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- 5381: The Heart of Darkness: Theme Based On Lies and The Good and Evil In Man
- ... Kurtz, in the hope's of appreciating all that Kurtz finds endearing in the African jungle. Marlow does not get the opportunity to see Kurtz until he is so disease-stricken he looks more like death than a person. There are no good looks or health. In the story Marlow remarks that Kurtz resembles "an animated image of death carved out of old ivory." Like Marlow, Kurtz is seen as an honorable man to many admirers; but he is also a thief, murderer, raider, persecutor, and above all he allows himself to be worshipped ...
- 5382: Essay On The Life Of Frederick Douglass
- ... whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood. One could only imagine the horrid pictures that slaves would have seen on a daily basis of other slaves nearly being beaten to death by their masters. For the black children growing up on the plantation, the master was seen to be a man of great power and not to be taken lightly. This was exactly what the master ... for slaves lives that the slaveholders had with their slaves. As each of these horrid events occurred, the power of the masters over the slaves grew. This happened due to the fact that with each death that occurred, the slaves grew more and more terrified with their masters for fear of what they would do next and to whom they would do it. When Douglass was about seven or eight years ...
- 5383: “All Quiet on the Western Front”: Effects of War
- ... ha an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come.” Those who may have survived the war were destroyed by it. The novel describes the horror, the fear, the despair, and the death that was brought about by war. Through its description of war in one of its truest forms, we realize the results of war: Pain, suffering, and death. It urges us to take a closer look at the effects of war and those who lose their lives in it. This book attempts to fight war with war.
- 5384: Analysis Of Similes In The Ill
- ... scene assumes quite a juxtaposition. A flower-bespangled battlefield? This is perhaps an attempt to show the absurdity of the Greek army, changing positions from fleeing to brazenness as flowers are to the field of death. Near the beginning of Book Three a group of elders of Troy, not fighting material, but skilled orators, are found resting on the tower "like cicadas that chirrup delicately from the boughs of some high ... the sight of the frightened fawns grouped together. But does not one also feel pity for them? This is a wonderful simile that brings home the nervous twitchiness that would denote a person scared to death in such a situation. Later in Book Five there is a great dichotomy of similes. First, Hera comes down "flying like turtledoves in eagerness to help the Argives." followed by a scene surrounding Diomedes where ...
- 5385: The "Hemingway Hero"
- ... is to truly be a man. The Hemingway man thus presented is a man of action, of self-discipline and self-reliance, and of strength and courage to confront all weaknesses, fears, failures, and even death. Jake Barnes, as the narrator and supposed hero of the novel, fell in love with Brett some years ago and is still powerfully and uncontrollably in love with her. However, Jake is unfortunately a casualty ... Romero, on the other hand, comes closest to the embodiment of Hemingway's hero. Brett is almost immediately enchanted by this handsome, nineteen year-old, a promising matador. Pedro, a fearless figure who frequently confronts death in his occupation, is not afraid in the bullring and controls the bulls like a master. Pedro is the first man since Jake who causes Brett to lose her self-control: "'I can't help ...
- 5386: Bhagavad-Gita: Relationship Between Arjuna and Krishna
- ... of rebirth by karma, or “the force of one’s actions…in determining what one is and will be…one’s role in making one’s own destiny” (Gita 163). Human life is cyclic. After death, the soul leaves the body and is reborn into another body “as a man who discards worn out clothes to put on new and different ones” (Gita 32). The rebirth itself and its conditions are ... comes to the rescue of the devotee who surrenders all action to Him and who constantly and exclusively thinks of Him. For such a person Krishna would “arise to rescue them from the ocean of death and rebirth” (Gita 112). Devotion is crucial in worshipping because it gives the devotee a way to reach the lord as “men devoted to [Him] are in [Him] and [he] within them” (Gita 87). It ...
- 5387: Antigone 6
- ... to properly bury her brother, Polyneices. She believed that the burial was a religious ceremony, and Creon did not have the power to deny Polyneices that right. Antigone s strong beliefs eventually led her to death by the hand of Creon. Creon s actions are guided by the ideal that man is the measure of all things. Creon believes that the good of man comes before the Gods. An example of ... end, Creon was convinced to set Antigone free after he weighed the factors and debated the ideals. But it was too late. The contradiction of ideals was the cause of Antigone s, Haemons, and Megareus death. Both sides were just and all beliefs were supported. The downfall is that Creon had to decide the unanswerable, and determine right from wrong when there was no clear answer.
- 5388: Ernest Hemingway Vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ... is exposed to the reader through description and dialogue with the exception of the last paragraph which allows insight into the child's naiveté concerning his own mortality. The discovery of the Indian father's death is an objective description and it is not until Nick talks with his father that it is confirmed a suicide and the true life and death theme of the story is fully realized. As mentioned before, the subject matter of both writers was influenced by the time in which they wrote despite obvious differences in subject. This is evident in the ...
- 5389: Of Mice and Men: The Great Depression and Lennie and George's Dream
- ... he is given a puppy, which he adores and would never want to harm, he strokes it too severely and it too is killed. He finally pulled the final straw that, would lead to his death, and assure that their dream will never come true. Lennie’s inability to understand his surroundings combined with his touch of death make him part of the reason that they are unable to accomplish their fantasy. George and Lennie’s dream becomes more realistic when one of their co-workers, Candy, asks if he can join in ...
- 5390: Ordinary People - Avoiding Problems Is Not A Way Of Handling Them
- ... Guest. Main characters in the novel, Conrad Jarret, his mother Beth, and his father Calvin portray indifferences throughout the book. Conrad is a troubled teen that can’t let go of his Brother’s (Buck) death. Buck died in a sailing accident with Conrad and Conrad still thinks that it was his own fault for Buck’s death. Before the novel begins, Conrad attempts to take his life by slitting his wrists. He goes through many months in the hospital and still has problems down the line. Calvin, throughout the book is very ...
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