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- 1391: Macbeth Is Not A Villain...
- ... an extremely active conscience and recognition of human moral values. His conscience put up a great deal of resistance to the prospect of murder, and after the act it continued to torment him until his death. In Act one scene seven, Macbeth voices the terrifying images which deter him from crime the protestations of his deepest self. He tells himself that by killing Duncan he would be committing a triple murder ... the chance to exert her influence over him, he explained that the murder would not be done when tis done . But this is what he greatly desired. Macbeth wanted the ultimate benefits of Duncan s death, but not to have committed the murder. He wanted the single blow to be the be-all and the end-all , allowing him to carry on a normal, secure, existence as King. He desired this ... destiny- the human condition which Macbeth s new determination symbolises. The terms on which he accepts the struggle have changed. But although the audience will despise Macbeth for his ruthlessness and find justice in his death, they also will also understand the necessity of his actions as those of a tragic hero, and admire the way in which Macbeth refuses to let his inevitable fate consume him in a way ...
- 1392: Hammurabi's Laws
- ... are filled with double standards towards women, and the poverty stricken, and quick, and unjust punishments. Law number 22 stated: “If a man has committed highway robbery and been caught, he shall be put to death”1 I think this is quite unfair. Why does stealing deserve death? The description of robbery is, “the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear”2 How does taking something that is not yours, or even hurting someone equal death? Today, there are different degrees of penalties for robbery; none of them thankfully include death. Another example to illustrate the fact of the biasness of these codes is rule number 154: “If a man ...
- 1393: Frankenstein 3
- ... in Frankenstein through the virtual absence of strong women. In the novel Victor Frankenstein's mother dies while he is at the University in Ingolstadt. His stepsister and fiancée, Elizabeth, is orphaned due to the death of her mother in childbirth. Justine, the nursemaid of Victor's brother, William Frankenstein, is wrongfully executed. Elizabeth herself is taken from the world just before her own marriage. The monster is motherless as well ... De Lacey house. Even with the De Lacey family however, the mother is absent. It seems rather obvious that having been denied female companionship, the monster would grow to yearn for it (Florescu 84) The death of Mary's mother undoubtedly contributed to the persistent theme of the absence and ill fatedness of the women in Frankenstein. There is no better example of the unconscious effects of a world without women ... Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they become livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw grave-worms crawling in the fold ...
- 1394: The Deadly Social Cloud (Satir
- ... but also kills the person that is smoking and kills the people around that smoker. Smoking in social areas can cause everyone ill health like asthma, emphysema, lung cancer, and ultimately will cause a premature death to people who are exposed to them on an everyday basis. My plan can benefit society and the well being of the smoker and the people that are usually exposed to it. I propose that ... cause of preventable deaths in the United States, the act of smoking should be seen as the same as homicide. Although it takes longer to kill a person by smoking, it will eventually lead to death just the same. A study from the American Lung Association states that for every six people that die from cigarette related deaths around the world; one of them is an American. In the United States ... constant reminder, and must also keep taking the drug tests. If he or she is found yet again to smoke then they will be convicted of a third offence. This third offence is punished by death. Before they are put to death they will be sentenced to thirty days in a high security prison, where fellow inmates will repeatedly rape them. Only inmates of lesser social crimes like murder, rape, ...
- 1395: Joy Luck Club
- ... care. This is in strong opposition to Suyuan's high hopes that originate from the stron g love she has for her daughter. It is not until much later in her life, after Suyuan's death, that June realizes just how much her mother loved her and how proud she was of her. After Suyuan's death, and after June learns more of the details about her mother's past, June's eyes open to the good intentions her mother always had for her in all of the ways that she acted ... symbolized her life's importance. She wanted June to know that her life had value and that she just needed to develop and use her talents in order to discover this. After her mother's death, June begins wearing this necklace every day. She also thinks back to her job and decides, "I was very good at what I did, succeeding at something small like that." (p. 233) Because June ...
