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- 1631: Son of Dallas Cop Says Dad Was 1 of 3 Who Shot Kennedy
- ... in South Dallas in a city police car driven by a friend and fellow officer who did not know what was happening. That officer, Ricky White says, was J. D. Tippit, who was shot to death at 10th Street and Patton Avenue in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas about 45 minutes after Kennedy was shot. Oswald was seen running from the scene of that shooting. Ricky White says his father ... Oswald was arrested in the Texas Theatre on West Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff. He had a .38- calibre revolver police said was the murder weapon. Murder charges against Oswald in connection with Tippit's death were filed before he was charged with Kennedy's death. Whether the revolver found in Oswald's possession was actually the weapon that killed Tippit has been a matter of dispute in several government investigations. Ricky White says that shortly after the assassination, his ...
- 1632: Symbolism in Silas Marner
- ... her (Eppie) would still not acknowledge her (Eppie) as his own flesh and blood. One night when Molly decided to let the town know about her and Godfrey’s marriage, she wound up freezing to death. Her true purpose was to set Godfrey free and at peace with God. As Bennett states “She must have been unusually strong, for a child of that size is not easy to carry…” (132). When Molly went to tell the town of the marriage, she carried Eppie, who is around the size of a toddler, with her because it was their child. While on her journey Molly froze to death. This is when Eppie toddled to Silas’s home and through the door, while Silas was having one of his trances. Eliot also tries to tie religion into the novel through Silas’s trances. Jerome ... of Christianity” (Silas Marner Criticism, 77). When Silas had the treasure it had killed his own spirit. After Eppie had come into his life his spirit came back to life. Just as the gold brings death to Dunstan it brings life to Silas. Most Christians think that miracles are a way of God. Many Christians feel that many things happen because that is what God wants for them. Thale feels ...
- 1633: Existentialism In The Invisibl
- ... and experiencing complete free will. Meursault, however, is existential from the beginning. All decisions he makes are for himself and his search for pleasure. He shows little emotion, even in the face of love and death, not even at the loss of his freedom. Meursault contrasts invisible man in that he had an inborn sense of existentialism instead of developing one throughout his life. The second existentialist concept is the necessity of making choices. Often, these choices will be impractical or absurd. By definition, existential choices are rarely without consequence. The invisible man beats a man nearly to death when he accidentally bumps into him, while Meursault agrees to write a letter for Raymond, an incident that comes back to haunt him and is used against him in his trail. The invisible man s ... accept any other; that much I've learned underground. 6 Meursault s realization does not begin until his confrontation with the chaplain. In being forced to face him, Meursault is made to confront his own death, face to face. Feeling no remorse for the mistakes of his life and for failing to learn anything from his experience, the only suitable punishment for him is death. This death prevented him from ...
- 1634: The Role Of Spirituality And R
- ... although bordering on atheism, seeks to understand and love, to find an ethical way of life rather than turning to a higher being for the easy way out. In "Night" by Elie Wiesel we see death of religion in a child because of absolute evil and consequently, the embrace of spirituality. Separated from man made institutions, the core of religion and spirituality-- morality and goodness -- must be preserved, if one is ... the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition and this decay? Why do you still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?" As Eliezer -- a young impressionable child - witnesses the slow agonizing death of the "young, sad angel", we see the emergence of his growing existentialism. No longer does he feel kinship with the Almighty: instead feelings of loneliness and abandonment dominate the young child's psyche. As the man behind him asks where God is, the young soul responds with brutal truth: God is dead. The death of this innocent child at the hands of an unmerciful God reduces Eliezer's faith further, causing him to lose sight of the Jewish faith that has been his foundation for so many years. ...
- 1635: Nature Imagery in Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-One Love Poems"
- ... wound round her throat / and choking her like hair" (XX). If Poem IX showed repressed material on the floot of a pond, in Poem XX repressed material actually drags the woman down to a watery death: "turning aside from pain," her failure to speak has led to death. Whether Rich intends this death as purely symbolical (an emotional death) or literal matters less than the fact that the speaker is perplexed about who the woman is. Whereas in Poem IX she was sure that the woman at ...
