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This paper focuses on William Wordsworth's poem "Animal Tranquility and Decay." It explores the relationships between man's mind, his body, and his natural environment. The title refers to the "tranquility" that Wordsworth seems to perceive in nature and the "decay" that a human being undergoes during his life. The paper concentrates on the various insinuations made by Wordsworth about tranquility and decay. Definitions are raised and examined, as well as related to everyday life. Also, symbolism is examined in the poem, as well. Phrases and stanzas from the poems are analyzed in search of an overall theme.

Tags:animal, decay, poem, poetry, tranquility, william, wordsworth, age

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This paper argues that American workers will be able to get better jobs if more efforts are made to educate and train them. Furthermore, the assertion is made that work-visas for unskilled workers help increase the amount of workers underbidding Americans for jobs and this also helps to make business owners unmotivated to modernize their businesses. Finally, the living wage rates and organized labor are heralded as protective mechanisms which greatly help maintain workers' abilities to survive and thrive.

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"1) Better education and job training would definitely help protect American jobs, particularly in urban areas. Many urban renewal projects are geared towards idealistic objectives and they fall far short of the mark. For example, Indianapolis invested quite a bit of money in a revitalization program for their downtown area. The city experienced..."

Tags:urban, decay, workers

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The paper examines William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and demonstrates how the corruption of the Compson family reflects the degradation of Southern aristocratic values in the post-war South. The paper focuses on specific events and images that symbolize the degradation of a once-illustrious family and Southern society and also highlights how the Compsons' inability to accept change drives the decay. Finally, the paper shows how despite the Compsons' downfall, Dilsey's simple yet strong presence remains a source of hope and stability.

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"The corruption of the Compson family reflects the degradation of Southern aristocratic values in post-war South. Every character's decline metaphorically echoes Southern society as a whole. As Roger Matuz notes, The Sound and the Fury becomes "an essentially tragic work, comparable in its dimensions and intensity to the family tragedies of the Greeks, the houses of Atreus and Laeus" (Matuz 105). Formerly, the South experienced the prominence of aristocratic families like the Compsons. Indeed, the Compsons boasts a lineage that includes a governor of Mississippi and a Civil War general. Yet, as the South struggles to rebuild after the devastating war and Reconstruction, many could not accept change nor face the new realities of life and consequently, deteriorated into a shadow of their prime."

Tags:South, degradation, decline, downfall, Caddy, Quentin, Dilsey

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This paper discusses that in studying Macbeth's character; one can discover what remains still is an unparalleled portrait of a good man going evil because of his unchecked ambition.

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" Wesley G. Skogan, in Disorder and Decay: Crime and the Spiral of Decay in American Neighborhoods, examines the causes of crime in inner-city neighborhoods and the suggested solution of community policing. Skogan bases his work on a study by two political scientists and "academic policing experts." James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, who wrote about the sources of neighborhood crime, the physical and social deterioration of urban areas, and the vicious cycle of fear and decay and crime in such neighborhoods. Skogan, a Northwestern University professor of political science and urban affairs, examines a number of studies which were generated by the first article by Wilson and Kelling which was written in 1982. The studies covered forty inner-city areas in six cities overall. After his analysis, Skogan concludes that the process known as community policing..."

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This essay explores the problem of dying metaphors and the solution, which is to create new and fresh ones. Orwell and Joyce are used as examples. The author includes many quotes from both writers' works.

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"As painters put their trust in the canvass and brush, so writers must put their trust in their medium, language, to convey their message. Most of us take language for granted. Every day, in every situation, we encounter language. Yet often we use our language extremely carelessly. This inadvertent use of language is not only evident in spoken communication, but, perhaps more injuriously, in written transmission as well. Twentieth Century writers have become more antagonistic toward their artistic medium, and with good reason. The language that they have loved and used their entire lives is metamorphosing into something unfamiliar and unfriendly. Writers like James Joyce uses this degradation of language to their advantage, writing in such a unique style with words unfamiliar to the average reader, thus compelling the reader to take a look at his or her own use or misuse of the same language. Other writers, such as Orwell, are disgusted with the way language has been butchered. He draws attention to the meaninglessness of language in the Twentieth Century. Orwell also attaches political ramifications to the misuse of the English language."

