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- 1931: Life of Tupac Shakur
- ... Me Against the World was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart. The album goes double platinum seven months later after it first came out. Some time during October 2pac was released from jail by Death Row CEO Suge Knight for 1.4 million bond. Soon after 2Pac was released he flies to Los Angeles and signs with Death Row and begins his new record All Eyez on Me. On the 13 of February 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, Death Row debut was the first ever rap double C.D was released.. Exactly a month later All Eyez on Me goes quintuple platinum. In the month of May 2Pac and another member of Death ...
- 1932: Beowulf And His Virtues
- ... to slay mother Grendel, Hrothgard “gave thanks to God/ for the heartening words the hero had spoken.” (910) Beowulf had yet to kill mother Grendel, but Hrothgar knew Beowulf would fulfill his promise. Acceptance of death, and care for the welfare of his people were Beowulf’s greatest virtues. Preparing for battle, Beowulf accepted the possibility of victory but also made arrangements in the event of his death. Before his battle with Grendel he requested “the best of corselets” and “Finest of byrnies”(353) be sent to Hygelac. Suffering a “grievous and grim”(1644) wound at the hands of the dragon, with the finger of death pointing his way, Beowulf’s only concern was the financial wellbeing of his people. Knowing his death was not in vain, he thanked god for allowing him to gain “such dower of riches” (1703) ...
- 1933: Rebecca
- ... live now verses how they remember the tragic events of the past. The narrator is an inexperienced young girl who is overwhelmed when she moves into Manderley. The husband, Maxim, is still troubled by the death of his last wife Rebecca, which happened almost a year before. Rebecca is "a heroine that we never see in the flesh, but whose spell is written through every page" (Weeks 163). Mrs. Danvers is ... her in some ways. "Mrs. Danvers' relationship to Rebecca, is such that she could never allow herself to believe that any human being could destroy her" (Kelly 60). As clues to the cause of Rebecca' death are uncovered, the story form of the story changes. Dumarier uses not only writing techniques such as foreshadowing and symbolism to make the novel more suspenseful, but she also uses the elements of greed, deception ... destroy the main character. Both stories also have a ballroom scene in the middle that ends unexpectedly. Rebecca has a twist though, that changes the story dramatically. An investigation begins to find the cause of death of Maxim's former wife, Rebecca. At the beginning of the investigation Maxim admits to his wife that he murdered Rebecca and made it look like she drowned on accident. After that point the ...
- 1934: Veganism
- ... skulk about the forest in camouflage, wait in ambush for their victims, and kill at a long range with overpowering, technological weapons, often going to extraordinary lengths to lure their unsuspecting prey into a violent death. Equally important is the fact that hunters are rarely in any danger from the animals that they hunt. They inflict pain and death on creatures who cannot hurt them. Even animals who could pose a threat, such as bears or cougars, would normally run rather than fight a human unless they are cornered or protecting their young. Hunters ... cold than a naked human, since a sheep s natural body temperature is much higher than ours, roughly about 102 degrees. During cold weather, hundreds of thousands of sheep die of exposure or freeze to death, and in hot weather, freshly shorn sheep suffer painful sunburns. Leather must be treated to prevent it from rotting or becoming extremely rigid in the cold or flaccid in the heat; thereby rendering it ...
- 1935: Hamlet
- ... of the most cited characters in history. Throughout Shakespeare's play Hamlet knows what he must do, but avoids it in his mind. The problem is: why does hamlet delay in avenging his father's death? Hamlet is afraid. He is afraid of failure. Hamlet tries to play off his fear by blaming outside circumstances, like doubting the existence of the ghost when he knows in his heart it is true ... mere fact that Hamlet hesitates to reveal that he has seen the ghost at all and swears Horatio and the other sentinels to secrecy, shows his want to keep the proof of his father's death secret. When hamlet says, "If his occulted guilt/ do not itself unkennel in one speech,/ it is a damned ghost that we have seen,/ and my imaginations are as foul/ as Vulcan's stithy." (Act ... decides to wait to kill him and blames this on ensuring that Claudius's murder is valid and that he will not be elevated as a martyr or a victim. This is not necessary, Claudius' death must come and waiting is cowardly. Hamlet was ready to kill Claudius at one time, but Claudius was busy praying, and Hamlet says, "when he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,/ Or in ...
