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“I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan, and Maecenas knew.”

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Knowledge in itself is a very generic term that is interpreted differently by humans throughout the world. Some people say that knowledge is based on various facts and opinions, some say that it is a talent acquired through experience, and some even say that knowledge comes to us through our intellect and powers of reason. Sir Francis Bacon aptly observed, “Knowledge is power”, and through my personal experience, I have come to believe that this phrase is true. I was...
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Orwell’s’ Animal Farm examines the insidious ways in which public officials can abuse their power, examined through severe corruption throughout Animal Farm. From the rebellion onward, the pigs of Animal Farm use violence and threats to gain control over the animals. As well as the attack dogs keeping the animals in line, physical intimidation doesn’t prevent some of the animals from questioning Napoleon's poor, peculiar decisions. Napoleon and the feral Pigs' empowerment leads to citizen inequality and citizen dissatisfaction. Corruption...
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Why do people want power? People, young and old, want power because of the outside or extrinsic force in this society predominantly due to peer pressure. Power makes individuals feel strong while giving them a simultaneous sense of satisfaction. In William Golding’s classic novel, Lord of the Flies, the extrinsic rewards of power motivate characters to compete and act in different ways ranging from practical to brutal. At the beginning of the novel, after a plane crash, a group of...
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The Internet is a powerful new means of communication. It is global, it is fast, and it is growing rapidly Reaching to the far corners of the earth, the Internet is making the world at once smaller and more connected, transmitting information at nearly real-time speed. An estimated 377 million people are currently using the Internet, only half of whom are in the United States The World Wide Web is bringing rapid and radical change into our lives wonderfully beneficial...
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Oppression is the prolonged cruel and unjust treatment or exercise of authority. It refers to an overt or secret malicious and harmful pattern of subjugation and exploitation of a community or individual practices by a regime, which is thus authoritarian or totalitarian. The oppression of women in the 21st century is perhaps more multi-faceted and developed than it has been historically. Gains in women’s rights have been products of the protracted struggle of women and anti-sexist allies over the centuries,...
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We cannot deny the importance of the role that women have played in history, more specifically in the history of the Middle Ages. Women have been viewed as possessions and were given off for peace. They were considered not worthy of power nor freedom, just living under the mercy of their lords and husbands. Their duties included raising children, cooking, and farming. Unfortunately, this has been going on throughout history and in many places today. But when women take power,...
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The history of science is vast and varied, and yet there exists a particular, universal theme: the use of the advancement of knowledge (or restriction of it) to increase power. The word 'power' can have numerous connotations, but this essay will focus on just three definitions. Firstly, the power of individuals, either over citizens or of citizens, secondly the 'imperial' power of countries competing for supremacy in the world, and finally the power of humankind over nature - our ability...
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Power is something that is impossible to avoid and is something that we come into contact with every day, even if we don’t realize it. It is something that the majority of mankind strives to attain, and is never easy to do so. As defined by www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com, “the standard theory is that power is the capacity for influence and that influence is based on the control of resources valued or desired by others”. In other words, the nature of power...
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Shakespeare's ‘The Tempest’ textual converse with Atwood’s ‘Hag-Seed’ examines the gradual descent of power and authority in society, infecting individuals with merciless corruption leading to disastrous consequences. Through the dramatic plot and characters, Shakespeare represents the volatile aspect of the human nature, reflecting the complex issue of power and authority related to the context of rising political power and the downfall of religious authority. On the other hand, Atwood’s personal context reframes this idea through a modern political lens on...
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Authors may dismantle and reconstruct elements of another text to remodel enduring ideas for new audiences, positioning us to embrace new perspectives, values and contexts. By dismantling and reconstructing the Jacobean drama ‘The Tempest’ (1610), Margaret Atwood is able to imitate William Shakespeare’s timeless ideas, through her postmodern novel ‘Hag-Seed’ (2016), which resonates with ‘The Tempest’ by exploring the ability for power to provoke vengeance while offering the value of forgiveness. However, by acknowledging the power of grief to constrain,...
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel, explores, through the character of Offred, power within the totalitarian state of Gilead – where fertile women are treated as the property of the state, subject to systematic rape and subjugation. ‘The Power’, also a dystopian novel, published by Naomi Alderman in 2016, explores a world in which women become the dominant figures in society through the development of a ‘skein’ that enables them to release dangerous electrical impulses. The theme of...
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Throughout ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Blade Runner’, Margaret Atwood and Philip K. Dick explores the theme of power through events that showcase a hierarchy in both texts. Both authors use power to give to the robust to take advantage of the fragile. What is meant by power in the context of each text is that power is used upon dictatorship with fascist leaders forming slaves to satisfy their needs and to exploit the weak. Central to Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s...
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‘Macbeth’ is a catastrophe which was written by one of the most notorious playwrights in history. Shakespeare wrote ‘Macbeth’ in 1606, but it took place in the 11th century. He wrote it for the pleasure of King James I and his royal court who ruled over medieval Scotland. The play features themes of betrayal, which is ironic because King James was the victim of a potential gunpowder plot one year prior. King James loved the supernatural element, which subsequently adds...
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The nature of power can undoubtedly corrupt the human mind, as power in itself manifest our inability to develop a way of thinking and thought process that is rational and logical. This can have a profound impact on the individual and society, as ones over ambitiousness can create a lack of moral consciousness, which ultimately results in a corrupt human mind. Effectively, a sense of power and corruption becomes reflected in the social and ideological part of society. This belief...
