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- 1441: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... these adventures because he wants to make the most out of life. Just being king and never leaving the city can be monotonous and boring. Gilgamesh travels to distant forests and crosses "the waters of death" for, what amounts to, an adventure. He is searching for something worth living for. Just as we, as people, can not live everyday doing absolutely nothing. This theme tells us that we all need some ... searches for immortality. In many stories there is a search for the Fountain of Youth. The water from this fountain would restore youth to the old and one would never have to die. Fear of death and desire to live forever has driven people to do all they can so that they may extend their existence to as long as possible. Because of the Bible, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... for fame and bragging rights, people today say they have slept with celebrities and seen aliens. Today, in our advanced society, people are still looking for immortality. People do not have the maturity to accept death. This is why there has been an enormous growth in the health care industry. People want to live longer youthful lives. People want wrinkle-free skin in their 50's. People want to play ...
- 1442: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- ... medical school and becomes very good friends a classmate, Henry Clerval. Even though Victors young life seams perfect it is all about to change. Victor's mother died when he was still young and her death would change him for the rest of his life. After Victor's mother's death Victor swore he would conquer the mortality of humans. Victor, once he was out of medical school, he began to work on his theory of conquering death. He collected numerous body parts and put them together and used a special technique to bring the corpse to life. At first Victor thought he had failed, but the creature sat up and was ...
- 1443: Emily Dickinson On Drugs?
- ... was psychotic or on some kind of mind-altering drugs. In Dickinson's poems "I felt a funeral in my brain," "My life closed twice before its close," and "Because I could not stop for Death," we shall see whether or not Mr. J's theory of her insanity stands true. In the piece "I felt a funeral in my brain," she views her own funeral in her head. At one ... not normally space out and see their funerals in their heads. "And I dropped down, and down," in other words, Emily just passed out. Not only was Emily passed out, she was also having near-death experiences according to the poem "My life closed twice before its close." Maybe she was trying to kick the habit and became depressed. "It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me" means that she is worried about dying and she wondered if there is anything for her after this life. Once again, in her poem "Because I could not stop for Death," Dickinson is writing about her death, only she's talking in the past tense like she's already dead. Depression? Withdrawal? Crack? Will someone please tell me what the hell is wrong with this ...
- 1444: Robert E. Lee
- ... in depth record of the life of Lee and begins with a detailed account of his family history and his birth, through his college years, military experience and his work in later life to his death on October 12, 1870. The first few pages set the scene by listing a substantial amount of facts about the names and backgrounds of his parents Harry and Ann and Lee's wife, Mary Custis ... life in the Army before and after the Civil War. The biography ends in the latter pages with an account of his work after his military career came to an end, and finally, with his death after a prolonged period of ill-health, thought to be stress induced. military technology. He is a weapons expert, having written many books on all types of rifles, shotguns and small arms, such as Modern ... help with the construction of Fort Pulaski. While there he corresponded with Mary Custis, the daughter of Martha Washington's grandson. She was also daughter of the wealthy George Washington Parke Custus, who upon his death left her two beautiful Virginia estates, Arlington and Whitehouse. In 1831, although against Mr. Custis's wishes, he married Mary Custus. The first place the Lees went after their marriage was Fort Monroe. Mary ...
- 1445: Creative Writing: The Murder Case
- ... and his partner, Wally Cruz got the call to go to the scene of a homicide on the East side of town. A body had been found in a batchelor's apartment apparently stabbed to death in a home invasion robbery. When Jack and Wally arrived on the scene, the entire apartment complex was taped off with yellow streamers that read "Police line, do not cross." As they entered the apartment ... integrated into the homicide division crime report. Kneeling over the body was the Coroner's crew, rifling through the victim's clothing for identification and any forensic evidence to help them determine the cause of death. As if the four-inch gash on the victim's throat wasn't clue enough as to what killed him. Jack separated the crowd with his corpulent body and gazed down at the victim. He ... and I had lunch with him and we discussed a trip to South Africa to arrange the purchase of uncut diamonds." "Is that the trip that Mr. Jennings was scheduled to take just before his death?" "As a matter of fact, it was." "Do you think that this trip might have any connection with the murder?" "I don't think so." Jack could sense nervousness in Mr. Wallace's voice ...
