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- 2611: George Orwells 1984 2
- ... the other hero is Gatsby himself who we can see as a hero because of the way he took the blame for the woman he loved and she didn t even acknowledge him after his death . Nick was born in the poor part of town but still although curious did not have any real desire to be part of the rich mans world . It was sort of brought upon him by ... he is a hero more in the sense that he is totally devoted to one woman most of his life . Then when it looks as if she is going to get into trouble for the death of Mrytle after she hit her with Gatsby s car Gatsby heroicly comes in and hides the car and destroys the evidence to save his distressed princess from a punishment that he could not handle ... blame he has shifted all the suspicions onto himself and when Mr Wilson hears about the rumour he is filled with anger towards Gatsby so he kills him . Some may say Gatsby died a heros death and then there are those who may say he died out of stupidity . So to decide who is the real hero we have to look at what most people perceive A hero to be ...
- 2612: Oedipus
- ... but his own suspicions? Would a "good" man wish his own brother-in-law dead when no one could even testify to his guilt? Would a "good" man threaten a timid shepherd with pain and death merely because he was hesitant to reveal the harsh realities of Oedipus' life? Oedipus' tale of meeting Laius is another troubling point. In Colonus he states in plain terms that King Laius would have murdered him had he not killed Laius. In his initial speech to Jocasta on Laius' death he tells a different story. It sounds as though he provoked, or at least escalated, the attack on him, striking the first real blow instead of going off the road, which was all Laius' party ... Corinth, not summoned by the king, revealing that Oedipus is not truly Polybus' son. Finally, the shepherd reveals all of Oedipus' past, after having been called for the purpose of providing more information about Laius' death. The coincidental nature of these events contradicts this vision of Oedipus as a sort of Greek private-eye who relentlessly digs out clues in a self-destructive search for his parents. Yes, Oedipus is ...
- 2613: Irony Of Dickens In Oliver Twi
- ... because no one can squeal on him if they are dead. In the beginning of the story Fagin favors capitol punishment, but when the novel draws to a close and Fagin is the one facing death he changes his ideas about capitol punishment. Until Fagin meets his death he pleads to not be hung. Fagin’s desperateness to get free is vivid in this passage, "Say I’ve gone to sleep—they’ll believe you. You can get me out, if you take ... diet and support despite the fact they are a gang of pickpockets. Fagin starts off the novel by showing great support for capitol punishment, but in the end he is the one being put to death. Mr. Bumble begins as a well off beadle but ends up as a pauper in the workhouse he was in charge of. The use of ironic reversal of values is used to such great ...
- 2614: The Beast in the Jungle: The Beast of James
- ... t marry May because he doesn't want to inconvenience her with his condition or endanger her life on a tiger hunt? First of all, he inconveniences her right up to the day of her death with his condition, and as for the metaphorical tiger hunt, what exactly does that refer to? What is it here that James will not speak of in plain language? Simply what is the meaning of ... s] beast reveals a void... for, although he first sees in it, and in May as well, a reflection of his own desires and hopes, later it mirrors not only her demise but his inevitable death as well," and also "Marcher feels that May's dying...was what he had figured as the beast in the jungle" (Przybylowicz pp. 96 & 97). I admit that I have loosely construed the notion of ... of a slow motion springing, constant throughout the story. Yet Wright also goes on to say that when Marcher "senses ... that [May] is dying, he feels that his own life will end, indeed that her death represents, after all, the leap of the beast" (Wright p. 198). Wright presents two entirely different views of the beast, which is surprisingly something that our class has not hit on yet. Marcher and ...
- 2615: Gatsby Essay
- ... the other hero is Gatsby himself who we can see as a hero because of the way he took the blame for the woman he loved and she didn t even acknowledge him after his death . Nick was born in the poor part of town but still although curious did not have any real desire to be part of the rich mans world . It was sort of brought upon him by ... he is a hero more in the sense that he is totally devoted to one woman most of his life . Then when it looks as if she is going to get into trouble for the death of Mrytle after she hit her with Gatsby s car Gatsby heroicly comes in and hides the car and destroys the evidence to save his distressed princess from a punishment that he could not handle ... blame he has shifted all the suspicions onto himself and when Mr Wilson hears about the rumour he is filled with anger towards Gatsby so he kills him . Some may say Gatsby died a heros death and then there are those who may say he died out of stupidity . So to decide who is the real hero we have to look at what most people perceive A hero to be ...
