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- 1671: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... can attack the hearts, lungs, and kidneys. Her father died of the disease when she was fifteen (Blythe 49). O’Connor would have to walk with crutches for the rest of her life. By her death at the age of 39, Flannery O’Connor won a prominent place in modern American literature. She was an anomaly among post-World War II writers, a Roman Catholic from the Bible–Belt South, whose ... O’Connor" won the National Book Award in 1971 (Bloom 145-146). O’ Connor’s work is inspired by the sense of the mystery of human nature. She tends to use good vs. evil and death to shock and startle her readers into an awareness of the theological truth of faith, the fall, the redemption, and the judgment (Riley 367). Some critics describe her writing as harsh and negative while people ... the Southern culture. The grandmother’s purpose of dressing this way is to be recognized as a lady, in case someone saw her dead on the highway. This tells me the grandmother’s thoughts of death are shallow. Later in the story, the Misfit says, "There never was a body that gave the undertaker a tip." (qtd, in DiYanni 202) The grandmother’s readiness for death is an indication that ...
- 1672: Julius Caesar - Citizen Of Rome
- ... he wiser than I. He ends his speech by saying, "...as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to death." Brutus shows us how respectable he is. He cares for nothing but the best of Rome, and is willing to kill himself, if he ever has the same ambition that Caesar did. All of us ... said that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome, but he never told us the harm that Caesar caused. I compare it with Antony's speech, and wonder how could I have seen the death of Caesar as a proper action. Antony says that he will read the will, if we make a ring around Caesar's corpse. He shows us Caesar's bloodstained toga, with a tear. He shows ... Antony's speech. Never have I seen a man with more moral, integrity and honor than he. I will hear him, follow him, and die with him. He makes me see the righteousness of the death, or the lack of it. The men who murdered him, in no way deserve the offering of the crown. The only thing that they merit is death. The crowd and I decide to burn ...
- 1673: The Life and Rule of Cleopatra
- ... battle of Pharsalos, he sailed to Alexandria, pursued by Caesar, to seek Ptolemy’s protection. But his advisors thought it would be safer to side with Caesar, and when Pompey arrived he was stabbed to death while the pharaoh watched. Three days after Caesar reached Alexandria and when he arrived Ptolemy’s courtiers brought him a gift, Pompey’s head. Pompey had once been a friend to Caesar and he as ... make his son the heir and also the he planned to become king of Rome. On March 15, 44 B.C. a crowd of conspirators surrounded Caesar at a Senate meeting and stabbed him to death. Knowing that she was in a great deal of danger also Cleopatra quickly left Rome with her entourage. Before of immediately after their return to Egypt Ptolemy XIV died, possibly poisoned at Cleopatra’s request ... his allies had gone over to Octavian he left his home to return to Cleopatra to party their final days away. Cleopatra began to experiment with poisons to learn which would cause the most painless death. She also built a mausoleum to which she moved all her gold and silver and jewels to. In 30 B.C Octavian reached Alexandria. Mark Anthony marched his army out of the city to ...
- 1674: Argument
- Quantity vs. Quality Many people see death is a bad thing. People don’t like it and they don’t want to hear about it. For many seriously ill and vegetative patients, death is a good thing for them. Death will end their suffering from pains and they can also die with dignity. Euthanasia traditionally means a “good death.” The term has traditionally been used to refer to the hastening of a suffering person’ ...
- 1675: The Rise of Gladiatorial Combat in Rome
- ... development but its the Romans who made it famous. A surviving feature of the Roman games was when a gladiator fell he was hauled out of the arena by a slave dressed as the Etruscan death-demon Charun. The slave would carry a hammer which was the demon's attribute. Moreover, the Latin term for a trainer-manager of gladiators (lanista), was believed to be an Etruscan word. (4:50) Gladiators ... It was written that these Christians were forced, as gladiatorial novices to run the gauntlet. At other times they were thrown to the wild beasts. Criminals that were used had committed crimes that carried a death sentence or harsh manual labor. The crimes which led to the arena were murder, treason, robbery and arson. Criminals sentenced to forced labor were often obliged to serve as gladiators, and were sentenced to three ... severe, with ruthless punishments. The barracks they lived in were so low inmates could only sit or lie.(3:68) Breaking any rules was not tolerated and resulted in strict reprimanding: shackles, flogging or even death. (2:86) The main objective of the schools were to produce the best possible fighters for the arena, thus scrupulous attention was invested in gladiator health. Their schools were situated in favorable climates, and ...
