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- 3611: 13th Warrior Plot Summary
- Ahmad Iban Fadlan, the main character of The Thirteenth Warrior, by Michael Crichton was chosen as Baghdad s ambassador to the King of Bulgars in 922 A. D. As Ahmad traveled north from Baghdad, he encountered a company of Viking Northmen, and this proved the catalyst for numerous adventures. While Ahmad was greeting the Northmen, an old, numinous woman approached the camp and ... small kingdom and settling into a hut on the outskirts of the town, a band of the bear-like beasts ferociously attacked and slaughtered two of the warriors and escaped with their heads. The next day the town built a small moat with large wooden poles in order to protect the city. That night a massive militia of beasts attacked the city and killed six more of the warrior squad, leaving ...
- 3612: Tragic Differences
- ... becomes his Nemesis. And because Charlie s daughter is all he has left in the world, her loss makes him absolutely lonely, which turns out to be his final punishment. He would come back some day; they couldn t make him pay forever. But he wanted his child, and nothing was much good now, beside that fact. He wasn t young any more, with a lot of nice thoughts and dreams ... a miserable man, having to pay the fullest price for his errors. And that is a perfect example of Nemesis, an alternate law of a typical tragedy. Yet, another type of tragedy is Catharsis. In D. H. Lawrence s The Horse Dealer s Daughter, we meet the family on the verge of its downfall. Three brothers and a sister are sitting at the table and possibly having their last breakfast together ...
- 3613: Tragedy In Genesis
- ... other people within the larger world . Tragedy can no longer be viewed in perfectly defined terms. Instead, significant learning lessons supplant any previous conception of tragedy. Benne instructs his readers to see the tragic within day to day life. Benne states almost poetically that Aan age of crisis is an age of winter. Yet men who live in an age of winter must realize their humanity appropriately to such an age, if at ... Jacob working in the house of Laben. He had made an agreement with Laben that if he were to work seven years, Laben would give Rachel his daughter, to Jacob as a wife. On the day of the wedding, Laben pulls a switch and gives Jacob his other daughter instead of Rachel. Undaunted by this setback, Jacob works another seven years to gain the woman whom he loves and cherishes ...
- 3614: The Wild Duck
- ... sun rises and reality of the affair nears. However, in the fourth act of the Wild Duck the sun declines as does the story line. The last scene of the play describes a cold snowy day, in which the suicide of Hedvig occurs. Lucas depicts act two as follows: "The wild duck's garret is opened 'clear moonbeams shine in on some parts of the great room': Note great not poky ... the play is a 'cold gray morning light. Wet snow lies on the big panes of the skylight.' The sunshine is grey rather than yellow, foreshadowing tragedy. The snow and cold weather add to the day's gloom. This ugly illustrated setting is parallel to the grotesque suicide of Hedvig. The fact that this day was Hedvig's birthday may suggest that she was the perfect person, living an exact number of years. Why did she die at such ayoung age then? It was the fate of her father, ...
- 3615: The Theme Of Macbeth
- ... that Lady Macbeth has died, possibly by suicide. In despair, he goes forth to battle and encounters Macduff, who destroys his last confidence by admitting that he was ( ) from his mother s womb untimely ripp d ( ) he ( ) was not of woman born ( ) . With this part of the prophecy no longer the protection it seemed, Macbeth dies at Macduff s hands. Macduff brings the head of Macbeth to Malcolm and hails the ... learns to his horror, when Malcolm s army, disguised by branches from Birnam Wood, comes against his castle and when Macduff, confronting Macbeth, informs him that he ( ) was from his mother s womb ( ) untimely ripp d ( ) in Caesarean birth. Macbeth learns in death that appearances pointed one way, but reality, rock-hard, lay in the opposite direction. Against these rocks he is crushed. The question why Macbeth has done all this and why the terrifying experience with Banquo s ghost did not warn him is answered by Macbeth himself: I am in blood ( ) stepp d in so far , he says, that, should I wade no more, ( ) returning were as tedious as go o er . He says that he finds it too tiresome to repent. What has happened is that ...
