slavery to wars‚ and brutal abuse‚ the people of this era overcame the strongest battles. Being born into slavery because the lack of education and wealth‚ African Americans had no choice but to work for the wealthy whites. They weren’t allowed to learn how to read or write. In 1954 the Brown vs. Board of Education law was passed that ended legal racial segregation. This allowed African American children to be able to attend schools with the
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images. Plato’s Cave illustrates how people solely base their perception of the world on their experiences of physical objects‚ and by doing so‚ they limit themselves to the confined notions prescribed by their fear of change. The purpose of this essay is to prove how and why the stubborn ignorance present in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave can still be found in many aspects of today’s mass media‚ including television‚ news broadcasting channels‚ and advertising. Today‚ most people have been chained
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Hamlet is one of many stories that Shakespeare wrote that plays a major role in society today. Hamlet’s play is a great example of corruption in the government‚ friends and family that can be hidden for so long without people knowing. Hamlet also shows us the what happen when we try and get revenge and how it can backfire on us when we least expect it and it can go so far as death. Hamlet is an example of how the play is an influence on us is when people like to test others to see their reaction
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How is Shakespeare’s work still relevant today? Not only was Shakespeare so well accomplished in his writing skills that he has become one of the most important figures in the history of the English language‚ but most of his work were written on such basic human themes that they will‚ and have been understood for all time. A huge part of the appeal of Shakespeare’s plays is that they deal with basic human emotions‚ and mistakes that are present in everyone. For example‚ many people can relate
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over the past few decades and there doesn’t seem to be any hope for any betterment in the future. It’s very heart wrenching when I see on television pictures of children‚ much younger than us‚ that have significantly nothing compared to what we have today. It makes me think and appreciate everything that’s been given to me in my lifetime. I know it is much more than most and I am very appreciative of
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anything. We have allowed moral relativism to creep in and push us into the proverbial corner. Moral relativism is a belief that there is no right or wrong‚ no good or evil where rules no longer exist. Dr. Dobson’s letter seems to have more relevance today than it did 20 years ago. I believe relativism has had the most impact in regards to healthcare. The Hippocratic Oath seems to have flown out the window. The patient is no longer the top priority
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Four hundred years have passed since William Shakespeare penned his last play. Yet his prose‚ plots‚ and characters are as alive today as they were when the plays were originally staged during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespearean works should still be studied in school‚ as his attitude‚ values and beliefs are still relevant in today’s society. He’s 450 years old and yet‚ not only do we perform his plays but also‚ we recognize ourselves in them and continue to use phrases
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the play Macbeth. Not all good things have good endings. This relates to our society because there are many people who have great careers but sometimes something bad will happen then they won’t have a good career. In Macbeth‚ Macbeth becomes king but he doesn’t earn it‚ then he ends up getting killed for the way he ended up being king. “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff!”. (Macbeth 58). This was the first sign that Macbeth’s success and royalty could come to an end. Then Macbeth ends up
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past and yet a play written in the 16th century is still related to how we live our life today‚ in the 21st century. Romeo and Juliet may have things that can’t possibly exist today but many fail to realize the significance the play has. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is about humans and human emotions we feel. As long as we have our emotions this play will be relevant to human life. Romeo and Juliet effects love‚ life and death and the society the world lives in. Love plays a significant part in the play. Romeo
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IS SHAKESPEARE STILL RELEVANT TODAY? NAME: Danielle LLoyd In secondary schools today we force our children to study Shakespeare from first form through to till fifth form and for those fortunate few also in sixth form. Ironically it is only the famous works that make it unto the syllabus. Plays like Merchant of Venice‚ King Lear‚ Henry the fifth‚ A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream and Macbeth are some of the few Shakespearean works we are exposed to‚ unless we go find others and read. Interestingly
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