Motive

Spanish Motives play a major role in why the Europeans take advantage of the Indians, use Christianity as an excuse to abuse their authority, and destroy the culture of the Aztecs. The Spanish motives are that of any explorer going on a conquest which is anything of value like gold. The Europeans main goal before the start of this conquest is to conquer and settle, gain gold,silver,and riches, and to enslave the Indian people (Doc. 2). The Europeans do these things even if it destroys the people…

seek revenge, hope for a better life, and have a role in society. Abigail Williams defines this description of an accuser in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Abigail Williams immorally accuses others of witchcraft in order to gain power, which is her motive for vengeance and her desire to be accepted for who she is, contrasting the ideal image of a powerless Puritan woman in society. This rise to power in order to gain attention in society thus creates an outbreak of social hysteria evident in the…

Burke’s “A Grammar of Motives” introduces the five key terms of his Dramatism theory, in order to understand human relationships: “What is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it?”. (Burke, 1945:xv) His pentad has been applied by rhetorical critics and discourse analysts alike and presents itself as a universal heuristic of motives capable of discerning between the motion of objects and the action of humans. For this distinction the five motives arise and ask of any…

being advertised, direct appeals are generally effective for manifest motives, since these are motives that consumers are aware of therefore, will discuss for instance, PepsiCo marketers implement appeals to manifest motives. In today’s market, the consumers and buyers of PepsiCo are exposed to millions of Television commercials, newspapers and magazines ads that use manifest motives. PepsiCo’s commercials often usesmanifest motives to elicit consumers' purchase intentions because it is most…

The tragic love stories that Shakespeare writes always leave readers with endless questions flowing through their minds. While reading Othello, the biggest question Shakespeare left his readers with was what are Iago’s motives? Iago could either be jealous, have a desire for power, be a racist, have a personality disorder, or even be frustrated by the love that Othello has for Desdemona. Throughout the story, none of those reasons are completely clear, but they all could be possible. The reason…

What does Charley offer Willy and why doesn’t Willy accept this? He offers Willy a job but Willy doesn't accept because he has a job (and he is insulted by the offer) On page 1799, what do we learn Willy is able to do? Can you think of the significance of this detail? - We learn that Willy is able to hunt. This shows that Willy maybe grew up somewhere other than the city. What opportunity does Willy believe he missed when he was a younger man? Willy believes he missed Ben as a missed…

may be motivated to support the bike paths as an instrumental means to enhance his or her public image; however, he or she is likely to lose interest if a less expensive image-enhancing opportunity arises (Ahmad, Batson, and Tsang, 2002). The four motives for community involvement include, egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism (2002). Human actions are always and inevitably directed toward the ultimate goal of self-benefit; however, recent research suggests that the human capacity for…

Plato looked at the soul in parts. Plato’s notion of the soul was with motives. The question then arises for the soul to have basic human motives. These motives, which can be qualitatively different from one another, usually have pleasure as the soul motive. Words like love and hate are just degrees to these motives. For Plato, he only believed in the rulers, guardians, and business. Plato thought that the individuals psych should mirror the political. The business class being the largest, was…

In the story Flipped, Bryce’s main motive changes throughout the story. In the beginning of the story his immature motives are based off of him trying to get away from Juli because of him being annoyed with her when she was trying to be nice to him. Right away Bryce decides that Juli is a girl that needs to be avoided. “All I ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone” Bryce is to afraid of what is going on around him that he doesn't know how to think for himself. While this is happening…

Social Contract Theory and the Motive to Be Moral One idea that we encounter on a daily basis, is morality. There are many reasons and theories of morality and everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and beliefs. I will be discussing the Social Contract Theory. The Social Contract Theory, is “as old as philosophy itself” (IEP, para 1). The concept of this theory is that a group of people come together and agree on terms which they must follow. In doing so, each person must give up his or…