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In social science and politics, power is the capacity of an individual to influence the conduct of others. The term 'authority' is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Throughout the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’, William Golding presents how power can be destructive. It discusses that without law and order, humans revert back to savage and primitive ways. This is demonstrated through the main characters in the novel, Jack and Ralph. Ralph gained...
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“I'm going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: work alone. Not on a committee. Not on a team” – Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. He is living proof that quiet people are often the most powerful. In today’s society, many extroverts have the tendency to speak before thinking about what they’re saying. When you come across an absolute introvert, they have a propensity to be more limited as to when they speak,...
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What makes characters worth reading about is their struggles. This is especially the case in ‘Les Misérables’, the well-known novel written by Victor Hugo. Jean Valjean was born into a poor family. He had seven children that he needed to support, leading him to stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family and sent to prison for nineteen years. When trying to escape his past, he bumps into the police officer Javert, the antagonist. He is shown to have...
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In the play ‘An Inspector Calls’, Priestley presents the theme of power through many characters, such as Mr. Birling, Sheila and the Inspector, and portrays them in different ways based on their use or lack of power. To begin with, Priestley presents the theme of power through the character of Mr. Birling by immediately illustrating his social power with his appearance as a “heavy-looking, rather portentous man”, demonstrating his desperation to prove his social dominance. The word ‘heavy’ shows how...
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As the famous educator and author Peter F. Drucker once said, “Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility”. Indeed, power and responsibility have a complex relationship that is associated by factors such as an individual’s morals and ethics, character, and the conditions under which they were raised. Drucker’s words resonate very heavily within Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’, considering that the theme of power and responsibility is reappearing as Ged’s journey takes him...
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A narrative’s main objective is to question aspects of the world around it to engage its audience with the plot of the story and also to change their perspective of the world. William Shakespeare questions the nature of power and madness during the Elizabethan era through his play ‘King Lear’ (1606). Similarly, this is mirrored by the famous Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, as he questions the nature of power and madness in Japan during the 1980s through his film ‘Ran’...
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Macbeth in the beginning of William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is presented to the audience as powerful, but by the end of the play, because he is corrupted by his ambition, he become a coward character. Macbeth is in the Scottish army and are fighting for the country, which shows Macbeth as a powerful character. Shakespeare uses violent imagery to present Macbeth as a powerful character, this is shown in the line “from the nave to the chap”. This gruesome imagery...
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Throughout the process of growing up, people are influenced by everything surrounding them. This phenomenon doesn’t have to be negative, but as Stephen gets older, he begins to reject any power that isn’t himself, despite being vacuumed into always having a power when he was younger. In this essay, power is the influence other characters have over Stephen’s actions. While this said power affects Stephen’s growth, it doesn’t determine an outcome, Stephen’s own choices do. His choices attempt to get...
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Power refers to the capacity or ability to carry out certain action. Addition to this, it also been used to have the conditions to do so, among which are the material availability, time or physical place. If I polled 100 people and asked them what is their definition of the word ‘power’, they would all have different answers. However, for the development of the essay, we would consider or understand the term ‘power’ as a word with multiple or different...
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In the introduction part, the paper will explore and give a shortened synopsis of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar play and explore the modern interpretations of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar as a problem play. This will be achieved through the appraisal of some of the main actors such as Cassius, Brutus, and Julius Caesar, and give a detailed presentation of their characters. The introduction section will also involve divergence into the historical setting of the paper, provide the historical context of Julius Caesar's...
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“I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan, and Maecenas knew.” This is a good example of the encapsulating ability of literature- which transports you to an unimaginable realm. Literature has the ability to do this, to create environs. They lead you to a point and your imagination fills...
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What is the title of the text and what is the text about? The chosen article: “Modern Milgram experiment sheds light on the power of authority” (Abbot, A. 2016) explores two similar studies. Firstly, the controversial 1963 study by Stanley Milgram (Milgram, S. 1963) and then the 2016 study by Universite´ libre de Bruxelles that mimics the original study but with important ethical boundaries (Caspar, E.A, Christensen, A.C, Haggard, P. 2016). The objective of both studies on coerced action is...
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The novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ written by Margret Atwood and the movie ‘Blade Runner’ share the similarities of power being distributed unequally throughout their respective society. Both protagonists have some sort of power although for Offred's power is very minor and only used at very rare moments. Tyrell and the Commander in both of their societies have immense power, however both of them do not abuse as much as everyone else, for example, the officers forced Deckard into killing the...
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Brazil has achieved an immense economic growth over the last decades and managed to enhance its influence regionally, in Latin America, and globally. Nevertheless, the country is plagued by social problems, corruption, crime and human rights abuses. This essay will discuss Brazil’s internal weaknesses and its role in global affairs as a regional power. Firstly, it will examine President Jair Bolsonaro’s stance on the environment and what threats does his outlook pose to the future of Brazil and the world...
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America is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. And Brazil is not a world power but could it be? America and Brazil have a lot of similarities and differences. America is one of the most powerful countries, but Brazil is not. But the US has some limitations as well. However, the US doesn't have as many limitations as Brazil though. Since the US is far away from anyone else it doesn't have any threat of invasion and since...
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Words are one of the most powerful ways people communicate with each other, and they have a powerful impact on how everyone interprets things. They have an impact on how someone feels, and how they make other people feel as well. In ​The Book Thief​ by Markus Zusak, the impact of words and language is felt throughout the novel. From the negative propaganda and how people felt towards the Jews in Nazi Germany to the reassuring effect of Liesel ́s...
3 Pages 1334 Words
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