Johannes Vermeer Vermeer was a realist painter who focused on chiaroscuro and became a master in using this technique. The artist delighted in the technicalities of the camera obscura that had emerged in Dutch markets at this time and was an avid fan of using various lens and glass contraptions to discover new forms of capturing light in various contexts. There is little information about Vermeer’s personal life. He seems to have devoted his time to his work and never left his hometown of Delft
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When I was in my late 20’s‚ Life was difficult. My husband was out the picture‚ and I was trying to raise my two small children while working a full time job and a part time trying to make ends meet. There was no one helping me. My parents taught me stealing was wrong‚ and it was against our family’s good morals. Still‚ if I had received the opportunity to own the ring of Gyges back then‚ along with every chance to keep my traits virtuous because there was no chance of repercussion or anyone knowing
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as with the emergence of contemporary assertive and independent female characters‚ comes the development of more sensitive‚ responsible males‚ which could be the only option of overriding the prevalence of this new confident female archetype. ( MacKinnon‚ 2003‚ p.13) This current representation of masculinity could in conclusion be a contemporary attempt by media institutions to place women back into the original stereotype of which they previously came‚ as secondary to men‚ as the sex with the
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helping more people than you are hurting‚ then it is okay to lie to or torture someone. Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that the action you choose to perform should result in “the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people” (MacKinnon and Fiala). It is a form of consequentialism that focuses on the consequences of actions that affect everyone rather
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Julilly is a slave at the Hensen plantation‚ with her mother‚ Mammy Sally. When a Slave trader from the deep South comes to choose his field hands‚ he rips Julilly from the arms of her loving mother and sends her into his cart. Both of them are devastated. When she arrives at the Riley plantation in Mississippi after the long trip‚ Julilly meets Liza‚ and they become instantly inseperable. They fantasize about the promised land‚ Canada. When Massa Ross comes to visit and chooses Lester Adam and Ben
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or her‚ subjects better than they themselves. Therefore‚ his responsibility to them thus precluded their political participation for the state. Among the most prominent Enlightened Despots were Frederick II of Prussia‚ Joseph II of Austria‚ and Catharine II of Russia. “The great” as he is often referred to‚ Frederick II (born January 1712‚ died august 1786) was one of the great leaders of the militaristic state of Prussia. Frederick generally supported religious toleration through his reign (1740-1786)
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going good it got even better! She got a helper called Catharine who escorted her to and from her inclusion program classes. A few weeks before Christmas Melody pointed to the computer that Rose had and pointed her finger back to herself‚ Catharine under stood that Melody wanted a computer so that she could communicate instead of taping on her vocab board which was attached to her wheelchair. Over the next couple of weeks‚ Melody and Catharine looked into computers
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the greatest number of people (MacKinnon‚ Fiala‚ 2014 p. 356). With utilitarianism‚ the belief if about the consequences of the action and how it affects all involved. What makes an action moral is its effects‚ the motive for the action does not matter. For example‚ let’s use helping an old lady across the road. The helper might have the motive of getting paid‚
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Starbucks Coffee Company: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan April 2006 Prepared for: Starbucks Coffee Company W. H. Evans Prepared by: Sophie van der Vecht Neni Pogarcic Hidde van der Dussen Tim Ensing Dan Mackinnon Lucia Suchankova Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................3 Introduction ..................................................................................
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economic inequality that has shaped this country for many years. Women who conduct themselves in sex work tend to feel as if prostitution‚ or modern day slavery refer as (sex trafficking) is the only way for them to survive. Stated from MacKinnon (2011) Prostitution is observed to be a product of choice‚ or with the fewest choices. Furthermore‚ Capitalism‚ and patriarchy foster economic inequality between men‚ and women who is force to sell their bodies as commodities. For example‚ when women
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