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- 12231: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
- ... brought upon by the speaker’s death. Onlookers surround the dead body and seem to be looking for clues to what may eventually await them when it is their turn to pass onto another possible world. In stanza three the speaker is preparing for a journey into an afterlife that may lie ahead. Dickinson writes, "I willed my keepsakes, signed away what portion of me I could make assignable, - and then ... to have the possessions that most living people deem necessary and leaves them behind as her soul comes closer to it’s fate. The speaker is getting ready to make this transition to the next world but then the fly reappears and puts a halt to this alteration. The final stanza of this poem includes the lines, "With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, between the light and me; and then the windows ... The fourth line mentions the sun at a time in which the dying years of the speaker’s life are revisited. This stanza also suggests that despite the speaker dying, life still continues in the world. The last stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" is the most important of the poem. It writes, "Since then ‘t is centuries; but each feels shorter than the day I first ...
- 12232: Beach Burial
- ... in the long run, the unimportance of it. To give you a bit of a background, Kenneth Slessor was an eminent Australian Journalist for a great part of his life, and because of this, When World War 2 came around he was chosen be Australia’s official war correspondent. He was to report on the Australian activities in the War and after it was all over he was to write the ... in death. As I pointed out earlier this can be seen in his reference to the dead sailors as convoys; groups of dead men that were travelling together with the same personified feelings and actions. World War 2 was, is in its simplest form, one nation against another nation, fighting for land, fighting to increase their national identity. For the expansion of their own national identity, humans were willing to kill ... other front" The land for which they fought, joins them together in death, the reference to ‘enlisted on the other front is an eloquent metaphor for the sailors deaths. They are now enlisted into the world of the dead, just as they enlisted to join the navy. It is ironic that these men, so proud and patriotic of their national identity, have lost not only the record of which country ...
- 12233: Huckleberry Finn Essay 2
- Character Analysis: Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn is one of the many milestones in modern literature. It stands as a testament to the genius the world knows as Mark Twain. Through clever use of "local color" and other literary devices, he is able to weave not only the entertaining tale of Huck and Jim, but also a powerful anti-slavery message ... and represents in the novel. Throughout the tale, Huckleberry Finn is portrayed as being a master of masquerading around as another person and is the means by which Mark Twain conveys his views to the world. If Mark Twain could have written an autobiography about himself, he more than likely would describe himself as possessing many qualities similar to those of Huck Finn. The many encounters Huck has with the Mississippi ... Missouri, a town on the Mississippi. Even more important than childhood similarities; in the novel, Huck becomes more than just another character. He becomes a vessel by which Mark Twain shares his views with the world. In the South where he lived, there was still much bitterness towards ex-slaves and this dictated what was proper and what was not. Instead of writing a manifesto of his views, these views ...
- 12234: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... leave the law to take care of itself." (68). The fact is, that the blackened hearts of the aristocracy saw capital punishment as a convenience, rather than justice. The guillotine "cleared off (as to this world) the trouble of each particular case, and left nothing else with it to be looked after" (62). This negative light that the ruthless use of capital punishment casts upon the rulers of France is exactly ... prisoners is fair. Capital punishment is also used as a social commentary by showing how people cling to the popular attitudes and beliefs of the day. People are quick to adopt the guillotine as their new savior. Dickens articulates the common attitude towards this when he writes, "[the guillotine] was the sign of the regeneration of the human race. It superseded the cross" (271). These "followers of the guillotine" are ruthless ...
- 12235: Frankenstein 4
- ... from the natural earth. When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, she left little doubt that the creator of the monster, Victor Frankenstein, by making a living creature from inaminate parts was a new Prometheus. But her metaphor extends beyond the immediately obvious. In Hesiod s myth, Prometheus had an inflated sense of self importance and was determined to be adored by men. Because men had no control over ... icy wilds. On his deathbed, Victor asks them, Did you not call this a glorious expedition? ..... You were hereafter to be hailed as the benefactor of your species; your names adored, as belonging to the brave men who encountered death and honour, and the benefit of mankind (214). Despite Victor s rousing speech, the crew resolve to return to the safety and warmth of Mother England , no longer able to call ...
