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- 1071: 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 ...
- 1072: Night: A Summary
- ... World War II, Hitler formed many concentration camps throughout Germany and Poland. In these camps the people imprisoned, mainly of Jewish or Gypsy descent, were tortured, starved, put through horrific conditions, killed, and worked to death. One of these prisoners who lived was Elie Wiesel. In Night he tells the story of his Nazi imprisonment. Many themes are found throughout the story especially death, faith, and survival. I have chosen two minor themes to write about from the story they are fire and the relationship between father and son. The autobiography tells how the Nazi police set up ghettos ... way to the camp they learned of the fire. The Nazis were burning people alive. It was like a giant crematory. They could see the blazing fire from far off in the distance.Fire meant death. The Jews of long ago following Abraham's example in the bible, would build a fire to offer an animal sacrafice to God. Originally Abraham was to sacrafice his son Isaac by fire. But ...
- 1073: Corruption Of Dorian Gray (The
- ... the canvas, whispered into his ear by those grinning lips." (220) Unable to hold back his feelings of hatred Dorian grabs a knife and plunges it into the painters neck resulting in a slow painful death. The most unexpected death of Basil has merely added another disfigurement to Dorian's portrait. It is throughout all of these acts committed for the search of "new sensations" that has totally altered the appearance of Dorian' s counterpart ... its original form and the man who had stayed young forever turned into what the picture used to resemble, but with a knife in the heart. The corruption of Dorian's soul and his inevitable death is laid at the hands of the portrait painted by Basil Hallward. It is through the many years of Mr. Gray's life that he has destroyed the only part of him that is ...
- 1074: Gerard Manley Hopkins Terrible
- ... of poetry the year before (Drabble 473). He was ordained as a Jesuit priest who wrote beautiful poetry full of thoughts of nature and harmony. Hopkins poetry was, for the most part, published after his death in 1889. Five years before Hopkins death he wrote six "terrible" sonnets revealing his inner torment and separation from God (Davie 86). These poems were written while Hopkins worked as a professor at University College, Dublin (Drabble 474). Hopkins' sonnets "No Worst ... ll. 9-10), refer to man's original fall and severance from God. The last few lines uncover Hopkins relief from his despair. These lines portray Hopkins anguish by his admitting to looking forward to death as a form of relief from his intense despair. Line thirteen, "Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: all", "seems to mean that with death there is total annihilation: But while an argument ...
- 1075: The Masque Of The Red Death
- It is curious to note the role of women in Shakespearean literature. Many critics have lambasted the female characters in his plays as two-dimensional and unrealistic portrayals of subservient women. Others have asserted that the roles of ...
- 1076: Robert Browning
- Robert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to him. One conflict seen throughout Browning's poetry is one of spirituality. His ... 1953)). The exerpt in Pauline most clearly representing this is the conclusion which is also an invocation to Shelly. " sun - treader I believe in God and truth and love; and as one just escaped from death..." Browning's contradictory attitude in Pauline proves that he is still lingering on the edge of aethism. Robert Browning does not praise Shelley's ideals in Pauline, but it is clear that his great respect ... which people have yet to explain. It is difficult to believe in condemnation when it cannot be proved. Presumably, these poems represent an argument which Robert Browning had with himself concerning his guilt over the death of his mother, and the abandonment of her principles. As Browning became older, death became an ever present danger. He was confronted with the thought of hell condemnation and a fear of the existence ...
- 1077: IMAGERY IN MACBETH
- ... symbol related to the major themes of the novel. "Critics approach Macbeth as a study of various themes: treachery, fear, guilt, and evil." (Nostbakken 19). Water and blood together symbolize the themes of horror, fear, death, honor, treason, guilt and evil as well. "Fear and horror is due to the subtle but definite and repeat action of this imagery upon our mind." (Spurgeon 335). These themes are all symbolized by the ... and water. "Macbeth is about blood." (Muir 273). Blood is mentioned often in the play and most times in reference to murder or treason. Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood to represent treason, murder and death. "Every act of blood is driven by fear." (Bloom 41). Blood is the most important imagery of Shakespeare's play, Macbeth. "The theme of Macbeth is reinforced by the imagery of blood." (Von Doren 338 ... describe how the image of blood changes throughout the play is by following the character changes in Macbeth. First, Macbeth is a brave and honored soldier, but as the play progresses, Macbeth becomes identified with death and bloodshed, along with showing his guilt in different forms. The first corrupt reference to blood is when Macbeth sees the dagger floating in the air leading him to Duncan's room and he ...
- 1078: Like Water For Chocolate Movie
- ... her in the lake, killing her. According to the novel, Mama Elena doesnt die until later in the book, from a drug overdose. At first, Tita and John had no explanation for this strange death, since clinically Mama Elena had no other malady than her paralysis. But going through her bureau, they found the bottle of syrup of ipecac and they deduced that Mama Elena must have taken it secretly. John informed Tita that it was a very strong emetic that could cause death (Esquirel 135). Soon after Mama Elenas death Gertrudis returns to the ranch. In Esquirels tale Gertrudis rides up on a horse at the head of the revolutionary soldiers. Tita finds out that Gertrudis is in charge of the troops. Unaware ...
- 1079: Moby Dick
- ... with nothing to dispirit a man and nothing to dispute." He simply makes his will. "Now then, thought I, unconsciously rolling up the` sleeves of my frock, here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost." Thus, argues the wise youth, if we cannot be merry, we can at least know the universe for the risky thing it is and be prepared for ... leewardings" that he views on his last look from the masthead. Starbuck weeps as he clasps his hand for the last time. "Oh, my captain, my captain!--- noble heart..." In the end, Ahab goes down "death-glorious" like his ship, "ungodly" yet "god-like," demonic in his own hate and vengeance, yet noble in his sense of the community of all unjust suffering. The book does not pronounce him good or ... sheer malice of the universe, the whiteness of the whale. As Ahab in his whaleboat watches the Pequod founder under the attack of the whale, he realizes that all is lost. He faces his "lonely death on lonely life," denied even "the last fond pride of meanest shipwrecked captains," the privilege of going down with his ship. But here, at the nadir of his fortunes, he sees that in his ...
- 1080: AIDS
- ... vulnerable to pneumonia, fungus infections, and other common ailments. With the loss of immune function, a clinical syndrome (a group of various illnesses that together characterize a disease) develops over time and eventually results in death due to opportunistic infections (infections by organisms that do not normally cause disease except in people whose immune systems have been greatly weakened) or cancers. In the early 1980s deaths by opportunistic infections, previously observed ... in this stage. The immune system is in a state of severe failure. The person eventually enters the advanced AIDS phase, in which CD4 T-cell numbers are below 50 per cubic mm of blood. Death due to severe life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers usually occurs within one to two years. Opportunistic Illnesses Death from AIDS is generally due not to HIV infection itself, but to opportunistic infections that occur when the immune system can no longer protect the body against agents normally found in the environment. The ...
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