The Picture of Dorian Gray :: Literary Analysis, Wilde

Throughout the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, author Wilde's talks about the influence of Henry that causing the effect of the Henry characterization toward the point of view regard to women, marriage and love. In the text, Dorian exposes to the influence of Henry. For instance, after Sibyl's death incident causing Dorian having an emotional breakdown. At this moment, Henry offering Dorian some suggestions, however, the reflection of Dorian emotion afterward can seem a drastic change from sympathy to indifference toward the incident of his lover sibyl's, thus Henry represented a strong imagine of influences of Dorian. His advise for Dorian can penetrate deeply goes into his mind. One way that Lord Henry influences Dorian by using his advised to manipulates him. For example, "You can come to my sister's box. She has got some smart women with her'' (113). Wilde's implies that Dorian shouldn't regret about Sibyl death, but rather he should get engage of knowing other females from his sister's box. Initially, Dorian views the Sibyl's death as his fault. His presence is the solely reason that behind the death of Sibyl's. Wilde's expresses his view of women when Dorian's mention '' You are shallow and stupid. My God! How mad I was to love with you! What a fool I have been"(102). Wilde view that women without any artistic talent are considered worthless. Another example, Dorian asks forgiveness from Sibyl's before he heard the news about the death of Sibyl's by writing a letter to expresses his absurd action as sorrow, regret and forgive ."He covered page after page of wild words of sorrow and wilder words of pain" (111). The contrast between the Dorian whom have his own thought and the Dorian follow thoroughly what Henry says can be seen as a greater diverge person. Once Dorian established the root of what the Henry tells him, and Dorian will follow the road that causing Basil to view him differently. For example, Dorian responds of '' I met Lady Gwendolen, Harry's sister, for the first time. We were in her box. She is perfectly charming"(122). Wilde's implies, Dorian is a creature that easily controlled by the hand of Henry's and he can change his behavior and action after he's listening to Henry advise of Sibyl's death. As the novel progressive, Basil engages further conversation with Dorian's. He realizes Dorian's is not the same Dorian he knew when Dorian says '"A man who is master of himself can end a

Halloween Night

It is 8:30 on Halloween night as I am walking down the long streets of Clinton hearing nothing but children screaming, cars beeping, and leaves crackling beneath my feet in the cold, fall night. I turn the corner and see college kids and parents laughing by the Tavern as they exit the building. Making my way down the street with my friends by my side, cars are zooming by us like a school of fish swimming to get away from sharks. All of a sudden the group of kids I am with get attacked with shaving cream by underclassmen that think they are funny. A police slows down as he passes us to see what all the commotion was.Realizing it was nothing he continues on his nightly route. Furious and startled we walk away slowly because we were not dressed for the occasion of what kids call â€Å"bombingâ€Å". Minutes passed and we decided to go trick-or-treating. Approaching a house with a long cobble stone driveway and bright yellow lights we finally reach our destination. Warm apple cider and fresh cinnamon donuts are passed out among all of the people. We make our way back to town passing little kids in a variety of different costumes. Also middle and high school students throwing eggs and attacking each other with shaving cream.Dodging all the action we walk on the opposite side of the street they are on so we don’t get hit. Arriving back into town we see teachers, parents, and kids we know. After a warm welcoming of hellos we decided to make our way back to our homes considering it was a school night and it was getting late. Streets were starting to become clear as people decided the Halloween night was over. Adults turned off their lights making it clear they were done handing out candy for the night. Clintons streets remained silent as Halloween night came to an end.

