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- 1621: Themes of Oliver Twist
- ... are every night confined on the most trivial charges-the word is worth noting-in dungeons, compared with which, those in Newgate, occupied by the most atrocious felons, tried, found guilty, and under sentences of death, are palaces. (Dickens 85). In many Dickens novels there is a wide variety of characters, yet in Oliver Twist he has accomplished this and done even more with the roles they play. Dickens does not ... story also seems gloomy. The weather is usually cold, rainy and foggy. This unhappy, and mean setting seems inevitable in Oliver Twist. A strong part of this novel is symbolism. One example is Fagin's death. As Fagin is sent to death, and Oliver walks by the equipment used to hang someone Dickens describes the scene. “Everything told of life and animation, but one dark cluster of objects in the centre of all-the black stage, ...
- 1622: The Stranger - Immersed in Sensuality: A Contemptible Trait
- The Stranger - Immersed in Sensuality: A Contemptible Trait Outline Thesis: Albert Camus expresses this contempt for indifference through the setting in his novel, The Stranger, as shown by Mersault being put to death for allowing the sun, a sensual object, control him at Maman’s funeral and in the murder scene. I. Actions at Maman’s funeral A. Primary reason for death sentence 1. Prosecutor’s line of questioning 2. Prosecutor’s Statement on purpose of trial B. Controlled by sun 1. Sun beaming down 2. Wanted to speed up funeral II. Actions in murder scene A ... dictate all aspects of his life and is contemptible for his indifference (Parker). Albert Camus expresses this contempt for indifference through the setting in his novel, The Stranger, as shown by Mersault being put to death for allowing the sun, a sensual object, control him at Maman’s funeral and in the murder scene. While it is typically human nature to be upset, even hysterical at the passing away of ...
- 1623: Hamlet Revenge A Chain Reactio
- ... Shakespeare uses the revenge theme to create conflict between Hamlet and Claudius. In Act I, scene 5, Hamlet is visited by the ghost who was his father. The ghost makes Hamlet aware of his murderous death when he tells Hamlet of how Claudius had killed him. The ghost says this to Hamlet regarding Claudius, "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." This is where Hamlet is first inrtoduced to the revenge plot between himself and Claudius. Hamlet wants to insure that the ghost really was his dead father before he kills Claudius. To do this Hamlet has people act out the death of his father in front of Claudius and declares him guilty by his reaction to the play. " O good Horatio, I'll take the ghost's word for a thousand pound." Hamlet declares Claudius' guilt ... kills him. Revenge was the motive for the conflict between Hamlet and Claudius. Shakespeare uses the revenge plot to create conflict between Laertes and Hamlet by having Laertes avenge his father's and sister's death which Hamlet is responsible for. After learning of his fathers unnatural death, Hamlet decides that he can no longer trust anyone, except for Horatio. While acting out his madness, he visited Ophelia and cut ...
- 1624: Hamlet 2
- ... supposed to be revenge by his son prince Hamlet. The second murder is Polonius who is supposed to be revenged by his son Laertes. Both Prince Hamlet and Laertes go to seek revenge for the death of fathers, however they will each use different methods to accomplish their deeds. Prince Hamlet has a meeting with the dead ghost of his father King Hamlet. King Hamlet's ghost reveals to his son, his murder by his brother Claudius. Hamlet is informed by his father that he needs to be avenged by the death of his brother Claudius. By this time Claudius has already ascended the throne, and married Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude. Hamlet decides to take a passive approach to avenge his father. Hamlet first decides to ... Polonius his discovered listening to Hamlet, and his mother's Queen Gertrude conversation . Hamlet unknowing of who the person behind the tapestry is, kills Polonius from where he was spying. When news of his fathers death reaches Polonius's son Laertes, he comes back with an entourage to seek revenge for his fathers death. In this conversation Laertes believes Hamlets uncle King Claudius is responsible for his fathers death. " How ...
- 1625: Hamlet: Power vs Happiness
- ... his wife and taking on the role of father to his young son? Claudius is introduced in act I, ii. In this scene he has an important speech. In this speech he talks about the death of the king, his marriage to the queen and the foreign problems of the state. He utilizes many transitions and tends to empiseze the foreign affairs of the state. I don't know what to ... on the foreign polices trying to distract from his lust for power, along with his marriage to the queen giving the change in leadership a smoother and more acceptable feel. He also down plays the death of the formal king so that he can redirect the peoples' attention to his plans and the problems of the state. But I could mean something else I'm not sure. Later on in this ... here, and was there an affair before their marriage? In this scene there is an interesting couple of lines that the queen says, "I doubt it is no other but the main His father's death and our o'erhasty marriage." in reference to the possible causes of Hamlets strange attitude recently, but what caught my eye was that she admits that there marriage was over hasty, something in which ...
