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- 2351: The Plague 2
- ... in the struggle against the plague, helping men such as Rieux and Tarrou, and putting his faith to the test. The test reaches its utmost when the characters are forced to watch the slow, tortured death of an innocent child. How could something sent to punish sin afflict a child? The child had done no wrong, yet the group cannot do more than to sit and wait helpless as the child ... them. Shortly after this event, Paneloux begins to write another sermon. This one differs from the first. He reflects in his sermon on what he has witnessed. He tries to find a reason for the death of the child. Paneloux goes on to explain his reason. During the second sermon he affirms that the plague is not sent by God; it is part of an evil which is present in the ... there is an event that can alter the lives of so many people so fast. After reading the novel one might ask, Is there something out there that could send people to their ultimate limit death ? The view expressed by each character greatly demonstrates the effects of the plague and the reality of death. It also shows that no matter what the human goes through the self always prevails.
- 2352: A Rose For Emily
- ... it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad being left alone. She had become humanized" (219). This sounds as if her father’s death was sort of liberation for Emily. In a way it was, she could begin to date and court men of her choice and liking. Her father couldn’t chase them off any more. But then ... not have him alive she thought she could keep him with her if he were dead and she did. Because of her seclusion, no one really knew just how bad it was. Not until her death did, the truth come out about Homer’s death. The "Rose" for Emily, Faulkner talks about in the title of this fictitious story could be found in the tomb like bedroom she created, which wasn’t found till Emily’s death. "Upon the ...
- 2353: Charles Dickens
- ... children. Dickens now collaborated with artist Robert Seymour to do the sketches for The Pickwick Papers but Seymour ended up committing suicide leaving Dickens in search of finding someone to replace him. Soon after the death of Seymour, Dickens collaborated with another known artist named H.K Browne, called Phiz, who drew the pictures for most of Dickens’ later works. Dickens turned what was a comic narrative into The Pickwick Papers ... Dickens maintained his fame with a constant stream of novels. He founded and edited two highly successful weekly magazines. He edited Household Words from 1850 to 1859 and All Year Round from 1859 to his death. Since fame had come Dickens way he was constantly in the news. He was famous in America as well as in Britain and he toured the United States in 1842 and in 1867 and 1868 ... in English literature but his position was not always so high. His reputation declined between 1880 and 1940. This was due to the increasing sophistication and psychological emphasis that became fashionable in novels after Dickens death. Critics valued Dickens chiefly as an entertainer and a creator of a huge gallery of comic, pleasant and villainous characters. But these critics also considered Dickens’ outlook too simple and unrealistic. The believed that ...
- 2354: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... by simply relating him to a hog, and a thing that cannot make intelligent decisions. By saying this he hopes to convince the jury that it would not be within justice to put him to death. Mentioning the attorney, Kenny points out, "To execute someone so simple, he concluded, would be like putting a hog in the electric chair" (683). Directed the jury, Jefferson's attorney states, "What you see here ... 683). The fact that the Reverend doesn't care about Jefferson's dignity makes Grant's task even more difficult. The Reverend's attempts to show Jefferson that all he needs in life and in death is God only adds to his confusion. Grant and the Reverend argue about their own beliefs and this puzzles Jefferson. He doesn't understand what he should, and what he should not believe. However, as ... between him and Grant. They understood one another and a trust between the two started to develop. Later, Jefferson even begins keeping a daily journal for Grant to read once he has been put to death. In the end, Jefferson's trust in Grant, helps him to face his death like a man. He does this, and dies like the human he is, not the hog he was thought as. ...
- 2355: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... together. In this book, Ernest J. Gaines presents three views to determine manhood: law, education and religion. Jefferson has been convicted of a crime, and though he did not commit it, he is sentenced to death as a "hog" a word that denies any sense of worth or fragment of dignity he may have possessed in a world ruled by oppressive white bigots. Jefferson is at an even greater loss as he has no education and after the conviction he doubts that God can even exist in a world that would send an innocent man to his death. It is clear that Jefferson does not believe he has any value. " ‘I’m an old hog. Just an old hog they fattening up to kill for Christmas’ " (83). Though Grant may have had some ... be powerful and would be believed by the black children sitting inside the small schoolhouse. That a white man would say it would make it true in the eyes of the children. However difficult facing death may have been, it was also empowering to Jefferson. Jefferson believed that if he could walk with dignity to his death, he would not only make his grandmother proud, but that he would also ...
- 2356: Elvis Presley
- ... 1955, Elvis signs a management contract with Hank Snow Attractions, which was equally owned by Snow and Colonel Tom Parker. Colonel Tom Parker will be Elvis' manager from this time to the time of his death. Snow, soon is no longer connected to Elvis. On November 20, 1955 Elvis signed his first contract with RCA Records, which will be his label to the time of his death. Colonel Parker negotiated the sale of Elvis's contract to RCA, which included Elvis's first five singles with SUN and unreleased material of SUN. The final price was a whopping $40,000 with $5 ... 1958, Gladys Presley dies of acute hepatitis. She was laid to rest at Forest Hill Cemetery, a few miles down the road from Graceland, but later her body was moved back to Graceland after Elvis' death. He was stationed in West Germany. That is where he met Priscilla Ann Beaulieu. March 1960, he was discharged from the army. After he was discharged, he missed Priscilla. He asked Priscilla to move ...
