Friday, January 24, 2020
Polonius in Shakespeares Hamlet :: GCSE English Literature Coursework
Polonius in Hamlet           In Shakespeare’s dramatic tragedy, Hamlet, the first victim of the rapier, Polonius, meets death behind the arras in Gertrude’s room in the castle. Polonius’ death contributes to Ophelia’s death and the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; and these deaths, in turn, precipitate further tragedies in the play. Polonius, an underestimated character, will be the subject of this essay.  Polonius’ entry into the play occurs at the social get-together of the royal court. Claudius has already been crowned; Queen Gertrude is there; Hamlet is present in the black clothes of mourning. When Laertes approaches Claudius to give his farewell before returning to school, the king asks Polonius: â€Å"Have you your father's leave? What says Polonius?†And the father dutifully answers:  He hath, my lord, wrung from me my slow leave     By laboursome petition, and at last     Upon his will I seal'd my hard consent:     I do beseech you, give him leave to go.  So right at the outset the reader/viewer respects the lord chamberlain as a very fluent spokesman of the language, and respectful of his superior, the king. Later, in Polonius’ house, Laertes is taking leave of his sister, Ophelia, and, in the process, giving her conservative advice regarding her boyfriend, Hamlet. Quietly Polonius enters and begins to advise Laertes regarding life away from home:   Give thy thoughts no tongue,     Nor any unproportioned thought his act.     Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.     Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,     Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;     But do not dull thy palm with entertainment     Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade. Beware     Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,     Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee.     Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;     Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.     Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,     But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;     For the apparel oft proclaims the man,     And they in France of the best rank and station     Are of a most select and generous chief in that.     Neither a borrower nor a lender be;     For loan oft loses both itself and friend,     And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.     This above all: to thine ownself be true,
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Major Political Parties in the United States
Today, the politics of the United States government is controlled by two dominant political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. These two political parties dominated US politics from 1860 to the present. This is not to say that the US electoral system does not allow the existence of a multiple party system. It should be noted that the development of a two-party system in the United States was due perhaps to the relative contradiction of ideology and platforms of government between these two parties.US voters historically perceived this difference as necessary because of the need to maximize the saliency of political choice. When one set of policies failed, the voters had the option of voting the policies of the other party. This is called polarization. Hence, an understanding of the ideology of each political party is needed. In 1854, anti-slavery politicians met at Ripon, Wisconsin to form the Republican Party. After a year, the party grew rapidly displacing the Whig Party as the primary opposition party to the Democratic Party.In 1859, it nominated Abraham Lincoln as president in the 1860 election. After the election of Abraham Lincoln, the party became a symbol of anti-slavery, and after the war, the period of Reconstruction. Early Republicans advocated the slogan ‘free labor, free land, and free men. ’ The Republican Party believed that class mobility is an important factor in economic development. According to Republican ideology, individuals have the right to determine their economic status, given economic circumstances. The party also advocated a countrywide redistribution of land.Early Republicans believed that giving away government-owned land would rapidly end slavery. From 1859 to 1865, the party was actively anti-slavery in the Western territories as a means to check the intentions of the Confederacy. After the Civil War, the party changed some of its political beliefs. It supported big businesses, the annexation of Hawaii, and generous pensions for Union veterans. With the rapid growth of the transportation and manufacturing sectors, the party advocated the implementation of a countrywide subsidy program and the imposition of higher tariffs on foreign goods.Today, the party advocates a Keynesian approach to economic development, emphasizing the need for the government to adjust its expenditures based on growth patterns. The party also supports lowering both the optimal tax rates and the general tariff rates as a means to boost the economy. Social welfare is deemphasized in present Republican ideology. The origin of the Democratic Party can be traced back to the party founded by Jefferson, Madison, and other politicians opposing the Federalists.The modern Democratic Party, however, was founded with the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency. From 1860 to 1920, the party positioned itself to the left of the Republican Party on a number of economic, political, and social issues. The electio n of Woodrow Wilson revived the influence of the party in policy-making, after 30 years of political hibernation. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt was elected president of the United States. His New Deal program increased the political base of the party, and became the economic framework of the US government until the 1970s.The ideology of the Democratic Party differs from that of the Republican Party in three respects. First, the party advocates social liberalism, emphasizing the institutionalization of affirmative action and social freedom. Second, the party believes in a free-enterprise system regulated by government intervention. Third, the party believes that the government should play a role in alleviating poverty and the use of progressive taxation. Democratic ideology asserts that ‘economic development is assumed to be a function of social progress. ’I learned that both the federal and state governments are governed by a system of checks and balances. The government is divided into three branches which are assumed to be equal in integrity and power. Both in federal and state governments, the legislatures act as the lawmaking body. The executive branch of government approves or vetoes legislations approved by Congress. The legislative branch approves the budget, reserves the right to declare war, and examines the operations of the government through committee hearings and investigations.These powers act as a check to the actions of the executive branch. The judicial branch of government reserves the power to examine the constitutionality of statutes passed by Congress. This is called ‘power of judicial review. ’ This power acts as a check to the legislative branch. It can also make recommendations to the federal government on issues of legality/constitutionality of specific government actions/policies. The members of the judicial branch are appointed by the president, with the concurrence of Congress.This serves as a check to the po wer of the judicial branch. Comments Regarding the Instructor, the Course, and Class Requirements The instructor is very efficient in giving information about the American government, pointing out salient issues and problems. The course is a good starting point towards a more deep and critical understanding of the history of the US government. Class requirements are by no means heavy. Much of the class requirements reflect the learning experience necessary for a full understanding of US politics and governance.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Immigration For Illegal Immigrants - 840 Words
Since DACA was first introduced in 2012, it possible for 800,000+ young undocumented immigrants to have the opportunity to work and have an education in the United States without fear of deportation. However, this month, The Trump administration announced that it would get rid of the programme, which granted legal status to dreamers who came to the US illegally when they were children (Mindock). This foolish act could end up costing the economy $200 billion not to mention all the homes that will be lost, jobs that will be lost, and education will be lost. Children and teenagers who do not even speak their parents native language are going to be forced into a country they know nothing about. We can not let Trump and his administration take†¦show more content†¦People have to think about this morally which many people do not seem to do. They love to take out the human emotion. Declaring the end of DACA is a step backward for our country. It is cruel and unnecessary and will af fect all the families and more of the 800,000+ dreamers. On August 25, 2017, Texas got hit with record-breaking rain and flooding from Hurricane Harvey. On September 5th, a few days after the Harvey the Trump administration announced the end of DACA. There are about 120,000 DACA enrollees in Houston one of them being 19-year-old Diana Platas. Platas stated, Its just like Im losing everything little by little. Platas has been a key in financially supporting her family. Now shes not only recovering after most of her items has been destroyed by the flood but shes also had to tell her family she may have to leave the country. Over and over, she used the word devastated to describe her reaction to the Trump administrations announcement. Martà n Batalla Vidal, another dreamer, arrived in New York City with his family in the 1990s, when he was just starting school. He was born in Morelos, Mexico, but has no memory of his birth country. 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