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- 2341: Bram Stoker's Dracula: Anti-Christian
- ... or unclean animals and, he can change form and disappear into the air. Christians believe that consuming God's body and blood will give them everlasting life with God in heaven. Dracula getting life after death or living an afterlife on earth by consuming the blood of the living to survive, build his strength, and create more followers of him in his evil ways. By this, Dracula is relying on humans to renew his life after death and thus not concentrating on God as the source of life. As Dracula feeds on the blood of the living he creates followers as Jesus had disciples. Dracula has evil ways and spreads his evil ... he didn't care of his religiln. Dracula, having so many Anti- Christian qualities could also be considered an Anti-Christ like Vlad Tepes was to his people. Stoker got the idea for Dracula's death, where he disappears into dust, directly from the mysterious death of Vlad Tepes. Vlad Tepes was buried in a monestary near the front of the altar. About 450 years later people were curious if ...
- 2342: Beowulf And King Authur Comparison Essay
- ... like Beowulf, Arthur gains great respect and praise from all men of worship by fighting alone, even though it is not necessarily the smartest thing to do. The characteristic of being fearless when faced with death is often a trait of heroes because it is associated with courage and strength. King Arthur and Beowulf are not afraid to die, thus showing their courage to their adversaries and peers. When Arthur is faced with death he declares, "welcome be it when it cometh, but to yield me unto thee as [cowardly] I had liefer die than to be so shamed." (Morte d’Arthur, paragraph 34). Simply put he would rather die than admit to defeat and being cowardly. Beowulf feels much the same way about death. He illustrates this by showing no fear for his own life but instead expressing concern for the honor of King Higlac by asking that, "if death does take [him], send the hammered / Mail of [ ...
- 2343: Beowulf - Norse Mythology
- ... cause; they are fighting for a world that is doomed to destruction. Even though they know they will lose in the end, they continue to fight evil, and like their people, do so to their death. Many episodes in Beowulf can be compared to Norse myths. They have many of the same ideas. In the Ragnarok, the fight between Thor and the mudguard serpent resembles the fight between Beowulf and the ... back to where he came from before he ruled their land. It has many parallels to the burial rights used for the Norsemen (Davidson 73). The Norse gave important leaders or heroes impressive burials after death, much like the one in Beowulf. Fighting and war are most important in Norse mythology. Since Odin is the head god, it is obvious that he also be the god of war, showing what their people warship and believe in most. Their religion begins and ends with violence, from the creation story to the death of all living creatures. Not just the myths of the gods, but the actual gods are very similar to the people who created them. These hostile gods were the humans only reasoning as to ...
- 2344: The Musee De Beaux Arts
- The poem is about the death of hope. Auden is distraught over the deaths in WWII. The soldiers of WWII were teenagers. To have 55 million children dead is an act of pure genocide. To Auden the fact that people let ... it are you truly human? The people that walked past Icarus are the same people that closed their eyes to WWII. For Auden if no one is paying any attention to important things such as death what do they need art for. It is just like A Farewell to Arms all the people outside of war don't feel the suffering so they don't care. The world is terrible because ... remind me of the chorus in Oedipus. Auden says, "About suffering, they were never wrong, the old masters," he is saying that the old masters always knew of the suffering. The chorus also shares the death of hope because there is no hope in a world of pure suffering. The chorus tells Oedipus that suffering is something that you should try to live without. Oedipus being full of hubris had ...
- 2345: Beach Burial
- ... man." Each body is buried, ending each sailor’s freedom, like a vampire that is staked through the heart, the driven stake ends the sailors immortality, and the signature confirms the finality of the sailors death; just like a death certificate. Written on the stake is "unknown seaman" the family will never know where their son is buried. The sailors that have died for their country are not given the honourable and noble burial that ... have been described in this poem have been from both sides of the war. The bodies were floating alongside enemies and allies, yet from the beginning of the poem Slessor made them all equal in death. As I pointed out earlier this can be seen in his reference to the dead sailors as convoys; groups of dead men that were travelling together with the same personified feelings and actions. World ...
