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- 1791: Deliverance: The Establishment of "Masculinity"
- ... peaceful and innocent man who reaches his demise on this perilous trip. Drew's innocence and morality is truly displayed when he is the only one among these four men who wants to report the death of the local man to the police. He does not want to be part of any wrong; however, he is given no heed due to the immorality of the others. Here comes into play the ... be shot and drowned alone and later discovered: he dies because he cannot survive - it is, in essence, the survival of the fittest. Here is another parallel to the Vietnam era in that Drew's death is used as a lie and as an excuse. His death is used as a cover up, an event occurring often during the war. Because he is the moral central of the group, his death is a deep loss. It is a loss because Drew ...
- 1792: Shakespeare's Hamlet
- ... 4. In this soliloquy, Hamlet illustrates his mental instability by contrasting himself and Fortinbras. He illustrates himself as being a coward who does not has the will to initiate plans to revenge his father’s death. Hamlet finds himself grasping for an answer as whether to kill his uncle who has done his family and great injustice by killing his father and sleeping with the mother. This outrages Hamlet and creates ... may imply that Hamlet sees his father’s actions personified in Fortinbras. Although Hamlet seems to admire the dominance and will power that Fortinbras displays, he also criticizes him and his unattainable dream. “ The imminent death of twenty thousand men that for fantasy and trick of fame.” In this statement Hamlet is declaring that he thinks Fortinbras quest is meaningless and therefore deems it foolish. He is also compromising Fortinbras basic ability to reason. Throughout the play, Hamlets wishes that he could take actions and avenge his father’s death, but in this soliloquy he also states that he believes Fortinbras reasoning to be skewed. He believes that the actions of Fortinbras are incredibly simplistic and thus feels superior in this manner. Hamlet admires ...
- 1793: Ressurection A Tale Of Two Cit
- ... all the several times Dr. Manette had save him, but it wasn't enough. Barsad would always seem to find a way to get him back to prison and was able to give him the death sentence. Although the final day of his life came and it turned out a happy one on his part. "The door was quickly opened and closed, and there stood before him face toface, quiet, intent ... satisfied with himself, he is no longer a drunken fool, but a hero that now can live or die withhimself. By dying and saving Darnay for Lucie, Sydney Carton is "Recalled to Life." Carton's death is an example of spiritual resurrection and it related to the Christian Sacrifice and love. When Carton makes his decision to die for Lucie, the New Testament verse "I am the Resurrection and the Life ... and believeth in me, shall never die" (p.342), nearly became Carton's theme song. The words were repeated a last time at the moment Carton dies. This may be a metaphor to Christ's death, because although Christ died to wash away a clean man's accumulated sins, Carton died to wipe away his own sins that he had caused. Dickens used Carton as an example of a turnaround ...
- 1794: Defending a Killer
- ... going to die for a crime they did not commit. Where and how could such a rule be put into place that would make it totally acceptable for an innocent person to be put to death for a crime that they did not commit? Try to vision if you can, a family member accused of murder, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for a crime they did not commit. How much faith would you now have in that family member or friend telling you that he or she is innocent. Now picture a lawyer, knowing that your ... scenario that I would like write about is where a person was shot for refusal to carry out a military order. Here is an officer in the military giving an order, that will be certain death to the individual who follows it. The officer has told the person receiving the order if they do not follow that particular order then they will be shot for refusal of that order. Our ...
- 1795: Emily Bronte's Life and Wuthering Heights
- ... in his father’s love. “Miss Cathy and he were very thick; but Hindley hated him…”(33). Heathcliff fears of rejection become true, as Heathcliff become a favorite of Mr. Earnshaw. After Mr. Earnshaw’s death occurs, Hindley becomes proprietor of the estate and refuses to allow the curate to continue Heathcliff’s education and forces the young boy to become a family farm hand. “He drove him from their company ... of what Edgar thought. He says to her, “I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing on my lips”(149). He then leaves her there to die. During her death Catherine gave birth to a baby girl in which she was named after her mother. When Nelly Dean goes to inform Heathcliff of Catherine’s death and the birth of Cathy, he states that he had already known. At this point he is desperate for Catherine and pleads for her to haunt him. He screams in anguish, “Be with me ...
