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- 4691: The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... story was at the point where Fortunato questions Montresor about really being a mason. To prove to Fortunato that he is, he pulls out a trowel. The trowel serves as a symbol for Fortunato's death. It's ironic that Fortunato is talking about the secret group of the masons, and Montresor is actually a real mason. Another symbol may be the skeletons along the walls and floors. It makes the ... kill me. I shall not die of a cough." It's extremely ironic that he says such a statement because in one aspect he's right, but he's only a few moments away from death anyway. The cough is not going to kill him, but Montresor is. The second line that serves as foreshadowing is lines 102-103. It's when both men are making a toast, and Fortunato says ...
- 4692: A Tale Of Two Cities Essay
- ... released after a year, yet he was re-jailed the same day by Madame Defarge because his family, the Evremondes, had previously killed off her family. Darnay was tried the next day and sentenced to death. Manette went back into his demented state with hopelessness. Carton arrived in Paris and heard a plot by Defarge to also kill Lucie and Dr. Manette. Quickly, he made his way into the prison with ... on to a new task with little persuasion. Many mobs cheered in joy for Darnay when he was acquitted at his first trial in France but were just as excited when he was condemned to death the second time. Society in general during the French Revolution has become much clearer to me. I found this novel to be extremely well written. It was originally a little difficult to understand until I ...
- 4693: Oedipus' Destiny
- ... told his real parents – Laius and Jocasta that Laius would die at the hands of his own child. Out of fear, they pinned Oedipus’ ankles and handed him to a shepherd to abandon him to death. “ Jocasta: … An oracle came to Laius ” (p. 17) to “…to cast upon a deserted mountain path – die.”(p. 17). But instead of killing the infant, the shepherd gave him to another shepherd who then gave ... his own mother. But his destiny sets up all of these for him; Oedipus has no control over his destiny. Not for long after Oedipus rules Thebes, the city of Thebes is menaced by the death. The Theban people come and ask for Oedipus’ help. “ Priest: My lord and King,” (P.3) to “ … no ship can justify its claim to strength if it is stripped of men who give it life ...
- 4694: A Tale Of Two Cities - Two Cit
- ... released after a year, yet he was re-jailed the same day by Madame Defarge because his family, the Evremondes, had previously killed off her family. Darnay was tried the next day and sentenced to death. Manette went back into his demented state with hopelessness. Carton arrived in Paris and heard a plot by Defarge to also kill Lucie and Dr. Manette. Quickly, he made his way into the prison with ... on to a new task with little persuasion. Many mobs cheered in joy for Darnay when he was acquitted at his first trial in France but were just as excited when he was condemned to death the second time. Society in general during the French Revolution has become much clearer to me. I found this novel to be extremely well written. It was originally a little difficult to understand until I ...
- 4695: A Rose For Emily By William Fa
- The story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner in my opinion was a very interesting story. The story was about a old and troubled woman named Emily Grierson who because of her father’s death had become one of the towns obligation’s and also one of it’s problems. Emily a very stubborn old lady who refused to pay her taxes because of a little tale that Colonel Sartoris ... problems started the day her father died because in my opinion she couldn’t cope with it. Through out the story Emily did many things like refusing to pay her taxes, buying poison and the death of her lover that allowed her town to believe that she was stubborn and crazy old wom
- 4696: Interaction Between Gods and Mortals In Agamemnon
- ... they have total power yet she does not feel threatened by that. In her mind she feels as though she is justified in killing Agamemnon. She believes that she has been fated to avenge the death of her daughter. She is not considering what the gods may think when she commits this crime, rather all she is worried only about herself. She feels that she has a valid reason to kill ... doing is pleasing herself and Aegisthus, which is consistent with her character. Another character who was an integral part of the play was Aegisthus. He was having an affair with Clytaemestra and planning Agamemnon’s death. He was taking revenge for his father who was tricked into devouring all his sons by Agamemnon’s father. He believes that he has to fulfill his father’s curse upon the house of Agamemnon ...
- 4697: The Crucible And The Mccarthy
- ... stemming from existing fears of the people of that particular era. The Salem witchhunt trials parallel the McCarthy era in three major aspects: unfounded accusations, hostile interrogation of numerous innocent people and the ruination and death of various people s lives. The unfounded accusations that Joseph McCarthy and the girls in The Crucible make are what fuels the widespread hysteria in both situations. McCarthy is quoted as declaring in a speech ... of Joseph McCarthy s and the girls unfounded accusations. The Salem witchcraft trials are very similar to the McCarthy trials in three aspects: unfounded accusations, hostile interrogation of numerous innocent people and the ruination and death of various people s lives. Mass accusations are made for personal gain and no good has resulted from these trials. Arthur Miller has written The Crucible, not for historical accuracy but rather, as an outlet ...
- 4698: Antigone Was Right
- ... while Kreone followed the laws of the state. Her brother’s afterlife was so important to Antigone that she was willing to give up anything to ensure her brother’s happiness and "future" after his death. This supported in the play by the way she is so outspoken about what she had done after she is caught and while she is being questioned. "Why should I be ashamed of my loyalty ... off laughing. Bring her here! Let him see her. Kill her here, beside her bridegroom’" (Sophocles 919-921). This was too much for Haimon to take, and he runs out of the room, yelling, "’…her death will destroy others’" (Sophocles 908). Blinded by his pride and arrogance, Kreon takes that remark as a threat to himself, unknowing that it wasn’t directed to him, but was a suicide threat by his ...
- 4699: The Street of Crocodiles
- ... served as the shows’ director since this time. Jacob Schulz, Bruno’s nephew, worked with the company as they developed the show. His relationship with the play remained ongoing through its’ continued growth until his death in 1997. Jacob is credited as providing a bridge between the past and the present by McBurney and Wheatley in their notes on the script. His input continued to illuminate not only the character of ... The issue of the devaluation of the individual is also explored here to great effect. It is perhaps a nod to the tradition of the renowned polish dramatist - director Tadeusz Kantor. In his Theatre of Death he depicted the hopeless state of the individual by substituting an inanimate object for a person. A puppet of sorts is used in conjunction with live actors who carry out a ritualistic murder. Ionesco deals ...
- 4700: Artists of The Harlem Renaissance and Lost Generation
- ... place they did not like, many had gone insane from the brutal fighting of the war. They were frustrated, especially in America, with their countries and how they were being controlled. Some drank themselves to death. Others expatriated to other countries, many came to live in Paris. They completely separated from the mainstream and help develop the culture that would later become the beat generation. Well-known poets and writers from ... was severely injured. Then after becoming a journalist, writing short stories for magazines, he served as a corespondent in WWII and the Spanish Civil War. Hemmingway drew on his experiences, which brought him close to death more than once – when shells blew up in his hotel room during the Spanish Civil War, when he was struck by a taxi during a blackout and in 1954 when his plane crashed in Africa ...
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