...Throughout William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, characters demonstrate impetuosity in everyday actions, which ultimately lead to their demises. Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, and Juliet are only some of the characters in the play that have an impulsiveness about them, yet they are some of the most important characters in moving the play towards its tragic ending. These characters also meet untimely deaths that are scattered throughout the play, which cause a domino effect that leads to the death of others. In this play, an ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets cause Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, to take drastic measures to preserve their love. The unnecessary hate between the Montagues and the Capulets cause the youth of the families to act in desperation. Particularly, Mercutio’s impulsive act of making jokes at inappropriate times led to the demise of characters in this play. When Tybalt is searching for...
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...like In the play 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare, the character Bassanio is Antonio's friend. He is a bit dithery about money and tends to overspend. Nowadays we would call him a spendthrift. Any money that may have been left to him to build his future has already been wasted so he casts about for someone else's. Then he gets to hear about a girl called Portia and her amazing fortune of a dowry. In those days, a woman's finances, capital and property almost always went to her husband on marriage - even if it had been left to her by her own family. However, there is one problem. He knows he will not 'look the business' as a good potential match himself as he may not even be solvent himself. So he uses people. He tries to get the money to look good off someone who is supposed to be his friend. He is also arrogant and thinks too highly of himself, thinking he has noticed admiring looks from Portia - all in all, he does need taking down a peg or two! Karen P.L. Hardison | College Teacher | eNotes Employee Posted January 23, 2010 at 4:30 AM (Answer #2) dislike1like Bassanio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is the central instigator of all the follows and he not the most steady young man in Venice. He has considerable bad qualities but he also has considerable good qualities, although the good ones may not be of a nature that they can counterbalance the bad. First, Bassanio is a reckless youth with no wisdom or thought for the future. He has spent whatever...
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...Juvenile Justice There is an argument between the idea of juveniles being tried as adults and being tried as juveniles. Furthermore, juveniles should be tried as adults only and only if the crime is heinous. Justice Elena Kagan stated that “ Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its hallmark features- among them, immaturity, impetuosity, and failure to appreciate the family and home environment that surrounds him- and from which he cannot usually extricate himself- no matter how brutal or dysfunctional. “. She believes that for this reason they shouldn't be tried as an adult.She argues that a juvenile’s upbringing and their environment is a big factor into their decision making. Kagan believes that Greg Ousley didn't mean to kill his parents. That he was only doing it by the actions that his parents treat him. In “Kids Are Kids - Until They Commit Crimes” they discuss how kids are influenced by the violence and negativity displayed on our daily entertainment. Paul Thompson did a study on the adolescent brain and how they are affected. He talks about how teenagers lose brain cells because they are influenced by the risk taking...
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...them. This shows that Washington’s chockyness, caused a lot of deaths since they were not prepared for attacks. In an intent to hide the fact that he put his troops in a vulnerable position, Washington claimed that, “...the battle of Fort Necessity was not a defeat so much as a stalemate, in which the Virginians and British conducted themselves with gallantry and composure despite the superior French force arrayed against them.” (16). Washington then signed the surrender document, Articles of Capitulation, in an attempt to restrain the Indians who were helping the French, but the article also stated that he was involved in the assassination of Jumonville. Due to this, Washington was seen as “...a dangerous mixture of inexperience and impetuosity.” (17). Washington's rank lowered, so he quit and began working as a soldier with a man named Braddock, who later is killed in crossfire as they attack Fort Duquesne, which lead to their defeat and nine hundred casualties as they fought the French and Indians. The blame was placed on Braddock and others saw Washington as the hero of the Monongahela. Although it took a lot of deaths and defeats in order for Washington to learn, his future years will be the highlights of his career. Around Washington’s forty three years of age, he began to show a lot of leadership and courage. People began to see him as a strong athlete and he was even known to be one of the best horsemen. In the Battle of Trenton, as commander -in-chief, George led an...
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...of love.” However, Lucrezia’s role shifts dramatically from having an uncompromising stance to being compromised with the “beat and struggle” Callimaco exhibits throughout the play. For the final arrangement to work out, Lucrezia is the dominate character who needs to be convinced. Thus, returning to the assimilation in The Prince, Callimaco signifies the one who tries to exercise his will – his desire to have sex with Lucrezia – while Lucrezia represents the fortune that must be overcome. Surprisingly, despite the risk Callimaco takes and his careless impulsiveness, the play ends favorably, in which Callimaco creates his own destiny by manipulating his fortune in the form of Lucrezia. Machiavelli tells that fortune responds better to impetuosity than cautiousness. Lucrezia chooses an impetuous man over his cautious husband. Moreover, in The Prince, fortune is compared to a “woman who likes young … men.” The same concept can be seen in The Mandrake Root. Fortune (Lucrezia) responds better to a young man, Callimaco. Despite her own husband’s manipulations and endless efforts, Callimaco’s plan works not only because Callimaco acts impetuously, but also because Lucrezia enjoys having sex with an attractive man. Precisely, she experiences sex with a nubile person and prefers it over having sex with her old husband. Therefore, the idea of fortune responding better to both impetuousness and youthfulness is represented throughout Lucrezia’s choice. Lastly, in The Prince, it says “… two...
