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- 5211: Women in the Odyssey: Valued Beings or Forgotten Slaves?
- ... spends her days delaying the suitors and praying for the safe return of her husband. She prays in Book XX that should Odysseus not return and she be forced to take another husband for her death. Homer writes: Or may fair-braided Artemis strike me, so that With Odysseus in my mind's eye, I may go beneath the hateful earth, (page 276, lines 80-83). That is what is called marital devotion. She would rather die than be with another man than the hero Odysseus. Another example of this is displayed in Book XVIII, lines 203-207. Would that chaste Artemis might bring soft death upon me At once now, so that I should no longer waste my life away Mourning in my heart and longing for my dear husband Who had excellence of all kinds, since he was foremost ...
- 5212: Sickle Cell Anemia
- ... that he wants to do the transplant procedure on, but he is waiting for more studies to come out to see what the long-term effects are. Some effects could be rejection, complications, and/or death. For many years, doctors could only treat the sickle cell disease with blood transfusions and antibiotics. But until now, the only hope for a cure has been through bone marrow transplants, dangerous and rarely performed ... when you do something I recommend going to the doctors for an examination. It is better to find out the problem first before you will experiment a stroke a high fever that can cause a death. I think early detection help a lot and could save your life. You could find out your parents medical background or file since sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease. This problem which sickle cell ...
- 5213: Conventions Of Drama
- ... dramatic irony. The tragedy meant that the play often ended with a noble person being destroyed by the Gods. The noble person was led by his own downfalls or flaws which often resulted in his death. This is evident in the story of Oedipus the King where Oedipus tries to outwit the prophecy which the Gods predicted, but fails to do so and ends up in exile. The interesting technique of ... to be amusing not only in the dialogue but also because of the fact that men played the roles of women. Along with comedy and tragedy, other important story lines at the time were deceit, death and murder. The staging of Elizabethan theatre was situated at places like the globe in London where the audience was seated around three sides of a platform projected into their midst. This was commonly known ...
- 5214: Traditions in "A Moment Before the Gun Went Off" and "The Lottery"
- ... the story "The Lottery," the tradition is to hold a lottery on a specific summer day, but instead of winning a cash prize or some other good thing, the winner gets to be stoned to death by the members of the community. The character that is mentioned most in this story is one by the name of Mrs. Hutchinson. Mrs. Hutchinson is a devoted mother and housewife. She is the one ... der Vyver is more than Lucas's employer he is his father, so Mr. Van der Vyver feels truly sorry for killing Lucas. Mr. Van der Vyver does not grieve with his wife for the death of their son because he is not married to the Lucas's mother. The tradition in this story is that interracial marriages do not occur. While this tradition is not as brutal as the one ...
- 5215: Jerome David Salinger, Born In
- ... the wall. When he sees this he starts to think about committing suicide because he feels like living is just a waste. During this time he spent in the tomb he decides on life or death. After going unconscious for a couple of minutes he decides to live because, "Death thus becomes not a gesture of defiance but of surrender"(Miller 17). Once Holden wakes up he feels better and symbolically chooses life. This is when Holden begins to rise. When Phoebe is on the ...
- 5216: David Guterson and His Use of the Theme of Nature
- ... against the Susan Marie's port gunnel. His head craked open above the left ear and then he slid heavily beneath the waves(Snow Falling 458). The tidal wave was the cause of Carl's death; the water, this element of nature was truely responsible for the death of the fisherman. In that sense Gutersonn uses water metaphorically to represent the circle of life; the source of life, the maintenance of life, and the end of life. Guterson uses trees as a metaphorical ...
- 5217: Character Sketch Of Mimi Menlo
- ... parents? She must have unknowingly, slowly, lost her professional control, self-esteem, and scientific certainty, just because she failed to connect and couldn't deal with her lack of progress with Brian. After Brian's death, a person she was supposedly so attached to, Mimi failed to shed one tear for him. One reason why Mimi did not weep was because she was glad that she would finally have peace of mind. It is near the end of her coming to terms with Brian's death when she was rearranging his letters to form different names that she says, "they were all in peoples dreams, but they had to wait for someone to wake before they could make there getaway." This ...
- 5218: Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of Nature
- ... both poets share and differ in views, both are twentieth century poets. The twentieth century lasted from 1900-1939. It began at the dawn of the new century and in England, is set by the death of Queen Victoria. Reading attracted a large audience because of the tremendous growth in education opportunities (Granner, 616). One major downfall and factor of the twentieth century was World War I. This was had pulled ... D. Even though both poets share and differ in views, both are twentieth century poets. II. The Twentieth Century A. 1900-1939 1. Began with the dawn of the new century and in England, the death a Queen Victoria. 2. Leading poets were D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dylan Thomas, and H.G. Wells. B. Views 1. Science Fiction 2. Obsessed with future 3. Language change 4. Anti-war ...
- 5219: Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
- ... Such a pretentious and mysterious monster caused all my curiosity
the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale."(pg. 16). Ishmael sees Ahab as a man possessed, almost demonic in a belief that he could overcome death and evil. For example, Ishmael sees Ahab for the first time: "He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has over runningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them
His ... his words, "I am monarch of all I survey, my right there is none to dispute" (p. 830) . In the end of their Quests Melville's conclusion about Ahab's encounter with nature results in death and a total lack of knowledge about what life, living and truth is all about. Thoreau on the other hand sees everything worth living for in his Quest and results at walden pond. Both authors ...
- 5220: Christian Morals in Beowulf
- ... is a major factor in Beowulf. " Had fate but granted, born of my body/ An heir to follow me after I'm gone." Fate is the factor that leads to the explanation of Beowulf's death, and fate is also the reason that Beowulf cannot pass his sword and shield on to his nonexistent son. Fate plays a major role in the story and is related to the comitatus of the story. Beowulf's life ends because of the curse on the dragon's gold and causes the death of his family line. Although Beowulf tries to rationalize his greed for the gold as a way to better his people, his true feeling is that of gold and because of his past experiences and ...
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