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- 2041: Dead Man Walking - Analysis Of
- ... he had become through getting to know her and understand what she believed and wanted. MATTHEW At the beginning of the movie Matthew is rude and abrupt to Sister Helen that’s what happens on death row, “... you start to hate and resent everyone.” Matthew never thought that he would be visiting with a nun. Soon Matthew trusts Sister Helen and persuades her to help him by filing a petition not ... in. At the end Matthew hopes that the father of Walter (the victim) can forgive him and accept that he knows what he was wrong and should be punished for it, but not punished to death. Hope’s farther does forgive him at the vary end of the movie. As for the parents of Hope, Matthew hopes that his death makes them happy even after the death of their son. Matthew also accepts responsibility for what he did and Sister Helen explains to him that by doing that he is now a son of ...
- 2042: Women of the Civil War
- ... least two intelligence missions behind Confederate lines “disguised” as a woman. She deserted in 1863. After leaving the army, she worked as a nurse for the United States Christian Commission. A short time before her death, she petitioned for a veteran's pension. Two years later the pension was granted to her by Congress. Some women did not dress up as men to fight. Southren women in New Orleans despised the ... of the ladies. Women Spies and Traitors During the civil war, many women used their gender to disguise treasonous activities they committed every day. Women were excused from punishment for acts that would have warranted death in a male. The most famous woman spy of the Civil War was Bell Boyd. Bell first defied Union authority when she was seventeen. She shot and killed a Yankee solidier for trying to enter ... information from her flirtations with Yankee officers, and passing this information on to Confederate officials. She was still not punished. She was only read the article of war stating that her actions were punishable by death. She used many ploys to entrap the unsuspecting men. Once, her horse ran away into Federal lines. Belle sweetly asked her Yankee captors if she could return home. They granted her request and even ...
- 2043: Mastery Of Epigram And The Aud
- ... things so as to illuminate or amuse", it is more intellectual than straightforward humour which can include slapstick. An epigram is "a brief witty saying". ... Could also group by subject : wordplay, truth, love/marriage, diary, death, education, illness, Society, ... (Maybe too many groups this way, could perhaps cut them down). Examples: too many: to be winnowed: Play on words: Title: The Importance of Being Earnest I.5:5 Algernon: "As far ... I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life." II.51.223 M.Prism: On learning of the death of Ernest: "...what a lesson for him! I trust he will profit by it." (How, if he is dead?) II.55.312 M.Prism: On learning that Ernest is alive: "After we had all been resigned to his loss, his sudden return seems to me pecurliarly distressing." (Normally death would be distressing) II.59.396 Algernon: "If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated." II.70.655 Gwendolen: "I never travel without ...
- 2044: An Analysis of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”
- ... across. Along her journey she comes upon a barbed-wire fence. She crawls and creeps through to only come across a field of dead corn. There she comes before a scarecrow that she mistakes for death. She laughs at herself for thinking that the scarecrow was a ghost. Continuing on her path she bends down to drink from a spring of water. Being unaware a dog jumps on top of her ... with this money she intends to buy her grandson a paper windmill. Then she starts her journey back home going town the tower of stairs, not knowing if she will make it home or if death will come to her soon. There are numerous themes that flow through the story that describe how life should be lived. Phoenix is associated with the mythological bird, the Phoenix. “Her skin had a pattern ... such obstacles are representative of the daily obstacles that all people must face in life. Phoenix shows this by her rising and falling that occurs in the story. The hill, ditch, and stairs represent her death and her rise. People face life or death as a way to test their character. These rises and fall resemble everyday ups and down that people will go through. It tells people that life ...
- 2045: Homosexuality
- ... in our churches that have their basis in the Bible. The Bible is the witness to the revelation of God in certain important events in the history of Israel and in the life, example, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus. If a belief is to be Christian, it must be based on this basic authority. The complicating fact is that the Bible has to be interpreted by somebody. It does not ... ourselves, seeking always the guidance of God's Spirit. Consider the following passages: Deuteronomy 21:18-21, I Corinthians 14:34, and Leviticus 20:13. The first says that disobedient sons should be stoned to death; the second forbids women from speaking in church; the third commands that men who have sex with each other should be put to death. Are we to regard all three of these passages as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Surely not, but whatever our answer, it implies a theory about the kind of ...
