|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 621 - 630 of 10818 matching essays
- 621: A Rose for Remembrance
- ... always had that appearance. In the picture of a younger Emily with her father, she was shown as frail and apparently hungering to take part in the life of the era. After her father's death, she looked like a girl with a vague resemblance to those angels in colored church windows--sort of tragic and serene (qtd. in Kirzner & Mandell 83). This suggests that she had already begun her transition toward her own death, as had her way of life and traditions. By the time the members of the new, progressive Board of Aldermen came to her concerning her long overdue taxes, she had completely retreated to her world ... past. Emily declared that she had no taxes in Jefferson, based on her belief of a verbal agreement made with Colonel Sartoris, who had been dead for ten years. Emily was refusing to acknowledge the death of Colonel Sartoris, just as she had refused to acknowledge the death of her father. The Colonel had given his word to Emily and according to the traditional view often held in the old ...
- 622: Sylvia Plath And Lady Lazarus
- Death is one of the major themes of Sylvia Plath's poetry. Many of her poems are elaborate explorations of the concept of death. It was also one of her major preoccupations, as can be seen from the documentation of her life. She attempted suicide at various intervals throughout her life. However, the events in her life were not entirely responsible for each of her three attempts and eventual death. To the outsider her life seemed perfect but over the course of time she had numerous bouts of depression and breakdowns. Her state of mind during these times has been fairly well expressed in ...
- 623: The Crucible and Death of a Salesman: Search For Happiness
- The Crucible and Death of a Salesman: Search For Happiness Commonly, authors tend to write pieces of literature with themes of search for happiness. The way in which they go about attaining that happiness often determines whether or not their goal will be achieved. In two works of lierature, The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, both by Arthur Miller, the theme lies along the lines of the main characters search for happiness. However, the way that the two main characters work on achieving their goal varies greatly ... her. Instead of doing away with Elizabeth, John, whom Mary Warren accused of being the devil, was hanged. Therefore, Abigail does not attain her happiness due to her vicious, vengeful ways. Similarly, in the play Death of a Saleman, a search for happiness is also a theme. Taking place in the late 1940's, in New York, one views the troubled Loman family. The main character, Willy Loman, a saleman, ...
- 624: Alcatraz
- ... Penitentiary (USP), McNeil Island, Washington, he viciously attacked another inmate. This resulted in his transfer to USP Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1916, he murdered a Leavenworth guard, was convicted of first-degree murder, and received a death sentence. His mother pleaded for his life and in 1920, President Woodrow Wilson commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. It was Stroud's violent behavior that earned him time in segregation. During his 30 years at Leavenworth, he developed his interest in birds and eventually wrote two books about canaries ... and killed during their escape, and two drowned. Two of the men who were caught were later executed in the gas chamber at the California State Prison at San Quentin for their role in the death of a correctional officer during the famous May 2-4, 1946, "Battle of Alcatraz" escape attempt. Whether or not anyone succeeded in escaping from Alcatraz depends on the definition of "successful escape." Is it ...
- 625: Redemtion And Salvation In A T
- ... to is, that no matter how rough and demoralizing things get, there is always a possibility of redemption and salvation. Many characters in the novel, A Tale Of Two Cities, are sure that their own death or mental destruction is at hand but somehow they escape the grasp of death. Dr. Manette who has been imprisoned for eighteen years is completely insane and is lovingly nursed back to health. Characters such as Charles Darnay slip through the fingers of death more than once. Redemption and salvation do not always come in the form of being saved from death. Sydney Carton, a man of great potential, has wasted his life and ends up giving his ...
- 626: Literary Approach Paper on The Death of a Salesman
- Literary Approach Paper on The Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman was a powerful play, written by Arthur Miller, which was produced in 1949. He establishes a serious tone towards his subject. Also, Miller sets an ambiguous attitude towards the audience. Miller established ... himself as an inadequate husband and father, Willy felt that his family would be better off without him in their lives. Also, by killing himself, his family would reap the life insurance benefits from his death for his family. As a result, the audience has sympathy for Willy because he gave up his own life to benefit the lives of his family. At the same time, the viewers have hatred ...