Reflections on Visual Representation: Of Mice and Men

As a female, I was annoyed the way the novel made women out actively by using words like tramp', ‘pitch' and tart' and the way men in the novel used them as prostitutes, so my representation shows the freedom and confinement of Curly wife – Eve given her power in my representation because her and the other women had none In the novel and Eve made the men all fairly insignificant In my representation because It wasn't fair that they had all the power In the book.I felt Like Curlers wife was Like a caged bird In the novel because she desperately wanted to escape from her life, but just couldn't. This is why I used a birdcage as the cost dominant thing in my representation. It is sparkles because I wanted it to look luring because Curlers wife was lured into marrying Curler because she thought that marriage would give her freedom. The bride's veil hanging on the outside of the birdcage emphasizes that her hopes and dreams were out of reach and that marriage was central to h er being trapped.Black chains are also wrapped around the sparkles cage, which makes her even more confined than Just being in the cage. A mans clothing and top hat sits over the veil, chains and the cage door, which shows hat men, and especially rich men like Curly and his father are the most powerful, have the most freedom In the novel, and are the ones who trap and confine other less powerful people. Bird's feathers in the cage are a metaphor for Curler's wife who is like a confined bird, and the fact that they are popping out the side of the cage shows that she is desperately trying to escape.Just like a bird is free to fly where ever it likes, her dreams were free once, but now they are caged. Curlers wife, the prostitutes and the girl in the red dress are all nameless in the novel Just like the bird in the cage – we now it is a bird because we can see its feathers, but we can't actually see what type of bird it is. Even so, the feathers are black which has two symbolic meanings, firstly black symbolizes her misery and death, and the way the feathers are scattered everywhere reminds me of the description of the frenzy before her murder and of her dead limp body.Black Is also the color associated with evil and the author constructs her as a sank/flirt who Is trying to corrupt men. Eve Included one tiny single feather with beautiful red spots on it, which shows the way the men treat her potty feather is also like Curly wife's hair – it is soft which tempts Ellen to touch it which eventually leads to him murdering her. Also, the red spotted feather is like her dreams that are mostly hidden now that she is confined in her marriage cage.Red is associated with prostitutes and was also the color of Curlers wife's shoes and the red dress the girl was wearing who accused Ellen of rape, so in my representation, I have made it a feminine color. The red spotted feather also shows Curlers wife's vibrant personality that we understand more when she explai ns how she could have en a movie star. The quote ‘An a guy tool me he could put me in pitchers†¦ On sparkly paper backs this up and is shown in bold lettering to show how forcefully she said the words, but Eve cut them in half on the poster to make the words hard to understand Just like in the novel when she spoke them to Ellen, he couldn't really understand her which again emphasizes how trapped and alone she was. This idea is shown again in another quote ‘Satisfy night. Everybody out doing' osmosis. Everybody! An' what am I don? Standing' here talking' to a bunch of bindle stiffs' which emphasizes that the men are all out and have friends, but she is not allowed to have either.The black font is damaged Just like she admits that she is damaged through this rhetorical question. Even so, Ellen and Crook are also excluded and confined and they are shown on my representation as stick figures/'bindle stiffs' connected to this quote who I positioned at the outside of my picture, Just like they are at the outside of society. They have weird square heads and uneven bodies to show that they are different to the other powerful men represented by the suit and top hat on he cage in the middle of the representation, and the men in the newspaper article in the background.Colorful, red, shiny swirls are radiating from the cage and heading upwards which is like the singing/chirping bird because Curly wife was always trying to be happy and talk to the men because she was trapped and lonely. These red swirls floating upward also represent the freedom of dreams. But people can't understand birds just like the men couldn't understand Curlers wife's loneliness which is also shown by a clump of red letters that are Jumbled up in a small pile hardly noticeable on the eight hand side of the cage.The Jumbled letters are separate from the men's words, which are shown as colorful ‘happy words, all Joined together because they are all free to socialize with each o ther. Even so, the men's words face inwards in a circle which shows their social circle and represents the way they keep her out and trapped in her cage. Curlers wife is excluded from the friendships and confined to her unhappy life on the ranch because she is female, and because she is the boss's wife. By Paris Whittaker Year 11

Concept of Education Essay

Education involve training of entire person to enable them not only to read, write and calculate or to be proficient in a given job but also to enable them to fit themselves for living in the society, therefore, it is the training of a person intellectually, morally and physically. It is also an instrument for social development or social reform through individual development, education is a companion, it chastens vice and it guide virtues. Unarguably, education provides the means through which youths are informed in the aspects of living which are necessary for a happy and successful life. These aspects are the vocational and consumer aspect. Education is characterized with the following roles in the society: a. To develop social and individual efficiency. b. It aim at self fulfillment or realizations c. It prepare and train young people for the problems, tasks and leisure as they exist today and can be for seen tomorrow. d. It develops the full potentialities of every child. e. It makes people critical and creative. NATURE OF ENTRPRENEURSHIP Different individuals view entrepreneurship in different way, Economist see it as an essential investment generating opportunities, sociologist as an instigator in modernization of societies, Psychologist see him as an entrepreneurial man and try to decipher him as a character of economic development and the political scientists consider him as a child of political system (Bard i and Bard I 2005). Entrepreneur possesses the following features: 1. Innovation 2. Function of high achievement. 3. Organization building function. 4. Gap filling function. 