Unlike the epic journey of the poet Dante, who progressed from the "Inferno" to the "Purgatorio" to the heights of the "Paradiso" before returning to the surface of the earth, according to the poet Goethe's text of "Faust," the protagonist makes no such a return, ethically, morally, or physically. "Faust" is thus not an epic play of descent and return. In other words, Goethe's Faust does not return to the earth with a more profound understanding of humanity's moral and ethical struggles, filled with a determination to live a more ethically coherent life, as does the earlier medieval poet Dante. Dante's poetic trilogy functions as a kind of poetic spiritual autobiography. But had Goethe's creation of Faust been allowed to return to the earth, the purpose and intent of the plot of the poet's Goethe's work would have been thwarted. Faust is not merely a stand-in for the author. Rather, Goethe hoped to show, in the poem's refashioning from Marlowe's original "Dr. Faustus," a scholarly man

Someone once said success has a price, while prosperity has a value. When comparing this statement with the benefits and pitfalls of Western expansionism, it is easy to conclude that in many cases the price that was stipulated by overpowering Western expansionism was indeed too high for the innocent. In many cases, those who were the target of Western expansionism were forced to accept, by the ruling and ruthless hand that forced it upon them, a Western imperialism which was never desired or requests. When looking at benefits and negatives of the prosperity of Western expansionism, it is fair to say that expansionism's value for European nations, in all probability, did not fairly equate to the inflated price that the innocent were forced to pay. It is not my intention in this paper to solely express only one side of Western expansionism, although I do believe that history has given us numerous examples of the pitfalls of Western Expansionism. These include

If you were to take no more than an encyclopedia explanation of the parable of the Prodigal Son, you would think that it concerned no more than a nice story about a "young man [who] leaves home and becomes a wastrel; repentant, he returns to be received with joyful welcome." [1] But it is more than that. To begin with, as a parable of Jesus, it is a priori about the hope of heaven. In addition, it is a reflection of the social order of the times, because, as Hodges pointed out almost a hundred years ago, "these records of the dealings of Jesus with Samaritans and publicans and poor folk and sinners marks this as the social gospel." [2] That being the case, it makes some sense to investigate the relationships between the father and the prodigal son and between the father and the dutiful son in terms of modern life, as well, especially in terms of dutiful children and profligate ones. The parable says: The older brother became angry and

Harry S. Truman was a simple and honest man. Born in Lamar, Missouri, Mr. Truman said of himself that his child hood was happy, and filled with unique memories which formed the man of character which he became long before he was tested in the fires of global war, and post war global leadership. His impact on world history was much more than simple. His full name, Harry S. Truman, was as simple, as his upbringing, and philosophy on life. Merle Miller, in his biography of Mr. Truman entitled Plain Speaking started his description of the president in this way. "One week in Independence I didn't talk to anyone who was less than 75 years old, and it was one of the pleasantest weeks of my life. People live a long time in and around Independence, and they have long memories. What's more, they seem to have, all of them I talked to anyway, something in common with Mr. Truman. They had character." [1] Judge Albert Ridge echoed this assessment of the society wh

Child labor has been an issue of concern for decades. In recent years child labor has been brought to the forefront of media attention by activist groups who have exposed numerous large corporations, such as Reebok, WalMart, and major clothing manufacturers who outsource work to sweatshops around the world. Child labor has become a topic for international organizations concerned with its impact on globalization. Throughout history and within all cultures, children have worked along side their parents in the agricultural field, the marketplace, and around the home as soon as they were old enough to perform simple tasks (Child pp). It was not until the introduction of the factory system that the use of child labor was regarded as a social problem (Child pp). In Britain, during the late 18th century, cotton mill owners collected orphans and children of poor parents throughout the country to obtain their services merely for the cost of maintaining them (Child

The significance of lying in American politics. The Watergate Affair Plato's view on lies and lying

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of suicide in police officers. Specifically, it will discuss why police offers commit suicide, and some ways to combat the problem in the criminal justice system. Suicide of police officers is an important issue facing criminal justice today, and one that must be addressed. Police officers commit suicide for a variety of reasons, including stress from the job that can affect their personal lives to a great degree. Whatever the causes, police suicide must be studied and addressed to save officers' lives, and departments must educate officers and their families in the warning signs of potential suicide or mental anguish.