- 627: Assisted Suicide Or Euthanasia
- ... the Oregon State Health Division found that the law was working well and had not been subject to abuse (REED A9). The word Euthanasia originated from the Greek language: eu means good and thanatos means death. The term euthanasia normally means that the person who wishes to commit suicide must initiate the act (WORLD BOOK). However, some people define euthanasia to include both voluntary and involuntary termination of life. Euthanasia has ... is used by some to describe the killing of a person in opposition to their wishes. It is basically a form of murder and not a popular view among most people. Passive Euthanasia: Hastening the death of a person by withdrawing some form of support and letting nature take its course. For example: removing life support, stopping medical procedures, stopping food and water and allowing the person to dehydrate or starve to death, and not delivering CPR. Active Euthanasia: This involves causing the death of a person through a direct action, in response to a request from that person. A well-known example would be the process ...
- 628: John Donnes Holy Sonnets
- The Holy Sonnets By making many references to the Bible, John Donne s Holy Sonnets reveal his want to be accepted and forgiven by God. A fear of death without God s forgiveness of sins is conveyed in these sonnets. Donne expresses extreme anxiety and fright that Satan has taken over his soul and God won t forgive him for it or his sins ... holy, wasn t such a holy man all of the time and tried to make up for it in his writing. In sonnet 1, the speaker is talking to God. He tells God that his death is near. He feels that with all of the sins he has committed he is leaning towards hell instead of heaven. Satan has tempted him too much and he doesn t know if he can ... realizes that he is talking to a supreme being and cannot win. Once more, he asks for the forgiveness of his sins and to be accepted by God. Sonnet 10 illustrates personification. The speaker addresses Death, mocks him, and claims that Death is not as powerful as he is thought to be. He says that Death doesn t control as much as people thinks he does; other factors cause people ...
- 629: Angina Pectoris
- Angina Pectoris CONTENTS 3 Introduction 4 The Human Heart 5 Symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease 5 Heart Attack 5 Sudden Death 5 Angina 6 Angina Pectoris 6 Signs and Symptoms 7 Different Forms of Angina 8 Causes of Angina 9 Atherosclerosis 9 Plaque 10 Lipoproteins 10 Lipoproteins and Atheroma 11 Risk Factors 11 Family History 11 ... COMBINED. One of the symptoms of coronary heart disease is angina pectoris. Unfortunately, a lot of people do not take it seriously, and thus not realizing that it may lead to other complications, and even death. THE HUMAN HEART In order to understand angina, one must know about our own heart. The human heart is a powerful muscle in the body which is worked the hardest. A double pump system, the ... pumps side by side, which pump blood to all parts of the body. Its steady beating maintains the flow of blood through the body day and night, year after year, non-stop from birth until death. The heart is a hollow, muscular organ slightly bigger than a person's clenched fist. It is located in the centre of the chest, under the breastbone above the sternum, but it is slanted ...
- 630: Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know
- ... Fanny; the young Jean VIGO, in only two films, brilliantly expressed youthful rebellion and mature love; and director Marcel CARNE teamed with poet Jacques Prevert to produce haunting existential romances of lost love and inevitable death in Quai des brumes (1938) and Le Jour se leve (1939). Hollywood: World War II, Postwar Decline During World War II, films were required to lift the spirits of Americans both at home and overseas ... 1958; Viridiana, 1961; The Milky Way, 1969) and absurdist satires on middle-class foibles (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972).^From Sweden Ingmar BERGMAN emerged in the 1950s as the master of introspective, often death-obsessed studies of complex human relationships. Although capable of comedy, as in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Bergman was at his most impressive in more despairing, existentialist dramas such as The Seventh Seal (1957 ... directorial talent: Andrzej WAJDA and Roman POLANSKI in Poland; Jan KADAR, Milos FORMAN, Ivan PASSER, and Jiri Menzel in Czechoslovakia; and, more recently, Wim WENDERS, Werner HERZOG, and Rainer Werner FASSBINDER in West Germany. The death (1982) of Fassbinder ended an extraordinary and prolific career, but his absence has yet to be felt-- particularly in the United States, where many of his earlier films are being shown for the first ...
Search results 621 - 630 of 10818 matching essays
|
