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- 271: A Tale of Two Cities: Assorted Themes
- ... part in the plot a book. The opinions formed by the audience, of the characters, are also affected by the themes in a book. Three themes in this book are sacrifice, love and hate, and death; these themes show up many times in this book. The themes in this book are shown through the characters and their actions. Sacrifice shows up in the book many times. Sacrifice is giving up something that is apart of your life that you do not really want to give up. The greatest sacrifice in the book is Carton's death. He sacrifices his life for his love for Lucie Manette. Sydney Carton met his death with great dignity. In fulfilling his old promise to Lucie, Carton attains peace; those watching see "The peacefullest man's face ever beheld"(366) at the guillotine. Charles Darnay gives up his estate in ...
- 272: A Friendly Enemy
- A Friendly Enemy "Death is my wish for myself, my enemies, my children" (Euripedes translated by Robinson Jeffers, Medea 11). Medea is hungry for death. She wants to taste it on her lips and wishes others to do the same. The value which Medea gives death is to use it as a weapon against her enemies. On the other hand, the women and the nurse fear death. Death,to the women and to the nurse is something that should not ...
- 273: Capital Punishment: For and Against
- ... not honor the life of others make null and void their own right to membership. Those who violate the personhood of others, especially if this is done persistently as a habit must pay the ultimate penalty. This punishment must be inflicted for the sake of maintaining the community whose foundation has been violated. We can debate whether some non-lethal alternative is a fitting substitute for the death penalty. But the standard of judgment is whether the punishment fits the crime and sufficiently honors the nature of moral community. LOVE AND AN IDEAL SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY Christian love, is unconditional. It does not depend ...
- 274: The Real Plague
- ... using some of the prisoners in the jail to work against the plague. After dealing with plague-stricken men all his life, Tarrou rejects this proposal. Tarrou comments, "I loathe men¡¦s being condemned to death," (125). Tarrou¡¦s reasoning for that not wanting prisoners to be used deviates from the ordinary. While many would object to prisoners being sent out to work because they do not deserve to be set free. Tarrou has different reasons. Because the plague is equal to death, Tarrou would want no part in forcing men to take part in. He wants volunteers, "free men,"(124) to confront death, not impressed individuals. This reveals an important belief of his of man is to confront death, it should be by his own desires and choices, not by something which "fancies it knows everything and ...
- 275: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
- Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death" and " I heard a fly buzz when I died", are remarkable masterpieces that exercises thought between the known and the unknown. Critics call Emily Dickinson"s poems masterpieces with strange " haunting powers". In Dickinson's poems " Because I could not stop for death" and " I heard a fly buzz when I died" are created less than a year apart by the same poet. Both poems talk about death and the impression in the tone and symbols that exudes creativity. One might undoubtedly agree to eerie, haunting, if not frightening, tone in Dickinson's poem. Dickinson uses controlling adjectives-"slowly: and "passed"-to ...
- 276: A Priest’s Death: An Examination of Uncanny Elements in James Joyce’s "The Sisters"
- A Priest’s Death: An Examination of Uncanny Elements in James Joyce’s "The Sisters" In "The Sisters," James Joyce implements several elements of the uncanny. The story centers on an evasion of understanding and comprehensibility. It primarily focuses on the death of a priest, in itself a rather unsettling incident. The feeling of disengagement is perpetuated by the boy’s dream and Eliza’s admission that Father Flynn’s mind was deteriorating. These occurrences and the manner in which they are presented contribute to the interpretation of the story as an examination of the close relationship between insanity and death. The focus of this story is on the death of Reverend James Flynn and remembrances of his last few months. Death, in this sense, is exceptionally uncanny in that while it was expected and ...
- 277: Methods of Execution
- Methods of Execution One man's taking of another's life is generally seen as an unforgivable act which is punishable with death. When this is done as punishment however, it is seen as an honorary deed by removing this criminal from the world and making it a much safer place to live. With executions in mind, it ... of all methods of execution is electrocution. Present in nine American states, it was first used in New York in 1890. When a condemned man is scheduled to be executed, he is led into the death chamber and strapped to the point of immobility into a reinforced chair with belts crossing his chest, groin, legs, and arms. Two copper electrodes, dipped in brine or treated with Eletro-Creme to increase conductivity ... will examine him and if he still shows life signs, more jolts of two-thousand volts are administered to finish the job (Matthews). A main reason for electrocution's original use was the thought that death was immediate. Unfortunately this is not the case. Doctors today believe that the victim feels "himself begin burned to death and suffocating since the shock cause respiratory paralysis as well as cardiac arrest. Because ...
- 278: Who Has Seen the Wind: Brian O' Connals' Understanding of Birth and Death
- Who Has Seen the Wind: Brian O' Connals' Understanding of Birth and Death It is quite simple for one to present, in detail that Brian O'Connals understanding of birth and death develop throughout the novel, Who Has Seen the Wind. During the novel, Brian O'Connal develops an understanding of birth and death as he matures. The birth of Forbsie's pigeons and his rabbits serve a huge meaning in the way Brian perceives birth. The death of Forbsie's pigeon, Brian's dog, and Brian's ...
- 279: Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death
- Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death For as long as history has been recorded and probably for much longer, man has always been at odds with the idea of his own death. Even those of us who have accepted death graciously, have at least in some way feared, dreaded, or attempted to delay its arrival. We have personified death as an evildoer dressed in all black; its presence swoops down upon us and chokes ...
- 280: Capital Punishment
- ... not honor the life of others make null and void their own right to membership. Those who violate the personhood of others, especially if this is done persistently as a habit must pay the ultimate penalty. This punishment must be inflicted for the sake of maintaining the community whose foundation has been violated. We can debate whether some non-lethal alternative is a fitting substitute for the death penalty. But the standard of judgment is whether the punishment fits the crime and sufficiently honors the nature of moral community. LOVE AND AN IDEAL SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY Agape, Christian love, is unconditional. It does not ...
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