- 3616: The Stars Are My Destination
- ... Foyle was awaiting death aboard the wreckaged ship NOMAD in deep space. It s been six months since the NOMAD was left out to rust. Foyle just happened to be the sole survivor. Until one day, a sister ship to the NOMAD, VORGA managed to cross paths with the wreckage. Foyle did everything he could to send out rescue signals. But alas, his actions were wasted time and effort, for she ... who was gave the orders to disregard his plea. And with this new perspective and physical identity, Foyle began collecting information the smart way: by inquiring about the crew who were onboard that one fateful day. Of all the characters, it seemed to me that Jis was the strongest of all side characters. She had the most reason and common sense above all characters. What helped shaped her character was mainly ... For Foyle, he starts out as a nobody and works himself up the social ladder. At the time of writing his novel, the generation back then was not ready for his graphic content during his day writing for television. To write was his own version of psychotherapy. So, out of frustration, I went back to science fiction in order to keep my cool. 2 And so he wrote and wrote ...
- 3617: The Soliloquies Of Richard In
- ... mind and also reveal his self-knowledge. The first scene of the play begins with a soliloquy which emphasizes Richard's isolation as he appears alone and even bitterly depicts his deformity as "rudely stamp'd Deform'd, unfinish'd ". His deformity can indicate the disharmony from nature and viciousness of his spirit. Richard's deformities both physical and mental exclude him from the world around him. He is separated even from his family ...
- 3618: The Runaway Jury
- ... Takes place in Biloxi, Mississippi. MAIN CHARACTERS Nicholas Easter (real name is Jeff Kerr) Juror that was a plant on the jury. He and his girlfriend Marlee had money motives. Nicholas molded the jury from day one to vote his way. Marlee (aka Claire Clement - real name is Gabrielle Brant) Nicholas Easter s accomplice on the outside of the courtroom. Rankin Fitch - Ran the show of high-priced lawyers and consultants ... the jury and outside and they could make his life miserable or quite pleasant. This was Marlee s job. She left Fitch a note telling him what clothes Nicholas was going to wear the next day. Fitch knew he had to investigate Nicholas deeper. He hired Doyle, a private eye, to search Nicholas apartment. He found nothing of interest and couldn t get into Nicholas computer. It had a sophisticated security ... show his feelings because he never discussed the case, as per Judge Harkin s rules, was jury foreman, Herman Grimes, who happened to be blind. He was very honest and took his position seriously. One day during court the man, Doyle, who had broke into Nicholas apt. appeared in court. Nicholas wrote a note to the judge to tell him that a man who followed him was in the court ...
- 3619: The Red Badge Of Courage Essay
- ... trials and tribulations of everyday life. Stephen Crane uses the war as a comparison to everyday life. He is semi-saying that life is like a war. It is a struggle of warriors the every day people against the odds. In these battles of everyday life, people can change. In The Red Badge of Courage, the main character, Henry Fleming, undergoes a character change that shows how people must overcome their ... natural fear of death. He is at a point where he is questioning deserting the battle; in order to justify this, he asks Jim, the tall soldier, if he would run. Jim declared that he d thought about it. Surely, thought Henry, if his companion ran, it would be alright if he himself ran. During the battle, when Henry actually did take flight, he justified this selfish deed selfish in the ...
- 3620: The Rainman
- ... when Charlie gets a call from his friend and co-worker. He tells him that his fathers lawyer has been trying to reach him, because his father was dead and the funeral was the next day. Charlie who never had a good relationship with his father decided to go out there to pay his respects and to go get his share of his fathers estate. When the lawyer read the will ... adults with Raymon s condition would live in a home where everything could be structured and safe. The fact that Raymon is a brilliant idiot savant would be interesting but have little value in his day to day life. Charlie s portrayal as an egocentric person was also very believable. It was obvious from the beginning of the movie that he viewed everything that happened very personally. He was self-centered and ...
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