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- 1771: The Hobbit ]
- ... by a group of dwarves. These dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, son of Throror, son of Thrain are going to the Lonely Mountain in the East to reclaim their family's massive treasure from the great dragon Smaug who lives deep in the bowls of the lonely mountain. Along the way, the company gets into trouble with goblins who live in the misty mountains, spiders who live in Mirkwood forest, and ... cost of the life of Thorin and many others. After the battle, the good races enjoy the treasure in peace rather than fighting over it. Bilbo, weary but happy to have played a part in great affairs, returns to his quiet home at Bag End in the Shire. Because of his unhobbit-like adventures, he is never really accepted back into the community of Hobbiton. Though Tolkien's world is one ... certain truths about the real world. The Hobbit addresses the problem of determing the "right" way for a hobbit to live, not what society tells us to do. Should he or she concern himself with great deeds and wars, and risk losing the humble perspective afforded by the simple life? Or should the ordinary person never look outside his or her own quiet existence, and risk ignoring the larger perspective ...
- 1772: Mk Ghandhi
- ... Gandhi to use, but not necessarily that same mean would be appropriate at another time for similar cause. However it is easy to appreciate the principle of ahisma and spirituality in all three of those great souls. In spite of this in my eyes all three reside at different levels. It is true that they all used direct actions, and Gandhi says, They would not raise a finger against their enemies, but would gladly surrender themselves rather than the truth for which they lived. (Pg. 396) Gandhi feels he simply and humbly follow in the footsteps of the great teachers named by my critic. (Pg 396) I feel the circumstances when Christ died on the cross and defied the whole empire to be an entirely different time and situation then when Gandhi lived. That ... in Hartals do suffer, The purer the suffering, the greater is the progress. Progress is to be measured by the amount of suffering undergone by the sufferer. (Pg 397) I feel that No matter how great or how less a person suffers if they raise to that revolution, it will not be better if they suffered more, it would be better depending, on how badly they, themselves want it. M. ...
- 1773: The Neurosis Of Passion
- The Neurosis of passion Breaking Patterns of Sterility and Breaking Patterns of Abuse. Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, attempts to delve into the Victorian gender construction. Incorporated within this persona is the struggle to break away from the cycles of generations of abuse and patterns of sterility. Through the eyes of his ... love so that she will never feel the pain of unrequited desires. Dickens produces an image of women either devoid of femininity and impotent, or love-mad and utterly absurd. The female first described in Great Expectations is Pip s deceased mother. Having never seen his parents he imagines his mother as "freckled and sickly" (Dickens, 3). The novel thus begins with a negative image of women and motherhood. Later Pip ... seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me." (Dickens, 58) Here Miss Havisham is a skeleton to Pip, an incarnation of the dad woman he saw in the vault. Miss Havisham takes great pains to keep her appearance this way. As Helen Small writes in Love s Madness of Miss. Havisham, "All her energy goes into maintaining the physical evidence of her pain, preserving her own image ...
- 1774: Louis XIV
- ... is being described. Webster's dictionary defines the term as: 1. magnificent and sumptuous. 2. distinguished or glorious. Splendor is more that that. It is an adjective that could be used to describe something so great and breath taking that one is left awed.The word splendid is often associated with the palace of Versailles, which was built Louis XIV. In the production of this grand structure there was no cost spared. It became a symbol of France, and a model by which all other palaces would be judged. Louis XIV received a great deal of criticism from onlookers as he used the French equivalent to millions of dollars to built this outstanding structure. There is still some speculation as to whether or not this was a good investment ... tool in understanding the life of Louis XIV. It tells of his life, his goals, his motives, and the means by which he achieved those goals. It is blatantly obvious that Louis XIV though a great monarch, cared little for the common people of his country. Regardless of this, it is almost a matter common knowledge that Louis XIV brought France to its peak in terms of its respect and ...
