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- 711: Hammurabis Code
- ... of silver, but if he fails to cure him, the surgeon will have his hands cut off. More serious ones are like numbers 229, 14 and 3. 229 states that if a builder constructs a house, and that house later collapses killing the owner, the builder shall be put to death. Law 14 states that if a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death. 3 states that if a man ... 2: "If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused in not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river ...
- 712: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... resides in the human psyche. But, for now, let us return to the story and witness perversity wreak its havoc. The night of the day he hanged Pluto, a fire swept through the narrator's house. He, his wife, and the servant escaped, but the conflagration completely destroyed the house; yet one wall had not fallen in. Upon visiting the ruin, the narrator witnessed in the standing wall, "as if graven in bas relief upon the white surface, the figure of a gigantic cat...There ... into the wall as well. After searching for the dreaded cat, the narrator concludes that the beast has "in terror, fled the premises forever." However, the fourth day, the police arrive to thoroughly examine the house. They leave no "nook or corner unexplored." (Poe 60) Even upon their third or fourth visit to the cellar, the narrator remains sublimely calm. Finally satisfied, and preparing to quit the search, the police ...
- 713: Tragedy In Genesis
- ... is obviously not killed, he feels as if he had a dagger through his heart. He felt betrayed. Again, tragedy has been averted. Act three begins with the banishment of Jacob from his father=s house. Esau is alleged to have said that Athe days of mourning for my father are near and I will kill my brother, Jacob.@ Rebecca, in fear that Esau=s dream would come to fruition, instructs ... word. Jacob experiences tragedy in the form of death and tragedy as an educational experience. Jacob experiences many travails throughout his life which immensely test his mettle. Act one opens with Jacob working in the house of Laben. He had made an agreement with Laben that if he were to work seven years, Laben would give Rachel his daughter, to Jacob as a wife. On the day of the wedding, Laben ... most. It would seem that this incident, while not resulting in death, could lead to his spiritual death as he would be bereft of the woman whom he loved. Yet, immediately after leaving Laben=s house with his two wives, the Bible records the birth of a majority of the twelve sons of Jacob. Ultimately, these children will become the tribes of Israel. Yet again, positive consequences come out of ...
- 714: So Long A Letter and A Raisin In The Sun: Love and Wealth
- ... with financial difficulties, but in the end the most important thing is love. The Younger’s, a black family from Chicago receives money from Walter Younger’s death and his wife wants to buy a house in an all white neighborhood. The Younger family consist of Lena, the mother Walter Lee and Beneatha her children, Walter Lee’s wife, Ruth, and their son Travis. This story takes place in the 1950 ... roof over their heads. When Modou was alive his mother also had an issue with wealth. She would go to the villa with her friends to show off her son’s social success of a house she doesn’t even live. And Binetou would get an allowance; she would show off with her success of marrying a wealthy man by taking her friends to a restaurant were she was treated like ... s death, she received a large sum of money. She could have spent it on herself, but loved her children so much she wanted to use it on them. With the money, she bought a house in a predominantly white neighborhood, so that can have a better life. And even though she didn’t approve of her son opening a liquor store, she gave him the money to invest and ...
- 715: Tragic Differences
- ... by William Faulkner, can easily be classified as a tragedy. It is a repulsive story about a woman, who died just as she lived: lonely. Emily Grierson was a peculiar woman, who owned a large house, which was a mystery to many people. She never had any real friends and she never had a spouse. And when she started seeing a man, Homer Barron, everybody was assured that she would marry ... Faulkner 280) Poor woman probably never even had the chance. But shortly after the two had been acquainted, Homer disappeared, and the woman became even more alienated, until she stopped coming out of her dusky house at all. At the end of the story, we are told that the disintegrating carcass of Mr. Barron was found in Emily s house in the room that had been locked for years. The rotting corpse remained in that room for quite a few years, and it is evident that Emily had contributed to Homer s death. The ...
- 716: Fahrenheit 451 2
- ... houses are fireproof, people drive jet cars, and firefighters burn books instead of extinguishing them! Montag was pushed by his curiosity to steal some books before the firefighters burn them and store them in his house. One day, Montag met Clarisse McClellan, one of his neighbors. Clarisse was a 17-year-old girl who had no fear of speaking her mind. "Let's talk about something else. Have you ever smelled ... him, Faber cannot, and they decide to attempt to give Beatty the another book. That night Montag returns to work and succeeds in switching the books, but they fire-station receives a call of a house with books. When the fire fighters arrive Montag realizes that this is his house and the switch failed. The men burn his house and all his belongings. Montag becomes enraged at Beatty and torches him with his flame-thrower. Then the mechanical hound is sent after Montag and ...
- 717: The Crucible Men Of God
- ... way to satisfy his selfish desires. Parris desired to own property as respected man did in the Puritan community. A way to grant this wish was to obtain the deed to the church, and the house he was given to live in. No pastor in Salem had ever before made a request such as this, and to break the precedent created, Parris used the pulpit as means to attempt to parallel ... major role, whereas Parris does not appear, although he is discussed. Hale seems to be regretting his actions in Act 1 that created the witch-craft frenzy now felt throughout the town. Hale goes from house to house, not with business of the court, but business of his own. As he says himself, "I am a stranger here, as you know. And in my ignorance I find it hard to draw a ...
- 718: A Raisin in the Sun: Achieving Impossible Dreams
- ... them into an affordable apartment with two rooms, shared among five members, and one bathroom for all the occupants of the building. Lena Younger, more widely known as mama, achieves her dream of buying a house and immediately puts thirty-five thousand dollars down on a new house and sixty-five thousand into Walter’s care. All hope is lost when Walter loses the money and the family ends up back to where they started, with nothing. Though the money is lost, this lifetime dream of Mama and Ruth’s is not destroyed. They keep their pride and dignity and contribute to sacrificing their time into working endless hours to keep the house. Ruth says, “Lena—I’ll work… I’ll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago… I’ll strap my baby on my back if I have to scrub all the ...
- 719: Life In The 20th Century As Sh
- ... right before the beginning and still paints a picture of how life is now going into the twenty-first century. In the story “Magic” a young prostitute named Ninette is treated very badly in the house she lives in. This is proven by the quote “They quarreled, the madam cheated her on her checks: you know, the girl got a check, a brass one, every time, and at the week’s ... only so many checks, you see, and really she had given many more, but after they were out of her hands, what could she do?” (Page 121) This quote shows how the woman of the house cheated Ninette out of her money. These next two quotes tell how Ninette was physically abused. “So she would say, I will get out of this place, and curse and cry. Then the madam would ... beat her in the face with a bottle, and the girl fell back again into her room where I was making clean.” (Page 122) Ninette was very popular with the men that came to the house and was very important to the madam but was still abused and treated very badly. Ninette left and returned seven days later which the madam thought was because of a charm from New Orleans ...
- 720: Summary of Jane Eyre
- ... places an advertisement as a governess. She gets one reply, from Mrs. Fairfax at Thornfield Hall. Jane becomes a governess there for Adele a little orphan and ward of Mr. Rochester, the master of the house. Mr. Rochester isn't home and there are strange things going on in the house. Many days pass away. One day when Jane goes out to the village to post a letter, she meets a horseman with his dog. The horse falls and the man is hurt and Jane helps ... cousin and that she has inherited a fortune from her deceased Uncle John. Jane wants to share it with her newfound relatives so that they need no longer be governess and come home to Moor house. For some months they all live quietly together. St. John Rivers, a cold man, wants Jane to be his wife. Not for love but he wants her to take to India, where he will ...
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