... Taoism is a philosophy based on inaction: "Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything."(Tao Te Ching pg. 2) When the true nature of the trap is revealed, Ryker states "If we resist we die. If we don't resist we die." Neither action nor inaction was the key to salvation. Ryker's statement was based on a physical world; the Tao goes beyond action or inaction of a physical sense. The Tao Te Ching states, "the Master does nothing, yet leaves nothing undone."(pg. 38) The Master does not rely on the world of the senses to decide her action. Everything the crew of the en ...

... lonely, although no longer violent. A radical political group then exploits him as an example of the cruelty of "the Government." This faction tries to force Alex to suicide in order to gain a martyr, but Alex's attempt fails and he is nursed back to health and his natural mental state by the Government, who in the end comes out on top. Alex, whose last name is not mentioned in the book, is a violent, aggressive teenager of fifteen, who is the leader of a four-person gang. He truly enjoys violence, reveling in the sight of blood or weapons. Alex's love of hate is not simply a rebellious emotion, but as he expla ...

... as one, communicate as one, and when that appendage is lost, so is Macbeth's grip with reality. Lady Macbeth was the only person he could truly confide in. The supernatural also had another key factor to her death. In the first act of the play, she calls on the powers of the supernatural to make her strong. The following quote by Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse… Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall…" (Act I, Sce ...

... not be repaid in time Shylock may cut off one pound of flesh from Antonio's body. Soon after Shylock's daughter runs away from home with Lorenzo, a Christian, and takes her father's ducats with her. When Antonio's ships do not come in and he is not able to repay the loan Shylock is no longer interested in getting his money back. Shylock want revenge for the loss of his daughter through the fulfillment of the bond. In court Shylock is defeated because of his selfishness. Shakespeare also shows the human qualities of Shylock throughout the play. Shakespeare brings out these human qualities by causing us to feel ...

... are fooled by Hamlet's act of insanity, the king is not. He is convinced that it is an act and, being a sly man himself, he suspects that Hamlet is up to something. Having obtained the throne through deceit and murder, he believes Hamlet capable of the same. While King Claudius is evil, he is not a fool and he would never have sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern if they were such close friends of Hamlet. First of all, The very fact that they undertake this task for the king is proof enough of their lack of love and loyalty toward Hamlet. Despite their actions, Prince Hamlet gives them the opportunity to show thei ...

... sent by the king when it isn’t known whether the two men knew what the letter they were carrying even said. There are many instances where Hamlet appears to be sane throughout the play. In the beginning he tells his friend Horatio that he is going to “feign madness� (internet, Hamlet, pg. 1), and that if Horatio notices any strange behavior it is because he is putting on an act. Another big factor that suggests that Hamlet is only pretending is that he only manifests his “madness� around certain characters. These characters would be Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hi ...

... war against Denmark (they even work on Sundays) for land that the late King Hamlet had obtained. Heratio and Marcellus then come to inform Hamlet of the "ghost" experience they had the previous night. Hamlet is shocked and suspects something peculiar is amongst the king- dom. Scene ]I[ Laertes tells her sister, Ophelia, to be cautious of marrying Hamlet. Polonious then enters and demands Ophelia to stop the relationship with Hamlet. Scene ]V Hamlet, Heratio, and Marcellus are talking when the ghost of King Hamlet appears. Hamlet follows, but his friends warn him that he may be in danger. Regardl ...

... youth killing each other and denouncing God. A prime example of television’s responsibility for this matter would be the mass coverage of the Columbine shootings. In a personal individual survey I conducted, close to 100% of the people said that they had never before seen or heard of any school shootings before the Columbine incident. Now that the constant round the clock news coverage of Columbine has concluded, there is been well over seven more reported incidents of school shootings that will probably never reach the amount of coverage that Columbine got because school shootings are no longer a novelty. Do you ...

... of the ordinary if he thinks the outcome will help someone he cares for. For example, when he says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households rancour to pure love."(Act 2, Scene 3), he is saying that the only reason he will marry is because he hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right. Unfo ...

... at first rejects him because she has decided that she is only at the medical school to study, and not to find a boyfriend but she then later become his best friend after he has proven that she can trust him. So basically the first part of the movie is following Patch Adams` progress from the mental institution to his early time in medical school. At the medical school he has a room mate who is extremely serious about his studying and who is extremely humorless. His room mate gets very frustrated and eventually angry at Patch because patch seems to just fool around all the time where as he studies extremely hard yet ...