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- 2471: Was It Heaven Or Hell
- ... misplaced emphasis, and your misleading gestures, you turn up your complacent noses and parade before God and the world as saintly and unsmirched Truth-Speakers, in whose cold-storage souls a lie would freeze to death if it got there! Why will you humbug yourselves with that foolish notion that no lie is a lie except a spoken one? What is the difference between lying with your eyes and lying with ... refrained from it. From that moment the sick woman understood that her daughter must remain away, and she said she would reconcile herself to the separation the best she could, for she would rather suffer death than have her child's health imperiled. That afternoon Helen had to take to her bed, ill. She grew worse during the night. In the morning her mother asked after her: "Is she well?" Hester ... faintly rising and falling as her wasting life ebbed away. At intervals a sigh or a muffled sob broke upon the stillness. The same haunting thought was in all minds there: the pity of this death, the going out into the great darkness, and the mother not here to help and hearten and bless. Helen stirred; her hands began to grope wistfully about as if they sought something--she had ...
- 2472: The Black Plague
- ... Plague was two words in which one that lived during medieval times in England greatly feared. Being one of the worst disasters in the history of the world, the Black Plague, known also as Black Death, had an enormous effect on urban population, eschatological mentalities, and even turned life in a better direction. It was known as a wretched, fierce and violent disease. From monks, nuns to peasants, any soul was ... board deceased. When plague repeatedly returned to areas, families had no chance of reproduction. Even with better shelter and better food on the table, the family tree had no chance of maturing.2 Birth and death rates were hideously altered. Labor, taxes and industrial shrinkage soon saw the effects of plague. England's cloth trade suffered, yet never diminished. Industrial shrinkage was a great cause in the fall of the economy ... this was a sign of the end of the world. Many prophecies were made that describe the Black Plague. A certain great astrologer named Michael de Leone foretold the coming of a great disaster of death.3 Even though the end of the world was expected, Christian followers believed that had to be yet an anti-christ preceding the last judgment. Hence, prophecies still included the Black Death as a ...
- 2473: All Quiet on the Western Front: The War Against Disillusionment
- ... events of the war it can be seen how Paul and his friends became the “lost generation”. The novel went through Paul’s life from his school days with his teacher, Kantorek to his eventual death in the war. Between these extremes are the important parts of Pauls journey and they are basic training, the death of his close friend Kemmerich, his experiences on the front, the time he spent with the french girls, when he went on leave, also the time at the Russian P.O.W. camp, the killing ... first attack Paul felt that “ the world as they had taught it to us broke into pieces” (13). “While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew 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” (13). Paul felt totally betrayed here ...
- 2474: Teens and Suicide
- ... there was no where to turn? Believe it or not millions of American teenagers feel this way and feel that their only way out is to commit suicide. Suicide is the ninth leading cause of death for all Americans, and is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15-24. Teens need adult guidance more than ever to understand all the emotional and physical changes they are experiencing. When a teens’ mood disrupts his or her ... s school for more information on programs being offered to help your family deal with this. (Teen Suicide.com) Statistics show that teen suicide has nearly tripled since 1960, making it the leading cause of death in adolescents and the second leading cause of death among college age youth. Suicide took the lives of 31,824 Americans in the United States in 1995. Nearly 60% of all suicides are committed ...
- 2475: Julius Caesar
- ... foolish and he felt ashamed to admit that he listened to her. Decius’ words manipulated Caesar into going to the capitol. Mark Antony plays with the minds and emotions of the plebeians after Caesar’s death. The Roman citizens seem to be so flighty throughout the play. At such a time as in Caesar’s death, they are only more venerable to be manipulated. Antony begins by throwing out his emotions in his first speech. This leads the plebeians to feel that “Caesar has had great wrong.” (a3 s2 L108) Almost ... it further to play with their minds to result in them calling the conspirators villains and murderers. Antony accents and exaggerates his feelings to make the plebeians rise into mutiny and vow to vengeance his death. Antony remains quite knowledgeable about what he has done, so he lets it “take...what course thou wilt.” (a3 s2 L259) Antony uses his emotions and feelings to play upon these of the plebeians ...