- 2346: Al Capone
- ... bartender to disguise Torrio's real reason for sending for him, to kill off "Big Jim" Colosimo. "Big Jim" Colosimo was killed on the night of May 11, 1920. (Nash 606) The reason for his death was due mostly to the prohibition act to be passed in 1920. The act forbid alcohol to be distributed to all the bars in Chicago. Torrio, the nephew of Colosimo, often asked him to start ... Chicago". Being the king of Chicago had its downfalls. Numerous threats on his life were made, he was shot at in streets, and even had poison slipped into his food at clubs. In a near death experience a rival gang member, Dion O'Banion, shot 1,000 rounds into the Hawthorn Inn where Capone was staying. After he had cheated death, the arranging of O'Banion's death would be marked as one of Capone's greatest accomplishments. This assassination was done by Capone's two best hitmen, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi. Unfortunately for ...
- 2347: Autobiography of Owen Archer
- ... upset because he loved Mary and he left her for the journey despite her wanting him to stay and protect her. Ned is a master of the daggers. After he found out about Mary’s death Ned ran away to be alone. Many of the people in the group were convinced that he was responsible for Daniel’s death and Abbot Richard tried to keep him under arrest but he had gotten away. On our journey back we met with Nym and he took us to Magda Digby. She led us to find Ned ... and Crofter were guilty of committing the murders of Don Ambrose, Mary, Daniel, Gervase, and Henry and attempting to murder Ned. They were not sentenced for punishment though for some reason. Ned was sentenced to death but the King’s Mistress, Mistress Perrers, was able to get his punishment as clemency even though he attempted to kill her. Ned thought she was responsible for Mary’s death. After interrogating Bardolf ...
- 2348: The Turn of the Screw: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation
- ... figure. This leads to sexual confusion because he lost his oedipal desires through spending time with Quint, they are then forced upon him by the governess' actions. This then leads, in a way, to his death. The death of Miles at the end of the novel can be interpreted in many varying ways, it is however interesting to read it from a psychoanalytic perspective. Even so there are various psychoanalytic interpretations of his death. For example, the children's "exposure to the mad governess" (p143) has damaged Flora psychologically and killed Miles, as is the view of Cranfill and Clark. Also, there is the idea that through fear ...
- 2349: A Separate Peace - Thematic Analysis
- ... miles away. There have been many books written about war, what happens, why it happens, and why wars should stop. Knowles explains through the life of Finny why war never will cease, with only one death in the entire book; a quiet one at that. When Gene is responsible for Finny's fall off the tree, the reader is in some confusion as to what really happened. All the book reads ... Countries, leaders, people suspicious of all who are perceived as a threat, causing them to lash out at anyone even peripherally involved. Adequately proven in A Separate Peace, there are also historical examples: the Nazi death camps, the American Japanese-American relocation camps, and the McCarthyism of the fifties. Apparently, in America, the Constitution rules until war is declared, then paranoia and vindictiveness take charge. When Gene had the opportunity to ... one and hurt everyone. Because Brinker insisted on proceeding with his little drama, Finny loses what was possibly one of his most precious possessions: Gene. All this playacting ultimately accomplished was one thing: Finny's death. The marrow of Finny's bones killed him, thus, it seems the symbolism is man's inner core will defeat him. Because we are human, we are imperfect, and the perfect among us (symbolized ...
- 2350: A Rose For Emily - In Memory Of Emily Grierson
- ... his ways of thinking has ¡§thwarted [Miss Emily¡¦s] life¡¨ (1013). Miss Emily has always been kept in confined environments that only her father knows what she will do. The event of her father¡¦s death is a shock to Miss Emily because the guidance of her father is gone. This explains Miss Emily¡¦s behavior after her father¡¦s death as well as her reaction to another character, Homer Barron. Homer Barron is the first lower-class person to reach Miss Emily after her father¡¦s death. While Miss Emily is still distressed by her father¡¦s death, homer¡¦s affection brings Miss Emily out of her grief. Homer Barron therefore frees Miss Emily from her reserved nature. However, the news ...
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