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- 1511: Pablo Picasso
- ... feelings towards Franco's regime and used his paintings, especially his great mural Guernica to "clearly express [his] abhorrence of the military caste which", he believed, had "sunk Spain [into] an ocean of pain and death” (Finke 52). When the German air force bombed Guernica on April 36, 1937, Picasso was so moved by this tragedy that in just less than a month he had completed his monumental work, Guernica. As ... of the masterpieces of twentieth-century painting, its most distilled, most passionate expression” (Finke 53). The works of Picasso’s Blue Period have been linked with the pain and guilt that Picasso felt over the death of his friend Casagemas, who shot himself in despair over a love affair. Many of the works of the Blue Period are in the form of memento mori, evocations of death (Mcdonald 10). Of three paintings of Casagemas on his death bed, only the last truly belongs to the Blue Period and it is also the least anguished, as if with the adoption of a ...
- 1512: To Be Or Not To Be... As A Cha
- ... really acts on it; he just kind of wallows around, full of self-pity and loathing. Finally, it gives us Hamlet's reason for not committing suicide. Throughout the play he seems to wish for death and here we find out why he doesn't bring it on himself. This also gives us a window into his personality. This speech provides us with a clear understanding of Hamlet and his motivations ... first time he has mentioned suicide, it does give the clearest picture of just how far gone he is. He seems to be weary of life, as he consistently says "to sleep" while refering to death. As though he only wishes to rest and forget his troubled soul. We see here for the first time why he wants to die. It is not that he feels there is too much pain ... as plain of language as he can, that he is depressed and wants to die. But, he has said that before. This speech gives us our first clear indication as to his reason for craving death. More interestingly, Hamlet shows here his fundamental cowardice and fear. He has been going on for the whole play about how terrible his life is and how much pain and suffering he has had ...
- 1513: Rome
- ... of Gaul to Roman control. The battles of the Gallic wars Julius Caesar one of the greatest military commanders of all time developed the personal devotion of the Roman legions to him self. Crassus's death in 53 Before Christ ended the First Triad and put Pompey and Caesar at each others throats. In 50 Before Christ the senate ordered Caesar to disperse his army, but two tribunes faithful to Caesar ... such a thing to him so he made no action against any of them. among the many were Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus. On March 15, 44 Before Christ, he was stabbed to death in front of the senate house. He was confronted by a leader of a mob that was going to kill Julius Caesar who had been mad that his brother was exiled by Julius Caesar. He asked him to let his brother come back to Rome but Caesar refused. Then 49 other guys came out and he was brutally stabbed to death by this mob by about 21 stab s to his body. His will left everything to his 18-year-old grandnephew Octavian who later was named Augustus. Caesar made the Roman Empire. Cleopatra After ...
- 1514: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... Doyle were married several months later. Louise’s nickname was “Touie,” one of the names Doyle later used in his famous novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. The marriage lasted from 1885 until Louise’s death from tuberculosis in August of 1906. While Doyle was married to Louise, they had one daughter, Mary Louise, born in 1889, and one son Alleyne Kingsley, born in 1902.13 After Louise’s death, Doyle never talked about his wife or their long lasting marriage. A year or so after her death, Doyle met a woman by the name of Jean Leckie, who would soon be his second wife. Jean and Doyle met when they ran into each other on the street. In 1907, they were ...
- 1515: Great Gatsby 10
- In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald tells of the death of the "American Dream." Nick Carraway, a young, seemingly pure man from the west, decides to journey to New York to make his money on the stocks and bonds market. In New York, he is met with a story of love, lust, adultery and murder. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel telling of the death American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, the namesake and second cousin three times removed ... the car of Gatsby, driven by Daisy. After doing some investigating, and after being misled by Tom, Wilson believes that it is Gatsby that is having the affair with his wife. Before his wife s death, Wilson was simply content to move his wife away; however, after her death, he is out to make her lover pay. With pistol in hand, Wilson sets out to find Gatsby and kill him. ...
- 1516: Euthanasia Outline
- By: as E-mail: lilanni@aol.com The Argument over Euthanasia I. What is euthanasia? A. ¡§good death¡¨- greek B. intentional termination of life by another by explicit request of person who dies C. euthanasia has many meanings due to moral/ethincal/religious terms-mass confusion II. Different forms of euthanasia A. passive euthanasia- speeding up death of person by withdrawing some form of life support & letting nature take its course 1. remove life support equipment 2. stopping medical procedures, medications, etc. 3. stopping water & food supply 4. not delivering CPR 5. most common- giving morphine to patient to control pain but causing a sooner death (given to people who are terminally ill or in a vegetative state) B. active euthanasia- causing death through direct action with response to a request from that person, mercy killing C. physician assisted suicide- ...
- 1517: Something Wicked This Way Comes" Supernatural Forces
- ... The discussion between the boys and Will’s father also shows that Cooger and Dark’s Pandemonium Show uses terror to get what they want. Finally, a person’s age and the concept of their death are used to scare the community into furthering the goals of the carnival. During the story, Ray Bradbury’s Dust Witch best embodies the carnival’s strategy of using fear to control the world around ... episode in the library indeed proves that fear is used by Mr. Dark and his minions. Charles Halloway’s speech about the carnival is supplemented to show that they use a person’s fear of death and age to obtain their goals. In chapter 40, Mr. Halloway says, “But I think it uses Death as a threat (205).” This shows that the carnival uses a fear of death, thus getting what they want. The carnival also uses the fear of aging to obtain what they want. Again in ...
- 1518: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... mommy, with fondest Love, August 1908" (“Amiee Barnes,” Clive Staples Lewis. Online.). In September of that same year, Jack was sent to a strict boarding school, Wynyard, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. After his mother's death, Lewis and his father grew more distant and school did not help (“Michael Leuty,” C.S. Lewis (1898-1963). Online.). In 1910 he attended Campbell College in Belfast, just one mile from Little Lea. He ... 1960 (“Douglas Gresham,” About C.S. Lewis. Online.). The World's Last Night published in 1960 displayed his thoughts on how prayers and the belief in God affect people (Safra 312). In 1963 before his death, he finished Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer where he discusses the dialogue of man talking to God through prayer; however it was not published until 1964. The last three of his theologies were not published till after his death. Of Other Worlds was published in 1966. Then in 1967, Christian Reflections was published. His final theology was God in the Dock published in 1971. Lewis's works in literary criticism won the hearts ...
- 1519: Poe
- ... to the rank of regimental sergeant major. After a while, he got tired of the same daily routine involved in military life. Poe wrote regularly to Mr. Allan. He met with Mr. Allan after the death of Mrs. Allan in February of 1829. With Allan's support, he received his discharge and enlisted in West Point on July 1, l830 (Asselineau 410). While at West Point, Mr. Allan, who had remarried ... Instead of really living, he took refuge from the physical world in the private world of his dreams-in other words-in the world of his tales (Asselineau 413)." In the "Masque of the Red Death", Poe uses his imagination throughout the story (Rogers 43). A plague has devastated the entire country. It takes only half an hour tofor the course of the disease to run. At first one feels sharp pains and dizziness. Then one starts bleeding at the pores. The disease results in death. Prince Prospero has ordered one thousand lords and ladies to the deep seclusion of one of his abbeys. The building was built by the Prince and is filled with his exotic ornaments. It is ...
- 1520: Euthanasia and the First Amendment
- ... is mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. “Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides the patient with the means and/or knowledge to commit suicide”(Death and Dying,91). “ Euthanasia is when the physician administers the death causing drug or agent”(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by ...
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