English 242: Professor Sargent The Allegorical Monster: Unacceptable to Society The history of monsters is used to reveal the cultural values and tendencies of a society. The integration of monsters in literature is used to exemplify an unacceptable contrast in a particular civilization. These differences can deviate. Being that these creatures are under our scrutiny‚ these contrasts derive from a particular set of culturally acceptable ideas. The role of the monster is to embody a cultural
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Family tradition and cultural legacies contribute to inhibit to an individual self-identity in many ways that would last a life time. A person’s way of living and how they present themselves‚ comes from the culture that was instill in the soul from youth. Even the choices of food we may eat or the beliefs we may have with religion all comes from our family tradition. An individual who comes from a respectable and strong background of their culture are more likely to want to past their cultural
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treat one another with respect. The class teacher then goes on to explain about the reward system which has been carried out. In the classroom the teacher gives the children a diddy dot card‚ this means that everytime the children shows good behaviour or they do some good work or are generally helpful they get a diddy dot sticker to stick in their card‚ they have to fill 2 diddy dot cards which they then take to the Headmistress for a Golden Ticket. When the children achieve a Golden Ticket they
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Abortion Morally Acceptable or Not Whether or not abortion is morally acceptable has for long been a debated topic. When discussing this topic‚ the context in which the word "moral" is used needs to be clearly understood. The word "moral" has many different meanings. One meaning of this word is: "conforming to standards of what is right or can extend in behaviour: virtuous". So much has been said and is still being said‚ written‚ aired on radio and television‚ and argued in courtrooms about abortion
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distinguish men from beasts.” However‚ having to experience this culture of formality firsthand as a child of two refugees‚ I discovered that not only is this completely false but that Confucius was nothing more than an old fool. The idea that a family‚ or society for that matter‚ must be held together by strict social hierarchies maintained by polite customs and etiquette is a laughable idea if not completely harmful. In modern Western society‚ family is seen as the ultimate bond between people‚ an unbreakable
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A1 Evaluate methods for managing children’s behaviour and how these may affect teaching and learning Any methods used when managing children’s behaviour should be proactive rather than reactive: If a child is‚ being verbally challenging and you engage a conversation and react to the behaviour the matter will escalate‚ being proactive by thinking and assessing the situation before you speak‚ being aware that your body language is positive‚ be calm and talk in a soothing voice‚ let the child know
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what extent may attitudes predict behaviour? Why do people act in different ways? Some are kind‚ some are mean. Some do good‚ while other mean only harm. Some of them are aggressors‚ while others are peace holders. Some of them are positively prejudiced rather than others who almost always have a negative outlook of life and its diversities. Some of them feel a sense of sympathy towards an object or a subject‚ while others dislike it. Exploring and understanding behaviour and all of
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Is torture ever morally acceptable? If so‚ under what circumstances? (Argumentative Essay) Written by mystery1227 under Uncategorized Is torture ever morally acceptable‚ If so under what circumstances? Firstly‚ what exactly is torture? It can be defined as the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as a punishment or revenge‚ to try and acquire some sort of confession about some particular issue or some information; also is could be just pure cruelty or hate for that particular individual
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Describe how professional values and ethics may affect career success. The average workplace whether in an office space or a hospital setting is a cultural and diverse place. People from all walks of life come together. Everyone has different experiences‚ philosophies religions and education. In the workplace one must use “moral intelligence”‚ the capacity to understand what is right from wrong. (Kiel‚ 2005). The aging question is how; with all this variety in society can people maintain
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Pragmatics and How They Differ Communication sometimes can be somehow tricky and disconcerting since language itself sometimes can confuse the participants of a conversation since the meaning of the conversation can be confusing sometimes. In the linguistic field the term ‘meaning’ and what it implicates have been studied from different points of view. In semantics when they try to understand the meaning of something in a conversation‚ they focus just on the word and what does it mean and how its syntactical
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