- 2357: Caravaggio
- ... not otherwise be expressed. Likewise, the artist can imply polemic and ideological aspects of culture and society. However, the meaning cannot be fully comprehended without the context of time and circumstance. The eighteenth century painting, Death of the Virgin, will be examined, for in it Caravaggio depicts the Madonna as a prostitute. Ideological aspects of culture and society are suggested through this piece, however it is only through an examination of ... Judith and Holoferne. His new use of naturalism in his work set the new trend of genre painting, a trend some considered vulgar and grotesque for its realistic tendencies. For the purpose of this essay, Death of the Virgin will be considered, for in it Caravaggio, painting in the genre style, depicts the Madonna as a prostitute or as his contemporary Bellori describes her as "a swollen corpse of an ordinary ... Some critiques have used a Freudian analysis to link his actions to the sexual revolution of the 1960's and Gay Liberation. Others believe his pictorial realism is a metaphysical - existentialist movement, where visions of death replace that of life (Spear, p.25). His work inspired a number of artists who converted to his manner of painting. Baglione, Rubens and Elsheimer were among the followers to perpetuate the Caravagguesque movement. ...
- 2358: Toni Morrison's Beloved: Sethe, A Brave Mother In Love, Or Is She Selfish In Her Weakness?
- ... Sethe has put herself in to a realm of physical and emotional pain: guilt. And in understanding her guilt we can start to conceive her motivations for killing her third nameless child. Did Beloved’s death come out of love or selfish pride? In preventing her child from going into slavery, Sethe, too, protected herself, she prevented herself from re-entering captivity. In examining Sethe’s character we can see that ... her only good quality. Her children are a part of her and in killing one she kills a part of herself. What hinders over Sethe is her refusal to accept responsibility for her baby’s death. Does she do this because she is selfishness or because it need not be justified? Sethe’s love is clearly displayed by sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet, Sethe refuses to acknowledge that ... murder. Throughout the work, seems to have two separate identities, which affect her actions. When reunited with Paul D., Sethe recalls her reactions to School Teacher’s arrival with no mention to her daughter’s death. “Oh, no. I wasn’t going back there [Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead” (42) Sethe believes she made a moral stand in not letting herself be taken into custody. In her statement ...
- 2359: A Farewell To Arms
- ... come from within himself. Catherine Barkley is an English volunteer nurse who serves in Italy. She is considered very experienced when it comes to love and loss since she has already been confronted with the death of a loved one when her fiance was killed earlier in the war. The reader is not as well acquainted with Catherine's inner thoughts and feelings as we are with those of Frederick. The ... through the dialogue between her and Frederick or through his personal interpretations of her actions. Catherine already possesses the knowledge that her own life cannot be dependent on another. She learned this lesson through the death of her fiance. Her love for Frederick is what her life revolves around, yet she knows not to rely on him to be the order in her life. Had she been dependent on Frederick for the order in her life, she would not have been able to allow him to participate in the war for fear of losing her own stability with his death. The theme that Hemingway emphasizes throughout the novel is the search for order in a chaotic world. Hemingway conveys this through Frederick's own personal search during the chaos of World War I. Catherine ...
- 2360: Political Economy Of The Ancient India
- ... power among the Karakitai, the Khwarezm- Shahs, and the Ghurids for control of parts of Central Asia and Iran. By 1152 Ghazna had been captured again by the Ghurid ruler, 'Ala'-ud-Din. After his death the Ghurid territory was partitioned principally between his two nephews, Ghiy as-ud-Din Muhammad and Mu'izz-ud-Din Muhammad ibn Sam, commonly called Muhammad of Ghur. Ghiyas-ud-Din ruled over Ghur from ... and the Ghaghara (1529). Bahadur Sh ah of Gujarat, encouraged by Afghan and Mughal émigrés, challenged the Mughals in Rajasthan; and, although Humayun occupied Gujarat in 1535, the danger there ended only with Bahadur's death in 1537. Meanwhile, a Sur Afghan soldier of fortune, Sher Shah, had consolidated his power in Bihar and Bengal and defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and at Kannauj in 1540, expelling him from India ... influential Nur Jahan clique of the middle period of Jahangir's reign. In 1622 Shah Jahan, ambitious to win the succession, rebelled, ineffectually roaming the empire until reconciled to Jahangir in 1625. After Jahangir's death in 1627, the support of Asaf Khan, Nur Jahan's brother, enabled Shah Jahan to proclaim himself emperor at Agra (February 1628). Shah Jahan's reign was notable for successes against the Deccan states. ...
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