Abstract
This paper examines the causes (Ambition, Lady Macbeth, Witches) of Macbeth's downfall from a loyal soldier to a brutal murderer and also the events that led to his tragic death at the end of the play. Manipulation, the supernatural, and ambition are discussed.

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"The play "Macbeth" gives the audience many opportunities to consider the reasons for the main character's actions. At first, Macbeth is a brave and noble warrior. His thirst for power causes him to murder his friend, his king, and an innocent family. By the end of the play he is full of despair and has lost all interest in life. His ambition, his dominating wife, and the manipulative witches all contribute to his downfall.
At the beginning of the play Macbeth is a brave war hero. When Malcolm is named Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth becomes jealous. He admits his "black and deep desires". He also says to - let the eye wink at the hand?, or, to let the eye be blind to the hand's deed. This is when Macbeth first realizes that he may have to play an active part in making the witches? prophecy come true. He is even willing to do something drastic in order to become king. Before killing Duncan, Macbeth says that he has no ?spur to prick the sides of [his] intent, but only vaulting ambition.? He is tired of simply being a warrior. He wants to have more power. Instead of letting fate take its course he is going to kill Duncan to get what he wants."

Tags:downfall, shakespeare, tragedy, tragic

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"The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits, by John McKnight, is a collection of lectures and articles written from 1972 to 1992 by the author. McKnight is the director of the Community Studies Program at the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University. He uses his experience working in communities and at the center as the basis for most of the book. The work is not a scholarly text, but a series of observations and opinions based on McKnight's experiences which he supports by examples, studies, and anecdotes.

The problems he addresses include street crime, poverty, ill health, and the despair people face when they feel powerless and alone. McKnight criticizes the social service industry for many of the items on this list. He suggests that providing.."

Tags:BOOK, REVIEWS, (NON-FICTION)

Abstract
This paper begins with a historical review of how planet earth has been altered by the expansion of the human race, and the carelessness of that expansion. The paper then looks at the consequences of expansion by examining the specific problems associated with urban sprawl.

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"Before humans began to build houses, roads, villages and cities, and in fact before there very few humans at all, trees covered "two-fifths (40%) of the land" on the planet (Victor, et al, 2000). That was eight thousand years ago. Humans have grown by great numbers since then however, and have cut forests in massive quantities for warmth, cooking food, growing crops, building ships and frame houses, and producing paper. Of the original forestland, axes, fires and saws have whittled away half, and "some analysts warn that within decades, the remaining natural forests will disappear altogether.""

Tags:trees, carbon, dioxide, produce, oxygen, forests, cut, down, villages, towns, countryside

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The author of this paper states that he/she has reviewed a brief history of breast implants and has discovered that the history of this surgery is filled with carelessness, misconceptions and misinformation. The author maintains that most women who undergo the procedure are not fully aware of the risks involved. The writer highlights that in fact, many could care less, as the need to look good outweighs everything else.

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"Sooner or later, everyone finds themselves faced with a medical situation that may require a variety of treatments and the more unlucky of us may have to choose surgery. The first reaction to such a proposition would be fear or revulsion; the prospect of going under the knife is not a pleasant one. One would think that there are few people who would voluntarily submit to such a procedure, but the fact is that thousands of women willingly submit themselves to cosmetic surgery not for medical necessity but simply for the sake of their appearance."

Tags:breast, implants, essay

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This paper discusses how car accidents can be deadlier or equally damaging as gang violence, suicide, or drugs and alcohol and how, every year, thousands of teens die all over the world from motor vehicle crashes alone. It looks at how teenage drivers today are responsible for about five times as many fatal crashes per license holder as are drivers between the ages of thirty-five and sixty-four, and how, in many cases, carelessness, lack of experience, and poor decision making are the most likely contributing factors. It examines how teenagers are more at risk because of delinquency, irresponsibility, and peer pressure, and attempts to identify what measures can be taken to prevent these fatal accidents from occurring.

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"There appear to be several reasons or factors that can help explain the high teen crash rate: exposure, immaturity and risk taking behaviors, and lack of driving experience. Exposure, in this case, pertains to the time of day teens are on the roadways. (Mayhew DR, Simpson HM. New to the road: young drivers and novice drivers: similar problems and solutions' Ottawa (ON): Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada; 1990.) Teenage drivers do a greater proportion of their driving at night and on the weekends when the risks of crashing are the highest. Forty-five percent of all teenage motor vehicle deaths occur on weekends and 43% of all teenage motor vehicle deaths occur between 9 PM and 6 AM. Immaturity and risk taking behaviors of young drivers are also key factors in their involvement in motor vehicle crashes."

Tags:accidents, crashes, delinquency, death

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This paper explores the problems endangering Florida's water supply, including pollution, urbanization, insufficient rainfall and over-population. While many of these problems are natural (e.g. drought), the author maintains that neglect and carelessness have exacerbated the situation, causing a near crisis. The author concludes that while Florida can sustain further building, urgent measures be taken to preserve and replenish the water supply.

