Silence of the Lambs & Psychology 
.... The Silence Of The Lambs are psychopaths, "psychopaths use charm, manipulation, intimidation, and violence to control others and satisfy their
own selfish needs ....
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Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
.... sin is worse than either Dimmesdale's or Hester's, because he uses his intellectual abilities to manipulate people toward his
own selfish and evil goals. ....
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Literary Theme of False Front
.... Hamlet. Both Jack and Algernon assume the identity of Jack's invented brother, Ernest, for their
own selfish purposes. Jack invents ....
(1941
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The Selfish Gene & Evolutionary Theory
.... There will always be differences between rich and poor because it is the nature of the "
selfish gene" to look out for its
own, to protect its
own gene pool, to ....
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Flaubert's Criticism of the Bourgeois in Madame Bovary
.... Lheureux is another character who manipulates Emma for his
own selfish ends, although in his case the manipulation is not geared toward sexual pleasure. ....
(2381
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Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych
.... beginning of the story, he shows himself to be the only character with his feet on the ground and his mind on God instead of on his
own selfish, petty concerns ....
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Richard III
.... In this way Richard has appealed to the best parts of Anne that he recognizes are also one of her vulnerabilities where his
own selfish schemes are concerned. ....
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The Media Monopoly
.... problem cited in the book, then, is the problem of the excessively concentrated control of the media by a narrow few for their
own selfish interests rather ....
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Dangers of the Media Monopoly
.... problem cited in the book, then, is the problem of the excessively concentrated control of the media by a narrow few for their
own selfish interests rather ....
(921
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British miniseries The Politician's Wife
.... Mark is the character who provides her with more and more proof of the perfidy of her husband and who does so for his
own selfish ends, and the revenge she ....
(846
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Time of Indifference
.... Thus, we see a novel of the doomed middle-class; a middle-class doomed by their
own selfish desires in the midst of a society doomed from the
selfish desires ....
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All the President's Men & Primary Colors
.... All the characters on screen are vested in their
own selfish reasons for being where they are and this creates an ironic sort of comedic narrative when each ....
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Plato's Crito
.... was willing to talk endlessly about truth, goodness, beauty, and justice, but he was unwilling to put his words into action when his
own selfish interests were ....
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Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene
.... Such genes may spread by increasing their
own rate of transmission despite reducing host fitness and may thus be regarded as "
selfish." Modern molecular ....
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Argument on Columbus' Discovery of America
.... imagined that he had "discovered" the "New World" so that they could exploit it and its inhabitants in every imaginable way for their
own selfish and inhumane ....
(1899
8
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Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
.... For Humbert Humbert also represent that tragedy that befalls human beings when they will stop at nothing to fulfill their
own selfish desires. ....
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Frankl Happiness & Meaning
.... meaning gives purpose to life, and to be happy, one must seek that meaning in something, some cause, or some purpose greater than one's
own selfish desire to ....
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Deaf Like Me
.... book is above all the account of the parents coming to this acceptance, rather than continuing to try to force reality to fit their
own selfish and ignorant ....
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Marx and Human History
.... and so to lead him to economic ruin: Each tries to establish over the other an alien power, so as to thereby find satisfaction of his
own selfish need. ....
(1517
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Addie in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
.... of himself, but he is so lost in the world of his
own making, his
own harsh reality, that all he can do in the world is seek his
own selfish goals, usually ....
(2043
8
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Locke's Influence on the Declaration of Independence
.... an autonomous being, the typical citizen in the Republican ideal was encouraged to identify with the greater society rather than with his
own selfish interests ....
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's Concept of the American Dream
.... knew" (Fitzgerald 4). Thus, in one way or another, all of the major characters in The Great Gatsby are shown to be obsessed with their
own selfish desires and ....
(1870
7
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Motivating Forces of Self-Interest & Altruism
.... Maximizing one's
own pleasure should not be considered
selfish; it only becomes
selfish when the individual asserts his or her
own will above others. ....
(2067
8
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Italian Art Cinema
.... he is sometimes referred to as Joe, has no interest in protecting the community, and he uses violence as often as he can to achieve his
own selfish ends. ....
(1960
8
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Classic Hollywood films & Italian Art Cinema
.... he is sometimes referred to as Joe, has no interest in protecting the community, and he uses violence as often as he can to achieve his
own selfish ends. ....
(1962
8
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Abortion and Killing
.... child if this happens. Killing the fetus because of her
own selfish acts should not be an option for such women. There is now a ....
(955
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Argument Paper on Abortion as Morally Wrong
.... child if this happens. Killing the fetus because of her
own selfish acts should not be an option for such women. There is now a ....
(955
4
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Academic Freedom
.... No academics or institutions can claim the license to engage in activities such as hate mongering and advance their
own selfish agendas without taking in ....
(1007
4
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Wilfred Owen's poem, Anthem for Doomed Youth
.... The irony of was is seen in the fact that countries' leaders fight battles over their
own selfish causes; however, it is the youth who are "doomed" to actually ....
(1876
8
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History of child-rearing Practices
.... to Hobbes, without the law and order imposed by a government, human beings are liable to destroy one another in pursuit of their
own selfish desires (cited in ....
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