- 1626: The Meaning of Suffering in Job and The Aeneid
- ... always knows the gods are with him. He knows what his destiny is and what he must do to fulfill it. Even if Aeneas's destiny would have been for him to die a terrible death in battle, it would have been easier on his mind than to have no knowledge of his future as was the case for Job. Each man during his suffering wishes for death. Job calls out, ³may it turn to darkness² (3:4). Aeneas, while on the ship, wishes he would have died in battle rather than face his future. Job and Aeneas feel that their suffering is so great that death would be a better alternative. While Job's pain may seem greater, death is death, and both men were prepared to accept it with open arms to avoid any more strife. The degree which ...
- 1627: A Farewell to Arms
- ... end of his stay at the Ospidale Maggoire. The nada concept had been a part of Henry's life from the beginning. Henry stood up nights because the night is a representation of evil and death to him. If he is not asleep, he can avoid having to deal with it. Henry also is accompanied by Catherine during nights at the Ospidale Maggoire. To Henry there "was almost no difference in ... showed no signs of remorse for deserting the Italian army or about the time when he shot and wounded the Sergeant deserter. In the end of the novel, Henry is faced with his love's death. Henry told God "please, please, dear God, don't let her die" the moment before he entered the door where Catherine finally passed away due to a hemorrhage. Minutes later Henry is offered some company on the way back to his home but he declines. He goes off to his house by himself and sorts things out with what death actually is. He asked God to save his greatest love after taking his child and does not receive an answer. He concludes that death is the end and when it gets you, there is ...
- 1628: Review of Hemmingway's "In Our Time"
- ... is an example of a transition because in this particular event on this day Nick experiences the whole cycle of life. He sees a women giving birth, in extreme pain and a man commit suicide, death. During this period of time Nick also saw extreme amounts of blood not only from the woman who was almost at the point of dying whilst she was giving birth but also from the throat ... in his teens which makes it ironic that Nick's father was so nonchalant in the way that he explained the events of the day to him. After Nick has seen these events of blood, death, birth, and unearthly pain he asks his father the question of whether or not it is hard to die. His father replies that he thinks "its pretty easy. It all depends..." (page 19) and leaves ... it is understandable, somewhat, why he believes that the events that Nick has witnessed are not ones that make a substantial efffect on a young boys life, because he sees these things all the time death may be something that is commonplace, in a sense, to his everyday life. That in itself is a mistake that he made. He should not of asssumed that because he considers death normal and ...
- 1629: The Life of Sylvia Plath
- ... entire left leg were amputated in an effort to save his life, but he died in November of 1940, when Sylvia was just eight years old. The fact that her father could have prevented his death left Sylvia Plath with a feeling of deliberate betrayal. Instead of reaching out to other people for comfort, she isolated herself with writing as her only expressive outlet, and remarkably had a poem published when ... high school and won a scholarship to Smith College in 1950 where she met her friend Anne Sexton. Sexton often joined Plath for martinis at the Ritz where they shared poetry and intellectualized discussions about death. Although they were friends, there was also an element of competition between Sexton and Plath. Sylvia Plath's poem " Daddy" was possibly a response to Anne Sexton's "My Friend, My Friend." It was as ... of London during one of the coldest Novembers in centuries. She worked between four and eight in the morning. Apparently being inspired by hardship, Plath sometimes finished a poem every day. In her last poems, death is given a cruel and physical allure and pain becomes tangiible. Leaving some food and milk at the kitchen table for her children, she gassed herself to death. Ironically, the woman Ted Hughes left ...
- 1630: Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
- ... see his other-self and his desire to remember this world and too see it again. The spiritual ramifications of the novel’s prologue and epilogue scenes are unmistakably clear. In water as there is death, there is rebirth or life. This is shown in the marriage of Quick and Rose and the birth of Wax Harry. Creating harmony within the two families and symbolically meaning that in the death of one loved one – Fish, we see rebirth, harmony and the chance of a new life in both the child, Cloudstreet and between the two families. As a novel, Cloudstreet is tightly structured, opening and ending with a shared family picnic near water. This is a joyous occasion which, ironically is also the scene in which Fish’s long sought-after death by drowning. Through this act Fish, finally returns to himself and becomes one again. Fish’s time on earth it seems was dictated by his fate to join the two families, culminating the marriage ...
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