- 1676: Wuthering Heights Summary
- ... not only Hindley s father, but also that of his younger sister Catherine. Thereafter, in part due to his jealous behavior, Hindley is sent away to school. Years later due to old Mr. Earnshaw s death, a married Hindley returns, now the master of Wuthering Heights. Intent on revenge, Hindley treats Heathcliff as a servant and frequently attempts to break Heathcliff and Catherine s unique bond. Before Hindley can do more ... is disrupted once again though with the reappearance of Heathcliff, who has stayed in London for several years, improving his manners and education. Now living with his sworn enemy, Hindley, a pronounced drunkard since the death of his wife and birth of his son, Hareton, Heathcliff enacts the first step in his plans of revenge by eloping with Isabella, Edgar s sister. Upon Heathcliff and Isabella s return to Wuthering Heights ... around him. Isabella, who now realizes her dire mistake, is unable to cope with Heathcliff any longer and escapes to London, where she gives birth to a sickly baby named Linton. Years later with the death of Hindley and Isabella, Wuthering Heights and Linton both become the possessions of Heathcliff. Aware of Heathcliff s fiendish, vengeful nature, Edgar Linton is careful of his daughter s acquaintances and whereabouts; he, however, ...
- 1677: Hamlet
- ... 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 ...
- 1678: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... get what she wants. By manipulating her grandchildren, she gets her son to go back to the house with the "secret panel", causing them to meet The Misfit, and ultimately sealing the entire family's death. O'Connor makes the trite seem sweet, the humdrum seem tragic, and the ridiculous seem righteous. The reader can no longer use their textbook ways of interpreting fiction and human behavior because O'Connor is ... heartedness. This scene marks an incredible emotional accomplishment for the family. The story never breaks its comic book format, even as the family is dragged off a few at a time to be put to death. The deaths are framed in a series of comic book squares. Irony again sets in when the only survivor is the cat, which the grandmother would not leave home by its self for fear it ... critics complain that the grandmother and her family do not behave nobly enough during their execution. (155) He quotes Martha Stephens in his book American Gargoyles expressing the opinion that "The family is shown in death to be as ordinary and ridiculous as before," (155).Nothing changes aboutthe characters, even in death, they are seen to be "flat," never losing their cartoon-like quality. For example, when Bailey is dragged ...
- 1679: Hamlet Claudius
- ... is weaved into the play. Hamlet, the dead king s son learns of the act from a ghost, "A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abused; but now that noble youth The serpent that did sting thy father s life Now wears his crown." (Act I, Sc. V, Lines 42-46) Claudius not only wanted to be the king ... his willingness to do anything for it, the play would be completely different. This evil trait is, in part, what in the end kills Claudius. Claudius other evil trait, his scheming, also leads to his death. An example of one of Claudius many plans was when he summoned Rozencrantz and Guildenstern to do some spying on Hamlet to find out what was ailing him. "Moreover that we much did long to ... a mountebank, So mortal that, but a dip a knife in it, Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from death That is but scratched withal. I ll touch my point With this Contagion, that, if I gall him slightly, It may mean death." (Act IV Sc. VII Lines 156-164) This was the idea ...
- 1680: Symbolism- The Chrysanthemums
- ... garden seem to be considered one. Because of all of her hard labor and love the Chrysanthemums flourish. The Chrysanthemums being a symbol of children that she never had. Also Chrysanthemums are a symbol of death. The pairing of the death association and the symbol of what the Chrysanthemums mean to Elisa is ironic. In modern society Chrysanthemums are generally brought to funerals, but they keep her going. Steinbeck also uses symbolism in his description of the time of year and surrounding area. He first describes the farm as having a lack of sunshine and the season being December, all attributes to the overall feeling of death. At the begging of the story Steinbeck set the tone of the story. "The high gray-flannel fog of winter made the valley like a closed pot." Here the tone is very plainly presented, ...
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