5. Function of Managerial Skills and leadership. Who is an Entrepreneur? Entrepreneur is a person who undertakes an enterprise – acting as an intermediary between capital and labour. It is an individual who through a dint of work, grow a business from fruition to a lusty venture. An Entrepreneur must possess the following characteristics they are: 1. Moderate risk taking. 2. Problem solver. 3. Goal setting. 4. Team builder and motivator 5. Communication skills. 6. Good Human relation. CLASSIFICATION OF ENTREPRENEUR. a. The Innovation Entrepreneur. b. The Initiative Entrepreneur. c. The Fabian Entrepreneur. d. The Drone Entrepreneur. DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR AND MANAGER It is a common fact that people mistakes Entrepreneur for professional manager, who is appointed by the organization and paid while an Entrepreneur is not a paid manager. How be it, an entrepreneur is greatly motivated to start his new business and also manage it successfully, he is the investor and takes risks in the enterprise. He is an innovator and a manager and works for his satisfaction and he is happy to get positive results, an entrepreneur appoints a manager to carry out some of his functions, whereas the reverse is not true, an entrepreneur may also perform duties of manager in getting done his creative activities and satisfying need of achievement. CONCEPT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION. The United States Colorado educators, cited in Osuala (2004) defined Entrepreneurship Education as a programme or part of the education programme that prepares individual to undertake the information and operation of a small business enterprise, Entrepreneurship education involves a specialized training given to students of vocational business education to enable them acquire the skills, ideas and managerial abilities and capabilities for self employment rather than being employed, the aim of entrepreneurship education is to encourage and train the recipients to create self employment opportunities for themselves through developing new businesses. In this direction, Entrepreneurship Education is the key agent in the development of human creative and innovative talents in business. OBJECTIVE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION Here under are the objectives for entrepreneurship education; 1. Provide graduate with enough training that will make them to be creative. 2. Provide small and medium size companies with the opportunity to recruit graduates who will receive training in skills relevant to the management of small business. 3. Provide the graduates with enough training in skills that will make them meet the manpower needs of the society. 4. Provide the graduates with enough training in risk management to make uncertain by bearing possible and easy. 5. Stimulate industrial and economic growth of rural and less developed areas. UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG GRADUATES * Unemployment is a state of joblessness or idleness of one with labour requirements, potentials, skills, attitudes and competencies (Bosah 1987). * It is a common phenomenon among graduate hence the need for entrepreneurship education, so as to reduce if not eradicated. This is because; unemployment has caused much havoc in our society today ranging from mental health, health disease, crime and violence, suicide case and even poverty. * The word â€Å"Poverty† has been variously perceived by many scholars. It could be expressed as the inability to secure for oneself the basic necessities of life. Poverty is one of the most common characteristics of majority of Nigeria today. * Poverty can be reduced through the following strategies: a. Promoting opportunity. b. Facilitating Empowerment. c. Enhancing security. * CONCEPT OF APPRENTICESHIP * Apprenticeship system can be conveniently defined as the learning of an art, trade or other callings by practical experience under the guidance of a master craft man. It involves strategy for acquiring occupational skills necessary for entrepreneurial development in our society. In Nigeria, Apprenticeship system is responsible for the production of most self employed artisans who have been playing significant role in keeping the country’s wheel of progress and economic activities on the move. It has for a long time constituted the main source of skill acquisition and development in very many trades including clothing and textiles. Till date, this system remains one of the gateways to escaping the scourge of poverty and the frustration of unemployment among youths in our society. * Problems Associated With Apprenticement A. The system is highly restricted to a particular trade. B. Lack of Admission Regulation. C. Vagueness of objectives. D. Lack of uniformity. E. Lack of statutory supervisory body. * NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE). * The National Directorate of Employment is an entrepreneurial training programme was established in 1986 and statutorily mandated by decree No 24 of 1989 to among others,; design and implement programmes to combat mass unemployment and articulate policies aimed at developing poverty work programmes with labour intensive potentials. The directorate is meant to tackle employment and poverty problems in both the short and the long term perspective by formulating and administering job creation as well as self employment related training programmess NDE (2000). * To perform these statutory functions, the directorate launched four well articulated training and employment generation programmes in 1987, these include; a. Vocational training. b. Business training. c. Training for rural employment. d. Training for labour based work programme. * CONCEPT OF VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION * Vocational Technical Education is a comprehensive term referring to the educational process where it involves, in addition to general education, the study of technologies and related sciences and the acquisition of practical skills and knowledge relating to occupations in various sectors of economic  and social life. * The major occupation areas of vocational technical education are as follows: a. Vocational agriculture b. Vocational business and office occupation. c. Distributive education. d. Vocational home economics education. e. Technical education. * OBJECTIVES OF VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION a. To prepare the learner for entry in employment and advancement in his chosen career. b. To meet the Manpower needs of the society. c. To increase the options available to each student. d. To serve as a motivating force to enhance all types of learning. e. To enable the recipients to wisely select a career. * CHALLENGES OF VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA * Vocational Technical Education in Nigeria today is challenged by numerous problems, they are: a. Reasonable number of private