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- 2161: Raymond Mary Kolbe
- ... a life of good deeds which he voluntarily ended to prolong another mans. Because he was involve in sickness as well as enemy threat, St. Maximilian lead a life with a constant chance of death, just like the Whiskey priest from the novel The Power and the Glory. Already proficient in virtue, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Kolbe in 1906A.D., about the time of his first communion. She ... infamous Pawiak prison in German Occupied Warsaw, and was singled out for special ill-treatment. Father Maximilian and four companions were deported to Auschwitz on May 28th, 1941, which was then both a labor and death camp. Just like the Whiskey priest did, Father Maximilian spent his final months encouraging and preaching in secrecy. The enprisoner of these two characters relate in ways of having no beliefs for religion. The lieutenant ... going to create a Master Race which will be the only worshipped figure. Auschwitz Camp law, viciously enforced, stated that if anyone attempted to escape, ten men from the same bunker would be selected for death by starvation in the dreaded, windowless underground Bunker. Near the end of July, a prisoner apparently escaped, and men from Kolbe's bunker were paraded in the blazing midday sun, knowing what to expect. ...
- 2162: Love In Hamlet
- ... best shows his love for his father, by his reaction to his father's murder. Immediately after Laertes got the news that his father had been murdered, he returned to Elsinore wanting to avenge Polonius' death. Laertes was furious and demanded to know who killed his father, so he could get his revenge. "How came he dead? I'll not be juggled with; to hell allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil ... for my father" (IV.V.128-134) Although Polonius was not always honest toward his son, Laertes still loved him. The father/son bond they had with each other wasn't easily broken. It took death to break the love that they had. The relationship between Ophelia and Polonius is yet another example of love hidden under the deceitful actions of an individual. Again, the devious side of Polonius was shown ... Hamlet was venting the anger he had from his mother on Ophelia. By the time he realized what he had done, it was too late and Ophelia was dead. It wasn't until Ophelia's death that Hamlet truly realized how much he loved her. "I loved Ophelia; forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum." (V.I.263-265) By the time ...
- 2163: Buddhism
- ... having a job that doesn't injure anyone, (6) striving free one's mind of evil, (7) controlling one's feelings, and (8) concentrating properly. Buddha preached that the life was a continuing cycle of death and rebirth. The well-being of oneself was determined on your behavior in your previous life. Buddha said that by ridding oneself of worldly things he would be in nirvana, peace and happiness. After Buddha's death, his followers collected his teachings that became the dharma. The sangha is what sometimes referred to as an ideal Buddhist community. All the people in the community follow all the laws and seek nirvana. The ... are different customs in Buddhism. The three places that these different customs come from are from the Theravadas, the Mahayanas, and the Zens. The Zens are the group that originated in China. The marriage and death follow the different customs. The Theravadas have a wedding by going to a monastery, after the legal wedding. There they give a generous gift to the sangha. They get a special chant for themselves ...
- 2164: Macbeth - Downfall Of A Hero
- ... for his dead wife, he wishes that she had, "died hereafter, there would have been time for such a word." (V, iv) He wished her to die at a more convenient time. He feels that death is, "told by an idiot, full of sound and fury." (V, iv) and signifies nothing. At this point in the play, Macbeth does not care about death, he cares only for the battle. Death signifies nothing to him, whereas the approaching battle means so much to his own future as King. One of Macbeths people comes in and tells him that he though he saw the "Wood ...
- 2165: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the military. While they taught that duty to one s country is the greatest thing, we already that death-throes are stronger.... And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through. (P. 13) Paul felt completely betrayed. We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. Life is short. (P 139) Views of death and becoming more comfortable with their destiny in the war became more apparent throughout the novel. Paul loses faith in the war in each and every passing day. Throughout the novel it was evident that ... all brothers, true mental struggle is seen. Comrade, I did not want to kill you...Why do they never tell us you are poor devils like us... and that you have the same fear of death...If we could just throw away these riffles and this uniform you could be my brother... (p. 223-224). The apparent change in views on the war has become extremely apparent. In a war ...
