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- 1881: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Spiritual Visitations On Scrooge
- ... it takes place in the "market", a place he spent a great deal of his life in. He sees some friends, or at least some acquaintances he thought he could call friends, talking about his death. They chatted casually about his death and of how cheap they thought the funeral would be. In fact none would even commit to go unless another of went along, for fear of being the only one there. To see his "friends" talk so lowly of him even in his death made him realize once again how meaningless his life was and how his death, as inevitable as it was, really didn't have any effect on anyone but himself. The second place we are ...
- 1882: Stressed With Stress
- ... chest pain or fatigue. Not very long ago some Physicians realized that many people are much more vulnerable to disease and illness when they suffer from mass amounts of stress. Negative events such as the death of a loved one seem to cause enough distress to lower the body's resistance to disease. Something not so obvious though, is that even positive things such as a new job or a new ... house, can also worsen a person's ability to fight off disease. Below is a chart that some social scientists have devised. It is a list of life events rating the stressfulness of each. The death of a spouse rates a 100 on the scale, but something like trouble with one's employer rates 23; being fired, 47; going to jail, 63; and a change in sleeping habits, 16. Change, both ... The psychiatrists discovered that in 79 percent of the persons studied, major illness followed the accumulation of stress-related changes totaling over 300 points in one year. The Social Readjustment Rating Scale Life Event Value Death of Spouse 100 Divorce 73 Marital separation from mate 65 Detention in jail or other institution 63 Death of a close family member 63 Major personal injury or illness 53 Marriage 50 Being fired ...
- 1883: Where Are The Heros
- Where are the Heroes? As we read Homers epic tale of war, death, and enthralling characters, we find great warriors each on a different pathway. Looking closer at three of these characters, Akhilleus, Agamemnon, and Hektor, we find that each of these warriors displays many heroic qualities and ... Even after his fellow comrades try compelling him to take the father s fair offer Agamemnon refuses, showing his vain selfish non-hero traits. In doing so Agamemnon angers the God Apollo and causes great death and destruction to his army as stated in the Iliad: "So he made a burning wind of plague rise in the army: rank and file sickened and died for the ill their chief had done ... Akhilleus goes so far as to ask the gods to wreak havoc upon his fellow comrades to show them what a lousy leader Agamemnon is. Akhilleus pouts until Hektor kills his best friend Patrocolus. The death of Patrocolus is another example of Akhilleus failing in his hero quest. If Akhilleus had been in battle rather than dressing Patrocolus in his armor and letting everyone think he had returned to the ...
- 1884: 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 ...
- 1885: Bartleby
- ... However, this attempt to exercise his freewill and break loose from the confines of typical societal functions, isolates Bartleby from society, which in turn places him in a state of depression and soon there after, death. Ultimately, by having Bartleby "prefer not to," Melville is commenting on the role of humanity in the work force. If man attempts to break free of his role and exercise his own freewill then he is severing himself from humanity which in turn will lead to depression and perhaps death, for he will have nothing but a wall always obstructing him. From the beginning Bartleby is isolated within the confines of his work place. "I procured a high green folding screen, which might entirely isolate ... give up on you in turn, as the narrator did with Bartleby, for you have become an obstruction, much like the walls surrounding Bartleby. In the end, his self-will was what led him to death. For his decision to withdraw from society and further seclude himself led to the disintegration of his soul. He lost all desire to work, or even function, "I now recalled all the quiet mysteries, ...
- 1886: Moll Flanders
- ... youngest brother sought her hand in marriage. Moll soon faced the dilemma of marrying Robin or faring for herself. Opting for financial security, Moll married a man whom she did not love. After Robin's death, Moll once again sought to marry a well to do man. She did just that and lived extravagantly for a few years until her husband was imprisoned for his debts. Once again, Moll was placed ... when Moll had plenty, she still continued to risk her freedom in order to get more. Eventually, Moll's escapades caught up with her and she ended up in Newgate Prison and was sentenced to death. Through her efforts, Moll found financial security, but she did not have security of the mind. She knew her actions were punishable by death and a lot of her criminal career was spent full of paranoia and anxiety over being discovered. Even after Moll had escaped death and found freedom with the Jemmy, the man she loved, in ...
- 1887: The Archetypal Hero Journey, J
- The archetypal hero journey, Joseph Campbell states, is a typical series of heroic actions. Four stages form the hero journey: departure, trials, epiphany, and return (the stages do not necessarily occur consecutive with the listing). Death and resurrection of lifestyle and beliefs, spiritual journey, and finally rebirth form hero journeys motif. An archetypal hero pattern is the transformation of the characters conscience through trials and revelations. Lust, fear, and ... tempter suggests Becket purposely die a soldier for the church so he will be remembered forever as a martyr. Becket realizes this is the right course but the wrong reason. The only choice left is death, but death a of passive protest to aid the church, not a death guaranteeing Becket martyrdom. After self-debate and reasoning, Becket finally dismisses the fourth tempter. The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do ...
- 1888: The Accidental Tourest
- ... control of his life. In this scene not only does Macon take a major action on his own for the first time, but he also finally begins to cope with, and accept his son's death. One thing in this scene that helps us to see how Macon has changed comes on page 339. Macon is reflecting back on his life, and he realizes that he "had not taken steps very ... other place, no matter how unreachable that place was, then maybe "He might be able to bear it after all."(342) This shows that Macon is finally moving on, and getting over his son's death. He has spent the entire last two years grieving over his son's death. He feels guilty, because he gave in to Sarah and let Ethan go to camp. He is constantly haunted by this guilt, as he frequently dreams of Ethan coming home, or calling from camp, ...
- 1889: Essay on Impulsiveness in Romeo & Juliet
- ... But now I see this one is one too much,(Pg 175, Lines 170-71) and what was this over? It was because Tybalt died, and Capulet acted hastily. Unfortunately it eventually lead to the death of Juliet. And, only when Juliet died did Capulet finally do the reasonable thing when he apologized to Montegue and insisted that the feud end. Capulet's acts of impulsiveness, though rare, can easily be ... it out well. Later inthe play, after Juliet is being forced to marry Paris, Juliet came to Paris and threatened suicide, Friar acted partly on impulse and partly on reasoning. He said A thing like death to chide away this shame,/ That cop'st with death himself to scape from it;/ And, if thou dar'st, I'll give thee remedy.(Pg. 187, Lines 75-77). By striking this balance he prevented Juliet's immediate death. When Friar preached reasoning ...
- 1890: Hamlet: Appearance vs. Reality
- ... the theme of appearance versus reality is Claudius, the new King of Denmark. In Act One, Scene Two Claudius acts as though he really cares for his brother and grieves over the elder Hamlet's death. This is shown in his first speech addressed to his court, "and that it us befitted/To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom/To be contracted in one brow of woe" (Shakespeare I22-4). It is shown further on in the same speech when he says, "our late dear brother's death" (Shakespeare I219). However, this is not how Claudius truly feels about his brothers death, for Claudius is the one who murders elder Hamlet. We see the proof of this in Claudius' soliloquy when he appears to be praying; "O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven./It ...
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