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- 4521: Berkeley's Theory of Immaterialism
- ... object are non-existent. The materialist defines these qualities as the ability in one object to produce change in another object. In the three dialogues, Hylas brings up the point that these qualities are "perceive[d] by the sense... and exist in the object that occasions [them]3." An example of this quality would be a burning candle. Suppose that a person puts his finger in the flame long enough to ... ideas, actively being perceived by a mind; in short, they exist. However, when the museum closes and the person goes home, does the artwork continue to exist? Obviously the person pursues other activities of the day, and he ceases to think about what he did earlier. However, at a certain time those paintings were part of what the person knew to be true through sensation; the artwork was part of the ...
- 4522: In the Zoo: Caesar and the Bear
- ... in reference to her town of upbringing, and to Gran's place in particular. The narrator and her sister grow up without a proper social environment and aren't at all happy until the one day they are allowed to have a dog as a pet. This dog, Laddy, is given to them by a friend named Mr. Murphy and they quickly train it to be their perfect, much-needed best ... p. 1459) if he were to attack anyone else. Gran, who by now has changed completely from her personality in the introduction, does not stop using Caesar as a tool of her aggression until one day it is poisoned by Mr. Murphy. At this point, Gran is an object of the whole town's malice, and Mr. Murphy is "in fact, a kind of hero" (p. 1463). All the children can ... the character of Mr. Murphy is introduced by the narrator, he appears to be very similar to the polar bear. He is described as a "gentle alcoholic ne'er-do-well, who did nothing all day long but drink,…play solitaire,…and talk to his animals" (p. 1454). Mr. Murphy is the first friend that the narrator and her sister have in the town of Adams. They enjoy the sincerity ...
- 4523: Silent Dancing: Memories of Childhood
- ... were destined to lose all that we had in common, though. Girls and boys were separated for our "sex talks," as we called them. We matured at different rates, girls much more quickly at first. Day by day the gender gap widened until it could no longer be ignored. It became apparent to us that we would simply have to live with our differences. Fortunately though, none of this came into the picture ... a Rockwell painting, had he the good luck to stumble upon such a sight in his career. The grass stains and dirt, the swingsets and masses of tiny bodies in disarray, everything seemed right. Each day, like the last seemed an endless sunny paradise, and the feeling of the warm sun on our faces only served to amplify the new feelings that were being introduced to us. It seemed to ...
- 4524: “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”
- ... turn, reminding me that I belonged to him, and swearing by heaven and earth that he would compel me to submit to him. If I went out for a breath of fresh air, after a day of unwearied toil, his footsteps dogged me. If I knelt by my mother’s grave, his dark shadow fell on me even there (393) . In Linda’s mind, she didn’t know what to do ... to help by talking to Dr. Flint. It was hard to change his mind about Linda and her lover. It was hard for a person to get through to him. Linda continued to dread each day with Dr. Flint and hoped that one day she would be free from him and be able to seek a new life of her own. Her last hope was Mr. Sands. So much attention from a superior person was, of course, flattering; ...
- 4525: Fallen Souls in "The Inferno"
- ... Inferno will live forever in eternal suffering. I. Introduction II. Medea and Jason A. Jason's love affair. B. Medea and the three children exiled. C. Medea's slaying of the three children and Glauce. D. Jason's penalties. III. O. J. Simpson A. His Crime. B. His Penalties in the Inferno and in life. IV. Benedict Arnold A. His Crime. B. His Penalties in Hell. V. Conclusion Cantos III, V ... the king of Cornith's daughter, Glauce. Jason returns to Medea and tells her that she and their three children are to leave his home immediately so he and Glauce can move in. The following day Medea sends Glauce a poisoned robe which kills her. This causes Jason to come to Medea for revenge, where he finds his three children murdered by their mother's hand. Jason grief stricken falls upon ...
- 4526: The Theme of Diversity in Novels
- ... Brenda's country club, where Neil is viably not accustomed to being. "My next question was prompted by a desire to sound interested and thereby regain civility; it didn't quite come out as I'd expected- I said it too loud." (Pynchon 13) This couple has a strange relationship in how it functions throughout situations where other characters are constantly commenting on the social differences between two families. Even though ... lifestyle that people who lived through the Holocaust are familiar with is very vividly animated in the art that was drawn in the book. "The Germans intend to make an example of them! The next day I walked over to Modrzejowska Street and I saw them. They hanged there one full week." (Spiegelman 83) The images are graphic but the words have more of an impact. It is a revelation to ...
- 4527: Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
- ... shouted with a terrific, land, animal sob, like that of a heart stricken moose; "Aye, aye! It was that accused white whale that raged me; made a pon pegging lumber of me forever and a day!… "Aye, aye! And I'll chase him normal Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up". Henry David Thoreau when writing about ... ground. At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and un explorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathome d by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature." Thoreau, on the other hand, cannot believe man was created to be troubled and experience the anxiety created by society. When we are odds ...
- 4528: The True Meaning Behind that Layer of Blue Nail Polish
- ... Layer of Blue Nail Polish When the red-based shades such as pink and orange were the only type of nail polish females dared to wear, I remember wondering if in the near future they'd dare switch to completely new shades such as blue or green. Now that day and age has come when all different shades of blue can be seen painted on teens' nails. Yet, this new choice of blue isn't just another craze of the moment. Rather, it symbolizes something ...
- 4529: Contemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas
- ... of the relationship between Church and State has been a major issue that faced European man for centuries. Many theories and ideas have been presented, with logical and illogical ideals to support them. To this day it is still a topic of debate. Simplistically there exist four possibilities : State over Church, Church over State, an even division of Church and State, or a combination of Church and State together. The doctrine ... Aristotlianism into Catholicism. Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican theologian, met the challenge posed to Christian faith by the philosophical achievements of the Greeks and Arabs. He effected a philosophical binding of faith and reason. Thomas d'Aquino, the son of a count, was born in his family's castle at Roccasecca, central Italy, in 1224. At about the age of five, Thomas was placed by his parents in the Benedictine monastery ...
- 4530: A Critical Appraisal of: Beowulf and Gilgamesh
- ... live. Bibliography Fry, Donald K. The Beowulf Poet: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1968. A collection of essays on the poem current up to the mid 1960s. Fulk, R.D., ed. Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology. Indiana University Press.Indianapolis: 1991. Fulk's anthology is a diverse collection of critical approaches to Beowulf. Essays range from the poem's structure and design to Christian and intellectual perspectives to theory on the narrative. The collection includes J.R.R. Tolkien's famous "The Monsters and the Critics," in which he critiques the history of Beowulf criticism to his own day. Greenfield, Stanley B. and Daniel G. Calder. A new critical history of old English literature. New York : New York University Press, 1986. Excellent overview of the history of Old English literature with a good chapter ...
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