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- 2651: A Violent Illumination of Salvation
- ... The River" are examples of the innocent victims. Again, Salvation is extremely costly, yet in O'Connor's eyes, redemption is worth the cost at any price. Norton's struggle to accept his mother's death without his father's support leaves him severely depressed. Shepard substitutes human intelligence for religion and considers himself a surrogate priest who hears confessions of misguided teenagers. Shepard dismisses Norton as selfish and lacking potential ... 391). Norton, being very impressionable, starving for attention, and ignorant of basic religion is enlightened by Rufus. Even though Shepard chooses to ignore God, Norton needs some form of faith to explain his mother's death. Rufus supplies answers and convinces Norton that he can locate his mother in Heaven and join her there if he goes while he is still a child. Unfortunately, he hangs himself, but according to Rufus, he is with his mother. Another example of the absence of faith is the tragic death of Bevel. The child is consistently exposed to a corrupt society from malicious playmates and his parents' circle of friends. While his parents nurse a hangover, the babysitter, Mrs. Connin introduces Bevel to religion. ...
- 2652: Bloodstain
- ... himself. 'They'll never even suspect me.'" It is quite evident that most of the responsibility in this situation belongs to Fred. Furthermore, Fred's parents' lack of responsibility indirectly contributes to Mr. Haskell's death. Their first act of carelessness is when they neglect to keep the gun locked up in a safer place. Instead, they keep it in a location where it is easily accessible to Fred. Equally important ... is stolen, but he does not take the situation seriously. Instead, he mildly warns him not to shoot anybody's cow, and then leaves. Consequently, his casual approach to the matter results in his unfortunate death. In conclusion, in a disastrous event, responsibility is often shared. In Bloodstain, Fred's actions are what directly leads to Mr. Haskell's death; however, his parents and Mr. Haskell himself are also to blame for the tragic turn of events.
- 2653: Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... posts, holding high the severed heads of ‘rebels(Africans)"(Conrad qtd. in Labrasca 290). From these words we can see that Kurtz is no ordinary man. Kurtz himself was described as "an animated image of death carved out of old ivory"(Conrad qtd. in Labrasca 290). Essentially Kurtz has succumbed to disease and starvation, and is basically being eaten alive as he nears death. He had such a greed for ivory also. Kurtz exclaims "My intended, my i vory, my station my river…"(Conrad 67). He believes that everything is his that he had control. Marlow really can't ... through the bloody holocaust that is our nightmare of Vietnam, a search through all the myths and motifs of Western literature and movies, a search along a glistening river surrounded by shadows, a search toward death and dissolution.(Wilmington 288) Wilmington can give us some categorization of what the horror might mean in the movie, but the only way to get the definition and make it our definition is to ...
- 2654: A Critical Analysis of "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor
- ... the human race. O'Connor achieved her purpose because she successfully portrayed her characters in the manner most suitable to convince her readers. O'Connor needed to express her concern and curiosity toward life and death, mainly death. She might have also been looking for a way to cope with death by writing her stories. “ Revelation” was her way of suppressing her anger toward people of lower standards. She suppressed her anger by writing what she thought about them; therefore, releasing herself from the anger ...
- 2655: A Comparison of Hamlet and McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... begin at different points with different purposes, but soon meet with a common incentive. For Hamlet, this initial impulse is derived from his embitterment towards his mother for remarrying so soon after his father's death and for selecting her late husband's brother Claudius, as her second partner. In a witty statement to his closest friend Horatio, he expresses his indignation; "The funeral baked meats/ Did coldly furnish forth the ... about his mother's wedding. It is their behavior in the latter half of each story, that ties these two together. Revenge becomes a common prompt. For Hamlet, this is simply avenging his father's death after much contemplation and indecision. Until this point, doubt and procrastination had him deterred from any action against Claudius. Painfully stagnant deliberation and an inspiring encounter with Fortinbras' army (Act 4, Scene 4), finally persuaded ... do I look like a sane man?'" Our two protagonists take a cunning approach to dodging such questioning, and in the process they also induce the pity of others ("O, help him sweet heavens!"). The death of McMurphy and Hamlet, is imperative to the story as this is what defines a tragedy. Despite their inevitable downfall, what makes these two characters successful is that they were given the proper credit ...
