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    seems like a very farfetched idea. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, he shows how a single handkerchief can cause mass devastation, and he shows how it can ruin many lives. The background of the handkerchief is what makes the handkerchief so important to Othello. The handkerchief was a family heirloom, and was handed down to him by his mother. The handkerchief is passed around to majority of the characters, and those who came in contact with it changed the plot of the play; however, the men played

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    transcendentalist, criticizes this general norm and steps out of it. In fact, many of us are scared to step out of the determined path because of the pressure society puts on us to be successful as a human being. If someone was to step out of their path, most of the people will look down and criticize their perspective of the world. Humans are stuck in this fast paced world that they forget to think freely and do what they actually want to do. They are stuck with authority that always require you to portray

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    effectively to the team. Therefore, it is extremely important to choose players with the appropriate characteristics, fitness components and energy systems for their particular role. The position that is best suited to me is the midfield as players in this position must have strong agility, speed and aerobic capacity . It is evident from a range of fitness tests that I display these qualities to a high standard, which therefore supports midfield being the most appropriate position for me. Midfielders

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    wives as possessions. Once men and women married, divorce was almost impossible, especially since it was almost impossible to prove that one had been cuckolded. If one were cuckolded and one’s wife had another man’s child, one might spend decades taking care of that child and passing on one’s money and belongings to that child without ever knowing that one had been deceived. Unmarried women are seen as their fathers ' property and the play 's two marriages are marked by jealousy and cruelty. Most

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    language is extremely important to our culture because it is the institution that connects all people together. If the institution of language itself cannot convey individuality how will people be able to be autonomous? To answer this question Lee uses the example of the Wintu natives because of their unique language. The problem being is that our language does not effectively support individual autonomy when it could. The Wintu natives do not have words that convey possession of people in their vocabulary

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    Factors Of Materialism

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    person is one who values material objects highly and from a sociological view, it is a culture which most people holds material as highly valuable subject. Nonetheless, the word has a secondary meaning as it is an implicit and usually negative-value judgement to the degree where people who are described as being materialistic commonly held to have a concern with only material things rather than important spiritual or intellectual fixation. However, the authors discussed the articles openly with the possibility

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    The Gift Of The Magi

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    Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, the author provides the readers with three major literary elements that are important in analyzing the author’s focus: theme, imagery and symbols. The first literary element the author uses to convey his message is through his sacrifice theme. In this short story, “The Gift of the Magi” Della and Jim, the two main characters give up their most precious possessions to be able to manage to pay for each other gifts on Christmas day. This lets the reader know that the theme

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    Alien Forces In Karl Marx’s quotation from Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1884, Marx claims that in a capitalist society, people value commodities more than human life as they are drawn into the belief that having more possessions leads to greater social status. Marx references the idea that everyone has the goal of driving others to “economic ruin” (Marx, 170) which suggests that humans have an innate greedy nature. By comparing the “quantity of objects” (Marx, 170) to “an extension

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    own categories. The first being "The Yankees" they come from the most northern area such as downtown Cincinnati. The next group is "The Rednecks" this group consists of farmers from the northern Kentucky area. The last group is "The hippies" which consists of the outer Cincinnati and northern Kentucky area. Each of these groups offer unique skills that insure individuality and diversity in my home town. The first group that makes my hometown special are "The Yankees." The people who are considered

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    realize why it is so important that Liz makes use of CCAP before meeting with the defendants, because if she only sees their records in Manitowoc, she might give them a better offer for having a “clean record.” Overall, looking through the reports and histories of the defendants gives me an idea of how the defendants might behave and what kind of offers Liz might give them in the pre-trial meetings. As for the trials scheduled for Tuesday, both defendants have been charged of possession of THC. After looking

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