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- 1381: Religious Imagery In Moby Dick
- ... Ahab, God is in nature, Jesus is seen in Moby Dick, and mankind is represented by the crew of the Pequod. The voyage of the Pequod represents the journey of mankind on earth until the death of Jesus. As they narrated to each other their unholy adventures, their tales of terror told in words of mirth; as their uncivilized laughter forked upwards out of them, like the flames from the furnace ... be immortal, in spite of this the whalers continue their attacks against him to destroy him. This could be similar to the persecution of Christ through his years as a teacher, which succeeded in his death. The groves of spears in the flank of the whale might be symbols of the crown of thorns, the nails in the hands and feet, and the spear in the side of Jesus as well ... spout thick blood. After descending into hell he rose on the third day into heaven. In those three days, exactly the same length of time which Ahab and Moby Dick fought, Jesus fought and destroyed death. In light of his resurrection, the death of Jesus Christ was a deception, because, like the White Whale, he is immortal. There are several other passages in Moby Dick which suggest the possibility that ...
- 1382: Tale Of Two Cities Charictariz
- ... prophetic vision, the former "jackal" glimpses a better world rising out of the ashes of revolution, and long life for Lucie and her family--made possible by his sacrifice. This argument also links Carton's death with Christian sacrifice and love. When Carton makes his decision to die, the New Testament verse beginning "I am the Resurrection and the Life" nearly becomes his theme song. The words are repeated a last time at the moment Carton dies. In what sense may we see Carton's dying in Darnay's place as Christ-like? It wipes away his sin, just as Christ's death washed clean man's accumulated sins. For readers who choose the negative view, Carton's death seems an act of giving up. These readers point out that Stryver's jackal has little to lose. Never useful or happy, Carton has already succumbed to the depression eating away at him. In ...
- 1383: Hamlet's Soliloquy
- ... revenge” describes strong, powerful and intense feelings while the word “dull” describes weak and boring feelings. The contradiction of words is used to describe what Hamlet thinks about his own vengeance of his father’s death with Claudius. He feels that he hasn’t given his best effort to revenge his uncle and therefore calls his revenge “dull” which is a powerful way to describe his feelings. We get another look ... his thoughts are “cowardly” which is an effective word to use. Another place where the power of diction is shown is when Hamlet is talking about the army of Fortinbras and uses the words, “fortune, death, and danger dare.” This use of forceful and intense words as well as the repeating nature of the letter “d” shows us Hamlet’s vicious attitude about his vengeance that he is yet to take ... now he wants to change. He wants to be a person with power that is not living routinely. This desire to be more than a beast comes from his desire to revenge his father’s death. The next two places where we see examples of imagery that covey Hamlet’s state of mind is when he is thinking about Fortinbras and his army. Hamlet begins by saying, “Witness this army ...
- 1384: Difference Of Character Develo
- ... He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous monsters and the most ferocious of beasts but he never fears the threat of death. His leadership skills are superb and he is even able to boast about all his achievements. Beowulf is the ultimate epic hero who risks his life countless times for immortal glory and for the good ... to battle one last time to fight a horrible dragon that is frightening all of his people. Beowulf is old and tired but he defeats the dragon in order to protect his people. Even in death he wished so secure safety for the Geats so a tall lighthouse is built in order to help the people find there way back from sea. The most heroic of traits within Beowulf is that he is not afraid to die. He always explains his death wishes before going into battle and requests to have any assets delivered to his people. "And if death does take me, send the hammered mail of my armor to Higlac, return the inheritance I ...
- 1385: Abortion and Euthanasia: A Significant Difference
- ... for one to sanction active euthanasia, and at the same time remain conservative in regards to abortion. It is possible that the dilemmas of birth control and birth selection can extend to the problems of death selection and death control whether by the individual or society. However, the theories of ‘birth’ and ‘death’ are by far two very separate concepts. It is true that birth must occur for death to happen, yet the rationalizing behind each are very different. The physical and mental factors and circumstances involved ...
