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- 1011: Elizabeth
- Who's Who Henri IV Henri IV (Henri de Navarre, Henri de Bourbon), 1553-1610, first Bourbon king of France, was the son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret. On her death he succeeded to the kingdom of Navarre (1572). He took leadership of the Huguenot (Protestant) party in 1569. His marriage in 1572 with Marguerite de Valois was the occasion for the massacre of St. Bartholomew ... conversion. In the resulting "War of the Three Henries," Henry de Navarre defeated Henri III at Coutras (1587) but came to the king's support in the troubles of 1588, and after Henri III's death (1589) defeated the League forces at Arques (1589) and Ivrey (1590); he was unable to enter Paris until 1594, after he had abjured Protestantism -- allegedly with the remark, "Paris is well worth a Mass." His ... Henri III, 1551-89, was elected king of Poland in 1573 but returned to France in 1574 to succeed his brother Charles IX. His reign was almost continually disturbed by the Wars of Religion. The death in 1584 of his brother Franηois made him the last male member of the House of Valois. His recognition of Henri de Navarre (later Henri IV) as heir presumptive was opposed by Henri, 3rd ...
- 1012: ... away from her them. She isolates herself from the world and paints only abstractly. It is not until ten years pass and she receives a long overdue letter from her best friend, written before her death, that she has to return to face the consequences of her past. There are many important issues confronted in this book, including abusive relationships and suicide. Yet, aside from these obvious elements, the idea of ...
- 1013: An Inquiry Into Ophelias Madne
- ... love with her boyfriend Hamlet, yet controlled by her father in regard to their relationship. During the play she encounters several troubling experiences involving Hamlet which cause her to become distressed. Near the end, the death of her father leaves Ophelia mentally unstable and in a state of madness that eventually leads her to death. So, due to all of the unfortunate events that took place with the people she loved the most in her life, Ophelia gradually becomes mad, and in the end passes away. Ophelia s and Hamlet s love for each other in the beginning was very real. Following the death of his father Hamlet falls in love with her, and is much attracted by her beauty. It is not uncertain, however, that Ophelia is very much controlled by her father. She is the daughter ...
- 1014: Absinthe Vines
- ... thought. He seemed mysterious and intelligent, almost god-like. "Ah, here we are." He tossed Travis a small bottle full of some dark liqueur. It smelled of the boy's breath, like a dark, sweet death that asks you to come with it. And I'll say yes, he thought, and found himself saying it out loud. The boy only nodded knowingly. Travis uncorked his bottle and took a tiny sip. Bitter alcohol invaded his senses, but still that subtle, underlying taste that made it addictive. Organic, he decided, like rotten vines and dirt and death. Another swig, and he was hooked on the swirling alcoholic mist that filled his nose, and his eyes, and his mouth, until there was nothing but his senses, twisting and writhing and moaning with pleasure. This was truly the stuff of life, and of death, and the worlds in between. The boy's name was Ben, he found out later, after they had drunken bottles of absinthe through the night. He was from an art school somewhere in New ...
- 1015: The Holocaust
- ... is almost the complete destruction of the Jews in Europe by the Nazis in Germany .It began on January 30th, 1933 on ended on the date of May 8th, 1945 which was Adolph Hitler's death. The holocaust mainly began because Hitler said the Jews were the cause of all of Germany's problems. The German word for Jews is Judan. People who were involved with the holocaust were the Nazi ... of German were forced to wear badges or armbands marked with a yellow star. Concentration camps were one of the most tragic things about the Holocaust. Many horrible things happened at these camps usually involved death. One of the things that happened was the Nazi soldiers told the Jews to take showers, but when they got there, it wasn't water it was a poisonous gas called carbon monoxide which killed ... But also, medical experiments were performed. An example was they separated a nursing newborn from its mother to see how long it would take for the baby to starve. Another example was sterilization. The largest death camp was Auschwitz-Birkeneau, which was 37 miles out of Poland. The Concentration camps were supplied with many things, for example: a. Kulmholf was supplied with gas vans total death: 150,000 b. Belzec ...
- 1016: Hamlet 5
- ... ideas lead to the downfall of almost all of the major characters. The scene opens with two gravediggers preparing a site for Ophelia s burial. As they dig, they discuss the questionable circumstances of her death. They ponder whether her drowning was intentional or accidental. Hamlet and Horatio, unaware of who is going to be buried at this site, enter and start a conversation with one of them. The First Gravedigger tells them of his job and how he has buried people from all walks of life. This leads Hamlet to ponder death. As the conversation continues that a skull the gravedigger was playing with belonged to an old court jester, he once knew. He starts discus how death makes even the most powerful men, like Caeser, nothing but dust, but his speech is interrupted by Ophelia s, funeral procession. Hamlet and Horatio hide to observe what is happening and determine whose death ...
- 1017: ... by force. People were loyal to the king because he was regarded as closest to god. Thus, Macbeth murdering Duncan and assuming the 'golden round' disturbed the chain of being and nature. After Duncan's death it is said that "the heavens, as troubled with man's act" [Macbeth, II, iv, l: 6, p.103] and life on earth has opened "ruin's wasteful entrance" [Macbeth, III, I, l: 47, p ...
- 1018: Beowulf
- ... on forever, by means of poets and writers. Beowulf tells the story of a hero: one that faces many great battles with many great enemies, conquering one after the next only to finally face his death, in his battle against the dragon. Up until the end of Beowulfs life he was constantly looking to be the hero. Beowulf, through the years, has lived on as a legendary hero, conquering all obstacles as though he were immortal. However, his mortality is exposed by his death, the same death that makes him a superhero, working and fighting evil for the people, and as a person. Beowulf, by all means, is a hero. A hero fears not, death, nor destruction of his own being, ...
- 1019: Serial Murderer Ed Gein
- ... a coward to his wife and cowered in fear of her. This led him to become an alcoholic to escape the verbal abuse. His wife would often pray in front of their sons for the death of him. Her wishes finally came true when he died in 1940 of causes unknown (Woods 22). Gein's mother Augusta emerged as the dominant parent, settling most family decisions on her own. Devoutly religious ... his brother, but could not find him. Ed organized a search party, but they found nothing. On his way back to the house, Ed found Henry laying on a brush pile, dead. Ed attributed the death to heart attack or smoke inhalation, and the idea of an accident was accepted by all(Hensel). No autopsy was performed but many still believe this could have been the start of his killing fanatics ... was costly and frightening. There must be other ways, he thought, of "turning female" on a part-time basis. As time went on he also became interested in the preservation of the human body after death and read books on the subject (Gollmar 74). Between 1950 and 1954, Gein haunted three local cemeteries, opening an estimated nine or ten graves in his, nocturnal raids. He might remove whole corpses or ...
- 1020: Suicide
- ... instead of dismissing them as just talk. It is estimated that 80% of people who died of suicide, mentioned it to a friend or relative before dying. Other danger signs are having a preoccupation with death, losing interest in things one cares about, giving things away, having a lot of "accidents" recently, or engaging in risk-taking behavior, like speeding or reckless driving, or general carelessness. Some people even joke about ... they chose it. If they knew they could have the life back that they had before their illness, they would choose life. People who are contemplating suicide go back and forth, thinking about life and death. They don't want to die, they just want the pain to stop. Once they know they can be helped, that there are treatments available for their illness, it gives them hope. We should never ... any sin after salvation cannot remove the Holy Spirit's seal on our souls. One's eternal life depends on God's grace and Christ's redemptive work, not a person's last act before death. Suicide is not an unpardonable sin. There is no question that if a Christian would commit suicide that they would go to Heaven. In fact, when the moment of death comes they are carried ...
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