sector enterprises is not technically or skillfully driven. b. There is abject low level of attraction to technical and vocational education. c. Poor wage in vocational areas discourages individuals. d. Parents mostly encourage or have preference for courses that would enable their wards gain white collar jobs or graduation. e. Equipment and Infrastructure are inadequate technical and vocational institutions and training centers. * REMEDIES TO THE CHALLENGES a. Improve the profile of education and vocational education in particular. b. Increase investment in technical and vocational education delivery system whether at the school, the specialized colleges and within the firm. c. Encourage private sector investment in in-service technical and vocational education. d. Governments, particularly at the latter stages of their engagement with the technical and vocational education focused on growing the economy. * CONCEPT OF DISTRIBUTION IN ENTRPRENEURSHIP. * Entrepreneurs play a vital role in the channel of distribution both by action and by the virtue of their business activities. * Distribution functions provide viable entrepreneurial opportunities. The wholesalers, the retailers and business agents are altogether entrepreneurs by their respective business activities and operation. Distribution is an essential aspect of marketing and as such forms part of the inevitable activities in marketing, therefore having an effective channel of distribution is one of the surest strategies that could help entrepreneurs succeed or survive in their business. * CHANNEL OF DISTRIBUTION * Channel of distribution defines the various openings and outlets through which entrepreneur’s products get into the hands of the final consumers that is without the channel of distribution, the product cannot reach the final consumer and this will affect the standard of living. * CHAIN OF DISTRIBUTION * Producer – wholesaler – retailer – consumer. * Functions of each of them in the chain of distribution; * The Producer: the producer is also known as the manufacturer, He manufactures the goods or product which is distributed to the consumer. * The Wholesaler: He is a bulk purchaser that buys of the produce in large quantity and sell in to the retailer in small quantity or unit, His functions include: 1. Financing of production or Distribution. 2. Warehousing of Goods. 3. Channeling of Information. 4. Preparation of Goods for Sale. * The Retailer: He buys from the wholesaler in small unit and sell to the consumer in smaller unit; His functions include: 1. Stocking of a great variety of goods. 2. Provision of goods at accessible spots. 3. Information and guidance to the consumer. 4. Sharing of risks. 5. Financing of consumption. * TYPES OF AGENTS * Agents is a middle man between the channel of distribution for a firm’s products, Included among the types are: 1. Universal Agent. 2. General Agent. 3. Special Agent. 4. Delcredere Agent. 5. Factors Agent. 6. Brokers. 7. Forwarding and clearing Agents. 8. The Auctioneer. * TERMINATION OF AGENCY CONTRACT * An agency contract can be terminated if the following happen: 1. Bankruptcy of either party. 2. Death of either party. 3. Insanity of the principal or the agent. 4. The Inception of war between the countries of the two parties. * THE SOLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS. * These are business venture and organizations set up, owned and possibly managed by their owners, their start-up is as a result of the creative and Innovative ideas of the entrepreneur, which has been transformed or translated into an enterprise for the purposes of making profit. In most cases, this business is usually financed, managed, controlled and directed by one person usually the owner (entrepreneur). * FEATURES OF A SOLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS a. Profit maximization objective. b. Ownership is usually personal. c. Start-up capital is usually raised by the entrepreneur. d. The sole entrepreneur bears all the risks of his business. e. The life span of the business depends on the choice of the entrepreneur as the enterprise can fold up at any time. f. Meager capital. * ADVANTAGES OF SOLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS a. It requires small capital for start-up. b. Quick decision making. c. It is easy to manage. d. There is high level of secrecy in running the business. e. The sole entrepreneur maintains close links with his customers, assistants or employees and thus can easily identify their needs. * DISADVANTAGES OF SOLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS a. The sole entrepreneur bears all the risks of his business. b. The business suffers the problems of expansion due to limited fund or finance. c. The death of the owner may lead to the end of the business. * PARTNERSHIP ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS * It is a type of business organization in which two or twenty partners agree legally to set up and manage a business ventures with the sole motive of making profits and losses together. * FEATURES OF PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS a. It is own jointly by partners b. Its main objective is for profit making. c. The start-up capital is usually raised by partners. d. The life span of the partnership arrangement depends on the agreement of the involved partners. * ADVANTAGES OF PARTNERSHIP ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS 1. It have more financial standing as members pool together to raise fund for the business. 2. The risk of business is jointly shared. 3. It has better prospect for management as members pool their managerial skills and abilities to run the business. 4. It also have better prospect for continuity and expansion. 5. High level of commitment and participation by all partners. * DISADVANTAGES OF PARTNERSHIP ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS 1. There is the possibility that disagreement among partners can put the business to an end. 2. Laxity in the operation of one partner can affect the entire operation thus leading to inefficiency. 3. Conflict of opinion or interest among partners can equally frustrate or undermine the management of the business. 4. The action of one reckless partner can pose much danger to the individual partners and the business itself. * PARTNERSHIP DEED * It is the rules and regulation governing the partners; who are in partnership, usually giving the details of arrangement on investment pattern, profit sharing ratio, role and responsibilities of each partner. DUTIES OF PARTNERS. The rights and duties of partners are as follows: a. All partners must work hard with sincerity and honesty for common objectives of the company. b. One partner should not start the same business in the some other business name to avoid unhealthy competition. c. All payment receivable and payable should be done in the company name only and not in any individuals name. d. There should be accuracy and clarity of cash-flow on accounts. e. Both working and non-working category of partners should exchange information pertaining the business. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. Since partnership is formed with an agreement, it can be also be dissolved with another agreement, the dissolution can be due to one or more of the following reasons, 1. At the expiration of the period of partnership. 2. Death or withdrawal one of the partners. 3. When there is a court or government order for dissolution. 4. Due to one or more partner misusing fund 5. In case of permanent incapacity, lunacy or grass misconduct of one or more partners. JOINT STOCK A Joint stock company is associations of individuals called shareholders, who join together for profit and shares that are transferable for carrying any business activity. FEATURES OF JOINT STOCK 1. Distinct legal entity. 2. Liability of members. 3. Perpetual succession. 4. Separation of ownership. 5. Authority. PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY These are company formed by the group of person who pool the fund with the aim of making profit. It is registered with registrar of joint stock companies. It is formed by minimum of 2 and maximum of 50 persons. There is no public allotment of shares and debentures. PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY In this company, the minimum shareholders are 7 and no maximum limit of share holders, shares can be transferred to anybody. A public limited company has to issue a prospectus to the public and allot shares within 180 days of the issue of prospectus, and annual general meeting has to be arranged to inform the performance aspects and financial details to be posted in advance to all the shareholders. CO-OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES Co-operative societies are started basically to avoid exploitations by middle men, it possess the following characteristics: 1. It has combined features of partnership, companies and Joint stock companies. 2. Cooperate members are shareholder and share the profit. 3. All shareholders are equal and there is no concentration of wealth and power in few hands. 4. It is managed on minimum or no profits to help members get commodities at lesser than market rates. Examples of co0operative are: 1. Consumer co-operative society. 2. Farmer’s co-operative society. 3. Co-operative housing society. 4. Co-operative diary. 5. Co-operative banks. ADVANTAGES OF CO-OPERATIVES A. Common man is benefited by way of getting essential commodities at reasonable prices. B. Hoarding, black marketing is avoided. C. The cost advantages are shared by members. DISADVANTAGES OF CO-OPERATIVES A. Though office bearers are elected, there could be possibility of non-involvement and hence inefficiency. B. Some members in high position may dictate the office bearers. C. Routine check and verification on quality is difficult due to some other occupation of office bearers. CONCEPT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR Women have been identified as key agents sustainable development and the comprise half of human resources. Women Entrepreneurship is further defined as an enterprise owned and controlled by women having a minimum financial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% of employment generated in the enterprise of women. Women entrepreneurship option includes: 1. Special bedspreads making. 2. Embroidery and apparel designs. 3. Catering services. 4. Hair dressing. 5. Photographic studio. CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF WOMEN ENTRPRENEURS A. Affluent Women Entrepreneur. B. Pull Factors Women Entrepreneurs. C. Rural Women Entrepreneurs. D. Self Employed Women Entrepreneurs. PROBLEMS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS 1. In a male dominant society, women are sometimes discouraged because some men believe that it is big risk financing the ventures run by women. 2. Financial Institution are skeptical about the entrepreneurial abilities of women. 3. Women’s family obligation also bar them becoming and developing nations. 4. Women give more emphasis to family ties and relationship. 5. Low level risk taking attitude. 6. HOW TO DEVELOP WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS 1. Encouraging women’s participation in decision-making. 2. Better educational facilities. 3. Counseling through the aid of committed NGO’s, Psychologist, managerial experts and technical personal. 4. Activities in which women are trained should focus on their marketability and profitability. 5. Financial and expertise assistance should be given to women entrepreneurs. Youth Entrepreneurship Development Objectives of Youth Entrepreneurship Development 1. To develop entrepreneurship spirit among youths in the country. 2. To generate employment opportunities for youths. 3. To assist Nigerian graduates to secure means of lively hood in the absence of paid employment. 4. To redirect the wasting of energies of our youths to more productive venture. 5. To assist to reduce the crime rate and incidence of social vises like armed robbery, kidnapping, thuggery etc. among our youths. Entrepreneurship Counseling Entrepreneurial counseling is quite a new area in the field of guidance and counseling; the youths in our society must be properly channeled, guided and assisted so as to imbibe a good life/ good conduct, a productive and rewarding economic life through micro-business start-up efforts. Entrepreneurial counseling services (a). Academic counseling services (b). vocational counseling services. (c). Occupational counseling. (d). Skill acquisition counseling. (e). Self employment counseling. Entrepreneurship and small scale business enterprises. Sometimes, entrepreneurship development is perceived as synonymous with small scale business, conceptually, they are not the same. Entrepreneurship is related to small scale business only by structure relevance. For a graduate to become an entrepreneur, he or she must; 1) . Develop a specific entrepreneurial skill. 2) . Develop motivation skills. 3) . Develop business skills. 4) . Develop financial literacy skill. 5) Acquire computer and information technology skills. Lesson from Ghana In Ghana, the most entrepreneurs cease operation at mainly the micro level and less than 5% of large businesses are Ghanaian owed. Another characteristic of Ghana entrepreneur situation is the alarming segment of entrepreneurs in the informal sector. The informal sector of Ghana is made up of about 90% of the working population (Baah and Achakoma, 2007). In Ghana about 48% represent the youth population which is from age 15-35 years of age. Like many African countries, Ghana’s population is fairly youthful (Baah, 2007). * Entrepreneurship in china used to be an oxymoron, but after the communist rose to power in 1949, China’s existing market economy was gradually transformed into a socialist economy. * *.