- 2476: Beowulf - Hero
- ... monster Grendel, who has been terrorizing the Danes for twelve years, with his bare hands by ripping off his arm. When Beowulf is fighting Grendel's mother, who is seeking revenge on her son's death, he is able to slay her by slashing the monster's neck with a Giant's sword that canonly be lifted by a person as strong as Beowulf. When he chops off her head, he ... to battle one last time to fight a horrible dragon who is frightening all of his people. Beowulf is old and tired but he defeats the dragon in order to protect his people. Even in death he wished so secure safety for the Geats so a tall lighthouse is built in order to help the people find their way back from sea. The most heroic of traits within Beowulf is that he is not afraid to die. He always explains his death wishes before going into battle and requests to have any possessions delivered to his people. "And if death does take me, send the hammered mail of my armor to Higlac, return the inheritance I ...
- 2477: April Morning
- ... the story to continue because if he had lived I don't think that the Battle would have been such a alarming experience for Adam, and because of the traumaticness of watching his father's death Adam was able to grow up and become more of a man. Some of the actions of Moses's death were Adam went into a state of almost shock, and wept and mourned over his father's death “I sat there and cried. I hadn't cried so much since I was a small boy... Another result of Moses's death was the meeting of Adam and Solomon Chandler even though their ...
- 2478: Emily Dickinson
- ... favor of adopting the new transcendental perspective. This emergence of Transcendentalism, Dickinson’s restrictive home life, her refusal to conform, and the smothering control of institutional religion contributed to Emily Dickinson’s attitudes toward life, death, and spirituality. Massachusetts before the transcendental period was the center of religious customs founded by the Puritans. After the Great Awakenings and subsequent religious revivals that spread across America the New Englanders began to question ... is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond-- Invisible, as Music-- But positive as Sound-- However, there is a change in the tone of confident faith in these poems. In the face of the reality of death, Dickinson’s increasingly intense doubt begins to emerge. She shows a great sense of fear that this faith may be a tragic folly. I know that he exists Somewhere, in silence. He has hid his ... not the fun Look too expensive? Would not the jest Have crawled too far? A fall from the faith of the first lines is evident, ending with an indication of panic. In the presence of death, the whole idea of faith has come to seem nothing more than a cruel joke. She expresses, with considerable wit, that “seeing” in the context of faith suggests the foolishness of believing without understanding: ‘ ...
- 2479: The American Hero
- The American Hero Every child has fantasy s of being a super hero and leaping tall buildings in a single bound or staring death in the face everyday and somehow finding a way to escape. All of these imaginative thoughts have been derived from the past literary works by the great writers of the early American literary period. These ... Natty appears in is The Prairie. Here Natty is viewed as a decrepit, old man. This is when the hero everyone once loved and admired becomes weak and helpless. As he is lying on his death bed many people from far and wide come to pay their respects to the honorable Natty Bumppo (American Experience 194-202). The past friends and war partners that are with him in his time of ... place to the thrills, which include a harrowing roller coaster ride in an abandoned mineshaft and Indy s rescue of the heroine from ritual sacrifice (Planet Indy NP). Indy once a again escapes a near death situation by using wits and his will to survive. In the third and last of the Indiana saga, The Last Crusade, we learn how young Indy first developed a taste for adventure and his ...
- 2480: Julius Caesar: Roman Life During the First Triumvirate
- ... tidbits, these people may also be looked upon as superstitious. In the opening scene, one sooth-sayer, old in his years, warns Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March," an admonition of Caesar's impending death. Although sooth-sayers are looked upon by many as insane out of touch lower-classmen, a good deal of them, obviously including the sayer Caesar encountered, are indeed right on the mark. Since they lack ... to a horrible nightmare. She tells Caesar of a battle breaking out in the heart of Rome, "Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol," with Caesar painfully dying, such that "...The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." Although Caesar realizes Calphurnia is truly concerned about his well-being, he seeks another interpretation, coming to the conclusion that the person who imagines the dream may not be the wisest one to ... Caesar's assasination at the hand of Brutus, Cassius, and the rest of the conspirators, Brutus and Cassius are chased into the country side, where we see a few superstitious signs of their forthcoming painful death in battle. In a dream, Brutus sees Caesar's "ghost", interpreted as an omen of his defeat. He also looks upon the ensign, and instead of the usual stock of eagles, ravens and kites ...
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