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- 1031: Romeo And Juliet - Contrast In Language
- Contrast Between Language of Love in the Balcony Scene and the Language of Death in the Final Scene of Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces many themes that he continues throughout all of his tragedies, including the language of love vs. the language of death. The balcony scene is the most valuable scene illustrating the language of love, whereas in the final scene of the play the language of death is used to set the stage for their suicides, pulling together the tragic ending of the play. Throughout the second scene of Act II, Romeo uses beautiful metaphors and similes to express his affection ...
- 1032: Slaughterhouse Five
- ... artist within Nazi Germany, doing what he felt was necessary to stay alive and to further his work. The author himself tells us he had to write this book. His subtitle A Duty-Dance with Death also takes on a personal aspect. Vonnegut had to reconcile himself with the war, the death, and its impact on him. Tools and Context (war) Through the use of philosophies and ideas, characters, and entire settings, Kurt Vonnegut makes his experiences as a soldier and a prisoner in the Germany of ... by claiming that only one person on the entire planet benefited from the bombing. "The raid," Vonnegut said, "didn't shorten the war by half a second, didn't free a single person from a death camp. Only one person benefited - not two or five or ten. Just one." That one person was Vonnegut who, according to his own reckoning, has received over the years about five dollars for every ...
- 1033: Ordinary People
- Ordinary People by Judith Guest is an extremely serious, well-written novel that deals with the hardships of having a death in the family, and the difficulties that follow. I think that this book easily deserves a five star rating. My general reaction to this book was one of sorrow that we must cope with such ... topic of a more serious nature compared to the trivial conflicts of everyday life. Ordinary People is somewhat like the novel The Body by Stephan King because both books illustrate the conflicts of having a death in the family, and of a child's great need for affection. My personal favorite aspects of this book are the characters, the theme, and Guest's style of writing. I enjoyed the complexity and ... down I may feel, at least I am feeling something, and that means that I can also feel happiness. I have also developed a new appreciation for those who must deal with the conflicts of death and depression. I think that anyone who can hang on to life throughout the difficult times is extremely strong and respectable. I have also come to appreciate the advantages that I have compared to ...
- 1034: Romeo and Juliet: Love and Their Ends
- ... enemies of the Montagues, asks Romeo to read a guest list for the Capulet party. The Montague and several others decide to crash the party. Although Romeo is reluctant to go and foreshadows his own death, he decides to set off for the party only to see Rosaline. This is ironic because he feels that he will die but he goes to the party anyway, saying, I fear, too early. For ... consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this nights revels, and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death But He that hat the steerage of my course Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen. (I, v, Lines 82-89) However, when he reaches the party, his love for Rosaline vanishes and Romeo falls passionately ... vows and soon get married. That very same day, Romeo witnesses the slaying of his best friend Mercutio by his new kinsman Tybalt. In a blind rage Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge of Mercutios death. When the Prince of Verona arrives on the scene and graciously banishes Romeo, sparing him from death. The lovers are stricken with grief as Romeo leaves the walls of Verona. Another twist of fate ...
- 1035: Bolshevik Revolution
- ... Firstly, there was the period from 1917-1924, which included the decision to seize power, the civil war and a consolidation of power under the new economic policy. The second period occurred after Lenin's death, where opposing factions emerged in the party, and a leadership struggle occurred. Out of this, Stalin emerged as an authoritarian leader and used various forms of terror and economic policy to gain complete control by ... the Bolshevik's, he claimed that "to carry on a revolutionary war, an army is necessary, and we do not have one. It is a question of signing the terms now, or of signing the death sentence of the Soviet Government three weeks later. " The humiliating conditions angered many because this was not the "peace without annexations and indemnities as promised," and "for what purpose had millions given their lives? " Lenin ... grain requisitioning. The nationalisation of industries was supposed to increase industrial production. However the opposite occurred. According to Kochan and Abraham, "between 1917 and 1920 over half the urban working class actually disappeared, either through death in the Civil War, as a result of famine, or by returning to their villages. " Another source indicates that " in 1920 industrial input had decrease to only one seventh of that in 1913. " For ...
- 1036: Aboriginal Beliefs
- ... linked with many aspects of Aboriginal practise, including rituals, storytelling and Aboriginal lore, and explains the origin of the universe, the workings of nature and the nature of humanity, and the cycle of life and death. It shapes and structures Aboriginal life by controlling kinship, ceremonial life, and the relationship between males and females with a system of responsibility involving people, land and spirits. The aim or objective of traditional Aboriginal ... and ceremonies are an important part of Aboriginal culture, and were established in the Dreamtime. Rites of passage are probably the most significant of all rituals and ceremonies that the Aboriginal people practiced- including birth, death, marriage and initiation rituals. The practise of cutting is shown throughout a number of the Aboriginal rituals and ceremonies, which is a re-enactment of the Arunda creation story of separation, or cutting, from the ... The people took a great amount of care to ensure that a deceased spirit could find its way to the sky or a spirit-place , by sitting by the person s grave and mourning. After death, the relatives took a number of precautions against the deceased person s spirit returning to their camp. This involved them in taking a zig-zag course to the burial ground, turning in circles and ...
- 1037: Heart Of Darkness
- ... he explained to his friend R. B. Cunninghame Graham: There is...a machine. It evolved itself...and behold!--it knits....It knits us in and it knits us out. It has knitted time, space, pain, death, corruption, despair and all the illusions--and nothing matters. I'll admit however that to look at the remorseless process is sometimes amusing. In the Heart of Darkness, three evident themes include death, corruption, and despair. During Marlows journey into the heart of darkness, death, corruption, and despair became the manifest themes of the novel. First of all, Marlow came face to face with death several times throughout his voyage. Marlow finds out about the death of Kurtz, the ...
- 1038: Emily Dickinson
- ... to find morning. It can be inferred that morning, something so common place and taken for granted, cannot be grasped by even the greatest so called minds. Emily also saw the frightful part of nature, death was an extension of the natural order. Probably the most prominent theme in her writing is death. She took death in a relatively casual way when compared to the puritan beliefs that surrounded her life. Death to her is just the next logical step to life and compares it to a carriage ride, or ...
- 1039: The Final Soliloquy Of Richard
- ... reveal the inner workings of a poet-King. Of the several functions and purposes that this soliloquy has, none may be more straightforward as its role in the establishment of the setting for the important death scene. From his first few lines, Richard indicates that he is alone, locked away in a prison cell, and isolated from all external influences. Richard loosely summarizes the actions of the play, specifically Bullingbroke's usurpation of the throne and his own decline. Much of what he says foreshadows his imminent death. However, it is only in the face of death that Shakespeare reveals the nature of the former king. The most important role that this passage plays is to demonstrate the transformation that Richard has undergone since relinquishing the crown. He is no longer ...
- 1040: Kingdom Of God
- ... a real physical world or a place that is only seen in ones hearts. Some would say it to be a place above man, built by God to be a home for peoples' souls after death. Others might say that it is no more than a place inside us that can only be reached through the right decisions and acts of kindness. A place that is not seen or discussed but ... of the coming of the kingdom through memorable stories, which in his day could and did relate to things of everyday life. Though most of Jesus' followers didn't recognize the kingdom till after his death it was still brought to them by the Holy Spirit with a full understanding of his word and actions. Yet it was evidently difficult for them to understand before his death due to the previous ideas of the kingdom as a whole. Like many people of today those in Jesus' time viewed Gods' kingdom as a place above them yet unlike people today thought more ...
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