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    William Shakespeare’s play Othello is a short, drama filled with suspense, hate, manipulation, and jealousy. The main characters are Iago: the antagonist and Othello: the protagonist. The suspicion of Othello being with Iago’s wife causes him to hate Othello. No matter what version of Iago’s soliloquy is depicted as the hate for Othello is strongly stated. Iago’s character can be considered as a creepy, psychopath, individual obsessed with revenge against Othello. The three videos and the passage

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    William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Gregory Doran’s film version of the play, have the same characters and main story, the plot is the same and the same actions occur, however, like any other movie based on a play or book has its differences. The atmosphere that Doran uses in his movie its completely different to the one in the play, while Shakespeare’s Hamlet occurs during the late medieval period, Doran puts a modern spin in the film, by adding modern day situations and places, as well as the way

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    According to the movie "Gibney, A. (2005). Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" the practices that allowed Enron to achieve such success started with manipulation of earnings by Traders who were destroying daily trading records and gambling beyond their limits to a point where they lost in 5 days an amount of $90 million, losing with it all of the company’s reserves. To cover this up they mis-reported the company´s net worth. They needed a new idea and Jeff Skilling proposed to convert Enron into

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    Enron was being named by Fortune “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six executive years. However, under the mask of being one of the world’s major electricity, natural gas, communication, pulp and paper companies, they were revealed that their financial condition was planned accounting fraud. They are driven by the profit impulsion and distorted moral philosophies. Traders are direct people who move power around west and make profit for Enron. In order to meet Enron’s objective

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    The Interpretations of Hamlet In Modern-Day Society Written By: Diana Bui Ngoc Le Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works as a playwright. Hundreds of years have passed and two great directors, Kenneth Branagh and Gregory Doran, have made their own version of Hamlet, showcasing their own perspective regarding the notion of alteration that the human mind can go through. In a closer examination of Act 3, Scene IV "Closet Scene," Branagh and Doran's frame of references will be examined through

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    Are the rationalist approaches appropriate for the study of international relations? International relations (IR) are ‘the diplomatic strategic relations of states, and the characteristic focus of IR is on issues of war and peace, conflict and cooperation’ (Brown and Ainley, 2009). Many different theories exist within IR to define and analyse certain situations. Rationalism is classified as the major in IR analysis theory (Baylis, et al, 2011). The study of IR according to a comprehensive and

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    Essay about The Downfall of Enron

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    Ethical behavior, in a general sense, is a definition of moral behavior in regards to lawfulness, societal standards, and things of that nature. In the business world, ethics commonly refer to acceptable and unacceptable business practices within the workplace, and all other related environments. The acceptance of colleges regardless of ethnicity, gender, and beliefs, as well as truthfulness and honesty in relation to finances within the company are examples of ideal ethical business conducts. Unethical

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    We have all certainly heard the expression “the pen is mightier than the sword” and as Hamlet states when he realizes the power of words: “I will speak daggers to her, but use none” (Hamlet 3.2: 366). William Shakespeare is one of the most important writers in history and arguably the most notable, particularly with his use of language. I believe that Shakespeare consistently uses the knowledge that language is power to his advantage throughout his plays. From themes of power, control, disguise,

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    Enron is an energy trading, electric utilities and natural gas formed in 1931. It was merged to Houston’s Natural Gas Company in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. It was the most innovative company for 6 years until it came crashing down in a terrible scandal known as the Enron Scandal which led to the suspension of Arthur Anderson. Enron’s stock price decreased rapidly and abruptly collapsed and filed for bankruptcy. Unfortunately, in 1987 Enron merged with Valhalla. The problem began because traders exceeded

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    InterNorth, a Nebraska pipeline company. Enron incurred massive debt as a result of the merger which led to it losing exclusive rights to its pipelines. Enron at this point had to come up with a new innovative business strategy in order to survive. CEO, Kenneth Lay hired services of McKinsey & Co. to aid in the process of developing a business strategy. Jeffrey Skilling, a young consultant was assigned with the responsibility. Skilling proposed a revolutionary solution to convert operations from energy supply

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