Jumping Off To Freedom
.... (Luis' friend) with the help of Luis got on the raft as well, he was rude, he never had a smile of approbation, David and his dad had to keep up with his bad jokes, and bombastic comments, he also made inveigh comments to the Leals. David and Miguel were disappointed because he was not supposed to be on the raft, since he did not have the prerogative to be on it and they only had food and water for three persons. They were also scared of the see because they were callow, they did not know much about r .....
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Mark Antony
.... Capitol where he
further flatters the conspirators by shaking their hands and saying, “Friends
am I with you all, and love you all...” (III i 220). This act symbolizes that
Antony has made a new friendship with the conspirators, but in reality, he is
plotting to seek revenge so he can take over Rome. Antony is also able to
flatter the vast angry crowd in order to get his way. He is first able to get the
crowd to feel sorry for him. This feeling is evident when the second plebeian
says, “P .....
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Justice In Herodotus And Aesch
.... the combination that God hates. Here the reader can see divine justice in action, as God strikes down Atys, the son of Croesus. Croesus himself can see the reason why Atys was killed, as he tells Adrastus, the actual murderer of his son, "Some god is to blame - some god who long ago warned me of what was to happen."(Histories Bk 1 Ch 45)
Croesus, however, has not learned his lesson. He remains as greedy and ambitious as before. He first attempts to placate the gods with a huge sacrifice. H .....
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Justice Vs. Rage In Hamlet
.... until "he is drunk asleep, or in a rage, or in th'incestuous pleasure of his bed...Then to trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, and that his soul may be as damn'd and black as hell, whereto it goes."
Hamlet reveals that the true driving force of his vengeance to be his anger for Gerturde's inadequate mourning and for Claudius's seeming seduction of her. Hamlet reveals this anger both in his desire for Claudius's extreme punishment and in the rage later directed at Gertrude. He calls .....
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Julius Caesar
.... to goodness and excellence it is an
extreme”(Aristotle 1107a, 1-8). None of the main characters are truly noble
or virtuous but no one really is. Of all the main characters I find that Brutus
has the least amount of flaws. But he too is not deficient of flaws. In order to
prove my point I will give reasons why some of the other characters cannot
be considered the noblest of them all.
The almighty, egotistical and borderline arrogant Julius Caesar had his
flaws. Caesar proved to be .....
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Julius Caesar
.... in the play. Brutus has just convinced the commoners that what the conspirators did was only out of their love for Rome. One commoner says, “we are blest that Rome is rid of him,” referring to Caesar which statement is supported by the rest of the crowd. Once again, the hearts of the commoners quickly changes again once Antony gives his speech. After he finishes, the commoners run through the streets noting and searching to kill the once glorified conspirators. This still applies today. For example .....
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Jumping Mouse
.... to listen and his faith in the frog allowed him to see into the rest of the world, even deeper into his own mind. There is a fine line between being open-minded and being gullible. Both will listen to anything to try to understand it, but gullible people lack common sense. The mouse seemed kind of gullible, in how he’d risk his safety by jumping in the water all because the frog said to.
Jumping mouse is like many people, always seeking a better way of life. The other mice were quite c .....
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Just A Pot Of Basil
.... a few of the endless questions that remain unanswered, lost over time. But museums give something more than any book could ever tell, and that is the real life experience of “seeing” what could never be perceived otherwise. When life breathed through the dinosaurs they were never frozen into a perfect stance like they are portrayed in museums. Our imagination allows us to fathom what it really may have been like, but the past remains where it is, and can only at its best be relived in movies or museums .....
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Jon Donne - Alediction Forbidd
.... Forbidding Mourning" is tied together by an " a - b - a - b" rhyme scheme. This is not surprising because of the calming effect expected of this poem. The steady back and forth motion of the rhyme calms down the reader, much as a hug that rocks you back and forth calms you. This poem's purpose is to offer peace to those who read it. The steady use of rhyme provides a rhythmic, serene environment. In addition to a well-developed rhyme scheme, Donne employs very few end stops. The only time periods .....
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Justice In The Republic
.... the Apology it is the greatest good for a man to discuss virtue every day … for the unexamined life is not worth living” (38d). What this statement implies is that to live a good life we must first question and ponder our own ideas of a good life and then do the same with other peoples ideas. In this sense Polemarchus’s definition of justice most closely fits the good life because he allows for a common good that would result from examining the ideas of others and the sharing of information.
To furth .....
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Julius Caesar By William Shake
.... in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Besides jealousy, Cassius is motivated by affection. He would do anything to get it, which is rather childlike, and he hated anyone that would not show him attention or that would take it away from him. His motives for killing Caesar are strictly for revenge or for personal gain. Depending on how a person treated him or how the person could help him Cassius could be ruthless or loving, passionate or distant, or gentle or unforgiving. “Yond Cassius has a lean .....
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John Keats, La Belle Dame Sans
.... He describes her as being a small being with magic powers ( faery ). He makes a
wreath of flowers to decorate her head and also he made her bracelets to show his love for her.
He put the woman on his horse and watched her ride all day because the sight of her is so beautiful.
She found me roots of relish sweet,
And honey wild, and manna dew,
And sure in language strange she said -
A I love thee true.@
The woman makes herself more enticing by giving him the Aroots of relish swe .....
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Japanese Aristocrat
.... The aristocratic society decided which parts of Chinese culture would be integrated into Japan. The new centralized Japanese government was modeled after China's. Although Japans government was modeled after China's it had some very distinct differences. The Japanese seemed to modify Chinese concepts and make them unique to Japan. They did not only do this with government, but with all things taken from China. Japan was undergoing a great period of development. Aristocrats at this time were s .....
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Johnny Got His Gunn
.... his horrible fate. He was in many ways a typical American. The image of a typical American teen was set up for us a long time ago, and many people conform to fit this image. Its different for adults, therefore the typical American is whatever any American does that is classified as typical, whether it’s going to a baseball game, going to the movies with mom and pops, or going out for a cola with your girl. In those days everything everyone did was typical. Everyone’s actions fit into the norm of Amer .....
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Korean Traditional House
.... the house. In the warmer southern part of Korea, roofs are thinner, and windows and porches are larger.
In the Choson Kingdom, which ruled Korea from 9 to 90, there was an elite class called the yangban. They held government positions and were respected for their learning.
Many yangban homes were whitewashed with brown trim and gray tile roofs. The yangban, and all commoners, were not allowed to use the bright decorations found on palaces and Buddhist temples.
Larger yang .....
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