|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 4831 - 4840 of 10818 matching essays
- 4831: Creon As The Tragic Hero In An
- ... center of the plot. It develops mostly around his actions. For example, Creon could have had the chance to live “happily ever after” if he would have simply buried Polynices. He then sentences Antigone to death for attempting to give Polynices a proper burial. Creon’s importance in the plot leads me to believe that he is the tragic hero. Tragedies recount an individual’s downfall, usually beginning high and ending ... Creon attempts to correct himself by releasing Antigone. But he is too late. He is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead as a result of his actions. This punishment is worse than death. Although Creon’s self-righteousness and inflexibility did not change until the end of the play, his motivations traveled from patriotic ones to personal ones. This created a major portion of the tragic element in ...
- 4832: The Price of Smoking
- ... of cancer that affected the lungs, gums, and trachea were only some of the medical complication which affected smokers. Not only was smoking known to cause medical complications, but it was the leading cause of death from lung cancer. In the U.S. alone about 415,000 people die prematurely each year as a result of smoking. This is the equivalent of nearly 20 Boeing 747's crashing every week with ... from smokers, contains about 40 substances that are known to cause cancer in humans and animals. Secondhand smoke may also cause phlegm, chest discomfort, pneumonia, bronchitis, and decreased lung function, and is the cause for death in 53,000 non-smokers each year in the United States alone. The medical and scientific communities agree that nicotine, a primary ingredient in cigarettes, is addictive. New evidence indicates that cigarette manufacturers have long ...
- 4833: Beloved
- ... head” (page 36). It is impossible to forget the memory of Beloved because she was murdered in the shed right outside 124Bluestone Road. The memory stays right in the place where it happened. Halle’s death is back in Sweet Home since he never made it to 124Bluestone Road. Sethe has never gone back to there, so she can not pass by the place to bring back her rememory and so ... they [white people] push my own man through they do not push the woman with my face through she goes in” (page 212). White people led Halle through his life all the way until his death. However, Sethe escaped slavery and was able to lead her own life. Beloved was counting on Sethe to be captured in the shed. “she [Sethe] was going to smile at me she was going to ...
- 4834: Critical Incident Stress (CIS)
- ... associated with the event.(Bush Fire Services 92). Under particularly stressing circumstances some maybe unable to function properly at the scene or at a later date. This happens for example in the case of a death of a fellow worker in the line of duty and cannot return to his normal duties's. CIS at times can be so powerful as to cause mental and emotional breakdown in extreme case's death.(Mitchell 83). The most common cognitive or mental symptom's of an acute stress reaction are impaired thinking and decision making, poor concentration and confusion, memory problem's, flashback's of previous scene's and ...
- 4835: Paralytic - Sylvia Plath
- ... are sleeping. In another, she could be talking about eyes of people looking in on her in her room. The fourth stanza continues the night symbolization. Lights are turned on. Darkness and night often symbolize death. If we take it as intended to mean this then when people turn on lights, it would be to keep death out and an attempt to keep Plath alive. The "soft anonymous talkers" are the doctors and nurses who come in and out of her room asking if she is alright, which is part of their ...
- 4836: Awakening
- By: ~ The Awakening Kate Chopin Edna’s awakening, from the beginning in Grand Isle, to her life in New Orleans and finally her death back in Grand Isle, takes place quite suddenly. She goes from a quiet, reserved lady, to an outspoken, strong-willed woman. Despite this dramatic change, one characteristic remained constant throughout the book. She was very ... perfectly content and peaceful, not scared or miserable. It brought back memories of her happy childhood and places she loved. If she couldn’t be happy in life, at least she could be happy in death. Word Count: 596
- 4837: Pygmalion Vs Educating Rita
- ... shown and while this interaction between the two classes occurs the issue of the social problem arises. “You expect me to get into that and wet myself all over! Not me. I should catch my death. I knew a woman did it every Saturday night; and she died of it" (Act 2, pg 47 Liza says about bathing) The lower class had to be careful of catching diseases and protect themselves ... from the cold, London's streets were harsh to live in. Bathing was, in fact, as the quote explains something to be afraid of, as nudity and issues involving their hygiene. This scene is like death for Liza, who has never even seen her own face in the mirror, which the author with his writing portrays realistically. These are one of the many social problems Liza is not ready to deal ...
- 4838: People Vs. the Tobacco Industry
- ... of cancer that affected the lungs, gums, and trachea were only some of the medical complication smokers were affected with. Not only was smoking known to cause medical complications, it was the leading cause of death from lung cancer. “About 415,000 people die prematurely each year in the U.S. as a result of smoking-the equivalent of eighteen 747’s crashing every week with no survivors “(Harrison 33). Smokers ... from smokers, contain about 40 substances which are known to cause cancer in humans and animals. Secondhand smoke may also cause phlegm, chest discomfort, pneumonia, bronchitis, and decreased lung function, and is the cause for death in 53,000 non-smokers each year in the United States alone. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates a substance as a drug if its producer intends the product to “affect the structure or ...
- 4839: Poetry Assignment
- ... each poem is their role. Both poems’ use of foul weather conditions inflict an undesired sense of darkness and sickness. My impression of "The Sick Rose" because of the storm is of darkness, sickness, and death. Unfortunately, something so beautiful and delicate like a rose had to destroyed by the storm and its invisible worm. Similarly, "Fog" gave me a sense of nausea, dirty streets, smoke, and grayish darkness. Thus in ... use of metaphor and calm tone tends to focus more on developing a strong, temperate image, (more on description), while "The Sick Rose" uses fierce, moving words to create strong feelings as it concludes with death, grief, and great emotional sorrow. The Sick Rose William Blake O Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy ...
- 4840: Poetry
- ... tears falling on her in her final resting-place. She then says, “Storm, blow me from here with your fiercest wind. Let me float across the sky, ‘till I can rest again.” The storm represents death and the taking away of her soul to her heavenly inheritance. “Fall gentle snowflake, cover me with white cold icy kisses and let me rest tonight,” is the image of snow falling on her grave ... oceans, leaf and stone, star shine, moon glow, you’re all that I can call my own.” This last section sums up her beliefs that she finds comfort and eternal peace in nature. To her, death is nature. Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the poem “Richard Cory” which is a fine example of envy. What you see is not always what you get. The poem states, “In fine, we thought he was ...
Search results 4831 - 4840 of 10818 matching essays
|
