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- 1551: An Analysis Of The Cask Of Ama
- ... our high point of emotional involvement. We are like Fortunato in that we cannot bring ourselves to believe what is about to happen. The denouement lets us know indeed, Montresor was never punished for this crime. Fifty years has passed and he is an old man telling the story on his deathbed. The true horror is that Fortunato died a terrible death, utterly alone, and his killer was never brought to justice. Perhaps the theme in the story is the least important feature. After all, it is about a senseless crime, and what sense can be made of such horror? Perhaps the idea behind the story is that no one can find refuge from a deranged mind, or that terrible crimes can be committed when an ... his hacking cough, and his laughter of despair as he is buried alive. We feel the dampness of the catacombs. Poe uses irony throughout the story. There is situational irony in the fact that the crime takes place during a celebration, that Fortunato s name means good luck, and that Fortunato is dressed like a jester. What is about to happen is just the opposite of what you would expect. ...
- 1552: Clockwork Orange
- ... insures his release from incarceration. "In a little over a fortnight you will be out again in the big free world, no longer a number"(Burgess 108). With the increase in population comes an increase crime, this has also brought on encouraging new rehabilitating techniques to corrections. Stated by one government official the importance of reforming in corrections rather than retribution. "The government cannot be concerned any longer with out moded penalogical theories. Cram criminals together and see what happens. You get concentrated criminality, crime in the midst of punishment . . . Kill the criminal reflex, that's all"(Burgess 105,106). The rehabilitating technique used upon Alex is that of responsive conditioning with the use of drugs and visual aids. Conditioning ... corrections is concerned, society can not lock up every offender and can not come up with plausible means of curing the criminal element. With the rise in population there will always be a rise in crime. However this does seem to be the present trend, 5.3 million people were on probation, in jail, in prison, or on parole in 1995 (B.J.S. 1). As seen in Alex's ...
- 1553: Future O Internet
- ... maybe five computers." Then Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, the man who started to make smaller and smaller computers, in 1977, said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." These quotes from some of the most respected and influencial people in the history of computers shows how difficult it is to predict the future. I just hope my predictions prove to ... of a massive collection of your likes and dislikes will allow only relevant content to reach you. Secrataries and assistants will be replaced by computers your reports will go straight from your mouth to the computer and they'll take messages and even schedual and take apointments. No more waking up at 7 o'clock in the morning to get dressed, actually geting dressed will be optional. You office will be ... classroom packed with millions of kids and not a spitwad to be found. One of the larges changes will be how you access the internet and how you use the internet. Not only will your computer be "wired" but your car, watch, fridge, video game consol and television. Imagine having accecess to 100,000 diffrent tv channels with no need for a vcr because evrything is at your finger tips ...
- 1554: Enstragement In Hamlet
- ... having his former friends turn against him similarly as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Also, According to Mark Scott, “Hamlet's friends and colleagues do not know why Claudius deserves execution; they have no knowledge of his crime, and Hamlet either lacks the proof or the nerve to inform them of the crime.” Thus, in trying to kill Claudius, Hamlet faces an estranging sense of unease from engaging in an endeavor of which his friends and colleagues feel is gravely immoral and unacceptable (Knight 44). One of the ... a source of psychological estrangement. (Sterks, “Estrangement”). Just as Hamlet's countrymen and colleagues might turn against him as a result of “palace intrigue”, so could his lover, Ophelia. In realizing the fact of Claudius' crime, which he must do in order to avenge his father's murder, he realizes some "facts" about women that disturb him. “God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. You jig, ...
- 1555: Hamlet - Cultural Identity
- ... indecision and resulting isolation since his duty to the monarchy and to society is in direct conflict with his duty to his dead father. Society's view of murdering a king as the most sacrilegious crime of all is illustrated by Claudius when he reflects on his own actions in killing his brother, King Hamlet. An understanding of the conflict facing Hamlet that leads to his isolation occurs because there is ... even though his "inclination" is "as sharp as will", and his determination is overpowered by his "stronger guilt" which defeats his "strong intent" to find peace with God. This illustrates society¡¦s view of this crime as being ¡¥unholy¡¦. The horror of murdering a brother is emphasised by Claudius who describes the offence as "rank" and as having "the primal eldest curse upon't". He means that this is the oldest ... regarded as being honourable, and so that he can come to terms with his revenge. The ¡¥unholiness¡¦ of killing a king and a close relative is highlighted by Claudius when he reflects on his own crime of killing King Hamlet. Through this, a deeper understanding of the conflict facing Hamlet and of his turbulent emotions occurs. Hamlet dies at the end, fulfilling his duty as a son and his duty ...