- 2656: Book Report on Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"
- ... retarded woman, who later dies giving birth to his illegitimate son, Smerdyakov, who grows up as his father's servant. Fyodor is even more blatantly disrespectful to his three legitimate children. After his wife's death, he abandons them, for they "would have been a hindrance to his debaucheries." He is never a true father to any of them. When his oldest son, Dmitry, becomes an adult, Fyodor is even so ... himself; he changes from a reckless, unrestrained man who is ruled by his emotions to a responsible, humble man who has a strong faith in God. When he is wrongly convicted of his father's death, he realizes that although he is not responsible for the sin of his father's murder, he is responsible for a great many others, and so he accepts the sentence of exile given to him ... almost tangible atmosphere of tension and tragedy through his choice of words. Dostoevsky establishes the atmosphere in the first sentence of the novel; he states that Fyodor Karamazov is to die "a tragic and fishy death." He reinforces the uneasy, dire atmosphere throughout the novel with subtle yet descriptive phrases; he says several times, for example, that a "catastrophe" is about to occur, and that the Karamazov household "reeks of ...
- 2657: Billy Budd
- ... takes leave of Bill, the senior lieutenant notices a look of agony on his face (chapter 22) Through another window one can view Vere to be a cold-blooded coward. Vere argued himself into the death penalty for Billy out of cowardice and naked fear. He might easily have pardoned Billy, but he convinces himself that to do so would cause the crew to mutiny, and he uses this lame argument to ...
- 2658: Harriet Tubman
- ... was not until 1857, after she had gone to the south for her parents, that she retired to her home in Auburn. She married a man named Nelson Davis and they lived together until his death in 1908. There she resided, poor, but she still helped people by opening her home to them. Her last years were spent running her home to shelter and feed the old and needy. She died ... was thought to be pneumonia. She died in 1913 in her house in Auburn, New York which is now owned and cared for by her descendants, and the Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.12 "After her death, Harriet Tubman was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn [grave], with military honors. She has since received man honors, including the naming of the Liberty Ship Harriet Tubman, christened in 1944[photo] by Eleanor ... the names of Joanne D'Arc, Grace Darling, and Florence Nightingale, for not one of these women, noble and brave as they were, has shown more courage, and power of endurance, in facing danger and death to relieve human suffering, than this poor black woman ."
- 2659: Stoker and Rice's Books About Vampires
- ... mortal a vampire is a tricky process in both novels the process is basically the same except Rice gives a more detailed description. making a vampire involves draining the chosen mortal to the point of death-just before the heart stops-so that the powerful vampire blood can take hold and fuse with the heart. The process is risky because the vampire thirsts for the human heart and might drinkuntil the ... with the Vampire 23). In Dracula however there is this excerpt “The count suddenly stopped and cowered back. Further and Further back he cowered, as we, lifting our crucifixes, advanced”(Stoker 271). according to legend, death to a vampire can be caused by few different methods. Stoker uses the fact that Death can be caused by fire, sunlight, and stake through the heart.
- 2660: Margaret Sanger
- ... made and how they reflect on both. Margaret Sanger was not born a crusader, she became one. A great deal of her early life contributed to the shaping of her views in regards to birth, death, and women. Born Margaret Louise Higgins on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York to Michael and Anne Higgins, she was the sixth of eleven children. Anne Higgins was a devout Catholic while Michael Higgins ... health. All of her attempts failed and, in March of 1896, Anne Higgins died. Margaret always believed that it was her mother's frequent pregnancies (18 total) that led to her ill health and premature death. Realizing that it was her turn to pitch in and help the family, Margaret stayed at home and took over most of her mother's duties. Margaret did not mind the housework much, but it ... legally, the law was intended for men; to protect them from the diseases acquired through sexual contact, but she believed that the law could be interpreted to include women who were susceptible to disease and death from too much childbearing. She was in desperate need of money and turned to rich women like Mrs. George Rubilee and Mrs. Charles Tiffany, who responded by forming the "Committee of 100" to help ...
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