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- 2811: Types of Monsters
- ... He killed people, who had done nothing to him, just so he could get to Dr. Frankenstein. “I have murdered the lovely and helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any6 other living thing. I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men, to misery; I have pursued ... based on looks, he is considered a monster because of his motives and actions. Dr. Frankenstien tampered with something that shouldn’t be tampered with; he tampered with life. Instead of creating life he caused death. He didn’t go into a crowded area and shoot the place up, but he did do something that shouldn’t be done and it cost the lives of Victors loved ones. In the end, his creation was the cause of his own death. Although Dr. Frankenstein and his monster are very different they are similar in the sense that they both classify as a monster. Dr. Frankenstien’s creation was more of a “storybook” style of monster ...
- 2812: On As I Lay Dying
- ... oriented. Jewel brought this story up to compare it to Cash's present task of making Addie's coffin. She has him make it by her window so she can oversee the work from her death bed. Another comedic part of the book is Dewey Dell's seduction by Lafe. The logic that she uses in deciding wether to have sex with him is if her cotton sack is full it ... a comic device used to show how much Cash wants to please his mother in the only way he knows how in literal form. The coffin impending completion is used to symbolizes Addie's upcoming death. The other main symbol in this section was the presentation of the horse as Addie. Jewel uses his relationship with the horse to express his pent up feelings for Addie and her death and his only way to express those feelings is through violent actions.
- 2813: The Country Of The Blind
- ... there on watch is a direct relationship to an attack from Fortinbras and the ghost is wearing the armor of the event that started this whole thing.When the ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his death, he reveals a true fact involving the death of King Hamlet:Ghost. I find thee apt; and duller shouldst thou the fat weed that roots itself in ease on lethe wharf wouldst thou not stir in this. Now, Hamlet, hear. tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark in by a forged process of my death rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father s life now wears his crown.Hamlet. O, my prophetic soul! My uncle! (1.3. 38-48) Later in the ...
- 2814: African-American Literature, M
- ... to know her. The woman who got old too fast needed a miracle to bring her back to people and to help her to blossom as a person. The miracle, it turned out, was the death of Jody. Jody’s death allowed Janie to leave with Tea Cake and begin her knew life. Tea Cake was a representation of the new community into which she would be introduced. She would not allow herself to be thought ... her. Tea Cake allowed her to cut her own path and be her own woman. Her time in the muck with Tea Cake allowed her to, upon her return to Eatonville after Tea Cake’s death, “pull in her horizon like a great fish-net” and to “call in her soul to come and see” (Both 184) the world and community she had once been so removed from. She had ...
- 2815: And Then There Were None 2
- ... some of the precautions that the guests take is to lock and place furniture in front of all there doors. "There were sounds of bolts and locks, and of moving furniture." (pg 155) After the death of Miss Brent, Justice Wargrave advised that all items that may cause danger be place in a safely locked place and that the keys be given to two people so that the stuff will be ... who did it. One of his suspicions was that Miss Brent did it. "We needn't look farther for the author of these deaths than the dining-room at this minute." (pg 135) After the death of Miss Brent he then believed it was Dr Armstrong. "Armstrong- eh? So he's our pigeon!" (pg 161) Philip Lombard also thought that the culprit was Dr Armstrong. "Expected you to pass out through ... be difficult for either of you to get the key from the other." (pg 141) "We'll get him, Blore ... This time, we'll get him!" (pg 161) Vera became allies with Lombard after the death of Wargrave and Armstrong." One has got to trust someone..." (pg 173) So after the long and gruelling days on the island no one has found out who the murderer is but they had ...
