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- 3981: Janette Turner Hospital: 4 Vivid Female Characters In Her Two Novels
- ... difficult adjusting to her society. Among the four female characters, many similarities are found between Juliet and Elizabeth. Like Juliet, Elizabeth has to choose between her husband and lover. The only difference is that the death of her lover has certainly made her life easier. She no longer doubts anymore after Jeremy's death. Her cross-roads becomes one way and ever since then her life is as simple as an ordinary housewife. Elizabeth still recalls her past, but she appreciates that fact that fate decides her future for ...
- 3982: Short Stories - "Spelling" and "Differently": Female Relationships
- ... Ford 210 212). Georgia feels great pleasure over acting like this to Maya, because she finally feels in control of the relationship. She never talks to Maya again and doesn't find out about her death until months after the funeral. Munro brings realization to her short stories and she clearly shows that each character has personal values and beliefs and they each view things differently. The ability to deal with these problems vary distinctly in each character. The irony of the story "Differently" is not the loss of Georgia's husband, lover, or the death of her once best friend. Georgia reflects back to the evenings in the book store, the light in the street, the reflection in the window. These were the things she missed most in her life ...
- 3983: The Scarlet Letter: Dimmersdale is a Coward and a Hypocrite
- ... is a Coward and a Hypocrite "But (Hester) is not the protagonist; the chief actor, and the tragedy of The Scarlet Letter is not her tragedy, but Dimmesdales. He it was whom the sorrows of death encompassed_.. His public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature." This statement by Randall Stewart does not contain the same ideas that I believed were contained within The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel ... that only a desperate man could have made. He used all his strength to make one final grasp at redemption but still falls quite short. Dimmesdale has the potential, though, of climbing much higher after death. Hester is as Hester was and as Hester will always be. Dimmesdale, the weak, fallen priest, was taken from earth at the height of his pathetic ascent because if he hadn't been, he would ...
- 3984: History Atomic Bomb Essay
- ... dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two bombs quickly yielded the surrender of Japan and the end of American involvement in World War II. By 1946 the two bombs caused the death of perhaps as many as 240,000 Japanese citizens1. The popular, or traditional, view that dominated the 1950s and 60s – put forth by President Harry Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson – was that the ... be faced with the enormous task of destroying an armed force of five million and five thousand suicide aircraft, belonging to a race that had already amply demonstrated its ability to fight literally to the death.” 9 Stimson, Truman and others believed the invasion of the Japanese mainland would be extremely costly, and therefore embraced the bomb as a military weapon whose use fully condoned the never questioned. Truman’s feelings ...
- 3985: The Prince
- ... Machiavelli married Marietta Corsini and traveled to Romagna, where he observed the incidents that led to the murder of Cesare Borgia. Machiavelli's study of Cesare Borgia, his actions and the events leading to his death greatly influenced his political beliefs. Machiavelli returned to Florence in January of 1503, later that year he witnessed the election of Pope Julius II. In December of 1506, Machiavelli submitted his plan to organize a ... over, and he does not want to use excessive actions because he requires the backing of the people. Chapter IV is entitled Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, On Alexander's Death, Rebel Against His Successors, the answer to the question lies in the different style in which the state was governed. The Kingdom of Darius was ruled in an autocratic style common to Asia during Alexander ...
- 3986: Herman Melville
- ... Dick. The story revolves around the idea of an awesome sea mammal, which drives the passions of revenge in one man and forces him to pursue a course of action which leads ultimately to his death as well as the deaths of his companions. There is a great deal of imagination involved in these stories and the creativity is highly apparent. There is an expression of belief in the supernatural, as ... image of a hard core idealist who is converted to a realist through the experiences that he goes through. This also drew on his seafaring days as experience and he struggled to bring across the death of the idealist and the birth of the realist. But at the end of the day, whatever emotions he possessed about the nature of idealism and idealistic thought, still form an integral part of him ...
- 3987: Hurricane Georges
- ... of households are insured, came from damage to businesses. Nearly a month after Hurricane Georges hit the islands of the northern Caribbean, bodies of the dead are still turning up in Haiti, pushing the Caribbean death toll higher and higher. Poor communications in Haiti delayed reports on deaths, injuries and damages from the storm. Its toll has risen to 213 and is likely to top 240, a civil defense official said ... roads and buildings from the late September 1998 rampage of Hurricane Georges surpassed $1.2 billion in the Dominican Republic. The hurricane hit several large islands in its march across the Caribbean, but damage and death were especially heavy in the Dominican Republic. In addition to personnel and supplies from the United States, aid came in from France, Spain, Italy, Canada, Chile and other nations. The government also sought help from ...
- 3988: Subject: Giovanni & Lusanna-by Gene Brucker
- ... on they allegedly fell in love and enjoyed all of the pleasures of their love. It was later claimed by Lusanna that Giovanni had promised to marry her in the event of her husband¦s death. Her husband soon died a questionable death that left open the possibility of poison. Unlike today¦s world divorce was unheard of, and unacceptable. Giovanni then refused to marry her in a public wedding because his social status would be greatly hurt ...
- 3989: Huge Franciscus
- ... though Imelda dies. Before Imelda had showed up at the hospital in Honduras, Hugh Franciscus had been a doctor with a fixed schedule where everything went exactly as planned. When he encounters Imelda, the unexpected death catches him off guard. It sent him thinking about his job as a doctor. “He would not accept that Imelda had dies before he could repair the lip.” (p148) Hugh Franciscus lives in isolation, his limited interactions with people from the outside makes accepting Imelda’s death hard. In the world of medical care, people usually always walk out healthier. When Hugh Franciscus’ patient Imelda does come out of the operation at all, but instead dies, something inside him changes. Hugh becomes ...
- 3990: Animals In The Eyes of The Dragon
- ... KingÆs beloved wife. The spider has been feeding on newborn baby mice that are dying from poison. The spider is blood red and as big as a rat (King 31). Flagg squeezes the spider to death and mixes the deadly insides with a glass of brandy, something that Sasha drinks a glass of each night to help her sleep. Flagg rings for a servant to come and take the glass to her. Sasha never finds out how close to death she came that night (King 33). Another example is the mouse Flagg uses to set up Peter. Flagg is a very powerful magician. With this knowledge, no one would question FlaggÆs abilities to place Dragon ...
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