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- 3601: The Scarlet Letter: Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them?
- ... says, "Thou hast kept the secret of thy paramour. Keep, likewise, mine! There are none in this land that know me. Breathe not, to any soul, that thou didst ever call me husband." Hester shows great strength of character by her ability to keep the secret identities of her lover and her husband. There must have been times when the temptation to reveal her secrets was overwhelming. Dimmesdale chooses to conceal his guilty secret from the townsfolk, but this causes great personal suffering and the gradual deterioration of his health. He shows that he is having trouble dealing with his sin when he keeps his hand over his heart to hide an imaginary "A" on his chest, just like the one embroidered on Hester's bodice. Dimmesdale believes that everyone can see this imaginary "A". This is shown by the quotation, " Mr. Dimmesdale was overcome with in a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gazing at a scarlet token on his naked breast, right over his heart." This feeling of guilt is a very natural one that we have all ...
- 3602: Adolf Hitler 2
- ... years, Hitler undertook a series of measures designed to rid Germany of its obligations under the Treaty of Versailles (imposed on Germany after World War I), restore the economy which had been devastated by the Great Depression, rearm the country, and acquire Lebensraum ("living space") for Germany. In Mein Kampf, he had written of the need for this "living space" which he said could only be acquired at the expense of countries ...
- 3603: Gender Testing in The Odyssey
- ... her husband. This characteristic of absolute loyalty in addition to her cleverness makes her the strongest and most respectable woman in the poem. Thus, we can see with Penelope what it means to be a great woman. The same can also be said of Odysseus and what it means to be a great man. Even though Odysseus slept with two women, we must acknowledge that they were goddesses and had the powers to entice him. In addition, he could have slept with more women but chose not to ... shot back the bolts-and the rasping doors groaned as loud as a bull will bellow…That radiant woman” (p. 425-6). We can see the power obtained through sex appeal in all of the great characters. Eumaeus is also proof of this but in the opposite sense. He has the traits of loyalty, virtue, and respect yet he does not fit the role of the ideal man in the ...
- 3604: Pride And Prejudice
- ... quietly, Miss Bingley asks Mr. Darcy what he could be thinking about so intently. His response is one that surprises Miss Bingley: “My mind was more agreeably engaged. I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.” Miss Bingley immediately fixed her eyes on his face, and desired he would tell her what lady had the credit of inspiring such great reflections. Mr. Darcy replied with great intrepidity, “Miss Elizabeth Bennet. (pg.25)” Am I to believe that Mr. Darcy has grown from being mildly disgusted by Elizabeth’s presence, to being madly in love with her? It all seems quite ...
- 3605: Slavery - The Anti-Slavery Effort
- ... the causes of the Civil War. The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the conscience of northerners who read it was so emense, that Abraham Lincoln called her ‘the little women that started the great war.’ Stowe, born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811, also wrote excellent depictions of rural New England life. Long overshadowed by her more sensational work, The Minister's Wooing and Oldtown Folks have recently ... and her husband moved to Brunswick, Maine, in 1850, she drew upon her recollections to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, followed by The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin and Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, all of which originated in her lifelong hatred of slavery. After the Civil War she continued to write essays, novels, and poetry, returning to the New England scenes with which she had begun her career. By the time she died, Stowe had long been recognized at home and abroad as one of America's foremost literarycelebrities. celebrities. These abolitionists, as well as many others, made great strides in the struggle to end slavery in America. It was a long hard battle for equality among men that took many years and a war to make southerners finally acknowledge that slavery was ...
- 3606: Paradise Lost
- ... and regarded as perhaps the most innovative and highly appreciated works of poetry to have arisen. One such poet was John Milton whose epic work Paradise Lost (written in 1667) was ultimately the last and great Adamite3 work. John Milton (1608-74), was an English poet, the son of a composer of some distinction. The preparation for his life's work included attendance at St. Paul's School, Christ's College ... woe and pain. They splash down into a burning lake, and, looking around, discover themselves much changed from their original angelic form, similarly their surroundings are: A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, where hope ... and regarded as perhaps the most innovative and highly appreciated works of poetry to have arisen. One such poet was John Milton whose epic work Paradise Lost (written in 1667) was ultimately the last and great Adamite3 work. John Milton (1608-74), was an English poet, the son of a composer of some distinction. The preparation for his life's work included attendance at St. Paul's School, Christ's ...