Tags:joyce, metaphors, orwell, words

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The paper relates that since the "The Cayo Hueso Intervention", other researchers have referred to the process while creating training literature for jurisdictions all over the world fighting urban decay. The paper explains that "The Cayo Hueso Intervention" revolves around the idea of bringing all stakeholders together to solve community problems.

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"Statement of Problem: Still taxing an infrastructure that was founded more than 450 years ago, Centro Habanna also has a linked tradition of inadequate housing to go along with its lack of safe drinking water, leading to an increase in communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and sexually-transmitted disease. The problem has been made worse at least in part from the U.S. embargo, which has made it difficult to obtain such things as the ingredients to manufacture chlorine (Campbell, 10) and antibiotics."

Tags:cuba, urban, decay

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In this article, the writer notes that like Faulkner's previous dichotomous works, "A Rose For Emily" details the stressful position of a South in transition, of the treacherous relationship between the rich and the poor, and the painful experience of a transition from tradition to modernity for the Southern old money, or large, patriarchal families. The paper explains that Faulkner explores the decay of the Southern, patriarchal family tradition with the literal decay of Emily's father, Homer Barron and Miss Emily herself. The further points out that, through an exploration of Emily's relationship with society, including Barron, and her father, one can conclude that William Faulkner uses "A Rose For Emily" to depict the death of traditional Southern culture. The paper concludes that through his use of symbolism in "A Rose For Emily," Faulkner urges modernization, in hope that humanity may overcome and prevail.

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"In addition to the conflict of old South Miss Emily and new South institutionalized society, the conflict between Miss Emily and the personal side of society is not much different. The ladies of the old South respected Emily's family name even after her father dies and she remains a widow with some strange habits, sending their children to her for china painting lessons. The women of the new south, however, share no such commiseration with Miss Emily, refusing to send their daughters to china painting lessons, advocating the removal of her smell by force, and sending for the Baptist minister--a direct affront to Emily's family status, as they were Episcopalean--to address what they saw as her moral shortcomings. Furthermore, Emily's inability to have a romantic relationship with Homer once again calls attention to the disconnect between Emily's south and Homer's. Instead of becoming one with Homer's new south, Emily kills him and keeps him in her own personal sanctuary in an attempt to preserve not only him, but also life as she thought it should be. Thus, neither as an institution nor as a personal refuge can old South miss Emily and new South society be reconciled."

Tags:modernization, traditional, symbolism, patriarchal, families

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This paper examines the decay of Southern society through the downward spiral of the Compson family in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury". The corruption of post-war South is analyzed through various critical sources and textual analysis, including investigations on symbolism and the role of time. An annotated bibliography is included with the paper.

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"The Compson brothers' desperate attempts to reclaim Caddy's virtue play a key role in developing the time motif. Their failure further underscores the road to downfall. For Sartre, "man's misfortune lies in his being time-bound" (Sartre 265). Faulkner's unique use of time and shifting perspectives emphasizes the obsession with the past, represented by Caddy's past purity, and reaffirms Brooks' assertion that man must "look ahead to the future." Because they desperately cling to the past, hoping to erase Caddy's indiscretions and return to an impossible, idyllic time, their fixation destroys them. To Jehlen, they never truly recognized the "inescapably real" and the "resistant, mysterious world about them" (Jehlen 322). For Quentin, his time at Harvard exposes him to this "mysterious world," full of seemingly indecipherable and complex characters such as Gerard Bland and Julio. Quentin tries to aid a lost Italian girl, yet gets attacked and even arrested for his act of kindness."

Tags:compson, caddy, southern

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This paper will discuss bacterial gingivitis in oral hygiene and explain why bacterial plaque plays a part in this decay. By understanding these dental facts, we can learn their relationships in gingivitis.