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- 3241: Hamlet - A Comparison To Human
- ... the human mind. The approach taken by Shakespeare in Hamlet has generated countless different interpretations of meaning, but it is through Hamlet's struggle to confront his internal dilemma, deciding when to revenge his fathers death, that the reader becomes aware of one of the more common interpretations in Hamlet; the idea that Shakespeare is attempting to comment on the influence that one's state of mind can have on the ... make sense of his moral dilemma through personal meditations, which Shakespeare presents as soliloquies. Another perspective of Hamlet's internal struggle suggests that the prince has become so disenchanted with life since his father's death that he has neither the desire nor the will to exact revenge. (74) Mr. Scott points out morality and disenchantment, both of which belong solely to an individuals own conscious, as two potential causes of ... the idea that Shakespeare is using Hamlet's dilemma to illustrate the effect that perspective, or state of mind, can have on a given situation. Hamlet's delay in seeking revenge for his father's death plays an important role in allowing Shakespeare's look into the human mind to manifest itself. If Hamlet had killed Claudius at first opportunity, there would have been little chance for Shakespeare to develop ...
- 3242: Historical Psychoanalysis And Dream Interpretation: The Freudian Methodology
- ... of the dream came to consciousness: 'she went calmly to her room, and began reading a big book'. From this dream-element emerged the story of her attack of appendicitis, shortly after her aunt's death, which Freud, with no opposition from Dora, interpreted as a 'phantasy (sic) of childbirth' once he had calculated that the attack took place nine moths after the scene by the lake" (154 Appignanesi and Forrester ... her from moving forward. At the end of her dream she finds herself at home. The servant tells her that her mother and the others are at the cemetery. The cemetery would to me suggest death, perhaps a death of her past life and an opportunity for her to either go to the cemetery (return to her former family problems) or to move on in her life (to build a new life) without ...
- 3243: Nostradamus - The Man
- ... ability to help people through harsh times and did not even fear for his own life. In 1525 he received his Bachelor's degree for Medicine and went to help the fight against the 'Black Death' that was feared throughout the Renaissance period. After traveling for almost four years helping the sufferers of the Plague, he returned to Avignon and won fame for his eagerness for learning which ties in with ... down in the town of Salon, France in 1554 where he Married his second wife, Anne Ponsart Gemelle, with whom he rose six Children - three boys and three girls. Do these writings actually predict the death of popes, rise of tyrants, and natural disasters to come? The code in which the prophecies were written could be comprehended to mean many things, but if the people who claim to be able to ... found food and alcohol that they ate and drank. Claims that a soldier drank wine out of Nostradamus's skull, and the next day the soldier was shot. Now over four hundred years after the death of Nostradamus the interpretations on his prophecies have continued to come true. Nostradamus made a total of 942 prophecies in his book The Centauries. A vast majority of these predictions are in our past ...
- 3244: Buddihism
- ... with many luxuries and pleasures. But, as a young man, he once went on a series of four chariot rides where he first saw the more severe forms of human suffering: old age, illness, and death (a corpse), as well as an ascetic renouncer. The contrast between his life and this human suffering made him realize that all the pleasures on earth were in fact transitory, and could only mask human ... the body or a life of indulgence in sense pleasures the Buddha advocated a moderate of "balanced" wandering lifestyle and the cultivation of mental and emotional equanimity through meditation and morality. After the Buddha's death, his celibate wandering followers gradually settled down into monasteries that were provided by the married laity as merit-producing gifts. The laity were in turn taught by the monks some of the Buddha's teachings ... their Enlightenment- compassion, wisdom, and power to help release others from their suffering. Mahayana canon says that finally there is no distinction between "self" and "other," nor between samsara (transmigration or the cycle of birth, death, rebirth through many lives and many bodies) and Nirvana! Because of this the bodhisattva is capable of taking on the suffering of others in samsara and of transferring his own merit to them. Although ...
- 3245: Chinese Shih Poetry And Philos
- ... great Chinese poets to write of Confucianism was T’ao Ch’ien. T’ao Ch’ien’s poem Substance, Shadow, and Spirit shows a comparison between Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the views on life and death of each. A clear example of Confucian beliefs can be taken from this poem. He states, "Let us strive and labor while yet we may / To do some deed that men will praise." This clearly ... the world around him, which was full of chaos and turmoil. In the final section of the poem Substance, Shadow, and Spirit he discusses the Taoist view, which is that one should not worry about death, but should "go where Fate leads – Drift on the Stream of Infinite Flux" and "make as little fuss as you can," when death finally comes. His Poem on Returning to Dwell in the County also shows Taoist ideas on simplicity, and following the way of nature. Passages such as "Long I have loved to stroll among the ...
