was coined[1][2][3] by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton in discussion of the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement‚ although the terms had been contrasted previously‚ for example by Shakespeare (in his play‚ The Tempest: 4.1). Galton was influenced[4] by the book On the Origin of Species written by his cousin‚ Charles Darwin. The concept embodied in the phrase has been criticized[3][4] for its binary simplification of two tightly interwoven parameters‚ as for example
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freedom‚ The Playboy may have died an ignoble death. As it happens‚ though‚ the play has by later critics been called "the most rich and copious store of character since Shakespeare’’ (P.P. Howe) and a play "riotous with the quick rush of life‚ a tempest of the passions" (Charles A. Bennett). These seem to be the reasons that The Playboy of the Western World has current appeal. Whereas original audiences cared about morality and decorous representations of peoples and countries‚ the increasing
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don’t let the obstacles ruin the relationship. In the second quatrain‚ Shakespeare uses a metaphor to tell what love is “it is the star to every wand’ring bark.” It is a guiding star to lost ships that is not susceptible to storms “that looks on tempest and is never shaken.” Shakespeare then goes back to what love is not and that is susceptible to time “love’s not times fool” also using personification to emphasis his point. Although the beauty of it fades‚ love is endless and doesn’t change. I
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Neptune. Neptune was the god of the sea in Roman mythology. He was also worshipped as the god of horses with the name of Neptunus Equester. The Roman people may have looked up to Neptune‚ but he was known to have a violent temper. Because of his rage‚ tempests and earthquakes were caused. Neptune had a wife named Amphitrite‚ the water nymph. He first saw her dancing in the Naxos and that’s when he asked her to marry him‚ so said no. He was in love with her‚ so after she turned down his proposal he sent
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‘Discuss the relationship between Cordelia and Lear and compare it to the relationship between Edgar and Gloucester’. Written in 1605 but first performed in 1606 on Boxing Day in front of King James‚ ‘King Lear’ is a typical Shakespearean tragedy which focuses around the themes of family and the disruption of natural order. The play has strong Aristotelian influences as the protagonist‚ King Lear‚ enters the play in a position of great importance through external forces which are out of his control
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John Trimble 9 January 2003 How Fight Club Changed My Life Once‚ I was a young boy who believed everything I heard‚ yet I knew nothing. I was impressionable and weak. Above all else‚ I was confused. I did not understand myself‚ and I did not realize why I wasn’t happy. Everything always went wrong. I felt my life slipping away into oblivion with no palpable meaning. My life was an endless array of homework‚ band camp‚ theater‚ girls‚ and a myriad other things that were not making me happy
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ever dared to dream before" (732). December is also the time of year when most plants are dead‚ to which extent the narrator remarks that it is a "bleak December"‚ making for a dismal scene both outside and inside the chamber. There is also a "tempest"‚ a storm‚ brewing outside‚ not good for calming the spirits of the narrator. Thoughts are running through his head and it is safe to say that he is frightening himself more than the situation merits at this point. He says he has to still the beating
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come directly from their cultural backgrounds. The cultural aspects of purification and natural forces bring both characters to be forcefully pushed into nature’s cleansing process. William Shakespeare addresses the Western Christian world where the tempest symbolizes purification of the physical and mental body. Lear falls into madness and loses his own sanity when he abandons his daughters’ homes. On the other hand‚ Kurosawa connects with the
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represents a strong bond that can’t be altered by an exterior cause‚ or influenced by an outsider. The poet’s tone switches to a protesting one—when exclaiming‚ “Oh‚ no!” (496). He then proceeds by defining love as an “ever-fixed mark‚/That looks on tempests and is never shaken” (496)—in other words: love conquers all. For the poet‚ love guides people in love as a star guides a boat through unknown waters: “It is the star to every wandering bark” (496). 2 For true love‚ time is not a threat
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