Southerners, even racially sensitive Southerners such as Jimmy Carter, often claim that they understand the true' plight of Black Southern people. This statement, so strange on its surface given the racial intolerance that has long marked the South, is made because white Southerners frequently live at greater proximity to individuals whom identify themselves as African Americans. Even advocates of segregation in the pre-civil rights era in the South often had Black maids and Black individuals take care of their children. Whites in the North might endorse racial tolerance in the abstract, but had little contact with African Americans on a personal basis in the pre-civil rights era and even afterwards. Former President Jimmy Carter, and those who advocate the point of view that Southern people of a liberal ilk have a greater understanding of the Black plight in America may thus have legitimacy in their advocacy of their greater tolerance in comparison to Northern whites. It is ind

This paper presents a detailed examination of the movie, Code of Silence. The writer uses two other movies to illustrate the topic of Code of Silence. The discussion focuses on the nature of the films. The writer discusses the pros and cons of the movies as well as the moral understanding of the film's protagonists and their breaking of that moral understanding.

INTRODUCTION: The paper will analyze C. Vann Woodward's "The Strange Career of Jim Crow." (1955). "Woodward begins his series of lectures by nothing that, although an an early form of Jim Crow-type legislation could be found in the cities of the antebellum North ("One of the strangest things about the career of Jim Crow was that the system was born in the North and reached an advanced age before moving South in force"), race relations in the nineteenth-century South was more often than not characterized by intermingling and close contact. (17) "In most aspects of slavery as practiced in the antebellum south," he notes, "segregation would have been an inconvenience and an obstruction to the functioning of the system. The very nature of the the institution made separation of the races for the most part impracticable." (12) Similarly, while some elements of Jim Crow showed up during Reconstruction (such as the separation of churches

Percy's novel has succeeded in making a vivid image of the South as it was seen through his eyes and through his direct experience. As we have seen from the second quote, many of his conclusions have come from a direct contact with the local Southerners, be they black or white. The idea I wish to start with and build upon is that, as seen from his black playmates, "mere living may be delightful". Indeed, Percy, in direct contact with the black population, can and is entitled to believe that from their point

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTHOR AND THE ESSAY: "William Faulkner (1897-1962), who came from an old southern family, grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. He joined the Canadian, and later the British, Royal Air Force during the First World War, studied for a while at the University of Mississippi, and temporarily worked for a New York bookstore and a New Orleans newspaper. Except for some trips to Europe and Asia, and a few brief stays in Hollywood as a scriptwriter, he worked on his novels and short stories on a farm in Oxford. In an attempt to create a saga of his own, Faulkner has invented a host of characters typical of the historical growth and subsequent decadence of the South. The human drama in Faulkner's novels is then built on the model of the actual, historical drama extending over almost a century and a half each story and each novel contributes to the construction of a whole, which is the imaginary Yoknapata

It would be easy to enumerate the differences between Lyndon Johnson and George W. bush on the basis of well-known fact. Bush came from money and, while Johnson was hardly a pauper, his family had not been Eastern/Texas establishment power brokers for decades as Bush's family has. But perhaps the most significant difference between the two is that while Johnson inherited his war from his assassinated predecessor, Bush created his war all on his own, literally. It would also be easy to draw comparisons between George W. Bush and Lyndon Johnson to support the theory, expressed by Sen. Edward Kennedy, that "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam. Iraq has developed into a quagmire." [i] The comparison could be drawn on the grounds that both Bush and Johnson are from Texas, and both have two daughters. Both men had a taste for alcohol, although while Johnson got himself through the Vietnam debacle on Cutty Sark, [ii] Bush apparently stopped drinking after the drunk dr