- 1936: Acid Rain
- ... destruction of nature and the role acid rain plays in it. Acid rain destroys millions of forests and lakes (Taylor, 26 ). Studies show that acid rain is one of the largest contributing factors in the death of forests and lakes. Acid rain indirectly kills millions of acres of forestland each decade. In the 1960s, people found that acid rain fall was unhealthy and damaging to forests (Baines, 20). Acid rain does ... s more than half Kotto 2 of the trees in Germany had signs of acid rain damage (Edmonds, 14). Now it is known that acid rain is one of the biggest contributing factors in the death and deterioration of nature. Lakes support thousands of species of marine life, that’s why it’s a shame that they are constantly being poisoned by acid rain. Scientists have studied the effects on acid ... every aspect of their lives. Again, people need to make important decisions that deal with the destruction of nature and the role acid rain plays in that. Acid rain plays a large role in the death of forests by poisoning the trees and leaving them vulnerable to all other ailments. Acid rain causes the death of the species living in the lakes through the poison acid rain leaves in them. ...
- 1937: 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 ...
- 1938: A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... time she thought of him, she thought of how he killed himself and she heard the polka which played in the background. She did not want to speak of this to Mitch. After Allan's death, Blanche used to go to the Tarantula Arms hotel where she would have intimacies with strangers. She did it because she felt it would fill her empty heart. She did not want to tell Mitch ... be buried at sea. She will be dropped into an ocean as blue as her first lover's eyes. Blue is used in this play as a symbol of sadness. It represents her husband's death. Her husband, to her, was different than other men, he had beautiful blue eyes and she compared him to a seahorse. The male seahorse is different because it id him that gives birth unlike other ... In this play, there were two streetcars mentioned. One was a streetcar named desire which symbolized Blanche's desire to be loved. The other was a streetcar names Cemeteries which symbolized Blanche's fear of death. Both the desire to be loved and the fear of death were quiet apparent in the way Blanche thought. She wished to be loved like she was with her husband, and she feared death, ...
- 1939: The Seven Spiritual Weapons
- ... It is better to be in trouble and glorified by God, than to have good times and not be recognized by God. Catherine explains the fourth weapon to be the memory of the Christ Jesus death and resurrection. Always keep this on your mind, for it is the best means for winning battles. Catherine explains that this weapon is the most important and that, Every other weapon will achieve little without this one which surpasses all the rest. The remembrance of Christ s death is powerful and very emotional for people. Believing that Christ died on the cross for your sins is the way to achieve eternal life. This is why Catherine states that this weapon is the most ... are possible, and letting God fill your mind with thoughts of passion, you will obtain the mantle of victory. Humans face a great phenomenon that changes the course of life all together, and that is death. On occasion we must be reminded of it, and that is Catherine s fifth weapon remind oneself that we must die. She explains that God looks down on us so that we can improve ...
- 1940: Animal Experimentation
- ... screen about animal experimentation. After the commercial you ponder upon what happens to the thousands of animals that were used for experimental test. Experimental test may help in finding new discoveries, but the physiological problems, death, and deformation of the animals is not right. If it's not right to do to humans, then it's not right to do to animals. The physiological problems that occur in the animals that ... walk, feed himself, or function properly due to the experimental test performed on his brain. Mike would have never had to experience the change in his body if he would not have been tested on. Death is another extreme case in animal experimentation. This may determine a flaw in the experimentation which is good for humans, but it ends the life of a innocent animal. Over 3 million animals started out like Mike did, as a healthy mouse. The treatments and test that were performed on their bodies was too much for them to handle causing death, the only non-painful way out. From the time of being healthy, to the experimentation, to death, suffering happens a great deal to these lab animals. How would you feel being poked at, injected ...
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