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- 4711: The Tragedy of King Richard III: Richard
- ... mum" and "deadly pale", which gives a sense of quiet opposition to Richard's activities. Richard is consequently separated from all around him. Thus, even in his increasing isolation the sense of tragedy upon his death is not really saddening to the audience, as there is no real sense of waste at his loss. The tragedy of Richard III lies in the physical, spiritual, and social isolation of Richard. His mere ... someone who is not constrained by the rules of society. However, the audience never forgets that he is wicked and therefore they cannot feel a sense of great loss of potential or waste in his death.
- 4712: The Hot Zone
- ... that Preston wanted to get across was the fact that the public thinks that the HIV virus is quite possibly the most horrible virus on Earth, when no one takes into mind the effects and death of the victims of Ebola. Preston shows how Ebola and Marburg (a close relative of Ebola) is one hundred times more contagious, one hundred times as lethal, and one hundred times as fast as HIV ... real-life Indiana Jones' of the virus trail. Some like Dr. Joe McCormick, Karl Johnson, and CJ Peters spent years tracking down deadly viruses in the jungles of South America and Africa, some narrowly escaping death. Their work is filled with courage, brilliance and sometimes petty rivalries. Others, like Dr. Nancy Jaax have lived rather conventional lives, aside from the fact that they don a space suit and work with highly ...
- 4713: The Fires Of Jubilee
- ... to gain his freedom. It tells the tale of a man who s destiny was forever to be a slave and his quest to alter his destiny, which in the end leads to his tragic death. Born into slavery, Nat Turner was perhaps one exception to the rule; he was a master s worst nightmare come true. Nat Turner was not only an intelligent man, he knew how to read and ... of hand, he stood idly by, watching the massacre take place. In the end, a total of 50 stood trial, and 21, including Nat Turner were hung for the rebellion. After the rebellion and the death of Nat Turner, Garrison and Knapp, whom believed that Negroes had as much to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as whites enjoyed, published the Liberator in Boston, demanding that slaves ...
- 4714: Animal Farm
- ... wanted through force. In one part of the book Napoleon had the dogs charge Snowball, another animal, as soon as he thought that the pigs were becoming corrupt. Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later that the world ... Trotsky and Stalin's relationship was very much like Snowball's and Napoleons. Trotsky organized the Red Army and gave speeches and everyone in Russia thought he would win power over Stalin. After Lenin's death Trotsky lost all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. George Orwell has created a masterpiece which is excellent if it is read without any prior knowledge to the situation in ...
- 4715: The Great Gatsby 5
- ... was reflected in his writing and most of the characters in the book. By examining these characters, one can see that each one is flawed almost fatally, and this causes mayhem, jealousy, infidelity, and ultimately death. Gatsby is the rich, majestic, protagonist of the novel. While it isn't clear how he made all his money it is obvious that it was through illegal dealings in organized crime. There was a ... before he joined the army except this time, he has enough money for her. Gatsby says it himself (on page 111), "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" Judging by Gatsby's death at the end of the novel, Fitzgerald didn't feel that such optimism was worthwhile. Daisy is the woman Gatsby is trying to win back and coincidentally she is also Nick's second cousin. Daisy ...
- 4716: Hamlet: Sane or Insane
- After Hamlet has discovered the truth about his father, he goes through a very traumatic period, which is interpreted as madness by readers and characters. With the death of his father and the hasty, incestuous remarriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet is thrown into a suicidal frame of mind in which "the uses of this world"seem to him "weary, stale ... His inability to either accept the goodness of all life or act to destroy its evils now begins to trouble him as much as his outward hysteria. Hamlet appears to be insane, after Polonius's death, in act IV scene II. In conclusion, Hamlet was a genius. In his mind were thoughts and plans in which he always knew each persons next step before they did it. Due to his procrastination ...
- 4717: The Grapes Of Wrath 5
- ... for what he believed in, which can be compared to the crucifixion of Christ. Also, Tom could be considered a disciple of Casy s, he continued what Casy had been working for after Casy s death. Just as the disciples of Christ preached his word after his death. Finally, Jim Casy and Jesus Christ have the same initials. I enjoyed reading this book. I did not enjoy because it was a fun book to read. And while the message of the book might ...
- 4718: Existentialism in the Early 19th Century
- ... the life-affirming individual will that opposes itself to the moral conformity of the majority. In contrast to Kierkegaard, whose attack on conventional morality led him to advocate a radically individualistic Christianity, Nietzsche proclaimed the “death of God” and went on to reject the entire Judeo-Christian moral tradition in favor of a heroic pagan ideal. Heidegger Heidegger, like Pascal and Kierkegaard, reacted against an attempt to put philosophy on a ... itself in an incomprehensible, indifferent world. Human beings can never hope to understand why they are here; instead, each individual must choose a goal and follow it with passionate conviction, aware of the certainty of death and the ultimate meaninglessness of one's life. Heidegger contributed to existentialist thought an original emphasis on being and ontology as well as on language. Sartre Sartre first gave the term existentialism general currency by ...
- 4719: The Samurais, The Ultimate Stoics
- ... faithfully. They would die if necessary for them. The Daimyo or feudal landowners used the samurai to protect their land and to expand their rights to more land. The Samurai would transcend their fear of death, this made them the stoic warriors that they were. As experts in fighting on horseback as well as on the ground they wore two swords. This was called Daisho(World Surfari-www). The long sword ... would commit seppuku. Seppuku means ritual suicide (Japan, Cultures of the World- Rex Shelley104). It is also called hara-kiri which means belly-slitting. This method of self-disembowelment was the only honorable form of death for a disgraced noble or a samurai. This method of self-disembowelment is still sometimes practiced in Japan. The Samurai were faithful to their masters. In fact they were more faithful to them than to ...
- 4720: Your Chemical World
- ... will be able to engineer larger crops larger cows larger pigs larger and better tasting eliminating not only hunger but also that quest for the perfect taco. Health will became a constant thing eliminating sickness. Death is unstoppable but comfertablity while declining can change, theoretically we can still be crazy little sparks until the day we die. Clothes will become smart, (no that does mean they will always look good on ... will be able to engineer larger crops larger cows larger pigs larger and better tasting eliminating not only hunger but also that quest for the perfect taco. Health will became a constant thing eliminating sickness. Death is unstoppable but comfertablity while declining can change, theoretically we can still be crazy little sparks until the day we die. Clothes will become smart, (no that does mean they will always look good on ...
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