- 2816: The Stranger: Mersault
- ... consequences, nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throught the book in his reactions to the people and events described in the book. After his mothers' death he sheds no tears; seems to show no emotions. He displays limited feelings for his girlfriend, marie cardona, and shows no remorse at all for killing an Arab. His reactions to life and to people ... totally unruffled and untoched by events and people arond him. He is unwilling to lie, during his trial, about killing the Arab. his reluctance to get involved in defending himself results in a verdict of death by guillotine. Had Mersault's been engaged in his defense, explaining his actions, he might have been set free. Mersault's unresponsive behavior, distant from any apparent emotions, is probably reinforced by the despair which ... cheated on and hurt by a girlfriend , and sees his other neighbor, Salamono, very depressed when he loses a dear companion, his dog. Mersault's responses are very different he doesn't get depressed at death nor does he get emotionally involved. Heappears to be totally apathetic. thus, he seems to fel no pain and is protected from life's dissapointment. Sometimes a person like Mersault can be appealing to ...
- 2817: Findley's The Wars: Analysis
- ... main character, Robert Ross, could represent any soldier who went to war and met a tragic end. Furthermore, from the conflicts on the battlefield, to the conflicts of the mind, to the final conflict before death, like real soldiers, the characters in the novel cannot avoid crises. Finally, Findley’s theme is that war is one horrible tragedy after another for all who are involved. Robert Ross could have been any ... War by another name. He went through many of the same problems and was faced with many of the same dilemmas all soldiers went through in that time. Robert had to frequently deal with the death and mutilation of his friends and fellow soldiers. He also experienced the horrors on the battlefield, for example when “chlorine and phosgene”(p.75) was used at the beginning and “mustard gas”(p.75) was ... of war in a powerful way. He does this by describing the life of a young man, barely into adulthood involved in war, who has many tragic experiences leading to his agonizing and slow, painful death. Findley also shows the world through the eyes of Robert to make you picture the horrible sights he sees, such as discovering his captain had his arms amputated after not seeing him for many ...
- 2818: Amazing Quran
- ... had a very difficult life. All of his daughters died before him except one, and he had a wife of several years who was dear and important to him, who not only proceeded him in death at a very critical period of his life. As a matter of fact, she must have been quite a woman because when the first revelation came to him, he ran home to her afraid. Certainly ... only a few of the subjects that would have been on Muhammed's mind, they are sufficient in intensity to prove my point. The Qur'an does not mention any of these things - not the death of his children, not the death of his beloved companion and wife, not his fear of the initial revelations, which he so beautifully shared with his wife - nothing; yet, these topics must have hurt him, bothered him, and caused him ...
- 2819: A Worn Path 2
- ... her baby. The reader may visualize her grandson ad a bird in the nest for his mother. He wears a little patch quilt and peeps out, holding his mouth open like a bird. Phoenix's death portarys her undying love for her grandson. On Phoenix's journey through life, she encountered spirited aspects that have an impact on her life, "References to Christ are abundant, such as when Phoenix has an ... to conquer all trails and tribulations she must endure to get medicine for her grandson. Welty correlates Christmas "the birh of Christ" and "Easter the resurrection of Christ" therefore portraying a celebration of life after death. This signifies Phoenix determination to get to Natchez to get her grandson soothing medicine for his throat. Moreover, she says that a black dog was only an obstacle. "Old Woman," she said to herself, "that black dog come up out of the weeds to stall you off, and now there he sitting on his fine tail smiling at you." Although Phoenix appears to be walking in the death on her path when she encounters the scare crow, black dog and the hunter she survives spendidly appearing to be immortal. Phoenix journey to Natchez also plagues her emotionally. Her long journey shows that ...
- 2820: The Eternal Struggle
- The Eternal Struggle Aggression. Bloodshed. Pain. Death. These are just some of the unfortunate side affects which accompany the phenomenon of life. These factors are also intertwined with the methodical process of evolution, which, although often cruel and merciless, is nonetheless beneficial to any species of animal, including, and perhaps especially, humans. Without violent conflict causing the death of the weak and survival of the strong, it is highly unlikely that we, Homo Sapiens Sapiens, would have diverged from our ape-like ancestry and created civilization. Through our technology we have nearly eradicated all threat to ourselves from the natural world, the exceptions being disease and the unstoppable aging process. The most prominent factor in causing premature death in humans is the actions of other humans. Greed, lust, envy, anger, and mindless hatred have all, at one time or another, contributed to the incitement of human conflicts which have more often than ...
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