, equalizing liberty - The only way to get the needed power is for everyone to confer all power t one person or...

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This is evidenced when Darth Vader tells Luke, "You underestimate the power of the dark side. ... While his comrades are performing their own side quest, it is obvious that the hero is performing a quest of far greater psychological importance, and the setting is a huge influence to this. ... Stars have the power to maintain life, but they also have the power to take it. ... On the surface, it may appear as though Luke's reward is simply the glory of freeing his people, and his own pride in saving his father. ... Return of the Jedi is an exemplary product of the true power and meaning...

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This problem doesn't bother Gilgamesh; he lives to display to others his royal power. ... Setting aside his great pride and power, Gilgamesh opens a place in his heart for his beloved brother, Enkidu. ... Despite his tremendous amount of power and leadership, something in his life is missing. ... After Gilgamesh realizes that he is not a god-man, Gilgamesh sees that the real glory is in the deeds a person does and the people he affects in good ways over his lifetime. ... They want more power, more value, more money, and the list goes on. ...

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Although the play"'"s setting and theme come from the historical murder of Thomas Becket, it is '"'not about "'"murder in the cathedral"'" but about the spiritual state of a martyr facing death, the spiritual education of the poor women who are witnesses to his sacrifice, and the willful opposition of secular to eternal power'"' (Smith 206). ... He is first tempted to use his position for pleasure, power, and the good of the people. ... Becket is tempted by his pride to use his death as a means to further his own glory. ... In his sermon Becket says, '"&...

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The mariners became more frightened by the power of the Lord and asked Jonah what they needed to do. ... I see this as an example of human nature because most of us only in our time of need do we look for the Lord, but in our time of glory we forget him. ... Allen says, "The OT seeks to glorify the man of God in the sense that he is revealed as a noble mediator of God's own power and glory. ... And the fact that the author placed Jonah in a foreign setting to deliver the message of God goes against the trend of what prophets in the OT usually do, which is to speak the words of God in thei...

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The second rationale tells that at the Resurrection God had reversed this verdict, vindicated Christ, and installed him in the place of honor and power. ... Such a mission brought the church into the world of Hellenistic religion in the setting of Greco-Roman society. ... "Lord" was already in use as the name of Yahweh applied to the exalted Christ; now it became useful in promoting the cultus of Jesus to those who were familiar with the deities of the Greco-Roman world (I Cor. 8:5-6), as later it was Christ's sole lordship that became the dividing line between Christian allegiance and ...

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For the first time, it appears that Othello is at a loss with what to do with his power: "Do you go back dismayed? ... The setting for Othello's final moments onstage is critical to how Othello, the other players onstage, perceives it and the audience. ... And yet, for all the splendour, glory, and excellence of tongue, his final words show that he does not quite understand himself or what he has done. ... Although he kills himself in such a dignified fashion, Othello is really thinking that he was forced to do this by some unseen evil power. ...

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However, only in Italy and Germany did fascist movements turn into parties and become major political forces that by their own efforts achieved governmental power. ... This was a direct attempt to restore the glory days of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Passion, repetition and superb showmanship were used to produce an almost hypnotic power over an audience. ... One virtually unique aspect of fascism is its ruthless drive to attain and hold state power. ... Setting out, as it did, to create a new civilisation, a new type of human being and a totally new way of life. ...

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O"Shaughnessy describes the way ethnic minorities, such as New Zealand Maoris, are disadvantaged and marginalized as: "The world is divided into different and unequally positioned ethnic groups and cultures; there are many inequalities of power and wealth between these groups who are, consequently, often in conflict both internally and with other groups."... The degradation of Maori culture and history can by described by cultural theorist Homi Bhabha as: " The history of the west as a despotic power, a colonial power, has not been adequately written in a contradictory and contrapuntal ...

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They must choose between the uncertain prospect of setting out on their own and the extensive limitations of submitting to society's assigned gender roles, their independence often suppressed, confined to roles of the dutiful housewife and the china-doll wife. ... Clearly, Torvald can't stand' to have his own power overshadowed by a woman, considered by him to be before all else a wife and a mother', and thus lesser in status than himself. ... Through the setting of A Doll's House, a single room in which all events take place, Ibsen may be showing the reader here t...