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"One would think with all the water in and around Florida, that there would be no problem. But, that is a wrong assumption. Man, as usual, is conspiring to ruin or at least somehow damage the clean water Florida's growing numbers of citizens need each day. "Florida's unique geology allows it to draw nearly all of its drinking water from a deep underground maze of limestone and sands. But we use portions of the same underground as a vast garbage can. "Water doesn't really sit on top of Florida like it does in other states; it sinks into the soils," said Jonathan Martin, a geology professor at the University of Florida. So putting dangerous chemicals and waste underground "would be like building a dump in a reservoir. Most people wouldn't want to do that." Until the recent hurricanes and heavy rains in 2005, Florida faced a severe water shortage. One reason, of course, was the weather. Another, the increasing numbers of people moving to Florida and using more and more water."

Tags:environment, America, urbanization, water, management, water, resources, insufficient, rainfall

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The paper looks at the connection between ecological issues and economics, noting that both words share a similar root "eco" (meaning home). The paper examines the way some corporations have discovered that it is now profitable to be "green" and are taking steps to reduce pollution and become environmentally friendly. It also focuses on other corporations' flagrant violation of environmental laws, through carelessness and greed.

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"The environment, nature, itself, can have a devastating effect on corporate operations, such as the logging companies. El Nino seasons may cause a late winter freeze and early spring break-up, "compressing the time window available to haul away harvested trees and warm and dry weather leads to forest fires the next year" (Holladay 2002). This can have a trickle down effect that touches numerous companies, such as construction, furniture, etc., which may result in layoffs due to slow production."

Tags:oil, trade, wetlands, destruction, greenhouse, gases, dumping

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The poem 'Chayote' predicts the death of the planet Earth that has been mistreated by its inhabitants. This poem explores the impact of industrialization on even the most humble of towns. The setting is Cuernavaca, a getaway for the residents of Mexico City, a city of about one million people located in Central Mexico. The author concludes that the struggle for survival in a barren, infertile environment is shared by the poor and the plants, joining them as Nature, and the victims of the carelessness of industrial society.

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"The title of Margaret Gibson's collection of poems, Earth Elegy, laments the impending "death" of a planet mistreated by its inhabitants. One poem that takes this theme is "Chayote," which explores the impact of industrialization on even the most humble of towns. The setting is Cuernavaca, a city of about one million people located in Central Mexico. While the city is large, it still exists as a getaway for the residents of the nearby capital, Mexico City. The pastoral image of Cuernavaca contrasts with the reality of the dire situation that the author discovers during her visit. "

Tags:hope, nature, poetry, Earth, Margaret, Gibson, Chayote, planet, death, Elegy

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This paper reviews the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and discusses its themes concerning humanity as they are told through a love story. It evaluates the different themes one by one and looks at class differences, materialism and carelessness. It concludes by examining how these themes give enough material to think about the human psyche, the shallowness of humanity and how society has not changed much leaving the story curiously up to date.

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"Class differences and materialism are themes of great importance in the novel. (Dilling, ; Novelguide, 2001) Gatsby's position when he met Daisy was not more than that of a mere army lieutenant. Daisy on the other hand was a girl with an affluent upbringing. She was part of the elite, or at least a higher class than Gatsby. He feels he has to win Daisy back after he discovers that she has married Tom Buchanan during his absence. Tom has practically bought Daisy's love with a pearl necklace costing $ 350,000. Gatsby feels that there is only one way to win back "golden girl" Daisy, he has to improve his social status, he needs to get rich. (Helkamp, 1999) Because Gatsby has little chance getting rich fast through working he ends up in the illegal circuit."

Tags:age, american, buchanan, daisy, dream, jazz, nick, roaring, twenties

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This paper examines Sophocles's tragic Greek play, "Antigone", where characters who value love, emotions, duty, bravery, and honor, meet the characters that are full of hate, fear, carelessness, and disgrace. It shows how the brightest among them are Antigone and Creon and discusses how Antigone carries the tragic focus throughout the play, but Creon overtakes that "role" at the very end. It shows how, although Antigone suffers, waiting for her death for the most of the play, she wants to die, and she dies in glory and how, although Creon is the bad character throughout the play, only at the very end do we see that he is the real tragic figure.

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"Antigone has to go over hard times, bringing on her shoulders the shame that her father brought upon her family. Antigone has even stronger feelings about her relatives who are dead because they cannot protect themselves from peoples' gossips. Antigone cannot stand the fact that her brother Polynices lies unburied, his body being torn by the animals. And Gods are unhappy too; the body needs to be given the burial right. As Tiresias tells Creon that he had robbed the Gods below, keeping the dead body up on earth (stanza 1188). Antigone cannot let more disgrace go upon her family. She buries her brother's body with her own hands."

Tags:polynices, death, gods, tiresias