- 1775: Baroque And Classical Music
- ... some of which were used by Telemann. Telemann's best known music today is his chamber music, including the Paris Quartets and his Tafelmusik. IV Before Bach's time, the dance suite consisted of a great number of movements, and we think that not all of them were to be used in every performance. By Bach's time, however, the form was standardized into a set of five dances they were ... and physics behind music as we know it. Rameau also wrote some wonderful operatic music, such as Hippolyte et Aricie and Castor et Pollux. Part II: Music of the Classical Period I Two of the great political events of that time were the French and American Revolutions. A third great political event toward the end of the classical period was Congress of Vienna. When discussing musical aspects of the classical period the term sonata principal is often used. It is a movement in sonata ...
- 1776: Ancient Egypt
- ... to society, but regarded other people as savages. They captured and enslaved thousands of men and women from other lands. The Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile, because floodwaters of this great river deposited rich, black soil on the land year after year. Egyptian farmers planted their crops in this fertile soil. Sandy plateaus and towering cliffs bordered the river valley. Beyond these waters stretched the barren wastes of the Sahara desert. On the edge of the desert, the Egyptians built giant pyramids as burial places for their pharaohs. They carved the Great Sphinx out of solid rock as a guardian of King CheopsΥ Great Pyramid at Giza. The ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet, which means black (after the land). The Greeks called the country Aigyptos, from the name Ha-ka-ptah, the main temple of the Egyptian ...
- 1777: The Influences Of Tolkien In T
- The Influences of Tolkien The influences of Tolkien are many and great, but of them all, three stand out most; his great love of nature that sprung from his experiences as a youth in the English Countryside, his acute sensitivity and desire to master language, and his involvement in trench warfare in the Great War. Tolkien himself vehemently denied that the war affected his story at all. The real war does not resemble the legendary war its process or conclusion. If I had been inspired or directed in ...
- 1778: Tony Harrison's Poetry and His Relationship With His Parents
- ... that both confuses and overwhelms us. I use the present tense because I believe that Tony Harrison still has a relationship with his parents even though they both pasted away some times ago. Like all great poets, Harrison reflects his life and emotions in his poetry, his poetry, is very much like his life. The double sided life that he leads, the literary poet and the Leeds boy whose father was ... supposed to be the bright boy at description and you cant tell them what the fuck to put! This is the general reflection of the poets family life, behind these two lines there is great love, for both the mother and the poet, yet the father is unable to show this love, he feels the obligation to be the emotional rock of the family, his role as the father. Harrisons father had great love for him, however Harrison resented the way that he put him down, however the father was proud of the son but had no way of conveying this emotion. In later life Harrison did ...
- 1779: Bible - Role Of Abraham
- ... introduced when God tells him "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father s house, unto a land that I will shew thee I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee". Abram leaves his home and family, and departs into the "strange land" of Canaan, showing an extreme obedience to God and understanding of his duty to father this great race. Throughout Genesis, Abraham builds altars to God and sacrifices animals. In Genesis 22:2, God tells Abraham, "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, into the land of Moriah; and ... God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." Abraham s continual obedience to God is central to his character and the desired character of the Hebrew people. God, in his great plan, wishes to remove the human tendency to believe only in his judgment, the pride of thinking he knows better than God. Thus, God wishes to promote the qualities of obedience and humility, to ...
- 1780: Old Man and the Sea: Themes
- ... leaves when he wakes up, Manolin, his helper, comes to his aid with food and drink. Also a point that might be good is that he has had bad luck with his goal for a great period of time and is sure it will work this time. Later, though, when Santiago needs him for the quest he sets out to do, Manolin deserts him, although he may not have wanted to ... another idea through which Christ did, a struggle to get a goal done even though it may mean certain destruction to himself. This might accomplish nothing but the satisfaction of doing this and also has great risks. Finally he comes upon a painful experience with his hand which is in great pain and won't move. This is useful in the place where Christ loses his physical self and has less to deal with. On the third day, he recovers himself and returns to his ...
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