Introduction: The focus of total quality management is on improvement of the indirect values of the organization and these come from the qualities of trust, responsibility, participation, and harmony and group affiliation. Empowerment is one of the greatest concepts that have been thrown up by TQM and the view is that employees have to be empowered to make the needed changes. The basis of this concept is that most employees need the organization just as much as the organization needs them. The leaders among the employees also understand that the employees are the most valuable assets. Thus there is a concept of participative management in the concept of empowerment. It has been shown through different research that there is a direct link between employee participation in decision making and job satisfaction, motivation and performance. This has been stated by Keighley in 1993 that a team which is self-managed would

Ellen Glasgow's "Jordan's End" is a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," while having important differences. Glasgow keeps the same basic elements as in Poe's telling, including the dreary house, the madness in the family, and the narrator of a person describing their journey to the house to try and help. Beyond this though, Glasgow's version differs significantly, with the main character different, the central relationship different, the approach different, and the conclusion different. These changes can all be considered as a result of the story being told from a female perspective. Each of the differences will now be considered, with the focus on why Glasgow would have changed them, and the impact this has on the story. The first difference that occurs in the story is that Glasgow offers a new central character. In Poe's version, the central character is Roderick, the person in the house who has sent for help and the one who

Introduction As millions and millions of people embrace the World Wide Web as a part of their daily life, particularly at work and in the business world, significant changes took place in the diverse aspects of man's life. From the previous decades' paper-based form of communication into today's electronic way, the trend in today's technologically influenced business and commercial transactions has changed not only the methods of dealings between parties, but also the ethical and moral standards as viewed by man. Before, the paper-based form of communication and transactions between parties is the primary method to exchange critical information. From confidential information to financial matters, the paper-based form of agreements was considered before as a secured phase in trading. However, when computers started to emerge, the process of keeping data was diverted into the computer's fashion of electronic storage. Moreover, with the coming out of the Internet, it

Wearing a seat belt every time you enter a car is an important factor in ensuring the safety of both yourself and other individuals. The consistent use of a seat belt can help to reduce the damaging effects of both a cars collision, and the collision of its human occupants. Seat belts are proven to save lives, and may be the most effective safety apparatus in modern vehicles. Stricter laws governing the use of seat belts may be an important way to increase seatbelt compliance. Encouragingly, seat belt use was at an all-time high in 2002, showing that many individuals were spurred into compliance. Despite this encouraging increase in the use of seat belts, it is clear that many Americans are still choosing not to buckle up. In doing so, they are endangering both their lives and the lives of their fellow passengers. The cost of not wearing a seatbelt can be high, both to yourself and the individuals around you. To understand the physical effects of a moto

The concept of the avant-garde is still today an area of contention since its initial cultural formulation by Saint-Simon in 1825. One of the most important works to emerge that added to the contemporary debate on the avant-garde and post-modernism was the classic work by Peter Burger, The Theory of the Avant- Garde. While this work had a profound impact on art and literary theory and on discussions about the European avant-garde, it has in recent years been criticized on a number of levels. The central argument in Burger's book centers on the meaning and definition of the term avant-garde and how the concept of the avant-garde differed from modernism. These are crucial issues for Burger, which he outlines in this work. Central to The Theory of the Avant-Garde is the argument that the concept of the term - avant-garde - should be understood as an awareness of the pitfalls of modernism and a radical attack on the domi

It was a commonly held belief in Ancient Rome, during the Middle Ages, and even until the late nineteenth century that spontaneous generation, or the sudden generation of complex life from nonliving matter, existed. (Evers, 1999) Scientists began to question this theory as early as the second half of the seventeenth century, but it was not until almost 200 years later that Louis Pasteur definitively disproved spontaneous generation and changed the course of scientific thought. While it is still debated whether any forms of Abiogenesis, or the generation of even simple or microscopic life from nonliving matter, could be possible (Wilkins, 2004), it is certain that spontaneous generation involving complex life forms is not possible. The first recorded Westerner to suggest spontaneous generation was Anaximander, a philosopher from the BC 600's and 500's. His pupil, Anaximenes, wrote that air imparted life, motion, and thought. Xenophanes and Parmenides thought that plants and animals would spontaneousl

