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- 7311: The Scarlet Letter: The Symbol of the Scarlet Letter
- ... s scarlet emblem is found on the outside, while the mark that her lover Dimmesdale is found in "his inmost heart." Though Hester and Dimmesdale are both branded with the scarlet "A", there is a world of difference between their badges of shame, for Hester's scarlet token is embroidered in dazzling gold thread and is displayed for everyone to see, showing that she hides nothing, while Dimmesdale's letter is ... flowed generously in her physical appearance, is now geared towards the exploration of her mind's inner depths. A dazzling face is replaced by a dazzling mind, as Hester escapes her desolation in toying with new and fascinating ideas. Driven by reason instead of emotion, Hester "[casts] away the fragments of the broken chain," challenging the archaic doctrines of the Puritans. The author mocks the outmoded and outdated beliefs of the ... the central figure in the picture that Hawthorne paints in the readers mind; the rest are merely part of the grim background, serving only to enhance the exquisite beauty of Hawthorne's female protagonist. Also, "[New England] had been the scene of her guilt, and [it] should be the scene of her earthly punishment." Thus Hester finds her roots in New England; the scarlet emblem had made Puritan Boston her ...
- 7312: The Fellowship Of The Rings
- ... was reluctant to aid in their cause. Gandalf had departed them to seek the wisdom of another wizard. With Strider and the remaining party they traveled the broad expanse if terrain. Where they would befriend new adventurers along the way. Many a time would they be tempted to misuse the ring. But Frodo's will held strong. Up unto the climax of events, when the ring raids came to take what ... the ring on his finger. He vanished from his party's sight. "Take the ring off Frodo!", they yelled. But he was frozen in his steps. Determind to get it they approached him. In a brave attempt to protect the ring, Frodo ran up to them, held the sting high in the air, attempting to strike one of them. But he failed. And instead he took a wound in his side ... to come alive into huge horse-like wave. And it swallowed the riders as they attempted to cross. Washing them away down river. He had beaten them this time. But their tortured souls would find new hosts, new bodies. And would come again in greater numbers. All was silent, and when Frodo regained all consciousness he found himself in a warm, well-rested bed. Uncle Bilbo at his side. And ...
- 7313: What is ISDN?
- ... integrated services digital network, is a system of digitizing phone networks which has been in the works for over a decade. This system allows audio, video, and text data to be transmitted simultaneously across the world using end-to-end digital connectivity. The original telephone system used analog signals to transmit a signal across telephone wires. The voice was carried by modulating an electric current with a waveform from a microphone ... circuit mode and packet mode data traffic. The D- channel may also be used to carry X.25 packet traffic if the network supports that option. [Griffiths] Basic Rate Interface D Channel - In the analog world, a telephone call is controlled in-band. Tones and voltages are sent across lines for signalling conditions. ISDN does away with this. The D channel becomes the vehicle for signalling. This signalling is called common ... and also transforms the 2B+D signal into a different bit stream format. [Griffiths] ISDN and the OSI Model - The OSI (Open Systems Interconnect) seven layer protocol was developed to promote interoperability in the data world. ISDN, which followed OSI, was designed to be a network technology inhabiting the lower three layers of the OSI model. Consequently, an OSI end system that implements an OSI seven layer stack can contain ...
- 7314: Ebola 2
- ... disease. The Ebola Zaire in Kikwit spread quickly, but investigation and control of the outbreak come from a combined effort of medical teams from the U.S. Center for disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization, and from other health organizations in Belgium, France, and South Africa. Since July 1, 1995, 233 deaths have been reported among the 293 cases, in Africa (Garrett 195). Since 1976, researchers have searched ... mystery. Further, and more frightening, its capacity to be airborne remains unknown. Clearly, research needs to be continued, before another outbreak occurs (Drucker 40). Work Cited Drucker, Peter. The Truth about Virii. McGrall-Hill Inc., New York: 1995. Garret, Michael. Behavior of Pathogens. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: 1994. MacKenzie, Timothy. Disease Causing Organisms. North River Press, Inc., New Haven: 1996.
- 7315: The Influences Of Tolkien In T
- ... imaginary race of elves, and they both came from one central language that was derived from the fake history of the story. This fact gives the languages an incredible sense of realism. Tolkien s fantasy world was derived from his memory of his childhood, where he spent his time in delectation of the english countryside. The remembrance of his time spent at Sarehole instilled in Tolkien a great love of nature ... provided the inspiration for the monumental conflict that took place during The Lord of the Rings. The terrible experience of the war must have seemed to Tolkien to be a thing of pure evil with new weapon of destruction tat ravaged the english country side that he loved so dearly. To him the war represented the evil dark privation of light. In Tolkien s eyes the machine of war stemed from ... and control over the elements which is itself a conflict with the laws of the creator. Adoration and respect of nature, his love and mastery of language, and his traumatizing experience in trench warfare during World War I all come together to influence his three major works of fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien uses many themes in the story that relate to his influences. The inescapability of involvement ...