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The entire epic is an allegory: each character represents a virtue and each setting represents a place. ... In this preface, he once again confirms his admiration of Queen Elizabeth, describing her as "excellent" and "glorious": "In that Faery Queene I meane glory in my generall intention, but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our souveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery land.... Through emphasizing Satan's disguised appearance, the reader is prompted to evaluate real people who are also well spoken and have the authorit...

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Different depictions of war give moviemakers the power to portray the world the way they see it. ... And if one director thinks of war as completely disastrous while another sees glory in it then we would find ourselves viewing two contrasting depictions of war. ... The setting in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN"S opening scene is a veteran cemetery where we are immediately reminded of the result of war: death. ...

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The emperor is viewed with a low angle shot to show his power and superiority over Maximus in professional manner. ... The gladiators continue to fight Maximus, for the good to free Rome from power crazy leaders, and Commodus to kill the good and expand the evil. ... Juba the warrior then is seen burying the two figures that symbolised his wife and son this is to show he worships him and honours him, and to bury the final remains of the warrior who defied and emperor The camera then rises with a crane shot focusing on the sun setting this symbolises hope and new beginnings for Rome it al...

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Because this threat is unlike any other that Beowulf has ever encountered, he may accept this challenge against Grendel as a way to enhance his own personal glory in addition to helping the Danes. ... The Green Knight enters Arthur's court and questions the real power of the court. ... Beowulf lives in a pagan society where human beings are directed by a power outside of their control. ... Before setting out into his battle Sir Gawain hears a mass to ask for his strength and guidance. ...

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He used this to create fear and threat by blaming the Communists for setting the building on fire. ... Hitler used "Suppression of Opposition" and "Coercions of Force" to eliminate those who threatened his newly acquired power. ... Upon Lenin's death, Stalin assumed political power is wanting to transform the USSR into a communist nation-state and also wanting the Soviet Union to industrialize. ... He eliminated those who were considered threat to his power thus taking away the rights of others to pursue their interests and to create their own party. ... Mussolini Mus...

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Although Machiavelli, lived through a turbulent time in history, three significant reasons for his notoriety become apparent: he was born into an established family which gave him power and wealth to position himself in a government office; he inspired future princes to rule more effectively through past history, man's morality and qualities man should possess; and his sense of rejection and strong desires to return to the political arena after inadvertently using technology over government. ... When he discovered meaningful ways of becoming more of a power ruler, he wrote in great det...

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Jean Anouilh's Becket, which transpires in 12th century England, a completely disparate setting from modern American society, attests to the universality of humankind's search for honor and self. ... Although the King appoints him as Chancellor, a respectable position that brings him power, wealth, and prestige, Becket still feels a "gap in [him] where honor ought to be- (Anouilh 34). ... Becket simply existed as the King slave, watching glory escape day by day, utterly devoid of honor. ...

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You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious.... In a church setting and in public, tongues should be kept to the person unless they are to be interpreted. ... Whether it's prophecy, where a word comes directly from God to edify, or someone is healed to show his glory, or even tongues for prayer when you're experiencing a time in your life when you just don't have the words to pray; all of these gifts are a blessing from God and we should use them to experience God in deeper ways and to glorify his mighty name....

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Thus scientific study in itself can be to the glory of God, for here man is functioning properly in the universe in which God has placed him. ... Henry doesn't waste much time in setting up the worldview of Sam in his short story, "The Ransom of the Red Chief". ... Man does not have the knowledge nor the power to determine moral ethics. ...

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Upon his return, France was in a setting of pandemonium between everyone wanting to seize power. ... They both eventually achieved their goal and a panel of three member consul was created, and Napoleon himself was one of the members and held all the power and master of France. The three-consul government really took immediately to power having drawn up a new constitution, and his main concern was for everyone to have the chance to achieve a higher social status (Carroll 50; 98-99). ... The three-consul set up a government that would let ordinary citizens take power throughout the governmen...

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The jungle fighter's goal is power. ... The least creative find a little niche and satisfy themselves by feeling that somehow they share in the glory of the corporation- (Maccoby, 1976, p.44). ... By setting goals for yourself and pursuing them at a steady pace, you are striving to do your best at all times. ...

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In her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the setting, in which was a black town, was the place where she grew up, Eatonville, Florida. ... For this, she didn't make a lot of money for the novel and it wasn't until after her death that she received the glory that she deserved. ... Jody fell in love with Janie's appearance; her complexion, the shape and size of her body, and her hair, which was a symbol of her power and unconventional identity. ... However her desire for love was stronger and powered over anything else. ...

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