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- 7851: Snow Falling On Cedars: Hatsue and Ishmael's Incompatibility
- ... have to tell you the truth
I am not yours any more. I wish you the very best, Ishmael. Your heart is large and you are gentle and kind, and I know you will do great things in this world, but now I must say good-bye to you. I am going to move on with my life as best I can, and I hope that you will too. Sincerely, Hatsue ...
- 7852: Paradise Lost: Milton's Approach To Lust, Sex, and Violence
- ... of lust is the cataclysm of universal death by the flooding of the earth; also death on a less universal scale caused by the violence of "slaughter and gigantic deeds" (Book XI, 659) lust creates: great conquerors Patrons of Mankind, Gods, and Sons of Gods, Destroyers rightlier called and Plagues of men (Book XI, 695-697) In reviewing Milton's lethal nature of lust, it would be helpful to also examine ...
- 7853: The Scarlet Letter: The Unavoidable Truth
- ... followed by a crowd of "stern-browed men," "unkindly visaged women," and "curious school boys," begins the walk from the jail to the scaffold. She seems to be proud and dignified. However, internally, she feels great agony, for she was scorned and mocked by the accusing Puritans. She finally arrives at the scaffold, displaying the two results of her adultery; the scarlet letter and her child, Pearl. In order to escape ...
- 7854: Catch 22: Satire on WWII
- ... example of this theme of reality is when Colonel Catchart is discussing whether to punish Yossarian or give him a medal (Peek 21). Dr. Peek also believes that the novel juxtaposes scenes in order to great a "ironic perspective" (Peek 10). In both Good as Gold and Catch-22 Heller names the books ironically. The title of Catch-22 is very ironic because the definition of Catch-22 is that in ...
- 7855: Pygmalion: Professor Higgins' Philosophy
- ... expect a well educated man, such as Higgins, to be a gentleman, he is far from it. Higgins believes that how you treated someone is not important, as long as you treat everyone equally. The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven ...
- 7856: Tiberius
- ... in Pannonia, Germany, Gaul, and other parts of the empire. Domestically, the reign of Tiberius was at first beneficent. He improved the civil service, kept the army in strict discipline, and managed the finances with great ability and generosity; the provinces were better governed during his rule than ever before. Gradually, however, a change took place, and the latter part of his reign was marked by a series of conspiracies and ...
- 7857: Book Review: Nemesis
- ... very intelligent young woman at fifteen years of age. As a child, all who encountered her sensed that she was different. Her wide eyes absorbed all that was around her and seemed to know a great deal. Growing older, her uniqueness established itself as a gift in which she is able to read into the body language of others. A slight movement, a stuttered word, the smallest hesitation gives her indication ...
- 7858: Egypt
- ... human torsos and human or animal heads. They were also represented by symbols, such as the sun disk and hawk wings that were worn on the headdresses of the pharaoh. Burying there dead was of great religious concern in Egypt. They believed they had to preserve the corpse so that theyre ka or spirit could enter the afterlife. They would mummify their dead bodies in order to preserve them. They ...
- 7859: Mark Twain Wishes to Bring Attention To Man's Often Concealed Shortcomings
- ... in producing this work seems clear: he wishes to bring to attention some of man's often concealed shortcomings. While the examples of Mark Twain's cynic commentaries on human nature can be found in great frequency all through the novel, several examples seem to lend themselves well to a discussion of this sarcastic view. In the beginning of the novel, it would seem that both Huck Finn and Jim are ...
- 7860: Industrial Revolution
- ... People began to use machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines. Sometime later they invented locomotives. Productivity began a steep climb. By 1850 most Englishmen were laboring in industrial towns and Great Britain had become the workshop of the world. From Britain the Industrial Revolution spread gradually throughout Europe and to the United States. The most important of the changes that the Industrial Revolution brought were: 1 ...
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