- 1796: Beowulf: The Three Monsters of the Middle Ages
- ... his success in defeating villains. The second creature, Grendell’s mother, is also defeated by Beowulf. The last monster is a fire-breathing dragon that Beowulf attempted to kill, but the attack resulted in the death of himself. Instead the dragon is killed by Wiglaf, a warrior under Beowulf. The significance of each of the creatures in this epic novel teaches an important lesson on the behavior of humankind. Through Beowulf ... be alive. Grendel’s mother is also representative of a type of evil that will hold some people back in their search for salvation in the next life. Grendel’s mother is disheartened by the death of her only son, so she goes on “a sorrowful venture to avenge her son’s death.” Unlike Grendel, his mother is motivated by vengeance. She is also described as a large, evil monster; and she is also headed for hell. She goes to the hall and hastily kills a noble, ...
- 1797: Show How Macbeth And Lady Macbeth Have To Go Against Their Own Natures In Order To Kill Duncan
- ... she does not understand that the deed is morally wrong; her only concern at the time is to destroy the evidence. Macbeth awakens to a consciousness of guilt that will remain with him until his death. Trace the effect the betrayal of human nature has on each of them. Following the murder of Duncan the Macbeths appear to have achieved their hearts desire; in reality, they only gain torment and dismay ... To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this pretty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an ... of the play, as the soldiers move closer to Dunsinane, Macbeth does not respond with excitement. He has lost the ability to feel fear or, as we see when he hears of his wife’s death, grief. Macbeth chooses to die in battle. Macduff challenges him, but he is reluctant to fight: “ Of all men else I have avoided thee: But get thee back, my soul is too much charg’ ...
- 1798: A Consise History Of Germany
- ... third was expansion to the north and east. The Saxon Kings When the last Carolingian died without an heir, the Franks and Saxons elected Conrad, duke of Franconia, their king; he proved incompetent. After his death in 918 they chose the Saxon duke Henry I, the Fowler, a sober, practical soldier, who made peace with a rival king chosen by the Bavarians, defeated Magyars and Slavs, and regained Lorraine. Otto I, the Great At Henry's death in 936, the princes elected his son Otto I, who combined extraordinary forcefulness, dignity, and military prowess with great diplomatic skill and genuine religious faith. Determined to create a strong centralized monarchy, Otto gave the ... made two expeditions supporting the pope, who crowned him in 1133. In Germany he fought a civil war with the Hohenstaufen princes, who refused to accept him as emperor. The Hohenstaufen Kings At Lothair's death the princes avoided his powerful Welf son-in-law and heir, Henry the Proud, lord of Bavaria and Saxony. Instead, they chose Conrad Hohenstaufen. Civil war erupted again, this time between the weak but ...
- 1799: Character Sketch For Shiloh
- ... states the “she seems a little disappointed.” (Mason p. 47). The emptiness she feels toward her mother is presented in the feelings she has toward her. Her deceased son symbolizes her emptiness because of his death. In the beginning of the story Norma Jean tries to conceal the emptiness that she has felt for so many years. Mason first presents her as a strong character by explaining how she works out ... has its leg chewed of by a dog, due to its parents neglect. This discussion makes Norma Jean feel an emptiness in herself for her deceased son. A feeling of emptiness is created through the death of her son due to the emotions which she felt. Norma Jean did not feel comfortable enough to share her thoughts of her son’s death with her husband. After her son’s death, she bottled up her emotions and never spoke of them again. “They never speak about their memories of Randy, which have almost faded, but now that ...
- 1800: Is Hamlet Insane Or Not Insane? That Is The Question
- ... puts his intelligence to work. He formulates a plan “to put an antic disposition on” (82) in order to move about the castle to get information about Claudius in order to avenge his father’s death. This is a truly ingenious plan in order for Hamlet to gain what he needs. He has made believers out of those around him that he is mad (when actually is not). Polonius says to ... hath made him mad” (94). The king, however has a different opinion that “since nor th’ exterior nor the inward man resembles that what it was. What it should be, more than his father’s death, that thus hath put him so much from the understanding of himself I cannot dream of” (96). For this very reason he has requested that Hamlet’s friends from childhood, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to ... To be, or not to be, that is the question” (142). It is evident that at this point in the play he is emotionally distressed because everything he has had to deal with (father’s death, mother’s hasty remarriage, revenge) is catching up to him; and it is understanding that Hamlet is thinking of suicide to end all his troubles. But, because Hamlet is not mad he can rationalize ...
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