- 1446: Buddha
- ... again, returned to the palace to reflect on sickness. On his third trip to the park, Siddhartha approached a funeral in a garden and was educated by the charioteer about how every man must experience death. Finally, on the fourth day, the young prince saw a shaven- headed man wearing a yellow robe. He was amazed and impressed by how peaceful the man seemed; he carried with him only a begging ... him milk to aid his hunger. Gaining back his health, Siddartha decided to abandon the teachings that he had learned thus far and walked to a Bo-Tree where he would meditate until enlightenment or death. Enlightenment While Siddartha meditated, he was visited by the God of Evil, Mara, who saw the attempt of the prince to reach his goal. Mara attacked Siddartha with several demons, but there was a force ... to ignore his lusts and enter into a deeper stage of thought. At this point, Siddartha is able to recall all of his previous lives and gains the knowledge of the cycle of birth and death. He now casts off the ignorance which has led him to great passion for his self and bounded him to the suffering of Samsara. This marks the beginning of Buddhism, when Siddhartha becomes the ...
- 1447: Scarlet Letter Proof Of Atroph
- ATROPINE POISONING: WAS IT THE CAUSE OF DIMMESDALE S DEATH? In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Jemshed A. Khan claims that Roger Chillingworth poisoned Arthur Dimmesdale with the drug atropine in Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter. Certainly, Chillingworth was a ... to the town, Chillingworth says, There was no one place so secret where thou couldst have escaped me, --save on this very scaffold (Hawthorne 230-231)! If Chillingworth were in fact slowly poisoning Dimmesdale to death, there would have truly been no place in the world where Dimmesdale could have escaped from Chillingworth not even on the scaffold. There is even more evidence in the Scarlet Letter that reputes Dr. Kahn s idea of atropine poisoning as the cause of Dimmesdale s death. If Chillingworth were chronically poisoning Dimmesdale, how would he have received a sudden burst of energy late in the novel as he did after is einghis meeting with Hester in the forest? Dimmesdale came ...
- 1448: Beloved 2
- ... dirtiness" of slavery(Morrison 251). In this respect, her act is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe's motivation is dichotomous in that she displays her love by mercifully sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder. Throughout Beloved ... The peculiarity of her statement lies in her omission of the horrifying fact that her moral stand was based upon the murder of her child. By not even approaching the subject of her daughter's death, it is also made clear that Sethe has detached herself from the act. Even when Paul D. learns of what Sethe has done and confronts her with it, Sethe still skirts the reality of her ... the motivation and pride of Sethe's character, made the statement, "To kill my children is preferable to having them die"(Morrison 1987). Saving her children from slavery and the promise of spiritual and emotional death that such an institution imposes is the rational of love that Sethe's character clings to. The truth that Sethe's character selfishly avoids is the actual physical death that she has inflicted upon ...
- 1449: Arthur, Tragic Hero Or Merely
- ... arm, more than the little strength wherewith I have crept hitherward, sustains me, at this dreadful moment, from grovelling down upon my face!'"(220) Even his confession, however, is tainted by the fact that his death is near at hand. He cannot entirely escape his desire to have the people look well upon him because he dies a hero's death. Arthur dies in the heroine's arms, publicly and somewhat triumphantly, having gotten a certain amount of ugliness off his scarred chest. The difficult blow of his adulterous fornication is softened for onlookers because his pain and impending death are so apparent. His cathartic confession is not followed by a lifetime of public shame as that which Hester has endured but rather peace in heaven, presumably, considering his repentance. It seems that Arthur ...
- 1450: Disease In Africa
- ... in areas where there is a lot of game activity. The disease, which is also an organism, attacks the central nervous system and tissue. This leads to a "sleep" like affect, which eventually ends in death. In the early 1900s, Uganda experienced devastating losses to its society due to trypanosomiasis. The disease ended up killing over 200,000 people in less than 6 years. "Understandably, the new colonial powers, including Britain ... expand through a central nervous system. Humans contract Malaria by falling victim to a mosquito that has the virus. Once the mosquito bites its prey, the disease spreads fairly quickly. Thus resulting in extremely fast death rates among humans. The history of malaria can be traced all the way to AD 500. It is a disease that still to this day devours humans. "Malaria affects about 250 million people per year ... example of how food technology aided in disease can be seen, when farmers began cultivating rice in wet patties and soon became exposed to schistosomiasis. This is a viral fluke that caused a lot of death to farmers and those who consumed their food. "The price Africans paid for the benefits of more efficient food production and settled village life was a more complex and threatening disease environment."(Hartwig & Patterson, ...
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