- 1636: Aristotles The Poetics
- ... people. He puts the state above his personal interests and makes the sacrifice and the reader (audience) immediately feels pity for Iphigeneia and Agamemnon. Iphigeneia was a young innocent child that did nothing to deserve death. Aeschylus makes the audience feel pity for Agamemnon who lost his daughter (although he was the person that made the choice to sacrifice her) by making it know that he was thinking of his people ... line 943. "Oh yield! The power is yours. Give way of your free will" (34). It seems as if she were daring him to walk on this carpet (the net that will bring about his death). The chorus mentions the fear of the gods when it says: Man's fate that sets a true course yet may strike upon the blind and sudden reefs of disaster. But if before such a ... not for the sacrifice of Iphigeneia. The reader can gather from the passage that the killing of Agamemnon is going to be because of this sacrifice. His fate, though he is blind to it, is death. He thinks that he pleased the gods and his fate was already determined (he won the war, returned a hero, and is alive). The chorus is foreshadowing the murder. The tragic hero that deliberately ...
- 1637: Simpsons Vs Wells
- ... the worst, will kill them all (Wells 32). The narrator later echoes this same sentiment when, in hoping to realize a childhood, heroic fantasy, he notes that he would like to be involved in the death of the invaders. His faith in human superiority extends beyond the military and includes himself, a moral philosopher, as one who could defeat the Martians. His estimation of his own strength and abilities seems ludicrous ... short of the comet, the entire town wants a space in the shelter. Since not all of the town can fit, they decide to abandon the shelter entirely and to face the comet and impending death. The irony of the comet s landing shows the folly and lack of understanding of both the townspeople and the scientific community: The comet speeds towards Springfield, through the polluted atmosphere. Chunks of it start ... his reluctance to adhere to the corporal s instructions: I was explainin these is vallyble (Wells 65). The narrator has the clarity of thought to reprimand the man, explaining that the Martians bring with them death. Material possessions continue to serve as a focal concern to the townspeople as they flee. If they truly grasped their predicament, only their safety and that of their families would be important. As the ...
- 1638: The Hamlet In Me
- ... soul "may be as damned and black as hell." He goes through a meticulous thought process, which shows him both his options and when to act to give his uncle the most cruel and horrible death he deserves. His actions also bring in a conflict between church and the revengeful calls of his families past. If he revenges his father's death then he will be damned to hell according to the church. Without Hamlet's patient and meticulous thought process he would not be able to outwardly expose the king of his wrong doings to Horatio: There is a play tonight before the King. One scene of it comes near the circumstance Which I have told thee of my father's death. I prithee,…Observe my uncle. Hamlet devises a well thought out plan of exposing the King's fault in his father's death. Hamlet uses the advantage of having a wonderful acting troop with ...
- 1639: 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, ³ may 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 ...
- 1640: Plot Of Oedipus Rex
- ... life. This is the exposition of the dramatic conflict of finding out the mystery of king Laios murder. The rising action is this search. It starts with Oedipus promising that the person responsible for Laios death will be driven out of Thebes. Oedipus sends for Teiresias, the blind seer who serves Apollo. Teiresias does not want to tell Oedipus about the murder, but tells Oedipus to leave things as they are ... and they call a truce for Iokaste, wife of Oedipus and sister of Kreon. Oedipus, continuing with the rising action, then questions Iokaste, the widow of Laios, what she knows. She tells him that Laios death was foretold. That he would be killed by his own child. To prevent this, Laios took their three-day-old son, pierced his ankles and left him for dead in the mountains. Iokaste also gives ... encountered a group of men traveling in the same fashion as the king. They forced him off the road and Oedipus retaliated and killed them all. He believes that he is responsible for Laios's death. Iokaste questions this saying that the stories are conflicting, that more than one man attacked the king. To confirm or deny this, Oedipus sends for the only witness, a shepherd. Iokaste prays to Apollo ...
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