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- 3551: King Arthur 3
- ... king. The real Arthur may have been buried at Glastonbury Abbey, which lays around twelve miles north-west of the castle. It is said to have been a secret burial, so the news of his death would not raise Saxon morale; the mystery may have given rise to the rumors that he still lived on. In 1190, the monks of Glastonbury Abbey reported that they had dug up a coffin made ... to be no more than her friend. Tennyson made her sad tale one of his Arthurian poems, and his other work, The Lady Of Shallot, is also based upon Elaine, who requested that after her death, her family place her body in a barge and float it down the river, with a letter in her hand to tell Lancelot and the royal court of the reason for her death. The Faerie Queene Morgan le Fay may be the figure present in the Arthurian saga with the oldest history. The earliest form of her name is found as the Morrigan, an Irish goddess of ...
- 3552: Medea Vs. Hedda Gabbler
- ... bring two very different motives together. Medea and Hedda have two very different reasons for desiring control over the destiny of their mens lives. Medeas desire for control over Jason, and the subsequent death of her children, is spawned by her unfair treatment and spurning by Jason, where as Hedda has very different reasons. Hedda has not been scorned by any one person really, but she is stuck in ... Jason. It is Jason that must live with his mistakes, Jason that will be forever scorned and looked upon as a sort of plague on any household. At least Eilert Lovborg had the escape of death, though not really by his choice. Eilert will not have to face people after his shameful night with Tesman and Brack. The chorus of Medea, performed by the women of Corinth, can be compared to ... simply is bored with her life. She has no entertainment, she is not a normal woman. Therefore she singles out Eilert Lovborg and seeks to control his destiny by helping him along the lines to death. If at one point she did ever love him, it is not very apparent in the manner that she persists in making him suffer. Hedda did a horrible thing and caused the
- 3553: First Philippic Against Marcus
- In Cicero s, First Philippic against Marcus Antonius, he is offering his view on the political situation after the death of Caesar. His purpose for coming before the Senate is to drive them to the realization that Marcus Antonius and his actions are slowly breaking down the unity of the country. He praises Marcus Antonius ... He discusses Caesar s laws and how he believes the acts of Caesar ought to be retained because (he) attaches supreme importance to peace and tranquility. Cicero knows that the Senators are content with the death of Cicero, yet he speaks out about letting the laws set by Caesar from dying. All that was created by Caesar must not go. The laws that were declared and supported by the people should ... used pathos to gain their sympathy, and played on their fears to get them to see his concern (ethos). He did at the end seem to kiss ass but it was not because he feared death. He speaks boldly to the Senate as if he is holding nothing back. He never once says that he may regret speaking so openly. The reason why he kisses ass is because it is ...
- 3554: The Plague
- The Plague Since the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A.D., man has one unwelcome organism along for the ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more commonly know as the Black Death, the plague. Plague is divided into three biotypes, each associated with one of three major pandemics occurring in history. Each of these biotypes are then divided into three distinct types, classified by method of infection. The most widely know is bubonic, an infection of plague that resides in the lymph nodes, causing them to swell. The Black Death of the 14th century was mainly of this type. Bubonic plague is commonly spread through fleas that have made a meal from an infected Rattus rattus. In the American and Canadian west, from Texas and ... dead out of shallow graves, and sometimes attacked the still living. Many animals did either from plague or lack of care. Henry Knighton noted more than 5,000 dead sheep in one field alone. The death of a very large portion of the work force aided those that were still living. The sheer scarcity of workers enabled the remainder to make demands of higher wages and better conditions. Farms located ...