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...this disorder can go from being energetic and outgoing to feeling worthless and irritated anywhere between a few days to a couple of months, or even years. Diagnosis, treatment, and the dramatic changes cause a threat to the victim. People with bipolar disorder may try to kill themselves or engage in reckless behaviors depending on which stage they are in (Wilson, 2013). Those who suffer from this disorder can lead normal lives with proper treatment. B. Define the type of disorder- 1. A bipolar patient experiencing mania often has feelings of self-importance, euphoria, chattiness, amplified sociability, and a longing to begin goal-oriented activities, accompanied with the characteristics of irritability, impetuosity, impulsiveness, hyperactivity, and a reduced need for sleep. Usually this manic period is followed by a period of depression, although some bipolar I individuals may not experience a major depressive episode. Individuals with bipolar I disorder experience similar symptoms to bipolar II...
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...The Divine Ministry Of Delay One of the great dangers of life is that of losing sight of God's great design in the details by which that design is worked out, and it has been well said that we entirely lose the value of any experience if we isolate it. That is, if you take your sorrow and regard it apart from the great designing love of God, if you take your losses, your temporary setbacks, your momentary depressions, and dwell upon these things as if they were the only experiences of God's providence, and as if they were not related to the great central control of His love - you will entirely miss their value. It is that we may be saved from such peril that we are meditating together thus on some of God's unlikely but never unkindly ministries. With this brief recapitulation let me ask you to turn to the word which is the occasion of our thought this morning in regard to the Divine ministry of delay by which God oftentimes tests His people. I will ask you to turn to the words of Jeremiah the prophet, in the book of Lamentations, in the third chapter, at the twenty-fourth verse: "The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." It is especially on those last words that I want our meditation to be based: "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." Let us...
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...Personal Values and Ethical Standards Nanette Chambers BSHS/332 April 30, 2012 Theresa Y. Edwards Personal Values and Ethical Standards In the business of substance abuse counseling is not easy. Counselors deal with putting people’s lives back together so that they may enter back into a productive world. However, before this takes place in understanding the development behavior in why it has come to this and how ethical principles can help others to turn their lives around in a positive way. Focusing on what is right or wrong is not the issue; it is about putting life in perspective. In using the ethical way in developing a way in teaching clients to incorporate these ethics in their everyday lives to be free and stay free from mind altering chemicals for the rest of their lives. I am in a position as a counselor to engage in the ethical manner that I must abbey by as well in making sure that the clients adhere as well while participating in the program. There are factors that play a part in substance abuse counseling field. Not only teaching to stay sober but also learning a new way of living without drugs and alcohol. The personal values that I have tried to instill in my life I try to pass it along to the clients who I see in everyday life are values taught and carried down as a child growing up. This has made me the woman that I am today in despite of the past. Values I have learned to value in my personal life that has meaning to the person I am....
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...The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal--the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour. But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the prince's own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. They resolved to leave means neither of ingress nor egress to the sudden impulses of despair or of frenzy from within. The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was...
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...Hamlet Notes Tragedy is the downfall of a man because of a weakness in his personality. This weakness leaves him unable to negotiate successfully the conflict that he experiences in the outside world. Consequently, when he encounters evil, he is unable to make the right decision. A tragic hero has a moment of insight in which he realises his error. However, this insight comes too late for him to address his sillinesses/error. The tragic hero always dies. The key to understanding this play is a close and insightful study of the soliloquies in the play. Act 1 Scene 1( pg 3-13) Horatio will be the fall for the mercurial Hamlet. Horatio is quiet and well balanced and becomes a notable witness. At the beginning of the play, Denmark is not only socially, morally and culturally questionable but politically unstable. Norway, lead by Fortenbras is leading a campaign to reclaim the lands lost to Norway as a consequence of the Danish King Hamlet. At the end of this scene, the appearance if the ghost. King Hamlet. He was poisoned by Claudius. He was married to Gertrude, Claudius was Gertrude's brother-in-law—-> affair Act 1 Scene 2(pg 13-31) Set against the splendour of the court, scene 2 juxtaposes the mysteries and frightening opening scene. The court of Denmark represents hypocrisy and excess. We are introduced immediately to Claudius. He is suave and worldly wise. His idiom, register and tone of speech will create a suspicion. He is of course the antithesis of Hamlet as...