- 1386: Wuthering Heights
- ... as my own being" (74). In Emily Bronte's novel, Wuthering Heights, this statement of Caterine's undying love for Heathcliff best resembles the central theme of the story; a love that is stronger than death. In Wuthering Heights, a story about love turned obsession, Bronte manipulates the desolate setting and dynamic characters to establish contrast and to intensify conflict between the lives that cross paths and are intertwined with one ... eyes withdrawn so suspiciously under their brow" (1). The setting throughout the novel often symbolized the characters' emotions. This is best symbolized in a passage about nature's obviousness to Heathcliffs grief over Catherine's death. A symbol for tears lurks in the image of "the dew that had gathered on the budded branches, and fell pattering around him" (153). Heathcliffs emotions also corresponded with nature when he disappears into a ... that the characters of Wuthering Heights had with nature. In this novel, Emile Bronte used many themes to establish the story. The three most central themes are revenge, selfishness, and the most prevalent; love and death. Heathcliff shows several examples of persuing revenge on others. He has been through a bitter life throughout his childhood. Thus, made him turn to rage and do such bitter actions to revenge his tormantors, ...
- 1387: Loosing Through Surviving
- ... is suspected Byron dealt with. He believed it was the one part of him that was untainted. In lines 23 and 24 Byron wrote: "And womens tears, produced at will, Deceive in life, unman in death." Byron didn't trust women or life. Byron had been hurt many times by women. From his mother that was short-tempered and believed to be "slightly abusive" , to his first love, his cousin Mary Chaworth, to his wife, who left him. He knew they were able to deceive man and have tears "produced at will". Byron refers to death multiple times in this poem, even in the title "Euthanasia", which means "an easy mode of death: the act or practice of putting to death painlessly, esp. in order to release from incurable suffering" is a referral to death. Byron was obsesed with death, and this obsession led to many rumors, ...
- 1388: Hamlet's Odd Behavior
- ... imagined union with Gertrude; a union that would be "incestuous". When Hamlet learns that Claudius killed his father, he cries "O my prophetic soul! My uncle?". Jones states "The two recent events, the father’s death and the mother’s second marriage, seemed to the world to have no inner casual relation to each other, but they represented ideas which in Hamlet’s unconscious fantasy had always been closely associated." These ... forced to consciously recognize these desires. For this reason, Hamlet hesitates to grant the ghost’s call for revenge. Instead, Hamlet takes advantage of his dual with Laertes to produce the final solution-his own death, as well as the death of Claudius, his other self. In the opposing view of the Jungian analyst, one would argue that there is much more to Hamlet than unconscious sexual aggression. Sex as a basis for all human ...
- 1389: The Plague By Albert Camus
- ... the dead rats began to pile into large masses and burned. Soon after there were some people that got very sick, which made Mr. Rieux very curious. These reports of these ill people and the death of the rats were the beginning of the parallelism for this story. Since Bernard was a doctor he was the first to actually attempt to help one of these sick people. Michael was his first ... the vomiting that he seemed paralyzed. Mr. Rieux tried to help the man the best that he could, but he ended up dying. Michael was the first person to die of this illness. After his death, many cases of this illness were reported widespread. Again more details of sickness and death, this is the parallelism for this novel. As the reports of sickness and death came to inform Dr. Rieux, he tried to comfort and cure the plagued patients. About ninety percent of the people ...
- 1390: Blanche's Psychological Breakdown In A Steercar Named Desire
- ... for-nothing "leech" that has attached itself to his household, and is just living off him. Blanche's lifelong habit of avoiding unpleasant realities leads to her breakdown as seen in her irrational response to death, her dependency, and her inability to defend herself from Stanley's attacks. Blanche’s situation with her husband is the key to her later behavior. She married rather early at the age of sixteen to ... leave because of the all the different men that had been seeing there. All of this, cumulatively, weakened Blanche, turned her into an alcoholic, and lowered her mental stability bit-by-bit. Her husband's death affects her greatly and determines her behavior from then on. Having lost Allan, who meant so much to her, she is blinded by the light and from then on never lights anything stronger than a ... daytime or to well lit places. Blanche herself says "I can't stand a naked light bulb any more than ...". A hate for bright light isn't the only affect on Blanche after Allan's death - she needs to fill her empty heart, and so she turns to a lifestyle of one-night-stands with strangers. She tries to comfort herself from not being able to satisfy Allan, and so ...
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