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- 11071: Is There Any Justification For Regarding Euripedes' Electra As An Inferior Tragedy?
- ... next person she meets will be her brother, Orestes, providing her with the chance to avenge her fathers death. Yet, although Electra clearly resents her present situation, she has not been treated badly by her new husband, the Peasant. Even she admits to her husband "your kindness is the kindness of the gods; you take no advantage of my helpless misery." Therefore Electra is not a hugely tragic figure. She has ... She's as good as dead." Her plan is made even more twisted by the fact that she will pretend to be pregnant in order to lure her mother, to her death. Instead of receiving new life in the form of Electra's' supposed new-born child, Clytaemnestra will be struck dead by her daughters' hand. The abominable crime of matricide is only made worse here by the way that Electra is planning to lure her mother to her ...
- 11072: Cartoons: Land of Imagination
- ... manipulate not only the physical actions of a character, but the mental behavior as well. If my recollection serves me correct, aside from hypnosis, there is nowhere else that this is possible. In the cartoon world, "anything goes." There are no boundaries to which one is confined. With a little ingenuity and imagination one can create a place or being that has never existed before. Scribble, scribble, squeak, squeak, the colored ... people with a way to speak their mind freely with little risk of being criticized. It is much harder to point a finger at an imaginary person than it is a real one. The cartoon world and the physical world, although on opposite sides of the spectrum, are actually parallel. The cartoon world is influenced by the ten laws of "Cartoon Universe." Whereas we are governed by the ten commandments. The ten commandments are ...
- 11073: Creative Writing: Manifest Function
- ... profit. Time passed and many became rich but the once abundant forests were now some how empty and game-less. Something had to be done! That's when mayor, John Enviro Mental the II of New Brunswick decided he would ban the listing of game animals on the menus at near by restaurants to stop the pilfering of the land. He chose the menu ban because he still wanted for there ... by their firearms and ammunition industry suddenly had no customers, and promptly went bankrupt. A wave of unemployment and bitterness swept through the town, and the people became angry at what the foolish mayor of New Brunswick had done to their city! Back in New Brunswick things weren't so good either, people who once made their living by hunting, were now living in squalor. They were forced to turn to a life of crime and mug people on ...
- 11074: Creative Writing: Instant
- ... had tacked onto the muscled giant that wielded the M60 in my unit. "Instant" was short for "Instant Death." And I'll always remember the first time I saw Instant in action. I was a new Lieutenant assigned to Vietnam. Back then, the Army didn't try to develop any "team spirit" within the corps; men were rotated frequently before any friendships developed. Consequently, my men were a group of strangers ... up," I said. "Be sure they keep spaced apart." Sergeant Nelson nodded. I didn't have to tell him that it would be essential to keep spaced in case of an ambush. I hoped the new guys would take his orders seriously. As the Sergeant crept down the line inspecting and giving last minute instructions, I wiped the sweat from my brow with a dirty hand. Your hands never stay clean ... sprawled, his feet sticking out of the brush onto the trail. After the flurry of shooting, there was a lull. Most of my men had exhausted the rounds in their magazines. They paused to place new magazines into their M16s. AK-47s initiated a din of their own to fill the silence. AK bullets cracked next to my head. I scrambled to place a palm between me and the VC ...
- 11075: Andrew Carnegie: "Capt. of Industry" or "Robber Baron"?
- Andrew Carnegie: "Capt. of Industry" or "Robber Baron"? As the Industrialization began, a few talented and foreseeing people took advantage of the development of new industries, technologies, and methods. Mass production was a way to produce goods in large quantities, and being able to sell them to the consumer for more affordable prices. The old owners of small businesses could ... production process; he was the first to produce it on such a large scale. Even though he cut down on his workers' salaries to keep the consumer costs down, he always generously invested in a new technology opportunity. If he found out of a new improved machine or press, he wanted to get it right away to be the first one to start using it. Among his most renown achievements, he did a lot of benefactor work. He wrote " ...
