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- 5501: Getting Rid of George: A Gothic Story
- ... looking to ruin her life again. Poetic justice was also served to these characters. George deserved to die for everything he did, and Laura and Harry deserved to have everyone find out about George’s death, they ended up getting caught in their lie. Last but not least, credibility of the action and the character sacrificed for the violent effect. George sacrificed his life by coming back for Laura and Harry and Laura sacrificed their freedom and reputation by keeping George’s death a secret. Evidently, melodrama was used to support Arthur’s gothic story. In conclusion we found that Arthur’s story Getting Rid of George was a good gothic story. Arthur used many gothic elements to ...
- 5502: Animal Farm vs. Marxism
- ... looking, didn’t talk very much but always got what they wanted through force. In one part of the book Napoleon charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. 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. He was at one time considered the second most powerful man in Russia. (Trotsky” Comptons 290). Besides characters there are many ...
- 5503: Henrik Ibsen
- ... an idealist and goes about advocating and preaching a theme of truth and purity. He calls his mission the “claim of the ideal.” His father, Old Werle, has allegedly driven his sick wife to her death by carrying on love affairs in his own home. Once he had his serving girl, Gina, as his mistress. Arranging her marriage with Hialmar Ekdal, the son of his former partner, Werle also sets the ... s ability to allow Ekdal to be found solely guilty for crimes in which both men were involved. He also attacks his father for his ulterior motives in having Hialmar and Gina married, for the death of his wife, and for his intended marriage to Mrs. Sorby. On the other hand, Old Werle defends himself by pointing out the good things that he has done for the family and he constantly ...
- 5504: Hamlet
- ... the truth about Claudius. This would be the final piece to a puzzle Hamlet was piecing together. When Claudius realizes through the play-within-the-play that Hamlet knows the truth about his father's death, he immediately sends him away to England. He does this because now “[Hamlet’s] endeavor to kill Claudius is now justified” (The Hamlet Paradigm , by John S. Mamoun). In the scene in his mother's ... hiding behind the "arras" in Gertrude's bedroom so that he can listen in on Hamlet's private conversation with his mother. Polonius's suspicions about the legitimacy of Hamlet's madness lead to his death when Hamlet stabs the "arras" in the mistaken belief that the eavesdropper is Claudius. Hamlet's soliloquies, his confidences to Horatio, and his elaborate plans are by far the most convincing proof of his sanity ...
- 5505: Sexuality in Wiseblood
- ... confronted would invoke both fear and embarassment within most ten-year-olds. Not only was the body nude, but it was inside a casket as well. The author parallels this vulgar display of sexuality with death itself. But Hazel reacted to more than just the sight of the object. He at once realizes that he was not supposed to watch the naked lady, that it was sinful to do so. He ... who is surprisingly similar to Hazel’s one-time mistress, Leora Watts. Sexuality comes in the form of a corpse, an allusion not to be missed. The narrator depicts Sexuality as being analogous to spiritual death. In this episode, however, one sees more than just the grotesque. Enoch Emery introduces us to the grimmer side of sexuality, a side in which a predator spies on an unknowing woman, and gains pleasure ...
- 5506: Pride and Prejudice: The Summary
- ... novel that is found in history is the bequeathing of estates. Mr. Bennet has no heir to his estate because he has five daughters and no sons. Therefore he must give his estate after his death to the next male in line. His daughters and wife, should she out live him, will get nothing. This is where Austen brings in Mr. Collins, the cousin of Mr. Bennet, he is to get Longbourn after Mr. Bennet’s passing. Even though the wife and daughters have made the household run and in this way contributed to the estate, they will get nothing in return after the death of Mr. Bennet. This, although an unfair tradition, is the harsh truth. This novel has given me a greater understanding of how families worked in eighteenth century England. Even though it is a fiction novel ...
- 5507: The Awakening: A Woman’s Fight for Independence
- ... one who would understand to confide into. Rather than be forced to live in such a world of tyranny and succumb once again to the mechanical lifestyle she had lived for so long, she chooses death. In death, there are no expectations, no one to impress or be “proper” for, and most importantly she has no one to answer to, except herself. It is all these aspects of the plot, in the story ...
- 5508: The Catcher In The Rye Analysi
- ... he did with his brother. That is the reason for Holden's love of the museum, he feels safe because it never changes it always stays the same. Holden is troubled with the pain of death, it effects every aspect of his life causing him to not care about the future, himself or anyone, except Phoebe and Alley. The theme of alienation is demonstrated by Holden. He alienates himself from the ... told her she was a pain in the butt; he had complete disregard for Sally feelings, he just walked away to do something else. Holden’s fears and insecurities can be traced back to the death of his brother Alley. All of his repressed feelings about his brother exert an influence upon Holden’s actions. He can’t trust or love anything or anyone because he is afraid that they will ...
- 5509: Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple
- ... followers would pretend to drink poison and fell to the ground, not all took it seriously. Most of the members lived in a life of what they called luxury they were told not to fear death because they will go to a better place. Everyone was family at times there would be family’s inside the larger family but that wasn’t very much approved of if you had a child ... massacre came back to the temple, the remaining members debated on what the should do and came to several options. When a final choice on what should be done came about the answer was only death. It seemed to be the only choice it had already been planned years before and most of the members were prepared. For the completion of the mass suicide the members consisting of 638 adults and ...
- 5510: Animal Farm
- ... text famous for their economic and philosophically revolutionary content. As is similar to Old Major, Marx’s ideas were mainly blind sided by people during his life and were not truly considered until after his death in 1883, and before any actual “revolution” occurred. After Karl Marx’s and Old Major’s deaths was when any of their ideals were thoughtfully considered and their ideas were executed. In a general sense ... Trotsky assassinated. All being unsuccessful, Trotsky was finally found with a pick-axe in his head: he had been butchered by the Russian Internal Police (the NKVD- a branch of the KGB). Although Snowball’s death is not an event in the book, his riddance was very significant in that all leadership power was in the hands of Napoleon, which is the precedent cause for corruption of Animalism. Snowball’s character ...
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