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- 10791: Elements of Masque In The Tempest
- ... is the form of a harpy. The masque within the play in Act IV requires elaborate costumes for the goddesses and, ideally, machinery for Juno to descend as deus ex machina with. It also involves great amounts of song and dance. The entire play makes extensive use of music, with Ariel's songs and Prospero's charms as well as the "sweet airs" of the island itself. Being non-human, Caliban ...
- 10792: Sonnet 64
- ... blames time for being the eventual vehicle that "takes his love away." However, Shakespeare is forgetting an integral aspect of time. Without time Shakespeare would have no love, nor would our society grow and manifest great structural monuments. Similar to sonnet Sixty-Four, Dylan Thomas's Fern Hill deals with a personified, time, however illustrates the gifts of time as well as its restrictions. Thomas acknowledges Time's control over our ...
- 10793: Acid Rain
- ... rain's spread and damage involves weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants and animals on the land and in lakes and streams. This form of air pollution is currently a subject of great controversy because of its worldwide environmental damages. For the last ten years, this problem has brought destruction to thousands of lakes and streams in the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe. Scientists have discovered ...
- 10794: A Portrayel Of Women In The Or
- ... her prophesies are never believed because she once angered Apollo by not submitting to him and has suffered ever since. Even as Agamemnon's concubine, scorned by Clytaemnestra, and forsaken by the gods, Cassandra shows great strength of character. She foresees the murder of Agamemnon as well as herself and is resigned to her fate for she also foresees her vengeance in the form of Orestes. She says in lines 1300 ...
- 10795: A Separate Peace: Gene and Finny's Relationship
- ... been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas." Gene begins to feel that Phineas is part of him. "Finny had deliberately set out to wreck my studies...that way he, the great athlete, would be way ahead of me." In Chapter four, Gene's doubts of Finny's loyalty and concern for him surface, causing Gene to push Finny away and despise him. A later realization restores ...
- 10796: Alchemy
- ... gold that it could be used to bring the baser metals up to the perfection of gold. Roger Bacon believed that gold dissolved in aqua regia was the elixir of life. Albertus Magnus had a great mastery of the practical chemistry of his time. The Italian Scholastic philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas, the Catalan churchman Raymond Lully, and the Benedictine monk Basil Valentine (flourished 15th century) also did much to further the ...
- 10797: A Seperate Peace
- Peace only comes at the price of great struggle and sacrifice for most people. In essence, it only comes when you have defeated the enemy, or the enemy has defeated you. John Knowles was able to capture the subtle goal and essence of ...
- 10798: Airframe
- ... intriguing novels I have ever read. Like most other Michael Crichton novels, it is extremely technical, yet, also thoughtfully written. This combination of plot and description is what makes all of Crichton s novels so great. The technical description brings imagery and realism to the novel, while the plot s twists and turns help to create suspense. The way Crichton writes gives the reader very detailed and vivid scenes, as seen ...
- 10799: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... shares with nearly all other soldiers no matter what the war or reason for fighting it. All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque, depicts war s effects on soldiers and how society has great trouble relating to the troops suffering. Clearly, a large wall erects itself between the soldiers and the rest of the world. Without experiencing their own ignorance, the fears of war, and the inhumane treatment the ...
- 10800: "The Idea of a University": Education as Moral Training
- ... and disagreed with his point of views. John believed that education should be moral training rather than instructions. Newman's believes for just a liberal education was definitely not enough for students. "It is a great point than to enlarge the range of studies which a university professes, even for the sake of the students; and, though they cannot pursue every subject which is open to them" (Newman p. 40, 41 ...
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