Blackmail

According to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” Oppression and cruelty by the bad can potentially take many forms, and it is vital that the people are conscious of them. This is why the concept of political correctness should be considered. Political correctness is defined as the belief that language and practices that could offend political sensibilities should be eliminated. In…

Holocaust in Nazi Germany No one could believe it. No one could imagine such a massacre ever happening in history, but it did. During the darkest hours for the Jewish people, nearly 7,000,000 perished during the Holocaust. During the short period of time from 1933 to 1945, the Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler was quick with their work on exterminating as many Jews as possible. Hitler’s anger and jealousy quickly led to hatred and the desire to kill the Jews and anyone who stood in his way.…

When introducing the essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream”, Joan Didion describes the story of Lucille Miller, a main character in search for a dangerous illusion known as the American Dream. Didion’s essay might be viewed as a commentary on the social issue of Hollywood manufacturing the American Dream. Throughout the introduction, she sets the tone and describes the background to support her argument. Within the first paragraph itself, the time the story takes place, October, is told to be…

Nora tries to throw herself out in the world and be totally self-reliant to discover who she really is. After Helmer reads Krogstad’s letter, he goes on a tirade against Nora. When a new letter arrives from Krogstad, in which he decides to not blackmail Nora and Helmer, Helmer states that everything can return to normal. However, Nora does not forgive Helmer and decides to leave her family and start a new life. When Helmer demands Nora stays, she exclaims, “I must stand totally alone, if I’m to…

Islam is one of the most prominent and fast-growing religious movements in America. While in the past Islam was associated with foreigners, especially Arabs, it is today an important and respected religion in America. Any religious movement will face another religion that is extremist. Those other religion used the media as a way to fight Islam and prevent it from spreading, which has become a threat to their religion “ as they claimed”. The events of September 2001 had a significant impact on…

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Christa Wichterich’s first chapter, entitled “The Global Conveyor-belt” from her book The Globalized Woman: Reports from a Future of Inequality discussed the use of women in the globalized workforce, specifically in sweatshops overseas, where women are the number one physical manufacturers of “textiles, leather and foodstuffs, the production of toys, electronic goods and pharmaceuticals” (Wichterich 2). She talks about major companies and their inclination to move around and do whatever they…

calls Nora a spendthrift, a squirrel, a skylark and Nora responds, “You haven 't any idea how many expenses we skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.” The rising action is when Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora’s secret and then when he threatens to blackmail the Helmer’s, which causes Nora to panic and puts her in a terrible position. The climax of the play was when Torvald opened the letter that Krogstad had left for him in which he revealed Nora’s secret. Torvald is infuriated with Nora and…

Nora’s identity is solely based on the beauty that Torvald takes so much pride in. She is his lover and entertainer. Objectification of Nora is a prominent scenario during the acts of the play. Ibsen was trying to point out another way women are victimized in society and marriage. Any human being, especially a wife should be valued for much more than superficial reasons. Nora is aware that the only thing she has use as leverage in her marriage is her beauty, her acknowledgement of this is in Act…