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- 6721: Anne Hutchinson
- ... D. Crawford, p. 137.) John Winthrop is again comparing Anne to Jezebel, a character from the Old Testament who killed the Lord's prophets, promoted Baal worship, and was eaten by the dogs after her death for her wickedness. (1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 16:32-33, 2 Kings 9:30-37.) This hardly seems a fair comparison to a loving woman who spent her life serving others, and trying ...
- 6722: Antigone Fatal Flaw And Downfa
- ... gods advised him that he would loose everything important to him. Creon is in a position of great power, influence and responsibility. The extent of his power is quite clear when he sentenced Antigone to death for disobeying his order. Antigone's reasons for burying her brother were simply the fact that she was demonstrating her love, honor, and loyalty to her family. However, the reason Creon is furious is that ...
- 6723: Ambition In Macbeth
- ... moral sense to a man who will stop at nothing to get and keep what he wants. By the play s end, he has lost all emotion. He cannot even react to his wife s death saying that life is only a tale/ told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ signifying nothing. In Macbeth, ambition is the fatal flaw that causes his downfall. The play shows that one may ...
- 6724: A Lesson Before Dying 2
- ... friends when they murder the white bartender. Jefferson is unfairly convicted of murder and sentenced to the electric chair by a white judge and jury. His defense lawyer, in an attempt to ward off the death sentence, labels him a "hog"--and it is this label that Jefferson's godmother wants disproved. She enlists the help of a plantation school teacher, Grant Wiggins, who at first isn t too keen on ...
- 6725: A Good Man Is Hard To Find Ana
- ... future generations have no respect for thier precedents. The Misfit represents evil. At one point the Misfit likens himself to Christ, in that they both were punished for crimes they did not commit. Christ accepted death for the sins of all people, however. The Misfit is in a constant battle against his fate that he sees himself being punished without any cause. Although he resists this Christ-like existence he has ...
- 6726: A Dolls House 2
- ... her how it is possible that she was left with nothing and still able to move on. Mrs. Linde casually replies, Oh, it sometimes happens, Nora (Ibsen 8). Although she was able to overcome the death of her husband, it does not mean that she has necessarily been happy all this time, as she states, These last three years have been one long relentless drudge Just utterly empty. Nobody to live ...
- 6727: Appearance Versus Reality In T
- ... a perfect upbringing as well, however, like the American Dream, it too was imperfect. Nicole was born into an affluent family and she was a perfectly normal, bright, happy child (p.126). However, after the death of Nicole s mother, her father began to have an incestuous relationship with her. Nicole maintained the appearance of being normal , but she eventually began to suffer from mental illness because of her past abuse ...
- 6728: Antigone 2
- ... wants Ismene to help her. Ismene is scared to do this because the new king, Creon, has issued a decree that says that any person that attempts to bury the body will be sentenced to death. The fact that Antigone is going to attempt to bury the body creates fear in the reader. They are fearful as to what will happen to Antigone if she is caught. As the play moves ...
- 6729: A Wizard Of Eathsea
- ... by the wrong person. But Ged isn t the wrong person, he knows how to control his emotions and knows the right way to go. In the end it is clear that, the shadow represents death and that, they share a name. So Ged learns that he can no longer be possessed by anyone, because he knows his true self, and that can never be taken away.
- 6730: A Mind To Murder
- ... Again, just as he was only interested in Jennifer Priddy for the beautiful body he could depict in his paintings, he is only interested in Marion for the money which, after her cousin Enid s death, she was certain to inherit. Having access to Marion s money in addition to the Bollinger grant will enable him to live for the rest of his life in the style to which he feels ...
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