- 3555: Adolf Hitler
- ... childhood. Adolph Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was the son of Alois, a customs official, and Klara Hitler. Alois was a very mean and stern father. His death, in 1903, came as a relief to Adolf. His relationship with his mother was totally opposite than his relationship with his father, Adolf idealized his mother so when she died in 1907 it was a ... opposition to the universal poisoner of all peoples, international Jewry." The only people which would be spared were the Scandinavians to the north, since they were closely related to the German race. With Hitler's death the Nazi party quickly faded. But there is still a lot of tension in Germany today. Hitler left his mark on the country and entire world. One can only imagine how the world would be ... adulthood but whatever the reasoning for Hitlers cruelty and hatred maybe, there is no excuse for his actions. In the end Germanys biggest enemy turned out to be Adolf Hitler himself. Since his death no one else on this earth has had the same views and beliefs as Hitler, surely no one has taken the same action he has and hopefully we will never see a Hitler type ...
- 3556: Buddhism
- ... The Four Signs" were in turn, a sick man covered with terrible sores, an old man, a corpse, and a wandering monk. The sightings of these men made Gautama think of the suffering and inevitable death which comes to all people great and small. This brought further questioning such as the meaning of life and the ultimate fate of man. As time passed these thoughts became great burdens to Gautama and ... ascetics for many weeks. This experience made Gautama feel a desire to share his knowledge with others, so he and his five students preached to the world. Gautama was a teacher and guru until his death in about 483 B.C. Buddhism is a lot like other Indian religions based upon the beliefs. Such as the beliefs in reincarnation, dharma, karma and Nirvana. But mostly in Raja Yoga the profound meditation ... Eightfold Path". Buddha taught that man is a slave to his ego. That man wishes happiness, security, success, long life, and many other things for himself and his loved ones. However, pain, frustration, sickness and death are all impossible to avoid and the only way to eliminate these evils is to overcome desire. The "Eight Fold Path" is a little more difficult to summarize it begins with, "Right to Knowledge", ...
- 3557: Kate Chopins The Awakening
- ... swum before." She boldly enters the water, and everyone applauds her success. She swims out alone, but she looks back to the shore and realizes how far she has gone. She feels the presence of death and struggles back to the land. She dresses in the bathhouse, and Robert walks her home. She collapses into her porch hammock. In the silence, Edna feels an intense desire for Robert. When they hear ... is a sobering side to Edna's bold attempt to move out of traditional waters. Edna's symbolic rebellion literally gets her in over her head. She swims further out alone, and the dread of death seizes her. She struggles back to the safety of land. If we read Edna's actions symbolically, her rebellious will is not paired with the staying power required to withstand the consequences of defying social ... a broken wing sinks into the surf. The bird symbolizes Edna's failure to achieve the very goal that has driven her actions throughout the novel. In the end, Edna's freedom takes place in death. This is the choice that social convention allows her.
- 3558: Fruedian Psychoanalysis With E
- ... mother and uncle. However, most societies strongly disapprove of the sexual interests of children, and Lisa never spoke of what she saw to anyone but Freud. She also, in the event of her mother s death, fell subject to a withdrawn father who did not meet her needs for affection and attention as a growing child. This may have helped lead to her repressed sexual rage. Also, taboo on incest rules ... during infancy, leave a lasting imprint on the personality. Any experience with objects, including persons, that evoke and strengthen the self are "self-object" experiences and are needed by every human being from birth to death in order to sustain a cohesive self. Absence of or faulty self-object experiences cause a loss of cohesion with the self. Lisa s character was a prime candidate for Freud s psychoanalysis. She followed ... and the pain from it all. Her character was eventually brought back into a state of reality, but it was too late to save her. The true reality that faced her was the grimace of death of her true self in the end.
- 3559: Reversing The Aging Process, Should We?
- ... telomere acts as the fuse to the bomb. The fuse is lit from the time of birth, and when the telomere\fuse runs out the bomb goes off. Only in this case instead of instantaneous death, the victim succumbs to the equivalent of radiation poisoning. The victims condition is terminal from the start and slowly degrades to the point of death . The conclusion is that life is just a case of terminal death. Or is it? Scientists also discovered an enzyme known as telomerase prevents the loss of telomere, essentially stomping the fire out (Rose, Technology Review: 64). There are many substantial and immediate implications raised by ...
- 3560: 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 ...
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