- 3246: What Is Witchcraft
- ... Hammer), two years later. The Archbishop of Treves was convinced that the local Witches had caused a severe winter and therefore 120 men and women who were thought to be the troublemakers were burned to death in 1586. Witches were the most convenient scapegoats for every aspect of life. Besides religious reasons, Witches studied a lot and had a broad knowledge of botany, meteorology, anatomy, veterinary science, psychology, astronomy, and primitive ... relationship with the environment. The Old Religion carries few aspects that are very different from other religions; one of these is "Reincarnation". Witches think that everything will be reborn into the physical world after its' death. Their life follows a cycle of birth, death and reborn just like the endless the cycle of the moon. This is a very important and interesting concept in the Witches' faith (Reincarnation: The Cycle of Rebirth). There is no exact method of ...
- 3247: Scarlet Letter Punishment Quot
- Punishment Quote Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the other can only be hurt. This is a very interesting quote, and depending what you make of it, it can be very confusing. To most people this quote might not mean ... wrong and what is right, and also of what should be punished and what should not be punished. The quote Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt, may have many meanings to many different people. To me this quote means that if a person does not know or does not believe that what ... people are punished for nothing, people will turn to evil, thinking they will be punished for doing what is right. Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt, can be very helpful when dealing with the understanding of punishment. You must be able to read this quote and understand the whole meaning to ...
- 3248: Julius Caesar
- ... offensively reactionary measures of Sulla's legislation. During Pompey's absence from 67 to 62 BC during his campaigns against the Mediterranean pirates, Mithridates, and Crassus, his jealous rival. Caesar married Ponpeia after Cornelia's death and was appointed aedile in 65 BC As aedile , Caesar returned to Marius' trophies to their former place of honor in the Capitol, thus laying claim to leadership of the populares. When Caesar was a ... danger if they sustained their veto and the proclamation of military law was passed. Caesar was told to leave his troops behind and cross the Rubicon into Rome alone. Caesar knew that this was a death sentence for him so he did not leave his troops but marched into the city and caused a civil war. He defeated Pompey's troops in many battles and became the dictator of Rome. From ... the sixty member conspiracy which Marcus Brutus had organized to kill him. On the Ides of March , two days before he was due to leave Rome on his great eastern expedition, he was stabbed to death at a meeting of the senate in Pompey's new theater. He fell dead at the foot of Pompey's statue. Pompey was avenged, as well as Bibulus and Cato. After a provocative funeral ...
- 3249: Macbeth: Independence And Fail
- ... king and thanes. The thanes fought "rebellious arm 'gainst arm" to curb "his lavish spirit" (I, ii, 56-7). Macbeth's stature increased to fill the space in the bundle of limbs opened by the death of the Thane of Cawdor for "what he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won" (I, ii, 67). "When we first see him [Macbeth] he is already invaded by those fears which are to render him ... were once friends which shows his lack of strength to stand erect (II, i, 11). A soon as the deed is done, Macbeth falls: his control and independence falls. His plan to use Banquo's death to restore order and give him strength did not work. Before all the thanes except for Macduff, Macbeth has a brief moment of insanity, in which he loses all control and reveals his true strength ... at his fall" (Johnson 484). In the end, Macbeth is independent, because he does not rely on his wife and he does not rely on the witches. Since the nation was restored to order, his death was for the better. "The universe that struck was more impressive" so he crumbled with lack of strength. Works Cited
- 3250: Samuel Adams
- ... the beliefs that he had had from the beginning, refusing to compromise those for anyone. After serving as John Hancock’s lieutenant governor from 1789 to 1793, Adams succeeded to the governorship at Hancock’s death. As governor he did a wonderful job keeping some sort of piece in the state although there was great tension between the two parities. Although he opposed Jay’s Treaty with England in 1795, he ... Virginian on the triumph of democratic republicanism.” (Americana 90) Samuel Adams was a revolutionary of great self-discipline and patience. “‘We cannot make events,’ he believed. ‘Our business is wisely to improve them.’ After his death, one colleague compared him to John Calvin, ‘cool, abstemious, polished, refined,’ although Adams was ‘more inflexible, uniform, consistent’ than the Genevan reformer. Avoiding all social pretension and cultivation ascetic manner, Adams embodied an austere Puritan ... it happen. Samuel Adams was that man. From founding the Son’s of Liberty to founding the first Continental Congress, Samuel Adams was there for the whole ordeal and played a major role until his death in 1803. Samuel Adams truly is the father of American independence. Work Cited Page “Adams, Samuel.” Encyclopedia Americana, Inc. 1990 ed. Carlson, Bill. “Samuel Adams.” The Rhodes Family Genealogy Family Stories. Infotrac, 1991. Fradin, ...
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