- 1556: Macbeth 14
- ... how the birds are abundant, marking it for a nice place. Duncan greets Lady Macbeth, who returns the formality and assures her loyalty. She leads them into the castle. Act I, Scene 7Macbeth contemplates the crime and says he should do it soon if he does it. If this was all there was to it, and all he had to worry about was the afterlife, he would do it. But he ... is troubled by knocking and says that nothing can wash his hands clean, and the blood will make the seas red. Lady Macbeth feels bad to have red hands but to be innocent of the crime itself. She tells him to wash his hands and retire and put on his nightgown so that they will not be suspicious to the watchers. Macbeth wishes he did not know what he had done ... and Fleance are riding that afternoon, but can be back by supper. Macbeth says that Malcolm and Donalbain, their cousins whom guilt rests upon, are in England and Ireland but don't admit to the crime. Macbeth bids them farewell then tells the servant to fetch the murderers. While waiting, he deliver a soliloquy about how it is insufficient to be king, unless he is secure. He fears Banquo, with ...
- 1557: Literature And Its Affect On S
- ... four books per year, yet the average family watches over five hours a television every day. What is wrong with this picture? People wonder why shootings are happening in America's high schools and teenage crime is at an all-time high. The answer is quite simply the culture of the late twentieth century is lazy with their minds and their talents. If a computer cannot do it, it must not be worth doing, and if it takes away from personal entertainment, it is not worth wasting the time over. The garbage that is being consciously and subconsciously crammed into ...
- 1558: Free Music: Why Not?
- ... not available for free. Numerous people may even own the record but do not have the know-how to rip a track off of their CD in order for them to play it on their computer without needing to change out CDs for each new selection of music. Several of them were probably looking for music that is out of print or not available in their area. Some of these may ... services require a monthly fee to continue to play downloaded music, but the songs cannot be transferred to other devices. This means that music downloaded in this manner could not be played away from the computer. The popularity of the portable mp3 player shows the fact that people want to listen to music in places other than just in front of their computer screen. Ian proposes a slightly different approach to the same general idea. She believes that an experiment should be made in which all the record companies come together for one year and create a ...
- 1559: Macbeth - Responsibility
- ... a conscience. This could make it easier for Macbeth by reducing some of the blame that could be placed on him for the evil deeds, when we have seen that Macbeth did not commit this crime acting under his own intentions; but rather Lady Macbeth's. What follows illustrates Macbeth feeling guilty. He cannot sleep, he feels that he has murdered sleep. In Shakespearean times sleep represented innocence. Lady Macbeth tells ... That no compuctious visitings of Nature.' At the banquet, Lady Macbeth presents herself as a hostess. She acts like a woman with a warm heart and charm. This makes the murder a much more horrible crime; and more of a shock to the audience. She has no difficulty in hiding her real thoughts. This is another reinforcement of the theme 'Fair is foul, Foul is Fair.' Shakespeare's graphic and vulgar ... face, Have pluck'd my nipple out, from his boneless gums And dash'd the brains out, had I sworn As you have done to this.' This clearly indicates Lady Macbeth's motive for the crime. She would rather kill her own child than break a promise to Macbeth. She would wish for Macbeth to get to the throne so that he might achieve his highest ambition. Her greed for ...
- 1560: Macbeth - Lady Macbeth: A Woman Before Her Time
- ... the dark,/ To cry ‘Hold, hold!’" (I v, 41-57) "Man: a human male, or human kind. Women have always been considered as the gentler and fair sex. Lady Macbeth feels that to commit this crime, she must become as cruel as she believes men are. She calls for the spirits to unsex her, so she may act as a man would (The Rise and Fall of Lady Macbeth). The killing ... germs of fear which break out in Macbeth on the night of the murder do not develop further in him, but in her. It is he who has the hallucination of the dagger before the crime; but it is she who afterwards falls ill of a mental disorder. It is he who after the murder hears the cry in the house: ‘sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep…’ and so ‘Macbeth ... her womanliness to her murderous intention, without reflecting on the decisive part which this womanliness must play when the question afterwards arises of preserving the aim of her ambition, which has been attained through a crime." (Shakespeare Criticism- Freud on the Macbeths). "And now we ask ourselves what it was that broke this character which had seemed forged from the toughest metal? It is only disillusionment - the different aspect shown ...
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