Why women failed to gain the vote between 1900 and 1914?

The women's suffrage movements were originaly from the United States during the 19th Century. In colonial America, as elsewhere(Austrialia and new zealand] in the world particularly Britain, civil law did not recognize the equality of men and women. some men thought that many women were a waste and can never be good as men. During 1900 and 1914 a woman had no legal rights. A married women's belongings belonged to her husband, this included earnings as well as all her property and goods. in other words she was like a mere object in the mans hands. To today's standards this is completely outrageous, in today's society women can expect to be treated exactly as the opposite sex when it comes to work and other things. This is abundant in the rise of popularity of woman's football and female boxing. During the 1800, women were expected to be perfect – in those days a perfect lady would be expected to have a pale face, do absolutely no exercise and have very delicate constitution, they where expected to be good hostesses and certainly know their place in society. Women never even received the same level of education as men. ome women nerver even got eduction. They were considered as being too stupid for higher education. However not all women where satisfied with their position in life. They believed that they were stuck in a vicious circle, which if not impossible, would be very difficult to break out of. The earlier years of the 20th centruary in Britian saw a concerted campaign for the right to vote for women. the women's social and political union, otherwise known as the suffragettes, was founded in 1903 by the Pankhurst family. he campaign for the right to vote for women between 1905 and 1914 became increasingly militant as women were prepared to take direct action, such as distruption of meetings, chaining themselves to railings outside 10 downing street, smashing windows and rioting. at one stage the prime minister,s country house was fire bombed. as a result of this many suffragettes found themselves inside holloway prison where they resorted to hungry strikes. the prison aouthorities responded with forcible feeding. There is no simple answer why the suffrage movement failed between 1900 and 1914, instead, a series of long and short term causes. The main point of this essay is to analyze, as well as discuss these reasons in detail. If possible I will put them in order of importance. women where treated very harshly in the 1900 as they were objects in front on mens eyes. when a woman got married all her belongings wer transfered to her husband and they were now the property of the husband. in other words married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law. omen had no property rights, all thier property was thier husbands. all women were robbed off thier self-confidence and self-respect and this made them totalyy dependent on men. No woman could get eduction since no college or university would accept women students but there were 1 or 2 exceptions. the women wanted the vote becouse they wanted to be equaly nown in public as men. wanted there rights. wanted thier belongings. wanted to be rembered for somethin. wanted to have the right to vote and have a saying in the country. anted people to hear what they have to say about how the country is run. The Suffragists were called the shrieking sisterhood, branded as unfeminine, and accused of immorality and drunkenness. Many citizens and a great deal of newspapers where strongly against ‘The National Union Of Women's Suffrage Societies'. Suffragist leaders were often subjected to physical abuse. Suffragist meetings were repeatedly stormed and disrupted by street gangs. On many occasions the speaker at a suffragist meeting would hold a revolver to discourage possible attacks from the audience. However, it was not only men that were against the suffragist movement, many, if not most upper-class women were against the movement, including Queen Victoria. There were many reasons why anti-suffragists felt this way. The anti-suffragists partly based their assumptions on the difference between the male and female physical abilities; they did not discuss the biological difference because they did not believe it was appropriate for public discussion. Instead, emphasis was put on the ‘fragility' of the women claiming that this is what made her ‘unsuited' for the vote. The physical weakness of the female would be potentially dangerous. They argues that assuming she reached the polling place, she might get caught up in a brawl and given the women's natural fragility, she would be the one to get hurt. Beyond these reasons existed the belief that allowing women to vote would jeopardize the nation's security and lead, ultimately, to war. One leader of the anti-suffragists said: â€Å"Allowing women to vote would lead to foreign aggression and war. † The second areas of difference between men and women which the anti's argued, was the issue of morality. A anti who spoke at a hearing in Connecticut on women's suffrage observed that: â€Å"The most convincing reason I have heard was the one offered by Miss Pearson. ‘We want the ballot, and we want it when we want it. ‘ This shows the depth of intelligence. † The anti-suffragists also predicted that if women were given the vote disastrous results would occur. The antis believed that political involvement would put them in situations were the male vulnerability would be exploited. However, above all the anti-suffragists were afraid about the emotional state of women. Men where described as rational and emotionally stable, women were portrayed as ‘high strung,' tense, irritable and irrational. One anti said that â€Å"when women generally vote and hold office, the desire for publicity and love of the limelight will combine to produce a form of hysteria. † Some took this idea further and argued that since all women suffragists bordered on hysteria there was no need to take their arguments seriously. They said that when women vote, she would let her feelings rather then her intellectual concern be the main reasons for their vote Some more eccentric people said that allowing women to have the vote would breed a nation of transvestites and that women could hide extra voting slips in their ‘voluminous sleeves' The position of certain key political parties was also a huge contributor to why women never got the vote between 1900 and 1914. For if women wanted the vote, ultimately if would have been the MP's that they would have had to convince. Many backbench Liberal MP's were supporters of votes for women, but the Liberal leaders were opposed to it. This was because they feared that, if only better-off, property owning women got the vote, these women would vote for their arch rival, the Conservative party. On the other hand, some conservative leaders, liking the prospect of more conservative voters, were quite keen on women's suffrage. But they took no action because their backbench MP's were completely opposed, on principle, to change the role of women. In addition, both parties had bigger worries then female suffrage. Neither party was prepared to adopt female suffrage as party policy, so it never got priority in parliament. In 1903, many suffragists where angry at the lack of success that had come their way, as a result, a lady called Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst founded a new organization, which was called the Women's Social and Political Union or WSPU in short. The Daily Mail called then the ‘suffragettes' and with them making so many headlines this name became hard to shake off. The suffragettes had the same goal and ambitions as the suffragists, however, they believed that the only way to reach their goal was to become more radical and militant. The suffragettes disrupted political meeting and repeatedly harassed ministers. Asquith, who at that time was a Liberal Prime Minister, came under particularly heavy abuse due to his views on women suffrage. they physically assulted politicans, destroyed paintings in the national gallery and in 1913 emily davison threw herself under the king's horse and was killed. there violent tactics may have lots support for the camaign. After a women's suffrage bill ran out of time in 1908, direct action from the suffragettes began. The suffragettes began making speeches at 10 Downing street, they even chained themselves to railing to stop being moved on, in doing so getting themselves arrested. In that same year stones where thrown thought the windows of 10 Downing street There was however logic behind the violence. The suffragettes believed that the government ignored the calls for women suffrage because there where more important issues. The Suffragettes believed that by becoming more radical and violent the government where forced to listen whether they liked it or not, they believed that processions and petitions, however large, were easily ignored. the goverment di not want to be seen to give in to the violent demandss as this would mak them look weak. There where mixed reactions to the ‘Direct Action' that the Suffragettes employed. Some people where worried, some sympathetic and some were scornful. It was the reaction from the Suffragists that surprised people the most. Many suffragists admired the readiness of suffragettes to go to jail for the cause. When the first suffragette was imprisoned, Mrs. Fawcett put on a banquet for them when they where released. This did not last, for as the Suffragettes got more violent and radical the further apart the two groups got, relationships between then become very strained. The suffragists believed that you cant win the right for a democratic vote by using undemocratic methods, they also believed that the violence would put of the MP's that would have backed their cause. There is no doubt that the increase in violence alienated the support for woman's suffrage. By 1913 many suffragettes where imprisoned. The violence did however achieve one of its goals, it certainly raised the profile of the issue and it could not longer be ignored. But in doing so they damaged the bigger picture, for know there was a reason for their opponents for rejecting woman's suffrage. If the MP's gave in to the violence from the suffragettes what hope will they have when dockers or mine workers riot for higher wages? From 1911 onwards, whenever the issue of woman's suffrage was debated in parliament, there was a bigger majority against women's suffrage. In 1914 Britain declared war in Germany, from August to September many different women's organizations were set up, including the Women's Hospital Corp and the Women's Police Volunteers. This meant that all suffragist and suffragette campaigns had to be halted. I think that the most important reason for why the women suffrage was unsuccessful during 1900 and the 1914 was the fact that, peoples minds at that time where not prepared for such a big advancement, it is true that the suffragettes reduced their chances significantly, but I believe that even if there was no violence the women would have still not got the vote until after the war becouse that is when they really proved themsleves as they helped out greatly in the first world war.

What do you think the significance of the witches is in Macbeth?