- 11076: Ancient Celtic Religion
- ... admit that "they paid much attention to the order and laws of nature, and investigated and taught to the youth under their charge many things concerning the stars and their motions, the size of the world and the lands, and concerning the might and power of the immortal gods." Their history consisted in traditional tales, in which the heroic deeds of their forefathers were celebrated. These were apparently in verse, and ... and private. They were also accomplished genealogists." The Druidical system was at its height at the time of the Roman invasion under Julius Caesar. Against the Druids, as their chief enemies, these conquerors of the world directed their unsparing fury. The Druids, harassed at all points on the main land, retreated to Anglesey and Iona, where for a season they found shelter and continued their now-dishonoured rites. The Druids retained ... the Highlands, by whom the inhabitants of that district were first led to profess Christianity. The pagan religion of the Celts still lives on in modern times, and is practised by many people around the world. This alternative to the dogmatic religions of so many is, for some, a way to retrieve their roots, and follow their ancestors' way of life to some degree. Today, neo-paganism follows the same ...
- 11077: The Conflict
- ... like the ghostly echo of war. What is left in the battered territory is a blanket of sheer overwhelming grief spread throughout. The last stanza of the poem is telling us to move on with new hope from old devastation to new open and unharmed land. The place where ' we used to build and love ' is basically non-existent and if anyone can live there it is only the ghosts who have endured the harshness of the past warring. In simple terms, it is telling us to look towards a new light, find new stars to light up the night. And not to let old conflicts hold us back and prevent us from advancing through life. No matter what the conflict we cannot be blinded ...
- 11078: Everyday Use 2
- ... in. The mother mentions in the story how Dee acted like she wanted to do a dance around the house while it was on fire. The mother also was sure that Dee would like the new house when she sees it as she states, " No doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down." (353) Since Dee never brought any friends around the house one would wonder if ... lap. Dee was upset at the decision of her mother and tells her, "You just don't understand," when it comes to the family's heritage. (357) Dee ends by saying, "It's really a new day for us, [but] from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it." (357) In concluding, there are a couple of issues to show that Dee is different from here mother ... hated her surroundings growing up and she was very feminine in contrast to them. Dee also made a major transformation when she left for school, because on her arrival back home she came back a new person with a new name. A change in a name can be symbolic to a change in reputation or character. Usually characteristics come with a name. For instance, my family is very athletic, so ...
- 11079: Enders Game--enders Empathic A
- ... an early age to mold into a military commander. From his turbulent childhood, to his days at the physically and psychologically taxing Battle School, to his conquest of the buggers and ultimate colonization of their world, the most essential and useful aspect of Ender's prodigious genius is his incredible empathic ability. From the portrayal of his early childhood in the novel's first chapters, it seems that Ender developed this ... as holy scripture back on earth, Card leaves a bright message that Ender's empathic abilities would continue to be put to peaceful use in the future, "So they boarded a starship and went from world to world. Wherever they stopped, he was always Andrew Wiggin, itinerant speaker for the dead And always Ender carried with him a dry white cocoon, looking for the world where the hive-queen could awaken and ...
- 11080: Beowulf: The Three Monsters of the Middle Ages
- ... the men he thought he would eat. Grendel wore Gods anger, and he was simply deprived of any joy whatsoever. He was motivated by some kind of evil desire, and was angry with the world. Grendel could not be harmed by a weapon of any kind; Beowulf kills him by ripping off his arm. The narrator says that Grendel brought trouble of heart to mankind. Grendel is significant of evil in our world today. There are murderers and rapists who are incapable of feeling remorse for the pain that they cause their victims. These criminals also bring trouble to the heart of mankind. Grendel brought sorrow to the people close to his victims, just as murderers do. Grendel represents the evil that will always be present in our world. He signifies the hate and anger that will always be alive. Grendels mother is also representative of a type of evil that will hold some people back in their search for salvation in ...
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