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- 6351: Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... coming to life wrote the narrative for him, passing from incident to incident with a grace their creator could never achieve in manipulating an artificial plot (Kaplan 16). His best friend of forty years William D. Howells, has this to say about Twain’s writing. So far as I know, Mr. Clemens is the first writer to use in extended writing the fashion we all use in thinking, and to set ... a nigger; but I done it and I wasn’t ever sorry for it afterward, neither. I didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn’t have done that one if I’d a known it would make him feel that way’ (Twain 86). That incident probably changed the whole way Huck looks at Jim and other Negroes. He realizes that they are people with feelings not just ...
- 6352: Shakespeare - His View On Kingship
- ... how Scotland is suffering act4 sc3 L168-169 ‘Where sighs, and groans, and shrieks that rent the air, are made, not marked’. Act4 sc3 L40-41 Malcolm says, ‘it weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds.’ In the same scene Macduff also says, ‘bleed, bleed poor country.’ Also, ‘Each new morn, new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face ... it. Also unlike Macbeth, we can see that Malcolm doesn’t act without thinking, as he tries to win some confidence out of Macduff saying that he himself mightn’t be fit enough to one day be king. Malcolm talks of his own faults in act4 sc3 saying that he can’t get adultery off his mind, he calls himself ‘voluptuous’ and with his carnal attitude also says, ‘your wives, your ...
- 6353: A Holiday For Murder - Summary
- ... left because his father wanted him to do something with his life. Part 1, Chapter 6. The old man and Lydia talking about the two mysterious people that were supposed to show up the next day. The person was Pilar, who is his grandaughter. Harry was the other person who was supposed to arrive the next day. Part 2, Chapter 1. Everyone surprised to see Harry Lee Throughoutt Book - Reference to fathers appairs with other women. Harry surprised to find all family there George was a member of Parliament When Alfred walked ...
- 6354: Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman is A Tragic Hero
- ... o work on commission at old age, fired later by his godson, his favored son Biff had wa ndered about the country doing many odd jobs all over the country for many years, his frien d's son Charlie was successful and his home was now surrounded by apartment buildings which blocked out the sunlight. He was not a success in selling , he failed to raise his sons and his beliefs were justdelusions. Only through hard work an d perseverance would he achieve his goal of success but he decided to go along the lazy route and failed. Willy Loman misunderstood his family and job with profound re prucssions. He totally misunderstood his occupation ...
- 6355: Apathy
- ... the escalation of the Iraqi situation, more teenagers will be able to explain exactly what is going on in that particular situation. Apathy is rampant in today's society. Listlessness and indifference are everywhere. Every day we see how people are indifferent to the lives and needs of others. People we see wearing the fur jacket are apathetic to the lives of the animals who were killed to make their coat ... indifferent to those who wish them the best, such as parents and teachers. The phrase "I don't care" is a form of apathy as well. Most people say that phrase at least once every day, sometimes even more. Apathy, or not caring about the wishes and needs of others, is more insulting to humans than hatred could ever be. It is far worse to ignore a human being than to ...
- 6356: Aristophanes Views On Love
- ... only heterosexual relationships yielding only a temporary satisfaction and relief, allowing the participants to go about their business. He does go on to suggest that those who are sections of androgynes are “adulterers” “adulteresses” (191 d-e), but this can only show the rather bizarre belief that sexual intercourse with a member of the same sex does not constitute adultery. Heterosexual males are “woman crazy” and heterosexual women are “man crazy ... human beings. But “if this be the best thing of all, the nearest approach to it among all acts open to us...is to find a favourite whose nature is exactly to our mind” (193c-d). Aristophanes had said that he intended to discuss the power of Eros. We can see now that on one level that is the power to returns us to our original state – a state in which ...
- 6357: Aerospace Psychology
- ... according to the author, by adding a task that can be performed well only when surrounding events are well know. The types of displays that best support awareness of position is best conveyed via 3-D. Speed of the aircraft is interpreted with a higher degree of accuracy in 2-D displays. Heads up displays (HUD) have been used for some time to give pilots information in away that allowed them to keep their attention outside of the cockpit. The thought is naturally to add more ...
- 6358: Death Of A Salesman: Symbolism
- ... and they in turn relate to both character and theme. The hose, tape recorder and th e seeds are some of these symbols. The hose in Miller's drama directly relates to the theme of d eath. The hose is a line attached to the gas main in Willy's house which allows him to snif f the gas. This action can be seen as Willy's suicide wish, and escape ... in his garden. In spite of such an action he is doomed to fail. Willy sta rts planting the seeds at night, but at night there is no sun shining and this seems very od d as seeds require light to grow. What else is strange is the fact that Willy's house is boxed in between large apartment buildings and is covered by the shadows cast by them. It is ...
- 6359: Homeless Youths
- Homeless Youths Everyone thinks they have it tough. On a day to day basis the average person complains at least fifty times. But, most of the people who complain have it pretty well - Nice homes, loving families, and nearly all they want. Now, imagine the stress of a ...
- 6360: Shakespeare - Definition Of Love
- ... ecstasy for all those involved. In spite of this, soon after that bliss is achieved a person wallows in regret and guilt, yet he/she still wants more. Shakespeare writes later in Sonnet 129: Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted, and no sooner had Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad; Mad in pursuit and in possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe; (5-11 ...
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