- 3607: Environmental Protection
- ... portion of the Earth's biota is probably the clearest sign that the manner in which we use the natural environment is not sustainable. The intensity of our exploitation of natural resources is simply too great. In the past 40 years, human beings have wasted over a fifth of the Earth's topsoil, destroyed more than half of its forests, polluted most fresh and onshore marine waters, and profoundly changed the ... our ignorance of biodiversity is telling: scientists believe that the total number of species on Earth may be about 10 million, although only 1.4 million have been named and classified. Such knowledge is of great importance in itself, and of fundamental importance to achieving sustainable productivity. But it is only one of many prerequisites; another is a stable human population. Unfortunately - and only if we sustain our attention to family ... of which encompasses environments with broadly similar characteristics. A bioregion is itself a mosaic of unique aquatic and terrestrial environments-marshes, grasslands, woodlands, forests. California is composed of 11 major biogeographic areas, or bioregions. The great diversity of habitats within the state has allowed California to serve as a final refuge for species once dispersed throughout the West. The isolation provided by restricted habitats has allowed them to act not ...
- 3608: Beowulf
- ... the morals taught in the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf is a very altruistic hero as all hero's are and he is therefore rewarded with the accomplishment of his missions and challenges. One of his great missions was his victory over Grendel. Grendel is a monster in human-like shape descending from Cain. He lives under an inherited curse and is denied God's presence. He is also known as the ... resemble early thoughts and descriptions of Satan. Beowulf and his men slept in the mead hall one night and everybody lay awake for they feared when Grendel may come. When Grendel came crashing through the great doors of the mead hall he grabbed one of Beowulf's men who he let be devoured by Grendel. When Grendel came to Beowulf he immediately saw who he was and before Grendel could grab ... have a weapon either therefore Beowulf would be shamed if he slew Grendel with a sword. After pulverizing Grendel he finished him off by tearing off his arm which Grendel then fled and died. The great arm of Grendel was hung above the mead hall. This lesson teaches us that if you fight fair you are destined to win. A second moral taught in this poem is that good must ...
- 3609: Paradise Lost
- ... is impossible, “let us not then pursue by force impossible.” He knows that they would lose. Mammon tells the Devils that they should set up a place here in hell and make it into a great place, the same as or even better than Heaven. If they did manage to get back to Heaven they would have to worship God which they hate doing. Satan's right hand man, Beelzebub, gets ... There is no point in keeping on fighting, so they should attack the new world which God has created. Once again the speech tries to flatter the Devils. Beelzebub tells them how they need a great leader but before anyone else can stand up to face the danger, Satan stands up quickly accepting the challenge. The speech has already been prepared by Satan and Beelzebub, “thus Beelzebub pleaded his devilish council, first devised by Satan, and in part proposed.” Satan gets up to make his final speech and again he flatters the Devils. he tells them how he will have to make a great effort to lead them into battle and how he will suffer, just making it sound a lot worse that it is. He leaves quickly so as no one can say any thing or challenge ...
- 3610: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... Brown comes in contact with the Devil who tries to convert him. The attempted conversion is symbolized by the Devil's offering of a staff to Brown; a staff that "bore the likeness of a great black snake". The staff, which looked like a snake, is an allusion to the snake in the story of Adam and Eve. The snake led Adam and Eve to their destruction by leading them to ... and The Scarlet Letter became a full novel (XVI). In addition to financial worries, another influence on the story is Hawthorne's rejection of his ancestors. His forefathers were strict Puritans, and John Hathorne his great grandfather, was a judge presiding during the Salem witch trials (Hawthorne "Biographical Note" VII). Hawthorne did not condone their acts, and actually spent a great deal of his life renouncing the Puritans in general (VII). Similarly, The Scarlet Letter was a literal soapbox for Hawthorne to convey to the world that the majority of Puritans were strict in punishment ...
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