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- 771: Writing Styles of Poe and Hoffman
- ... good illustration of grotesque into a novel or movie. Edgar Allan Poe is probably one of the most renowned horror fiction writers of all time. The one word that is most associated with Poe is death. In J. Gerald Kennedys analysis Poe, Death, and the Life of Writing, he makes some very interesting analyses on Poes obsession with writing about death. The first point made in this analysis is that Poe is a writer of mesmerism and hypnotism, on page 204 Kennedy states: Beset by visions of transcendence and annihilation, separation and self-destruction, Poe ...
- 772: Streetcar Desire
- ... off at Elysian Fields. The streetcar (named Desire after Desire Street) takes her to her sister Stella DuBois Kowalski's (Kim Hunter) apartment in New Orleans' French Quarter. There at Elysian Fields [symbolizing paradise beyond death from ancient lore] where she has come for a visit, she is surprised at the downstairs living accommodations of her sister, a small, shabby two-room place in a run-down neighborhood: "Can this be ... long parade to the graveyard. Father, mother...You just came home in time for funerals Stella, and funerals are pretty compared to deaths. How did you think all that sickness and dying was paid for? Death is expensive, Miss Stella. And I, on my pitiful salary at the school. Yes, accuse me! Stand there and stare at me, thinking I let the place go. I let the place go! Where were ... she knows a quote from a "favorite sonnet" by Mrs. Browning inscribed in his silver cigarette case given to him by a dying girl: "And if God choose, I shall but love thee better - after - death." A coquettish Blanche explains her name for him: It's a French name. It means woods, and Blanche means white, so the two together mean white woods. Like an orchard in spring. You can ...
- 773: Story Of An Hour 2
- ... Kate Chopin's life/how it relates to her) mainly dealing with marriage. After researching the life of Kate Chopin, her works do not seem so strange, in comparison with her life and grief. Seemingly death and isolation fuel her writings and her disgust for contemporary society. Though she was born in 1850 into an upper-middle class family, they were Irish1. Being an Irish immigrant was the worst Ethnicity during ... This period was full of hatred towards the Irish always being depicted as thieves and scoundrels. This hate escalated to the "Molly McGuire" murders and the hanging of over one dozen innocent Irish immigrants. Furthermore, death plagued Kate Chopin throughout her whole life. At the tender age of five, her father, Thomas O'Flaherty died in a rail accident2. Seven years later, her great grandmother, Victoire Verdon Charleville dies, who she ... dies. After, moving back to her native St. Louis she beings to write and attempts to have several works published with no success. So begins her struggle with society and herself, which consumes her until death in 1904. In 1894, Kate Chopin created my subject of focus, "Story of an Hour." After several re-reads it becomes more apparent that Chopin uses symbolism to substitute long description and explanations. This ...
- 774: Inhalants
- ... paints, medicines, and hairsprays, are kept away from young children. Inhalant abuse may result in losing touch with one's surroundings, a loss of self-control, violent behavior, unconsciousness, nausea, vomiting, violent choking, and even death. This is a high risk of sudden death from spray inhalation. These sprays can interfere with breathing, or they can produce heartbeats (arrhythmia's) leading to heart failure and death by suffocation. The inhalants displace the oxygen in the lungs and depress the central nervous system so much that breathing slows down until it stops. Most of these deaths have been associated with the ...
- 775: Death Of A Salesman - Minor Characters
- In the play Death of a Salesman, the plot is affected by three minor characters: Ben, Charley and Howard. The minor characters help the story's protagonist, Willy, develop extensively throughout the course of the play; therefore, they are ... he speaks; however, Willy is far from being able to accomplish such a purchase. The impression of Willy's failure is heightened through his dealings with Howard. Through the actions of the minor characters in Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman's character develops throughout the play. These minor characters, Ben, Willy and Howard, are influential in the outcome of the story because they provide the reader with comparisons between themselves ...
- 776: Death Of A Salesman - Analysis Essay
- ... clearly: from simple hand gestures, to a disgusted face. To understand his novel more thoroughly, Arthur Miller uses the most understandable method of comprehension, music, to express the emotions of the characters in his play, "Death of a Salesman". The characters, Willy, Linda, Biff, Happy, and Ben, have a certain style of music and instruments portraying them to show the reader what type of emotional person they are. The beginning of ... sees the Woman, the music stops, then begins once more but in a slow, droopy manner. Now the music stops after a life has been wrecked. This type of music has been foreshadowing his oncoming death by starting merry and ending abruptly in a sad way. Ben has a special type of music. Being Willys inspiration, he is portrayed by quick, lively music. His wonderful stories of his life are ...
- 777: Death Of A Salesman
- Essay Death of A Salesman By Arthur Miller We can't all become what we want to be and further more, others can't become what we want them to be. In the play Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy wants to become a very successful, big, respected salesman. But as he could not reach his longed for dream and as his reality starts to sink, he starts ...
- 778: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... and The Wars by Timothy Findley, there is clear evidence of the nature of war. The propaganda and disciplinary training to convince naοve young men to go to battle to fight for their country, the death of their comrades, and the physical breakdown are all part of twentieth century warfare. With all the effort of preparation, discipline, and anticipation, false hopes were created for the young individuals, which leave the battlefields ... the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Pg. 25) However, in Robert s case, he felt neglected by his family, and sought refuge in the war as a way of escaping his family and the death of his sister. Robert envied him because he could go away when this was over and surround himself with space. (It was then, perhaps, the first inkling came that it was time for Robert to ... As eager as the boys were, they were never really prepared for what they would encounter on the battlefield. At such a young age, neither Paul or Robert had ever killed anyone; much less stare death in the face. This was the emotional breakdown that the characters endured. Suffering the loss of a companion or watching him or her die before you was the most torturous event. An hour passes. ...
- 779: Shapiro's "Auto Wreck": Interpretation
- Shapiro's "Auto Wreck": Interpretation Philosophers have pondered the meaning of life and death since the beginning of time. There are many hypotheses. From reincarnation to Valhalla -- then on to heaven. There have been many proposed solutions. Yet no one fully understands dea th. In Shapiro's poem "Auto ... Shapiro portrays the fantasy-like auto wreck in which wildness is indispensable. In addition to Shapiro's use of metaphorical phrases, he emphasizes the lack of comprehension of the on-lookers as a result of death's inconsistency with logic. Shapiro directly tells the reader, "We are deranged." The word "we" symbolizes u s, as a whole institution or better yet -- society. He goes on further to say, "Our throats were tight as tourniquets." By this he means that the on-lookers were stopped, almost speechless, as they gazed upon the wreckage contemplating the reason b ehind death. Finally, Shapiro writes: "We speak through sickly smiles and warn With the stubborn saw of common sense." What the writer is getting through is that the on-lookers attempted to rationalize the accident with ...
- 780: Achilles And Socrates
- ... War, he reflects heroic qualities, and earns his name as the purest, the highest and "the best of the Achaians." Similar to Achilles, Socrates demonstrates several heroic characteristics, in Plato's work The Trial and Death of Socrates. Through his trial, apology and death, Socrates shows that his heroism and his commitment to his society are genuine. The Iliad confirms that a warrior lives and dies in the pursuit of honor and glory. Achilles place as a hero depended ... the understanding of his place in society, and performing with the expectations society had for him. He freely accepted the natural pattern of a hero, consisting of a hero's suffering and a hero's death. In Greek mythology there is no concrete concept of afterlife, so winning and glory then becomes the way to a meaningful life. To Homeric Greeks, death symbolized the loss of all things that were ...
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