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- 1351: Brave New World
- ... and calls him father. John’s quaint behavior shocks the citizens of London. Lenina is shocked with incomprehension when John refuses to have casual sex with her, and no one understands his grief over the death of his mother. When John falls on his knees and cries after his mother dies at the Hospital for the Dying in chapter 14 all the nurse says is “‘Can’t you behave?’” as if he had committed a grave indecency.11 She was worried that he might decondition the children at the hospital who were receiving their death conditioning. She was worried that his crying would suggest that “‘death were something terrible.’”12 163 At this point it appears that John’s views are in direct opposition to those that the World State is built on. The most important scene of the book ...
- 1352: Romeo And Juliet - Who Is To Blame For The Deaths In The Pla
- ... hours in order to avoid the marriage with Paris. When Paris finds Juliet dead on the day of their marriage, he feels being cheated and angry towards Juliet: Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain! Most detestable death, by thee beguiled, By cruel, cruel thee quite overthrown! O love! O life! Not life, but love in death! (IV, V, l.62 – 64) In spite of his anger, his love for Juliet is truthful. On night of that day, Paris lays flower on Juliet’s tomb and weeps for her death: "The obsequies that I for thee will keep nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep" (V, III, l. 16-17). When Romeo is present, Paris becomes enraged and blames Romeo on murdering ...
- 1353: Suicide
- Suicide Suicide is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States (www.rochford.org). According to Webster's Dictionary, suicide is "the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of ... deal with. When committing suicide, the highest number of people use a firearm (www.psycom.net). According to Emile Durkheim, there are four types of suicide: egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic (www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death-su.html). Egoistic suicide is that of a person who lacks attention and this results in their suicide. Altruistic, for example, is the kamikaze pilots in WWII. Anomic is a type of suicide in which ... is another option for those who are seriously ill and want to end their life, for example, "a highly motivated college student takes his own life upon failing a critical exam" (www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death-su.html). The most common type in the United States is egoistic (www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death-su.html). My junior year in high school, one of the most popular boys in school, committed ...
- 1354: Frankenstein Vs. Dr. Jekyll
- ... of a technology has become the primary refuge for those who seek to rid their lives of imperfection, two scientists sought out to broaden their minds and penetrate the very limits of sanity, life and death. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a passionate and thoughtful master of the natural sciences, curious at the subject of death and question the concepts of heaven and earth, decides to go to the extreme using the very knowledge he has acquired. On the other hand, Dr. Jekyll, creator of "Mr. Hyde," is fascinated with the ... now playing. Neither could predict the horror that was unleashed by their truly limited knowledge and education. People usually don't set out with a far-fetched and bizarre task of creating "life" out of "death" nor ripping and containing the two side of the double-sided human soul. Events leading up towards the actual decision of pursuing their attempts played a crucial role. After the death of his mother, ...
- 1355: Euthanasia Is Not The Answer
- ... unconstitutional.” (1) What I find most troubling is how to define who is terminally ill and how this whole process can be open to abuse. In an article from the Economist it is stated that “Death after all is cheaper than treatment. It’s not hard to imagine health insurance companies and managed care organizations agreeing to pay for barbiturates that kill rather than pills that merely reduce pain.” (2) My ... chosen Euthanasia we would have missed out on so much. He was not active in church but returned to his catholic faith. He showed my family and I how to live in the face of death. He wasn’t afraid to die and let us share in his care. He had some pain but it was well controlled. He had hospice come and make him very comfortable. Our family was united in caring for him. This is a perfect example of why you shouldn’t choose Euthanasia. Death is never easy, but learning to care for the dying is the answer. In the book Euthanasia is not the Answer, David Cundiff M.D. a hospice physician writes “Improved care of the terminally ...
- 1356: Dionysus The Peoples God
- ... a princess of Thebes. Hera was jealous of Semele and convinced her to make Zeus show Semele his true form, only knowing that this would kill her and her baby. When Semele is burned to death Zeus saves his unborn son and transplants the fetus into his leg. Once born Dionysus was taken to Semele's sister, Ino the Queen of Orchomenus. To hide the child from Hera, Ino disguises him ... Wine, was also a go of birth and rejuvenation for all life. One of the major components of the history of Dionysus was that he had multiple births. His first birth was due to the death of Semele, his mother. His second birth was when Zeus removed Dionysus from his leg and exposed him to the world. Due to these events, the Greek people associated Dionysus with birth and revitalization of ... God of Wine, many festivals were held, all across Greece, in the name of Dionysus. The greatest Dionysian festival was the Anthesteria. The main theme of the Anthesteria was the unity between Dionysus and the death souls of the past. This represented the dual function of the earth, life and death. On the first day of celebration the kegs of wine were opened in the name of the inventor, Dionysus. ...
