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- 991: Essay Comparison
- Death can be described as the lack of existence; state of being dead. Most of the time death is usually considered to be a problem for many of old age. It is also a part of life that is hard for people grasp because they lose loved one's. However, death also takes part in a time of war when two parties of an opposing team are at odds with one another. Innocent living creatures become victims of something that they have no control over. ...
- 992: Robert Browning
- Robert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to him. One conflict seen throughout Browning's poetry is one of spirituality. His ... 1953)). The exerpt in Pauline most clearly representing this is the conclusion which is also an invocation to Shelly. " sun - treader I believe in God and truth and love; and as one just escaped from death..." Browning's contradictory attitude in Pauline proves that he is still lingering on the edge of aethism. Robert Browning does not praise Shelley's ideals in Pauline, but it is clear that his great respect ... which people have yet to explain. It is difficult to believe in condemnation when it cannot be proved. Presumably, these poems represent an argument which Robert Browning had with himself concerning his guilt over the death of his mother, and the abandonment of her principles. As Browning became older, death became an ever present danger. He was confronted with the thought of hell condemnation and a fear of the existence ...
- 993: The Great Gatsby 4
- ... comparison can be made between the initial interaction between Nick and Gatsby and what transpires during the lunch when Gatsby challenged Daisy s feelings for Tom and the portion of the book after Gatsby s death. It becomes clear which events are responsible for the unfortunate changes in character we see in Gatsby and Nick. The first event is when Nick leaves the mid-west after he returns from the war ... money and luxury, love is never more than purse deep. Although the implications of her statement are not lost, Gatsby remains rooted in denial, going so far as to take the blame for Myrtle s death. When asked Was Daisy driving? He responds Yes, but of course I ll say that I was. Nick, a witness to this exchange, also had believed that the love Gatsby had felt for Daisy was reciprocal. He instantly lost much of his faith in humanity, feeling that things were changing for the worse. Gatsby s sudden and tragic death shortly after this exchange is somewhat inconsequential given what has transpired. For all intents and purposes, Gatsby died when he realized that Daisy held no feelings higher than standard affection for him, not moments ...
- 994: Comparison Of Shakespeare Shal
- ... although the season of summer will pass the beauty of his lady will always be there, internally for an eternity. He paints a picture in the readers imagination of an immortal internal beauty, Nor shall death brag thou wander st in the shade. Shakespeare, however, does not lead us to believe that summer is somewhat bad, he maintains the air of summer being beautiful with phrases like, darling buds of May ... is a memory of stark contrast to what the title may lead you to believe. The poem is made up of seven three lined stanzas with a solitary line ending. Heaney is writing about the death of his younger brother, which happened while he was at boarding school. The poem has a deep meaning. It is an expression of grief, a young person s perspective of life and death and an exposition of raw feelings and emotions. Not only the title is deceptive, throughout the poem you are clutching at straws to try and find out what will happen or what has happened. ...
- 995: ... away from her them. She isolates herself from the world and paints only abstractly. It is not until ten years pass and she receives a long overdue letter from her best friend, written before her death, that she has to return to face the consequences of her past. There are many important issues confronted in this book, including abusive relationships and suicide. Yet, aside from these obvious elements, the idea of ...
- 996: Rose Schneiderman And The Triangle Fire
- ... ten-story Asch Building in Greenwich Village, it usually employed 900 workers. On the day of the fire, only between 500 to 600 workers were there. When the fire was out, 146 were dead. Each death was avoidable. Minutes of a Women's Trade Union League meeting held a day after the Triangle Waist Company fire refers to the public indifference to the deplorable working conditions and the pleas for safety ... once the fire broke out. The effect of the fire and lost of so many young Jewish women created a "determination and dedication" to reform. And, had changed the socialist rhetoric to a life and death struggle for the community. The details of the tragedy define what the 1909-1910 strikers meant by "safety and sanitary reform." Around quitting time, approximately 4:45 p.m., on March 25, 1911 the fire ... helping a girl onto a streetcar. The last girl the reporter witnessed being added, put her arms around the young man and kissed him. He repeated the action of dropping the willing girl to her death. Then he, too, dropped to his. His actions saved them from a terrible death by fire. In a sad and peculiar way, the young man's actions were chivalrous. Windows that were sealed shut ...
- 997: ... an idea for a story soon became an issue for Steinbeck. He wrote in a letter to a friend: I must go over to the interior valleys. There are about five thousand families starving to death over there, not just hungry but actually starving. The government is trying to feed them and get medical attention to them with the fascist groups of utilities and banks and huge growers sabotaging the thing ...
- 998: To The People Of Texas And All Americans In The World: The Alamo
- ... surrender or retreat ... I Am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what it is due to his honor and that of his country-VICTORY OR DEATH." This was a letter sent by William Barret Travis during the siege of the Alamo on February 24, 1836. It was a cry for help to anybody and everybody willing to listen. It all started ... determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. The letter was signed in Victory or death (Fisher 7 ). The day after the battle had commenced Bowie was deathly sick with pneumonia and had to be carried everywhere on a stretcher. He surrendered his leadership solely to Travis. Besides Bowie nobody had ... But the people at the Alamo had no idea that independence had been declared and continued fighting. Travis knew that they were being destroyed and the next day he called for a fight to the death. He took his sword and drew a line in the dirt and said whomever wants to fight to the death should step over, everybody did. To the death they fought. Massacred by the Mexican ...
- 999: Samson Agonistes
- ... Samson begins to question, "why was the sight to such a tender ball as th' eye confined? If light was so precious why would it be exposed and so easy to be destroyed. Samson considers death a privilege because he would be buried and relieved of all his pains and wrongs. We see the same kind of questioning why in Milton's, Lycidas. In Lycidas, however the person suffering defeat is ... go home. Manoa has already "made way/ to some Philistian lords, with whom to treat/ about thy ransom: well they may by this/ have satisfied their utmost of revenge/ by pains and slaveries, worse than death inflicted/ on thee, who now no more canst do them harm."(481-486 Samson) Samson still feeling as though he has got what he deserves tell his father to just spare himself the trouble. Manoa ... t want to go home to be pitied or sit around and do nothing. Samson rather drudge until the vermin or the pill-swill of servile food consumes him and brings about a much welcomed death. Manoa stills as though it will better for Samson to go home and lie bed ridden and hope one day of God giving back his gift of sight. Samson in complete denial still believes ...
- 1000: Behind the Doors
- Behind the Doors The program for this evening is not new. Youve seen it thru and thru. Your birth, your life, and death. You might recall all of the rest. (Did you have a good life when you died?) Enough to base a movie on (The Doors)? Jim Morrisons life was plenty to base a movie on, along with multiple books and magazine articles. His life was a complex mixture of in-depth poetry, sexual drive, and excessive drinking. The excitement and adventure of his life and the mystery of his death will keep him a legend forever. James Douglas Morrison was born December 8, 1943 in Clearwater, Florida. His father, Admiral George Steven Morrison, was a high ranking Navy officer, therefore he was not home often ... Encyclopedia of Pop Rock and Soul. In 1947, when Jim was four, the Morrison family was driving through a desert in New Mexico when they came upon a car wreck. The first time I discovered death, said Morrison, me, my mother and father, and grandmother and grandfather, were driving through the desert at dawn. A truckload of Indians had either hit another car or something there were Indians scattered all ...
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