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- 2461: Hamlet's Puzzling, Duplicitous Nature
- ... for he does behave madly, only to become perfectly calm and rational an instant later. These inconsistencies are related with the internal dilemmas he faces. He struggles with the issue of revenging his father's death-vowing to kill Claudius and then backing out, several times. Upon this point Hamlet stammers through the play. The reason for this teetering is directly related to his inability to form a solid opinion about ... commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain" (1.5.99-103). Hamlet is declaring that he will be committed to nothing else but the revenge of his father's death. There is no confusion about Hamlet's character. He has said earlier that he is what he appears to be, and there is no reason to doubt it. In the next act,however, Hamlet's ... middle of acting and objectivity. Hamlet finally gets his act together, and decides to act the part his father had given him, after he sees the soldiers going off to war to die. "The imminent death of twenty thousand men continent To hide the slain. O, from this time forth My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth! That, for fantasy and a trick of fame, Go to their graves ...
- 2462: Catch 22 And Good As Gold - Sa
- ... also the deadly inhuman bureaucracy of the military-economic establishment which clams to be a stay against chaos while it threatens human life more insidiously then battle itself. Heller also questions the need for the death and carnage throughout the novel asking if it is really necessary. Many other institutions are also satirized in Catch-22. Bryant points out the extreme variety of institutions that Heller satirizes with this "His satire ... duty you cannot. The reason for this is that if you believe you are insane and want to be removed from duty you must be sane because you don’t want to fight, hence risking death, any more. Olderman wrote about the catch saying this " Catch-22 is the principle that informs the military-economic machine, giving it power and making war possible in the first place . . . the illogical must be ... will not be removed from his former tent, and also all of the enlisted men speak of him throughout the book. Dr. Peek also points out one further ironic highlight in the novel, McWatt’s death. He believes that McWatt’s death is ironic because McWatt had no malice yet he was violently killed (Peek 24). Good as Gold also has a certain element of irony although it is less ...
- 2463: Explanation of the Holocaust in Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents"
- ... such courses of action. Yet, how was it that the world could sit idly by as millions of innocent people were removed from their homes, transported in cattle cars to concentration camps, and gassed to death? There have been many explanations for the Holocaust, many excuses, and many rationalizations made in describing the world's failure to act. The fact still remains that six million innocent men, women, and children were ... Europe in the 1930's and 40's. Therefore, it is possible to show how Freud may have predicted the ensuing tragedy. For Freud, the greatest struggle in life was the struggle between life and death. He attributed this struggle to the societal demands placed on the individual and the individuals own instinct. According to Freud, the individual was almost certain to conform to the societal conventions through a sense of ... oppression since the crucifixion of Christ. Despite the advancements that the Jewish people had made throughout the centuries, they could not extinguish the sense of guilt that was laid upon them by Christians for the death of Jesus Christ (Rubenstein 5). By the time Hitler came to power, he was able to use the fears of the people to create his form of government and re-write the history of ...
- 2464: Emily Dickinson
- ... not write for fame, but instead as a way of expressing her feelings. In her lifetime only six of her poems were even printed; none of which had her consent. It was not until her death of Brights Disease in May of 1862, that many of her poems were even read (Chelsea House of Library Criticism 2837). Thus proving that the analysis on Emily Dickinson s poetry is some of the ... Chelsea House of Library Criticism 2845) issuing her poems a tension between the abstraction and sensation in which the two elements may be distinguished logically but not really (Tate 84). Her symbol of nature was death, and her only weapon against death was her faith (Tate 84). She realizes that it is when a man s faith runs dry that he must refresh his soul with the sanity, which lies only in nature (Whicher 87). Miss ...
- 2465: Bill Budd
- ... Where Billy is sweet, John is bitter. Where Billy is naïve, John is knowledgeable. Where Billy is content, John is jealous. Lastly, where Billy is good, John is bad. The ugliness that results in the death of both men portrays the triumph of sinister forces over the meek. John Claggart, who is a powerful and feared man aboard Bellipotent, lashes out at Billy who is for the most part defenseless. This ... place Humans seek goodness instinctively. Thus, it is society s innate responsibility to protect the good (naïve) from those who are in a position to hurt them (people with knowledge.) The significance of Billy s death is that of sacrifice and honor. Billy s death was, in a word majestic. At the same moment it chanced that the vapory fleece hanging low in the East was shot through with a soft glory as of the fleece of the Lamb ...
