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- 16051: Wuthering Heights
- ... to arise, Catherine's relationship with Heathcliff remains much as it was when they were children. The way the two spirit intertwined are clearly illustrated in Catherine's speech below: My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff"s miseries; my great thought in living is himself. If all else perish, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the ... and loves her. Her love for Heathcliff is a must: it is the deepest impulse of her nature, it is "necessary". Through her feeling for Heathcliff, Catherine discovers her own identity, her place in the world-as he does through her. Though Catherine realizes she has more in common with Heathcliff than with Litton, (Both are "fire" to Litton's "frost") nevertheless, she decides to marry Linton. Her decision is explained ...
- 16052: Watching Payton Was Pure Sweetness
- ... Payton's first nine before coach Mike Ditka turned the franchise around. It was typical of Payton's under-appreciated career that when he finally reached the league's ultimate game, Super Bowl XX in New Orleans, he was overshadowed. Quarterback Jim McMahon, of all people, scored two rushing touchdowns in the Bears' 46-10 blowout of the New England Patriots. In the third quarter, Ditka lined up defensive tackle William "The Refrigerator" Perry in the backfield and he scored from a yard out. Defensive end Richard Dent was the game's Most Valuable ...
- 16053: Lead and The Environment
- ... materials are so commonplace that we take them for granted. One of those materials is a grayish metal that has been with us for thousands of years. That metal is lead, still one of the world's most useful substances, and one that never ceases to find a role in human society. Lead has the atomic symbol of Pb (for plumbum, lead in Latin). The atomic number for lead is 82 ... It is soluble in nitric acid and insoluble in water. It is found in North, Central and South America, Australia, Africa and Europe. In modern times, lead has found a wide range of uses, and world demand for lead and its products has steadily increased. Lead's usefulness stems from the metal's many desirable properties: softness, high density, low melting point, ability to block radiation, resistance to corrosion, readiness to ...
- 16054: HUME Vs KANT Causality
- ... based upon cause and effect. Causal relations help us to know things beyond our immediate vicinity. All of our knowledge is based on experience. Therefore, we need experience to come to causal relationships of the world and experience constant conjunction. Hume stated that he “shall venture to affirm, as a general proposition which admits no exception, that the knowledge of this relation is not in any instance, attained by reasonings ‘a ... priority because one ball is moving first. Secondly, constant conjunction occurs because the balls exist together spatially and constantly. But, there is no necessary reason why this happens. Hume asserted that we can imagine a world in which the effect would be different. He then concluded that we can’t get an impression of a necessary connection, we can only experience constant conjunction and temporal priority. “Experience only teaches us how ...
- 16055: The Lowell Observatory
- ... Other successions they have had is participating in the mapping of the moon and observing the planets during the early years of space studies. The research never ends at the observatory; they are constantly discovering new things. The Lowell Observatory consists of 21 well-educated astronomers, ranging from studies of planetary to extragalatic astronomy. One of the astronomers working at the observatory has discovered more asteroids then any other living astronomer ... was the best location for the sight seeing and research, but after everything he always turned back to Flagstaff, Arizona. Arizona was a much better location because of its' dry weather, and clear atmosphere. "The New England men, incluging the Professor say that they prefer to observe the stars under the starry flag of the united states even though the mexicans treated them royally." Mexico and Arizona do compare a lot ...
- 16056: Hades
- ... seed each year. So, Persephone now resides in the underworld six months out of every year. When the Olympians overthrew their father Cronus, the Olympians drew straws to see who would rule what part of world. Even though Hades, also known as the Roman God Pluto, drew the straw for the underworld, there are many gods, goddesses and personifications within the underworld besides him. These being: The three Furies, or Erinyes ... Nyx represents the night. Being born from Chaos she is among the oldest of the gods. She also resides in Hades. Lyssa, an underworld goddess, name means canine madness. She drove her dogs through the world prompting the divine intoxication of the maenads to destructive fury. Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos were more commonly known as the Fates, the personification of human destiny. Clotho would spin the thread when one would be ...
- 16057: Halloween: A Groundbreaking Film
- Halloween: A Groundbreaking Film Halloween was, and still is, a classic horror movie for three simple reasons: originality, flattery, and durability.Upon its release in 1978, Halloween set a new standard for horror movies, proving that it was possible to create genuine chills without excessive amounts of blood, overpaid actors, or a gigantic budget. Using innovative camera work, shadows, and creepy music, a new monster materialized. They took one of mankind's most primal fears, the mythical bogeyman, and inserted it into Anytown, USA. A killer who can't be understood or reasoned with, who never speaks or acts ...
- 16058: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- ... at Salzburg. In 1769-70, Leopold and Wolfgang undertook a tour through Italy, where, in Rome, Wolfgang wrote down Allegri's Miserere from memory after one hearing. This first Italian trip culminated in Wolfgang's new opera, Mitridate, re di Ponto, composed for Milan. In two further Italian journeys Wolfgang wrote two more operas for Milan, Ascanio in Alba (1771) and the impressive Lucio Silla (1772). In 1772, Archbishop von Schrattenbach ... Paris. When he returned to Salzburg he was given the position of court organist (1779) and produced a splendid series of church works, including the famous "Coronation" Mass. He received a commission to compose a new opera for Munich, Idomeneo (1781), which proved that he was a consummate master of opera Seria. Wolfgang was summoned by Von Colloredo to Vienna in 1781 and after a series of violent arguments was dismissed ...
- 16059: A Season In Purgatory
- ... author Dominick Dunne also the author of an Inconvenient Women, The two Mrs.Grenvilles, Fatal Charms, People Like Us, and The Mansions of Limbo. He is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair. He lives in New York City and Connecticut. The beginning takes place in Connecticut courtroom in 1972. The time span was 20 years. The main characters are in order of importance: Harrison Burns, Constant Bradley, Gerald Bradley, Grace Bradley ... he told Harrison to help him in putting her closer to her side of the woods. Then he took his clothing (everything) off and put in a garbage bag. Then called his father over his new mistress house. Harrison didn’t want to do it but Constant insisted their “friendship”. Gerald Bradley ordered for his sons dirty work be cleaned up. So he asked one of his lieutenants to assure that ...
- 16060: Shiga Naoya - At Kinosaki
- ... to be dead were not two opposite extremes. There did not seem to be much difference between them". As he stumbled back to his inn in the darkness, the narrator seems quite lost with this new enlightenment with only his head leading "deeper and deeper into these fancies". The Closing Paragraph The final sentence of the work takes us again to the 'present' of the story three years later, from where ... Press, 1979 pgs.198~205 OTHER PRIMARY SOURCES 1. In English Starrs, Roy "An Artless Art" Tokyo: Japan Library, 1998 Sibley, William "The Shiga Hero" Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979 Mathy, Francis "Shiga Naoya" New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1974 2. In Japanese Shigetomo, Ki "Shiga Naoya Kenkyuu" Tokyo: Ryuukan Sousho, 1979 "Nihongo Daijiten-Color Editon" Tokyo: Koudansha, 1997
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