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    should follow to stop the unfairness. Also‚ the aspects they should consider prior to making decisions. Police corruption and abuse of power is one big problem to the public. The fact the communities give them the responsibility to serve and protect us. Excessive use of force is a good example of an unethical behavior. Police officer should use force the correct way. When they abuse it‚ the public looks at it as police brutality‚ I believe there is a couple of aspects that police officer should consider

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    getting what we want. “The greater the power‚ the more dangerous the abuse.” (Edmund Burke) We are so used to seeing powerful people damaging others‚ that we do not notice‚ and when we do notice it‚ we are selfish and think we cannot do anything about it because we will be abused too. By not doing anything to change these situations‚ we are becoming part of it. Leaders constantly abuse of power and break their own rules according to their interests. Having power or a higher position makes us feel superior

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    Adolf ’s Hitler Abuse of Power The next few paragraphs explain and prove how Hitler abused his power because of his ego‚ greed‚ and self centeredness. Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria. He lived in Viennia from 1907 to 1913. the young Hitler was a poverty stricken solitary art student dropout. During World War 1 Hitler was injured twice. After the army‚ Hitler was assigned to spy on the German Worker ’s Party in Munich. The tiny nationalistic group impressed him and he joined. he reorganized

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    Every aspect of life needs to have control‚ whether that is a set of laws or a leader. Life needs rules to function and work. However‚ power is also a dangerous thing. Power only works for the good in the hands of the good. Power has to have limits or else you end up with dictators like Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. Both leaders were very affective in their methods‚ but they had radical ideas that hurt millions of people in the process. In Fahrenheit 451 they live in a “brainless” society. Everyone

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    Within the totalitarian society created by Margaret Atwood in the Handmaid’s Tale‚ there are many people and regimes centred around and reliant on the manipulation of power. The laws that are in place in the republic of Gilead are designed and implemented so as to control and restrict the rights and freedom of its inhabitants. In the republic of Gilead‚ there are many rules and restrictions within all levels of the community‚ wives‚ econowives‚ common men and handmaid’s included‚ which limit the

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    The issues of power‚ that Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible‚ portrays are concerned with‚ who has the power‚ the shifts of power that take place and how power can consume people and try to abuse it‚ for either vengeance‚ jealously‚ material gain or sexual desire. Who has the Power Salem is an isolated village in Massachusetts where power is one of the main driving forces that contribute to the dynamics of the community and how people interact with each other. Authority and power is dominant in

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    overstepped the rights to his presidency‚ whereas others believe that he expanded and enhanced political power. Jackson greatly influenced and enhanced the power of the presidency. Jackson once declared that while each member of Congress represented a specific regional group‚ only the president represented all the people of the United States. During Jackson ’s term he greatly increased the power of the presidency but believed that it was subject to the will of the people. Jackson carried through an

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    To what extent does the Wife of Bath’s Prologue explore the struggle between male and female for power? The ’Wife of Bath’s Prologue’ is an in-depth‚ perceptive examination of the conflict between male and female for power and sovereignty. Through the Wife of Bath‚ the use of female sexuality versus masculine ’textuality’ is explored and how women are dependent on marriage for independence in a traditional patriarchal society. The pervading issue throughout the prologue is ’experience’ against

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    farm becomes corrupted as power slowly changes the animals. The author‚ George Orwell‚ delivers a message on how power corrupts people by using farm animals to represent the 1917 Russian Revolution. The story depicts the theme of influential power throughout the entire storyline. The pigs lead the revolt of Manor Farm to success and they take main control. Although they are the ones who encouraged animalism and equality‚ the pigs become tempted towards the advantages of power after their revolt. They

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    Throughout Jane’s conversation with Rochester in Chapter 14 of Jane Eyre‚ the power relations between them intriguingly act to make the them more equal.. Both Rochester and Jane use power they have over the other in order to thwart the other’s points of conversation. For instance‚ Rochester uses his age‚ gender‚ class‚ and economic status as a means of claiming authority over Jane. Although prevalent throughout the conversation‚ this is most clearly expressed when he argues that he has the right

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