- 12236: A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner
- ... smell began developing. Although the smell was hitting everyone in the town, no one said anything, instead they sprinkled lime all over her house. Emily died a time later. After the town people heard the new they went to see her to begin the funeral arrangements. Tobby her faithful servant ran off and the town people discover the smell. After all this time Emily had been sleeping with Homer's dead ... to help her, because they thought greatly of her. For example, after her father's death Colonel Sartoris told her she would not have to pay any taxes in that town and even after the new generation came in it stayed that way. The new mayor tried to get her to pay her taxes but after some time gave up. The reader can also see he power when she goes to the store to buy some rat poison. The ...
- 12237: A Rose For Emily - In Memory Of Emily Grierson
- ... begins with Miss Emily¡¦s funeral and moves on to her past. Faulkner first recaptures the dispensation of Miss Emily¡¦s taxes in 1894, he continues by illustrating Miss Emily¡¦s nature no to accepts new concepts. When the ¡§next generation, with its more modern ideas¡¨ comes along, Miss Emily refuses to accept them (1009). Miss Emily¡¦s mixed feeling about the past is reflected in the structure of the story ... eyesore among eyesores¡¨ (1008). With the paradox of coquettish decay, Faulkner contrasts the attractiveness of the house in the past with the unattractiveness of it in the present. The comparison between the old and the new display explains why the house is separated from the other houses. Another word Faulkner uses to reflect the past is ¡§tarnished¡¨. (1009) As Faulkner describes Miss Emily in her old age, he uses ¡§tarnished gold ... Descriptive words are another big part of the story since Faulkner uses them to describe the themes of old age and isolation. While ¡§coquettish decay¡¨ and ¡§tarnished gold head¡¨ is used to compare old to new, ¡§noblesse oblique¡¨ is used to reflect Miss Emily¡¦s past. Not only does Faulkner use descriptive words to describe Miss Emily, but he also uses symbolism. Throughout the story, Faulkner uses the description of ...
- 12238: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... won't grow up until he has the responsibilty of being head of the family, but Mama does entrust this to him later. "It ain't much, but it's all I got in the world and I'm putting it in your hands. I'm telling you to be the head of this family fro now on like you supposed to be," Mama told Walter in Act II Scene II ... put down though, especially after he lost the money. "That is not a man. That is nothing but a toothless rat." Beneatha said this after Walter lost the money, but this also stripped Walter's new manhood away. It wasn't even developed and it was already gone. Walter's quest was fulfilled though, at the end of Act III he stood his ground against Mr. Lindner and decided to move ...
- 12239: A Price Above Rubies
- ... because we ask for it." The Rabbi pushes in and says " we bring suffering upon ourselves when we sin against God." Almost hysterical, Sonia asks him why her relatives and the Jews in the second world war suffered, when they didn’t deserve it. The only way the Rabbi can answer is to say, " Don’t question Mrs. Horowitz." She defiantly replies " I’m going to question whatever I want." Sonia ... The ruby, her soul, had been united with the ring, her body, and now it was complete. She had finally found what she was looking for. The ring came from Ramon, who represents the outside world, what she was so desperately trying to get to, to find herself, and the ruby came from Mendel, who represents what she was trying to escape, but it had to come from Mendel because that ... come to terms with her religion. Mendel is freeing Sonia to be herself, he no longer owns her, Mendel representing the Jewish community. Sonia knew that she had to take a step into the outside world- no matter what the cost. Although along the way, she found the key to who she was, her identity, she paid a price so high it nearly ruined her. She let false substitutes replace ...
- 12240: How Napoleon Obtains And Maint
- ... is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples if we pigs failed in our duty Jones would come back . This answer satisfies the animals, and they are content with this new separation, as Napoleon hoped they would be. Napoleon continues to obtain power by elimination, next he starts to seize power from his rivals. He is already of a select class, the next thing he does ... windmill. The animals hear that Snowball was working in conjunction with Jones before the revolution, and working with humans at present. They then proceed to tell the animals that it was not Snowball who was brave at the Battle of the Cowshed, but Napoleon, who acted in a cowardly way. These are more lies, which the animals believe. By brainwashing the animals to believe that Snowball was evil, it makes Napoleon ...
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