- 1396: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... only visualize a possibly strenuous battle resulting in few casualties and from which their troops emerge elated and victorious. The soldiers on the front lines actually experience events, which scar their minds with thoughts of death and destruction. Remarque displays these ideas of pain and suffering through ignorance, fear, and inhumanity. Remarque depicts the misconception of war, by capturing the unknowingness that prevents those not fighting the war, from understanding the ... father would rather I kept my uniform on so that he could take me to visit his acquaintances. (pg.164) Paul states that he has no desire to wear a uniform that represents the unfathomable death and destruction of the war. Paul s father can not comprehend the fact that the uniform means more than loyalty, bravery, and honor. He perfectly exemplifies the attitude of the majority of civilians; they are ... saying. (Pg. 166). Clearly the general public had no idea that their soldiers suffered and died on the battlefields. Fear also weighed heavily in the hearts of the soldiers. The anticipation of an inevitably untimely death caused many soldiers to live their hectic lives in a constant state of fear. The front is a cage in which we must wait fearfully whatever may happen. (pg.101) Paul states that the ...
- 1397: Macbeth - Kingship
- ... goes to England to ask for the help of the noble king Edward, who is highly respected for help to overthrow the leadership of Macbeth, and so the Anglo-Scottish revolt sees Macbeth to his death and Malcolm the son of Duncan is proclaimed king of Scotland. Macbeth is the main character in the play and starts the play as a very hard fighting, loyal soldier whose bravery had just led ... integrity act1 sc5 L58-68. He is not easily won over by evil, his love and respect for Duncan is evident throughout the play. Because Banquo knew the prophecy of the witches, he ordered his death in case he thought that he might have killed Duncan, act3 sc1 Line start – 10 Banquo says he has all three as the witches predicted. Under his reign of tyranny, he kills and slaughters. A ... is very different from the start of the play where words like ‘worthy thane’ were used to greet Macbeth. Also totally different to what is said about Duncan, ‘my liege’, ‘great king’ and after his death he is called an ‘angel’. Duncan is Shakespeare’s idea of a perfect, impartial king. Shakespeare shows Duncan to be an example to all other kings and people, he shows love for his country ...
- 1398: Kate Chopin: Adversity And Criticism
- Kate Chopin: Adversity and Criticism Tragedy, death, adversity and criticism can one or a combination of these circumstances influence the path you take? Enduring the death of loved ones, facing critical abuse and public denunciation as an immoralist, Kate Chopin is considered among the most important women in the nineteenth-century American fiction. (Scarsella) Katherine (Chopin) O'Flaherty was born of ... of the Pacific Railroad, a bridge collapsed and the train fell into the Gasconade River. Her father died in this accident, this beginning a series of tragedies Kate had to endure. After her father's death, she began bonding with the other members of her family. Her mother, Eliza, dealt with death of her husband by focusing on religion. She enrolled Kate in the St. Louis Academy of the Sacred ...
- 1399: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall: Ellen Weatherwall
- The Jilting of Granny Weatherall: Ellen Weatherwall In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Katherine Anne Porter focuses on the main character, Ellen Weatherall. Porter breaks down Ellen’s relationship between birth, death, and motherhood. She gives the reader knowledge of her values, goals, hopes, dreams, and fears through these stages of her life. Porter also locks in to Ellen’s conscious thought, but by seeing her recollections Porter examines her unconscious thought as well. Ellen Weatheralls viewpoint changes as an account of her life and death experiences. (West, 9)(Givner, 95,197) Lying on her deathbed, Ellen Weatherall carefully reviews her life. It has been something very different from what she imagined. Jane Krause DeMouy states, “The depressed pain of her ... receives a second fatal blow. This is when her children get old and gain their independence. After seeing her children and her children’s children she has nothing else to do but die. Her actual death is not important compared to the two blows she took in life. Death would be a solution to her. She can only feel peace through death: The blue light from Conelia’s lampshade drew ...
- 1400: A Streetcar Named Desire - Sym
- ... this quotation symbolizes. Blanche left her home to join her sister, because her life was a miserable wreck in her former place of residence. She admits, at one point in the story, that "after the death of Allan (her husband) intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart with" (Williams, 178). She had sexual relations with anyone who would agree to it. This is the first step in her voyage-"Desire". She said that she was forced into this situation because death was immanent and "The opposite (of death) is desire" (Williams, 179). She escaped death in her use of desire. However, she could not escape "death" for long. She was a teacher at a high school, and at one point she had ...
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