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Sexuality is not a central theme in Frank Norris's novel "McTeague". So although sexuality does have a role to play in "McTeague", it is a comparatively minor one. The most important part for sexuality and the way Norris portrays it is as a sort of signpost or illumination to the grander passions of avarice and revenge that drives the central narrative.

Tags:book, review, mcteague

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Though child labor is most dramatically seen on the Indian subcontinent, it exists in the United States as well. The illegal alien and child labor persist because the capital savings they represent are irresistible to those short on ethics and prone to avarice. This paper will explore both phenomena with an eye toward understanding the economic impact.

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This paper examines how, in his book, "Amazing Grace", Kozol focuses on the children of the South Bronx, children who struggle to survive, thrive, to find joy and spiritual connections amid the turmoil of the ghetto. It shows how, although nihilism, hopelessness, anger, and violence run rampant through the neighborhood, the children with whom Kozol speaks and befriends exhibit an "amazing grace". It looks at how Kozol allows the residents of the South Bronx to speak for themselves through interviews and to demonstrate with their own examples why racial segregation, ghettoization, gang violence, and poverty are symptoms of a national problem rooted in avarice and racism.

From the Paper
"Ironically, the "founding father" of the community, Richard Morris, built the South Bronx on profits gleaned from slavery: he had owned a plantation in the Caribbean. The local high school is named after Morris. The South Bronx can't seem to escape its historical roots: racism pervades the district and there is a sense that its residents still live as slaves. A local teenage girl tells Kozol that the outside, white-dominated world looks toward people in their community as "obstacles to moving forward," as disposable and irrelevant. Moreover, Kozol notes that the mass media and the government fails to capture the raw emotionality of this harsh reality. Streets named after Black heroes like Martin Luther King stand basically as mockeries of racial justice and equality. "

Tags:racism, poverty, violence, south, bronx

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This paper examines how, in "The London Merchant," George Lillo's character, Sarah Millwood, is unique and how, in Darah, the reader sees a combination of Lady Macbeth, the Marquise de Merteuil, and Mrs. Marwood. It looks at how Millwood possesses strength, cunning, artifice, parasitical avarice, and a keen ability to read other people. It also explores how Millwood can discover their weaknesses, play upon those weaknesses deftly and without remorse, and uses her feminine beauty and sexual prowess to squeeze riches and tribute from gullible men.

From the Paper
"Millwood uses her artifice and parasitical avarice to manipulate Barnwell into embezzling funds from his employer Thorowgood and giving the money to her. Millwood's servant Lucy states, "Tis true the youth has scruples; but she'll soon teach him to answer them, by stifling his conscience" (278). Such is the Millwood's power to subjugate her victim's scruples and replace it with lustful passion. But eventually Barnwell's inherent honesty and remorse for embezzling his master's funds overcome his obsession for Millwood and he attempts to break with her; but his escape is not successful."

Tags:theatre, villain

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Pride, anger, avarice, gluttony, sloth, lust, and envy all manifest themselves in Dr. Faustus throughout the play. Not only do they manifest themselves within the psychological understanding of the play, but the seven deadly sins also appear as characters in the plot. Through his use of the seven deadly sins, then, Marlowe is demonstrating the path to damnation in relation to the developing Christian theology of his day.

Tags:faustus, deadly, sins

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Confucianism, the dominant worldview in Imperial China, placed tremendous value on social order and hierarchical relationships. It envisaged an order society with the Emperor at the top and his authority expressed through a Confucian bureaucracy administering Confucian laws. The realities of daily life contradicted this model. Periodic rebellions, banditry, human avarice and a host of other factors undermined the Confucian ideals. This paper examines a variety of primary sources to identify countercurrents to the dominant Confucian ideology in Imperial China.

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Was avarice the overriding facet of Henry VII's character ? Did he have virtues to obscure, and if so, what were they ? The discussions still go on among historians, and this paper sheds light on the character of the king, what drove him, his need for security and to establish his family following the turbulence of the Wars of the Roses.

From the Paper
""He cherished justice above all things". Polydore Vergil made this statement and the statement about Henry's alleged avarice. Not only did he make them both, but he made them in the same piece of writing. What this shows is the difficulty faced when attempting to form a view of a historical character based on personal, and often subjective, judgments. The debate about Henry's rapacity and the extent to which avarice overrode all his other accomplishments and virtues, of which more later, still goes on. For example, Elton put forward a defense of Henry in which he tried to defend Henry from the charges of avarice leveled at him. This was subject to counter argument, and the discussion still continues."

Tags:ayton, campo, dudley, empson, england, etaples, feudal, henry, lancastrians, lordship, monarchy, north, polydore, roses, vergil, wars, yorkists

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The paper states that all three works are a critique of Christian behavior and decadence in their contemporary Christian societies. The author feels that the key to understanding the sense in which these texts are Christian involves understanding the function and portrayal of the Jew, which are more functional props than human characters.

Table of Contents
Introduction
The Prioress' Tale
The Ecclesia
The Christian Masses
Who They Judge
What they Judge
The Positive Model
The Jew of Malta
Murder
Avarice and Theft
Lack Of Chastity
Trickery and Deceit
The Positive Model
The Merchant of Venice
The Court Scene
The Corruption of the Positive Model
Significant Names
Shylock
Jessica
Tubal
Chus
Conclusion

From the Paper
""I Stand here for Law" (The Merchant of Venice IV I 142) declares Shylock. While he literally means that he is awaiting the judgment according to the law of Venice, it is also metaphorically true within the religious framework of the text. As a Jew, Shylock is representative of the outlook which (in Christian thinking) demands strict adherence to the law as opposed to the Christian stand for mercy. But here, as in the other works we have examined, the sole significance of the Jew is to provide a standard by which to measure the Christian by comparison and contrast. From a Christian point of view, Shylock and his religion are presumed corrupt; Judaism itself is beyond saving; the best one can do for its members is to convert them individually to Christianity."

Tags:behavior, decadence, function, portrayal, props, characters

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This paper discusses William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth", about the tyranny of an ambitious nobleman who is informed of his future. It analyzes how Macbeth is the definite protagonist of this play by the percentage of the dialogue of the major characters. It examines the three witches' influence on Macbeth's actions and Lady Macbeth's avarice that drills the Scottish Lord into treason and kinghood. It evaluates the role of fate in the tragedy, as well as the state of Macbeth's conscience and possibilities in Shakespeare's ambiguity.

From the Paper
"Because the "weird sisters" (Macbeth, I, iii, 32) ambiguously inform Macbeth of his future, they give him a disadvantage. Alas, he no longer has a clean bias for his major decisions, therefore making him less responsible for his decisions. Indeed, he shares responsibility with the fact that he knows his future. Nevertheless he ultimately has to recompense for his atrocious judgments regarding others' lives. Macbeth learns of his future from the witches. He knows that he shall become the Thane of Cawdor: one step above his present status in Scottish hierarchy."

Tags:guilt, fate, moral, murder, witches

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This paper takes a look at the themes in the two stories, "Othello" and "The Diamond Necklace" focusing on price, avarice, greed, and jealousy.

From the Paper
"On a deeper level, De Maupassant is arguing that all that glitters is not gold. He is saying that we humans need to learn the difference between the excellence and superiority of the quality life, and the glittery flash of fake values and appearances. In the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, the main character goes through a similar loss because his pride and vanity blind him to the reality of the world around him. "

Tags:vanity, price, jealousy, poverty, death