There have been many attempts to look at the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and claim it was erroneous in some respect. One of the most often used is the social policy' argument. Some constitutional scholars believe that the Supreme Court went too far in the decision, far beyond deciding the single issue involved. That issue concerned the need for an African American little girl to go to a black school that required of her a dangerous walk through a rail yard rather than a pleasant walk to a closer school that was all white. It is easy to argue that any decision of any reasonably lofty court in the land makes social policy decisions without benefit of election. Indeed, even lowly courtsâ€"city courts in small townsâ€"make social policy decisions by virtue of the need to interpret the law when passing judgment or imposing sentences. A judge in a small town in New York State, for example, gives everyone convi

"We can do it!" proclaims the most popular image of "Rosie the Riveter' from World War II. (A Call to Arms, 2002) When men left to fight overseas, women were needed to work defense plants. The image of "Rosie" shows a woman flexing her arm, as if symbolizing America's strength. Her hair, presumably to avoid its becoming entangled in a manufacturing press, is bound away from her face. Yet Rosie of the image is still lovely and beautiful, for she is a feminine American woman. The message was "mixed," that women should both work and assume a masculine strength, yet still continue

Chadwick Hansen's "Witchcraft at Salem" provides an interesting account of the infamous Salem Witch Trials that took place in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Hansen provides and account of the accused persons who were tried and eventually hanged for witchcraft. Through the utilization of contemporary accounts and the trial documents, Hansen relates the usual details of the rise and fall of the terrible dealings that took place that year in Salem Village. There has been a great deal of work produced about this popular subject, with the majority of it focusing on the theories of the origins and causes of the witch craze society. CHAPTER 1 Chapter one provides an introduction into the early years of witchcraft in Salem and provides the reader with a brief historical profile of witchcraft. Hensen begins by attempting to provide the reader with a useful definition of witchcraft and how it applies to Western society and the establishment of New England. Historical milestones in the e

The past of the medical profession has some albatrosses scattered throughout its revered history. This report focuses on two of those not so bright beginnings. The report attempts to provide an insight into how the nineteenth century's medical and scientific communities used scientific discrimination techniques such as the theories about female sexuality and race. Although the report is not a full review of the two assigned journal articles, they were the source for answer the assigned questions concerning nineteenth century medical philosophies. Each article presented historical accounts of the opinions of professionals at the time. The opinions were degrading to both the female gender and to men and women of different races such as the Irish and Blacks of England. The first article presented historical accounts about female nymphomania and male Satyriasis. The definition of nymphomania in the nineteenth century was very different from what we know as nymphomania today. "In the nineteenth century, however, nymphomania was believed to be a specific organic disease, classifiable, with an as

Jealousy can kill. So suggests both "The Tale of Genji" and "Captain Shigemoto's Mother." Jealousy can kill the soul and tear the heart asunder. However, in the former epic of the Heian period of Japan, jealousy is injurious mainly to women, and men function as objects of jealous range. In the later short story, jealousy's effects extend to males as well as females. In "The Tale of Genji," the hero wins and leaves various women. One of the women he seduces and casts off is so jealous she leaves her own body, spiritually, and attempts to take possession of the body of anot

The phrase or notion of "mono no aware" is derived from the Japanese word aware that in Heian Japan meant "sensitivity" or "sadness," to all things pertaining to human existence. (Hooker, 1996) This helps a reader understand why, despite the fact that the hero Genji behaves with frequent insensitivity to others, particularly to women, the text still considers him to possess a soul worthy of an entire saga. This sense of "mono no aware" also means that although Genji does not live a good life, sexually and morally speaking Genji still lives, in essence, a truly Japanese and artistic life of the spirit. This is why he possesses a sense of "mono no aware" bec