- 7316: A Doll's House: Role of Women as the Comforter
- ... society; but it is her actions that provide the insight to this position. It can be suggested that women have the power to choose which rules to follow at home, but not in the business world, thus again indicating her subordinateness. Nora does not at first realize that the rules outside the household apply to her. This is evident in Nora's meeting with Krogstad regarding her borrowed money. In her ... it by attempting to distract herself with her Christmas decorations (16). Thus her first encounter with rules outside of her "doll's house" results in the realization of her naivety and inexperience with the real world due to her subordinate role in society. The character of Nora is not only important in describing to role of women, but also in emphasizing the impact of this role on a woman. Nora's ... to her children than an empty figurehead. From this point, when Torvald is making a speech about the effects of a deceitful mother, until the final scene, Nora progressively confronts the realities of the real world and realizes her subordinate position. Although she is progressively understanding this position, she still clings to the hope that her husband will come to her protection and defend her from the outside world once ...
- 7317: All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
- ... process, the earth is shredded and blown asunder. It is during this melee that many of the companies' horses are wounded, and begin to bellow terribly. "It is unendurable. It is the moaning of the world, it is the martyred creation, wild with anguish, filled with terror, and groaning." The bombing subdues, but the bellowing continues. "The screaming of the beasts becomes louder. One can no longer distinguish whence in this ... it is everywhere, between heaven and earth it rolls on immeasurably." Remarque is none too subtle in using the dying horses as a metaphor for the Earth's own anguish. As the men face a new horror, nature is revolting against the damage being done to it. Remarque will return to this usage of the nature motif, with war being anomalous and unnatural in the "natural" world. At the first sign of war, a disturbance in the Earth's eternal peace, nature rebels. "...it is the earth itself raging." The next passage is found in Chapter Six, where the protagonists have ...
- 7318: The Story of Sweetheart of the Song of Tra Bong: The Use of Setting
- ... He shows the reader what Rat deems important, and he constantly adds his own twist to it all. As he said, he loved her. He is going to put her on a pedestal for the world to view and appreciate. On the top, the character (at this level, the only one that matters) is the setting. Just as Vietnam had it's oddities and tendencies, Rat's mind had it's ... skew of the stained glass window the story is viewed the through, one can begin to fully appreciate what happened to Mary Anne, and the conflict she encounters. She finds herself torn between the civilized world which has her long time love, and the uncivilized world, Vietnam where she can exist in her purest form. There is a slow transition, as she appears in preppy clothes, and she moves to "the habits of the bush. No cosmetics, no fingernail filing. ...
- 7319: An Analysis of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- ... Sings illustrates how an innocent and naive girl growing up in the midst of the Great Depression overcomes life's many obstacles and becomes the powerful and influential woman she is today. Maya is a world renowned author, teacher, speaker, actress, and mother. Through this autobiographical piece, Maya's use of figurative language and allusion compounds her thoughts, as she depicts how one can supersede the expected barriers and soar to new heights.. In chapters 14 and 15 of the book, Maya's usage of figurative language conveys her struggle to speak. Through a tragic rape by her mother's boyfriend, Maya is scared for life and ... Stamps, Maya entered her six year "cocoon." This haven extricated her metamorphic spurt into reality and womanhood. As with every cocoon, there is always a time when one must leave and bravely enter the unknown world behind the shell. Mrs. Flowers encouraged Maya to emerge and assisted her in finding her strongest defense and force, her love of literature, to open this barrier and allow Maya to end the silence. ...
- 7320: Their Eyes Were Watching God: An Epic Search
- ... and when she saw that Janie was old enough for love she had her married. This guaranteed that Janie would not continue a loss of identity. Even as a young girl, living in the materialistic world of her Nanny and her first husband, Logan Killicks, Janie chooses to listen to "the words of the trees and the wind" (23-24). This is the first evidence of her searching beyond her boring ... gets more worked up into leaving Logan, and searching for love. When she leaves Logan to run off with Joe, she thinks to herself, "Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them" (31). Joe aims to be a big voice and that is why he comes to Eatonville, Florida. He feels that he will have a ... approximates the white man's almost total institutional control of America" (27-28). This relationship was just another setback in Janie's epic search. Nevertheless, when her marriage to Joe collapses, she again decides, "So new thoughts had to be thought and new words said" (77). After a long stretch of pointless and endless days in her search, Joe dies. This is one of the greatest days in her search. ...
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