The witches within Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ can be interpreted as providing a number of roles within the play which add not only to the plot but also to the atmosphere and fear evoked within the audience. Within the Jacobean period in which ‘Macbeth’ was first performed, witches were the subject of much public hysteria and superstition, with the King’s own beliefs being based on a long history of Christian paranoia about witchcraft. As a result, the witches can be seen as a supernatural influence within the play, linking them to the devil and other dark forces and playing on the real and current fears of what may have been a dominantly Christian audience. In this respect, a modern Gothic reading can be applied to the novel. The supernatural power of the witches is one of the first elements highlighted within the play, as in Scene 3 Banquo states they can ‘look into the seeds of time/And say which grain will grow and which will not. Therefore, from the outset the witches are highlighted as the fortune-tellers within the story, who hold an otherworldly power to see into the future. This gives them a greater level of power than the surrounding humans, and such power in the wrong hands may have created a sense of unease and unpredictability within the audience. Additionally, it is this power to tell the fortune which creates the catalyst for the play and leads to Macbeth’s moral deterioration: ‘Al l hail, Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter! ’ Thus, the witches can be seen to play the role of the typical villains through their manipulation of Macbeth, turning him from a ‘worthy gentleman’ into a brutal murderer. However, there is also contradictory argument that in reality, the witches do not hold any true superiority of power and that it is instead the planting of the idea in Macbeth’s mind which leads him to commit murder through the growth of his own ‘dark desires. This is exemplified further as Banquo suggests ‘oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence. ’ Following this interpretations, the witches may be interpreted as having less power as they merely suggest an idea, and it is the desire and drive of the human mind which instead leads to Macbeth’s downfall. This interpretation may also be considered particularly frightening both to a Jacobean and a modern audience as it follows the modern Gothic stereotype of playing on the realistic fears of humans, such as the power of our deep and potentially repressed desires. Furthermore, the witches can also be seen to play a part in destabilising the typical gender roles of men and women within Jacobean society. Banquo states: ‘You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so. The ‘beards’ of the witches bring about confusion as to whether the witches are female or male, and deconstruct the opposition between both genders. This ambiguity leads to the witches failing to fall into either category, which further highlights the unnatural nature to them as they do not fit within the realms of human and social convention. Not only does this ambiguity create further unpredictability, but it also reflects the later attempts of Lady Macbeth to be rid of her femininity: ‘Come, you spirits, That end on mortal thoughts, unsex me here. The parallels between the witches and the actions of Lady Macbeth work to similarly convey her as increasingly monstrous, perhaps suggesting a criticism of the lack of social role and responsibility which leads to her own deterioration. Thus, our ability to categorize ourselves and others into gender roles and abide by the social expectations linked to these is seen as a distinctly human attribute and one which Shakespeare may have deemed important for the successful function of a patriarchal society. Lastly, the witches may also be considered significant in adding a grotesque nature to the play which further exemplifies their sinister nature: ‘Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog. ’ The repeated references to mutilated body parts of animals within the witches chants further depicts their unnatural nature as they are interfering with the natural state of animals. Additionally, further reference to ‘Liver of blaspheming Jew†¦Nose of Turk, and Tartar’s lips’ highlights a taboo element as it plays on racial stereotypes and victimizes groups which contextually may be considered the ‘other’. Perhaps most significantly, however, is the additional parallels which run between the witches and Lady Macbeth, as they incorporate ‘finger of birth-strangled babe’ into their spell. This line instantly incites the previous recognition of Lady Macbeth’s own statement that she would have, whilst breast-feeding, removed a baby and ‘dashed the brains out. ’ A similar taboo element is highlighted through the suggestion of infanticide, as well as the idea of going against nature as breast-feeding is considered a tender and natural human act. Such clear similarity between the witches and Lady Macbeth can thus be seen to suggest an argument which underlies the whole plot of the play – who are really the ‘monstrous’ characters within the play; the witches or the humans? Such ambiguity and deconstruction of the opposition between supposed evil and good as an overarching theme of the novel is one which incites great fear into the plot and the audience, as it implies that, under specific circumstances, even the most moral of us can deteriorate into evil and sin.

Project Management for Business Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 3000 words

Project Management for Business - Essay Example Measures need to be enacted to evaluate the achievement and progress of the objectives. Project managers are therefore tasked to liaise with all the stakeholders to set up objectives which are commonly agreed on. Products in which a project engages are varied and can be classified as new, processes or services. Any kind of product that is dealt with need to be developed to meet the company objectives and also to add value to the organization. Articulation of the project benefits is vital at the initiation. This will provide a clear roadmap to the success and benefits of the project. Communication is vital element of the project. Clear information need to be relayed to those who are likely to be affected by the project. The end users should also be made to comprehend the potential benefits that are likely to accrue from the introduction of a given product. Proper communication mechanisms will help to battle the possible human reluctance to change in cases of new or totally improved products (KLOPPENBORG, 1900, np). Resources that are needed to implement the objectives should be identified and put in place to ensure smooth running of the project. These are in terms of time, technical, financial as well as human resources. People are the last major element that is required for the success of a project. They are the stakeholders and people who have other roles and vested interest which are geared toward the success of the project (KLOPPENBORG, 1900, np). The most crucial people in a project are the sponsors, the project manager, the team members and the potential customers. The principles of project management revolve around five pillars: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control then lastly closure. They are like the processes through which a project has to pass, right from its inception to winding up. The initiating process involves the procedures which are put in place in order to jumpstart a project. At this stage, new projects may require to