- 2166: Lord of the Flies; Creating a New Society
- ... now so when Simon comes yelling and screaming the other boys get scared and think that it is the beast who is attacking them so the half crazed boys leap upon Simon beating him to death (Peter, 25). Simon's death is a result of the groups uncivilized behavior as well as their lack of respect toward one another. This incident also brought out the fact that fear and power can bring out the worst in all people no matter how immune they might feel they are to its realms. The ultimate society created is one of complete chaos. After Simon's death all of the boys seem to have a new outlook on the society that they have created for themselves and from that point on it is all downhill. Even Ralph shares in the responsibility ...
- 2167: The Flu
- ... homepage. One source titled "Flu Season 1998-99" came from the CDC's Media Relations page. Another source came from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Data page titled "Leading Causes of Death." The last two sources came from the CDC's Influenza page titled "General Information," and "Vaccine Information." Results: Our research project examined the reasons people do not get a flu shot and the reasons they ... 90% effective in preventing flu among healthy adults (Flu Season, 1998). "In elderly or chronically ill persons, the flu vaccine may be less effective in preventing illness than it is in preventing serious complications and death" (Flu Season, 1998). "Studies have shown the vaccine to reduce hospitalization by about 70% and death by about 85% among the elderly who are not in nursing homes" (Vaccine, 1998). "Among nursing home residents, the vaccine can reduce the risk of hospitalization by about 50%, the risk of pneumonia by ...
- 2168: Rubens
- ... birthplace of his brother Philip and his sister Baldina. There, their father had become the adviser and lover of Princess Anna of Saxony, wife of Prince William I of Orange (William the Silent). On the death of Jan Rubens in 1587, his widow returned the family to Antwerp, where they again became Catholics. After studying the classics in a Latin school and serving as a court page, Peter Paul decided to ... humanist intellectuals of the day. When Rubens left Italy, he was no longer a bourgeois but a gentleman, and he was not a local artist but one of international style and reputation. His mother's death in 1608 brought Rubens back to Antwerp, where he married Isabella Brant in 1609. Having formulated one of the first innovative expressions of the baroque style while in Italy, Rubens on his return was recognized ... visited Paris, where the French queen Marie de M้dicis commissioned him, for the Luxembourg Palace, to depict her life in a series of allegorical paintings (completed 1625). Despite the keen loss Rubens felt after the death of his wife in 1626, he continued to be highly productive. In 1628 he was sent by the Flemish viceroys to Spain. While in Madrid he received several commissions from King Philip IV of ...
- 2169: Frankenstein
- ... state of insurrection and turmoil (Shelley 25). Many Gothic tales from the time involved people who were stranded in a haunted castle who were struggling to get out. In Frankenstein, the door between life and death was unlocked by technology, and once through the door, Victor Frankenstein knew there would be no turning back. Not content with merely exploring the traditional Gothic form, Shelley decided to introduce a decidedly feminine quality ... had long been haunted by nightmares that Elizabeth would someday perish. In one such dream, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds ... it is hoped by her suitor, will be miraculously brought back to life with his kiss (Pitcher 35). As literary fiction critic E.W. Pitcher noted, One can argue for... Gothic fragments that the dream-death-stasis was also the expedient retreat of innocence from the awareness of sexual appetite, and the differentiating attraction to the other. Many Gothic fragments figured forth the struggles of sexual urgings (emergence into a ...
- 2170: Julius Caesar - Self-Concepts In Julius Caesar
- ... because he feels that she is trying to keep him from obtaining power and status. Calpurnia believes Caesar to be a prince and is convinced that some falling meteors are warnings of a prince's death. When she hears her husband boast that he is more dangerous than danger itself, she recognizes that this is simple arrogance, and tells him so, saying, "Alas, my lord/ Your wisdom is consumed in confidence ... his murderers descend him upon. When Caesar compares himself to a heavenly body, Brutus' fear about Caesar becoming intoxicated with power begins show truth, and his conspirators feel they must kill him. When faced with death, however, Caesar's' humanity is restored to him. The dying Caesar is not the egotistical and power-hungry man who has just spoken from the throne. For a moment, he is only an idealist who ... was respected by the people, and the people would think that if Brutus killed Caesar, there was a good reason for it. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus talks to Antony about Caesar's death. "Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity to the general wrong of Rome..."(Act 3, scene 1). Brutus says that Antony cannot see their (members of the conspiracy) hearts, which are ...
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