- 2616: Tennyson as a Victorian
- ... poorest." It was a time when the rich were rich, and the poor people were poor. The poor or lower class of people went hungry and half naked throughout most of their lives. Life and death went hand in hand; wealth and poverty stood side by side; repletion and starvation laid them down together. Such rapid change in industry destroyed jobs as it provided new ones. The population shifted and left ... Tennyson, who is a very famous poet, is often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennyson was a man who had seen pain and sorrow in his life. After the death of his best friend, Arthur Hallam, Tennyson found relief from his pain in writing. Many of his writings were indeed about his dead friend. For example in "The Passing of Arthur, the hero has the ... to the world in a very private way, and also to severe criticism by many people. In "The Lady of Shalott,"there is pain, frustration, and that of life as a journey that leads to death. The poem is a way of showing how people are destined to certain fates in life and that they cannot escape their fate. Tennyson made people's feelings real and more vocal. His writings, ...
- 2617: The Vikings
- ... them were Greenland and he was not interested. By the fourth island they hit, Bjarn knew he found Greenland, it matched the description. He met with his father Herjulf, and lived with him until his death, and stayed even after. When Leif Ericsson, Eric the Red's son, learned of this new unexplored land from Bjarn he jumped on the chance to venture unto it. Leif too Bjarn's old ship ... This is what pleased the people and made them enjoy the Viking society. The three classes were thralldoms, freemen, and the aristocracy. The bottom class was the thralldoms and it included slaves, men sentenced to death, debtors, or men caught in Viking raids. The slaves were owned by a master and a master usually had many slaves. A slave had no rights and his master owned him the same way he ... gods. There were sill gods that were worshipped by the Vikings. One of the gods was Njord and he was the god of the sea. Freya was the goddess of fertility, beauty, love, war, and death. Her brother Frey was the god of summer and also the god of fertility like herself. Another god was Loki and he was the god of lies and mischief. Thor was the god of ...
- 2618: J Alfred Prufrock
- ... and I”(Line 1). Many readers also agree that Prufrock is a lonely man, but what type of company he desires seems to vary greatly. Interpretations include sex, social company, long term love, and even death. I believe Prufrock yearns for the sense of belonging, both with a female and with his society. He struggles with issues of sex, age and social change. The beginning lines of the poem(1-25 ... Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,”(50) describing the stages of his life from his youth through his young adulthood to his present state, as a middle aged man. He feels the age and eventual death of not only himself but of the society he is a part of. He hears “voices dying.....Beneath the music from a farther room”(52-53), and realizes that he is at the end of ... of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.”(71-72) Lines 75-86 tell of the sleep that both he and his culture are in. The cultures ignorance of it’s own impending death and his inaction regarding his desire for passion. He says he has “seen the moment of my greatness flicker”(84) which his own admission of his mortality. And as he looks back he realizes ...
- 2619: Adolf Hitler
- ... Jewish people of Germany were also forced to wear a yellow star of David, identifying them to the Gestapo (Hitler's secret police). Those who broke the laws were subject to beatings, punishment, and even death. In 1936, using the Soviet-French pact as an excuse, Hitler remilitarize the Rhineland, a disputed territory between Germany and France. In October of that year, Hitler signed the Rome-Berlin axis, which soon became ... force of Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. The war was over, but it was only by the time that the world realized the horrors that had been comm! itted. As the Allies liberated the death camps throughout Europe, people everywhere were shocked. Between the years 1945 and 1949, many Nazi leaders were put on trial for the war crimes that they had committed against humanity. While on trial, these men claimed that they were only following orders. The judges were unsympathetic to these claims, and sentenced many of the leaders to death and life imprisonment. The defeat of Hitler's Reich greatly changed the lives of many people. The Jews were the most abused victims of Hitler's Reich, loosing about six million of their people ...
- 2620: Oedipus Rex: Fate
- ... as that of a drunken man, but it always bothered him. One day Oedipus decides to go to the Oracle to see his knowledge of Oedipus' birth. The oracle tells Oedipus his fate is the death of his father by his own hands and that he will marry his mother. He does not answer the original question Oedipus asked as to who his true parents are. Upon hearing this Oedipus decides ... happiness. Iocaste speaks of that fear of fate. "An oracle was reported to Laios once (I will not say from Phoibos himself, but from his appointed minister at any rate) That his doom would be death at the hands of his own son- His son born of his flesh and mine!…"(Oedipus Rex, 36) As described through the next quotes The King and Queen sent the baby boy to die. Shepherd ... waste a second thought on any." (Oedipus Rex, 43) " Listen to what this man says, and tell me what has become of the solemn prophecies… He has come from Corinth to announce your father's death." (Oedipus Rex, 47) In these three passages Iocaste clearly states that she does not believe in prophecies. Oedipus, has a different opinion on the theory of soothsayers, prophets, and their prophecies of fate. "The ...
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