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...« THE RISE of PARLIAMENT in XIII ». Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Magnum Cartum Liberatum. 3. Simon de Monfort and his “Parliamentum”. 4. King Edward’s Parliament. 5. Parliament nowadays. a). The Functions of Parliament. b). The Meeting of Parliament. c). The House of Lords. d). The House of Commons. e). Public Access to Parliamentary Proceedings. 6. Conclusion. INTRODUCTION I am always interested in the history of Great Britain and especially in the developing of the British Parliament. It plays the leading role in the political life of Great Britain. It passes laws, provides the means of carrying work of the government, scrutinizes government policy and administration, including proposals for expenditure; debates the major issues of the day. In my wok I try to look at the history of this undoubtedly important body of authority. The events that took place in England in the XIII century turned out to be the main influence on the formation and the rise of Parliament that exists to the very moment. THE GREAT CHARTER - MAGNA CARTA Richard I’s absence in the Holy Land and the expense of crusade the weakened power of the Crown in England. When his brother John became a king, he lacked the money to defend the English lands in France successfully. The meanness and cruelty of his character added to his unpopularity stimulated a heavy...
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...THE GLENCOE LITERATURE LIBRARY Study Guide for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens i Meet Charles Dickens In addition to writing short stories and novels, Dickens wrote essays and journalistic pieces, and edited a weekly periodical filled with fiction, poetry, and essays. First titled Household Words, the magazine was later retitled All the Year Round. Dickens contributed to this publication several serialized novels, including Great Expectations, and writings on political and social issues. Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He was the second child and eldest son of eight children. Dickens’s father, who worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, was a spendthrift who often mismanaged the family money. In 1822 the family moved to London and soon found itself in financial crisis. The family was forced to live in poverty, and Dickens was no longer able to go to school. One of the most traumatic periods of his life began in February 1824, when his father was sent to debtors prison. Young Dickens, only twelve years old, was forced to go to work for several months pasting labels on bottles. This experience was painful and socially humiliating to him, and images of the factory haunted him for the rest of his life. These images provided a backdrop to much of his fiction, which often focused on class issues; the plight of the poor and oppressed; and lost, suffering children. As an adult, he championed social and political causes designed...
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...Introduction Overview of Costa Crociere S.p.A. and Cultural Values With revenues of 3.1 billion euros and 2.3 million total guests in 2011, Costa Crociere S.p.A. is the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s number one cruise company, comprising the brands Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Iberocruceros. Costa Cruises (2012). The group is headquartered in Genoa. Costa Crociere S.p.A has Europe’s largest fleet: 27 ships with total guest capacity of around 70,000. Costa Cruises is committed to enhancing its ability to listen to, communicate with and engage with all stakeholders, to continuously increase its guest satisfaction level, to the empowerment of its people, to contributing to the welfare and development of the communities in which it operates, to respecting and protecting the environment in particular the seas in which the ship sails-and to improved safety. The company values are: 1. Passion for the customer 2. Human Resources 3. Teamwork 4. Innovation and creativity 5. Financial performance 6. Teamwork and ethics Michael Tamm, CEO of Costa Crociere comments on behalf of the company by saying “Furthermore, our Sustainability Report attests to Costa Cruises’ commitment to one of the crucial aspects of B.E.S.T 4 Certification: “continuous improvement.” This principle sets us apart and we apply it to all of the areas that we have previously mentioned through monitoring, control and prevention activities (always using the latest procedures)...
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...17 Essential Qualities of Being a Team Player Adaptable: If you won’t change for the team, the team may change you Quote 1: “Inflexibility is one of the worst human failings. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence, and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind there is no antidote. It carries the seeds of its own destruction.” Anonymous 1. What does this mean? 2. With rigidity of mind, what happens to the team? 3. Team players who exhibit adaptability have certain characteristics: - explain -Teachable -Have emotional security -Have creativity -Service minded (put the team first) Quote 2: “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape” Michael McGriff 1. What does this mean? 2. Why is it important to be flexible? 3. How can being flexible help our chances of being successful as a team? Quote 3: “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self” Horace Mann 1. What does this mean? 2. How can we help others on the team? 3. The first key to being a team player is being willing to adapt yourself to the team, not an expectation that the team will adapt to you- explain Collaborative: Working together precedes winning together Quote 1: “To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.” John Maxwell 1. What does this mean? 2. Teammates should perceive themselves as a unit working together, and they should never allow competition between teammates to get...
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...Cognitive, Conscious, Energetic and Behavioral Impact of Violent Video Gaming Experiences Gabriel Aaron Dionne Strayer University English 215 December 11th 2011 Cognitive, Conscious, and Behavioral Impact of Violent Video Gaming Experiences “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Brainy Quote (2011) Identifies Violence as: The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. Ravishment; rape; constupration. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. This statement gives insight to the ideology of violence being compelled or brought about in an individual through excited actions. The level of violence in video games is astounding not to mention the level of realism which can totally encapsulate you in the gaming experience leaving you feel like that experience was real on a conscious, cognitive, and behavioral level. Long gone are my days of Mario bouncing on mushrooms these days it is assault rifles, hand grenades and tactical missile strikes. Entertainment Software Rating Board (n.d.) provides a list of potential violent behaviors that may be found within our children’s gaming experience and it...
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