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- 4751: Greek Gods
- ... disaster or illness would be today. This general acceptance of a god's will is a recurring trend throughout the poem. A prime example of this trend is in book XXIV. Achilles, angry over the death of Patroklos brutally disgraced Hektor's body. Tethering Hektor's corpse through the ankles, Achilles dragged him around Patroklos's tomb every day for twelve days. This barbaric treatment was uncalled for and displeased the ... as Zeus attempted to increase the honour of certain individuals. Zeus knew that Hektor was going to be killed by Achilles, and, feeling sorry for Hektor Zeus attempted to allow Hektor to die an honourable death. For instance, when Hektor stripped Achilles armour off Patroklos, Zeus helped Hektor "fill out" the armour so he would not seem like less of a man then Achilles. Zeus also gave his word to Thetis ...
- 4752: The Red Badge Of Courage 3
- ... but asks Henry to move him out the road so he is not run over by artillery wagons. Even in his agony, he is concered about Henry and asks how he is faring. As his death grew nearer, Jim runs into a field looking for a suitable place to die. He ignores Henry^s offers of help, and as his body jerked horribly, he falls and dies. The only other witness to his death, ^the tattered soldier^, is impressed mostly by Jim^s bravery and courage. The tattered soldier appears to be a simple and innocent man. Though he is very simplistic and unsophisticated, he is a brave, kind ...
- 4753: Being a Hero
- ... situations of great pressure and act with nobility and grace. Though the main character of Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas, is such a person, it is not by his own doing. He encounters situations in which death is near, in which love, hate, peace, and war come together to cause both good and evil. In these positions he conducts himself with honor, by going along with what the gods want. Only then ... him. Venus, a concerned mother, always looks out for her son. She does everything she thinks will help to ensure his safety and success. At the beginning of his journey from Troy, she prevents his death at sea. Juno has persuaded King Aeolus to cause vicious storms, rocking Aeneas' fleet and nearly killing all of them. Venus then goes to Jupiter and begs him to help Aeneas: Venus appealed to him ...
- 4754: The Seminole
- ... the families in the Everglades, and they used guerrilla warfare. This war cost the U.S. Government between 40 Million Dollars and 60 Million Dollars. Almost 2000 men died for the United States and the death total was uncounted for the Seminole. (Seminole War 626) The Seminole Warriors began to terrorized the settlers in the area. The burned and pillaged the homes of the wealthy plantation owners. The Seminole destroyed 16 ... met with General Jesup with a white flag of truce. They were also captured. The prisoners were moved to another prison, and soon afterward, Osceola died. Instead of lowering the morale of the Seminole, the death of their war chief inspired them to fight on. (Garbarino 52) Soon the war began to end because enthusiasm was low and the might and numbers of the U.S. Army intimidated the Indians. There ...
- 4755: Risk Taking
- ... unsuccessful, it would still be greatly appreciated. Just the thought of a cure would have given hope to what could otherwise be a bleak existence. The mere possibility of being saved from an almost certain death would increase several victims' happiness. We see this today, when, each time a new drug that delays the progression of AIDS is approved, people flock to it. That such things are not cures and that ... insignificant. People still try them. Why? Because they offer a hope of continuing what humans treasure most: life. Similarly, my AIDS cure would offer some hope to patients who are assured an eventual long, painful death. Maybe the cure might work for them. If not, that it did not would be almost insignificant. Spending my life's savings on an AIDS cure would almost certainly increase the general happiness, as it ...
- 4756: Beer
- ... Babylon proved to be more harsh than our laws today. Establishments that sold beer receive special mention in those laws, codified in 1800 B.C. Owners of beer parlors who overcharged customers were sentenced to death by drowning. Those who failed to notify authorities of criminal elements in their establishments were also executed (1). Many of the beer makers and bartenders in the ancient world were women who sold ale under ... per month. George Washington developed his own recipes for the beer and made thirty gallons of beer at a time. Thomas Jefferson built his own brewery at Monticello in 1813 and maintained it until his death in 1826. His beer was considered by many to be some of the best in the young country. In the 1800s a boom of breweries swept across the nation. In 1810 there were 132 breweries ...
- 4757: Truly, The Great Gatsby
- ... gesture sweet was not because Gatsby displayed the beautiful shirts for Daisy, but because he bought the shirts just to show Daisy. His greatest deed for Daisy was taking the blame for Myrtle Wilson s death. "But of course I ll say I was."(pg.150) That was the ultimate sacrifice. His concern for others, and selfless giving, made him great. It was sad how Gatsby tried to bring back his ... who cares as much for others as she does, Tom. Gatsby s innocentness, and virtues helped his achieve wealth, but not Daisy. It was good that he was successful, but ironically these characteristics caused his death. "I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified." (pg.180) His purity of heart and mind, through his innocence and virtues truly ...
- 4758: Tragic Triumph
- ... is furnished. Miller spares us the full repercussions of Proctor s decision by ending the play before the hangings. Still, it is evident what the consequence of Proctor s insistent grip on integrity will be: death. I find it much more fitting that Miller excludes the most disparaging part of the play and instead instills in our minds the positive side. Elizabeth plants the seed of this thought when she proclaims ... creates perfect balance in the conclusion of the play, allowing the reader to experience the full psychological weight of the Salem Witch Trials while permitting the presentation of the optimist s viewpoint. Before his untimely death, Proctor gains an awareness of life possible only to those who hold it in insufficient hands and observe it sifting through their fingers like the Sands of Time. His epiphany occurs just after the destruction ...
- 4759: Hades
- ... on the lips or in the mouth. The realm of the dead was conceived to be in the far west of the world because the sun brought light and life from the east. Since after death they would drink from the River Lethe (River of Forgetfulness), they would forget their human lives and consequently have nothing to do or say in that next world - yet is was not depicted fearfully. Guarding ... has a helmet that makes him invisable. He rarely leaves the underworld. He is unpitying and terrible, but not capricious. His wife is Persephone whom Hades abducted. He is the King of the dead but, death itself is another god, Thanatos.
- 4760: Tone Analysis-their Eyes Were
- ... The somber and the effusive tone can be seen in this passage, which also happens to be the climax of the novel in which Hurston gives the reader a dramatic image of Tea Cake s death scene. Hurston s choice of words and sentences will aid in creating the imagery. In the first paragraph, she describes how Tea Cake crumpled at his bullet and how Janie pried her husband s teeth ... giving her the chance for loving service. Janie hugged him for the last time . Then, Hurston gives a closing to this section by saying the grief of outer darkness descended. Hurston uses Tea Cake s death scene to establish the tone of the passage. Therefore, Hurston uses the diction and imagery to produce the somber and effusive tone in this passage from Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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