- 2466: The Development of Desire
- ... never fails. He is welcome everywhere: hail to the captain when he goes ashore!” (Homer 166). The irony falls as Odysseus only desires his homeland. ”Begin when all the rest who left behind them headlong death in battle or at sea had long ago returned, while he[ Odysseus] alone still hungered for home and wife” (Homer 1). Odysseus has many opportunities to end his journeys and start a new life. For ... of a situation. The problems during the stories come not from Odysseus judgment, but the judgment of his men. This became evident more than once when his men would disobey his orders, which resulted in death or peril. To illustrate, the story of the men taking the bag from Aiolos from under the deck right when they were at the sight of their homeland: Nine days and night we sailed without ... leader in war, may you take joy in me, I abjure utterly the bearing of sword or shielding yellow board in this battle! With bare hands shall I grapple with the fiend, fight to the death here, hater and hated! He who is chosen shall deliver himself to the Lord's judgment (Beowulf 64-5). He is a man of honor, and seeks that honor throughout his life. He feels ...
- 2467: Bird Flu Crisis In Hong Kong
- ... to be a 3-day one. The AFD claimed that their staff had no experience in slaughtering and thus made the slaughter process much more time consuming. In the slaughter process, chickens are gassed to death by using carbon dioxide (CO2). Due to the lack of CO2 in Hong Kong, gassed-to-death process was inefficient. In addition, some slaughtered poultry was not disposed on the spot. Therefore chickens were left alive and they ran away with the disease. Though the AFD made a lot of mistakes in ... planned. The process takes so much time that the birds will be doomed to die on the long journey. This is proved by the fact that on 19th February 1998, there were reported case of death of 400 chickens because they were crammed in the truck for a long time. Though there were a lot of criticisms against the checking process, the AFD should not be pressured into relaxing the ...
- 2468: Ebola 2
- In 1976, Ebola virus made it s first appearance in Zaire, Africa, causing the death of hundreds of people. The second outbreak occurred western Sudan, also in 1976. These were large outbreaks, resulting in more than 550 cases and 340 deaths. In 1979, Ebola mysteriously re-appeared in Sudan causing ... of viral hemorrhagic fever begin with fever and muscle aches. These diseases usually progress until the patient becomes very ill with respiratory problems, severe bleeding, kidney malfunctions, and shock. The viral hemorrhagic fever can cause death (Drucker 29). Ebola viruses are spread though close personal contact with a person who is very ill with the disease, but it is unlikely to spread by close contact with infected person who shows no ... discovered that the Ebola virus has actually entered the United States. It is now known that in 1989, monkeys infected with Ebola Reston were imported to Reston, Virginia from the Philippines. The monkeys died horrible death, leading to autopsies and the discovery of the cause of death. Importation of African Green and rhesus monkeys was immediately stopped. The scariest characteristic about the Ebola Reston was that it was known to ...
- 2469: Macbeth Essay On Good Behavior
- ... Macbeth (well he deserves that name)" (I.II.16) Macbeth is given the title; thane of Cawdor for his bravery. "No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive/Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death,/And with his former title greet Macbeth." (I.II.64-66) This, however, is the first downfall for Macbeth. After the three predictions from the witches, he finds the second one to be true when ... thou this fiend of Scotland and myself,/Within my sword's length set him; if he 'scape,/Heaven forgive him too!" (IV.III.233-235) When Macbeth killed Macduff's family, he pronounced his own death. He threw away every possibility of regaining his men's trust. From this point in the play it is no surprise that Macbeth meets his death at the hand of Macduff. He was definitely deserving of his punishment and shows how a person can change with power and greed. This, of course, was all caused by Macbeth not waiting for ...
- 2470: The Stone Angel: Hagar Shipley
- ... s pride and stubbornness were the causes of her failed relationships and lack of love in her life. Her excessive pride destroyed her relationships with her father, brother and husband. It also led to the death of her son John. Her stubbornness caused her marriage to dissolve, Marvin to be unhappy, her daughter-in-law's frustration, and her own death. Hagar's overwhelming pride was the reason she could not show love nor affection to those around her. She inherited her pride from her father and from an early age she always refused to show ... I wouldn't cry in front of strangers, whatever it cost me" (p.242). She realised too late that her pride got in the way of her son's happiness and after her son's death she was unable to show any emotions. Hagar's pride and her lack of emotions ruined her relationships with her father, brother, husband and son. Hagar's stubbornness was another cause of her and ...
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