- 1357: Was Prince Hamlet Wacko
- ... observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain" (1054, line 100). Hamlet is stating his utmost commitment to nothing short of revenge of his fathers' death. At this juncture in the play, there is little doubt about his state of mind, or intentions. However, the next act belies Hamlet's sanity and reason. In act two, Hamlet appears again, although it ... thoughts and actions are placed in order, and he makes the decision to uphold the destiny his father had proclaimed. Hamlet makes this momentous decision while watching the soldiers going off to battle, "The imminent death of twenty thousand men That for fantasy and a trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, Which is not tomb enough and ... says "This is I, Hamlet the Dane" (1138, line 236)--meaning the true King of Denmark. This action by Hamlet is appropriate for someone as wronged as he was. In his reaction to Ophelia's death, Hamlet again displays behavior that reinforces his role. She was his true love interest, and perhaps loved her more than her brother. This is illustrated by Hamlet's statement "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand ...
- 1358: Karl Marx 2
- ... the favorite child to his father, Heinrich. His mother, a Dutch Jewess named Henrietta Pressburg, had no interest in Karl's intellectual side during his life. His father was a Jewish lawyer, and before his death in 1838, converted his family to Christianity to preserve his job with the Prussian State. When Heinrich's mother died, he no longer felt he had an obligation to his religion, thus helping him in ... the other universities. While at Berlin, Marx became part of the group known as the Yong Hegelians. The group was organized in part due to the philosophy teacher Hegel that taught from 1818 to his death. The teachings of Hegel shaped the way the school thought towards most things. Those who studied Hegel and his ideals were known as the Young Hegelians. Hegel spoke of the development and evolution of the ... and made him withdraw from his work; much like the ending of the Communist League had done. This time, it was for good. The last ten years of his life is known as "a slow death". This is because the last eight years many medical problems affected his life. In the autumn of 1873 he was inflected by apoplexy which effected his brain which made him incapable of work and ...
- 1359: Wuthering Heights - Setting
- ... stand Hindley's blows without winking or shredding tear" (WH-p.52) as a result of jealously. "So, from the very beginning, Heathcliff bread bad feelings in the house," (WH-p53) which worsened with the death of Mr. Earnshaw. Hindley stopped the "naughty, swearing boy" (WH-p.65) from his studies and forced him to live a life similar to that of a servant. As the abuse of Heathcliff's grows ... the psyche the id or 'it'"32 take over Heathcliff thus "the primary traits…ascribed to the id apply perfectly to Heathcliff: the source of psychic energy; the sear of the instincts (particularly sex and death); the essence of dream; the archaic foundation of personality- selfish, asocial, impulse"33 are released. It is the loss of Catherine that turn Heathcliff into a monstrous villain, seemingly devoid of the superego. Heathcliff loses ... venomous serpent could not rouse terror in me equal to that which he awakens." (WH-p.137) Both Dracula and Heathcliff abuse innocent victims to carryon their plan of destruction, vengeance suffering. On Catherine's death bed, she tells Heathcliff how she has killed her. This leads to more rage in Heathcliff ordering her dead soul to "Be with me always- take any form- drive me mad! only do no ...
- 1360: Romeo And Juliet - Friar Laurence Always Intended The Best
- ... families. Although he is not seen very much during the play, Friar Laurence's role is a highly important one. In Romeo and Juliet there are three main events, the marriage, the plan and the death, that relate to him. One of the most true and sensible things told to Romeo by the Friar, was a forewarning to the hastiness of the wedding; These violent delights have violent ends And in ... which seem to be insignificant at the time but turn out to be pungent events. These are events such as the plague stopping Friar John reaching Romeo and giving him the letter entailing Juliets fake death and the entire plan. The quarrel between Mercutio and Tybalt which is a direct result of Romeo not going home the night of the ball to receive the challenge from Tybalt who then killed Mercutio ... so long to speak. I long to die If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. (IV,I) The Friar then gives Juliet the potion which "Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death/And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death/Thou shalt continue for two and forty hours (IV,I)." This is the potion that will send Juliet to a death like sleep and leaving her ...
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