- 2046: Joseph Stalin
- Joseph Stalin s official reign of terror ended with his death in 1953, but the effects of his autocratic rule continued for many years to follow. His lasting hold on the people of the former Soviet Union still lingers in a few brainwashed minds. In the ... created a holocaust greater than Hitler s. , which unbelievably is true. The horror of the crimes Joseph Stalin committed against his own people is appalling. For example, Stalin s plan for collectivization resulted in the death of twenty million people. The great five-year plan to turn the peasant farmers into one, huge farming community brought on famine, starvation and eventually death to twenty million peasant farmers. Another atrocity that Stalin was responsible for was the forced labor camps known as Gulags. ...the murderous forced labor camps of the Gulag archipelago - victimized tens of millions of ...
- 2047: Dead Man Walking
- ... he had become through getting to know her and understand what she believed and wanted. MATTHEW At the beginning of the movie Matthew is rude and abrupt to Sister Helen that's what happens on death row, “... you start to hate and resent everyone.” Matthew never thought that he would be visiting with a nun. Soon Matthew trusts Sister Helen and persuades her to help him by filing a petition not ... in. At the end Matthew hopes that the father of Walter (the victim) can forgive him and accept that he knows what he was wrong and should be punished for it, but not punished to death. Hope's farther does forgive him at the vary end of the movie. As for the parents of Hope, Matthew hopes that his death makes them happy even after the death of their son. Matthew also accepts responsibility for what he did and Sister Helen explains to him that by doing that he is now a son of ...
- 2048: Bless Me Ultima 2
- ... should grow up and become a priest. In chapter one Antonio takes his first steps toward his loss of innocence, The brown water would be stained with blood, forever and ever and ever. Lupito s death is the first time that he is faced with death, and begins his questioning of God. Antonio also attends school for the first year, briefly described and rather unimportant, he skips from first to second grade making his mother proud for his studies and helping ... of the waters surrounding the town and its influence, which also allows Antonio to question the influence of god within his life, and the new power behind the carp. The second time that Antonio experienced death occurs as Narcisco runs through the blizzard to warn Ultima of Tenerio s relentless violent threats as his second daughter was dying. Antonio did not have time to run for a priest or Ultima ...
- 2049: Hail
- ... by very strong updrafts that picked up the tiny frogs and carried them into the storm clouds. The frogs became packed inside layer upon layer of ice (Dennis 53-57). The first time a hail death was reported in the National Weather Service's records was May 13, 1939. The death occurred in Lubbock, Texas to a 39-year-old farmer. The person died of injuries after being caught outside during a bad hailstorm. There have also been other hail related deaths. A death was reported in Amwell, New Jersey on June 10, 1742. On July 30, 1979, a baby was killed in its mother's arms in Fort Collins, Colorado. On July 1, 1784, the South Carolina ...
- 2050: Addicted To Love
- ... nearly instantaneous. For both Rivalin and Blancheflor the danger involved in consummating their love is twofold. Bearing a bastard child would result not only in the cataclysmic loss of societal position, but quite possibly her death. Rivalin, less prudent then his future son, risks the wrath of an angry Mark by out right eloping with his true love. Under the influence of love’s tyrannical reign, both disregard their reservations and ... western film who downs whiskey to avoid the pain of a gunshot wound or snake bite, love appears to ease the pain of Rivalin’s wounds after a battle. Although on what is almost his death, the passion for Blancheflor numbs his hurt and allows Tristan to be conceived. As perfect lovers, Tristan and Isolde’s addiction to Cupid’s opiate is surpassed by none. This is proven by the trials ... Tristan. Brangane, through no fault of her own, nearly falls prey to the ravenous beast that had become the couple. Gottfried has Brangane nearly suffer two deaths at the hands of the lovers. The first death the maiden suffers is that of her honor. Isolde manipulates her long time friend and servant by playing upon the guilt of her friend. Only under the influence of love would she have asked ...
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