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- 2271: Sylvia Plath's Poetry: Feminine Perfection
- ... of thirty, Plath killed herself with cooking gas. She could not see her vast accomplishments, only her imagined shortcomings. "And I said I do, I do" So "Daddy" (67-68), the powerful self has grabbed control; death is given a cruel physical allure and psychic pain becomes almost tactile. She once remarked, " I cannot sympathize with those cries from the heart that are informed by nothing except a needle or a knife
. I believe that one should be able to control and manipulate experience even the most terrifying.. with an informed and intelligent mind." Plath's lucid stanzas and her clear diction became a means for discovering her inner world, just as the telescope was for ...
- 2272: The Role of Citizen Political Participation in Hong Kong and Singapore
- ... movement and the Colonial government was insulated from political pressure because many residents and immigrants from China appreciated the commercial opportunities that Hong Kong had to offer and were afraid that if England gave up control of Hong Kong the small state would be over run by the newly established and expansionist communist China to the north. During the years immediately after 1949 China was expanding, taking over Tibet and Mongolia ... with stability and industrial progress; but these trends could change with the changing dynamics of Asia in the coming years as Singapore's populace becomes more educated and affluent and Hong Kong comes under the control of China.
- 2273: Heart Of Darkness 7
- ... and allowed himself to be worshipped as a god. It appears that while Kurtz had been isolated from his culture, he had become corrupted by this violent native culture, and allowed his evil side to control him. Marlow realizes that only very near the time of death, does a person grasp the big picture. He describes Kurtz's last moments "as though a veil had been rent (Conrad, 239)." Kurtz's ... the narrator ( a Marlow or Captain Willard) and Francis becomes Kurtz. "Francis believed that only if he could duplicate Willard's experience, could he understand his moral struggle. In other words, he had to lose control of his own life before he could find the answers to the questions that his narrative asked (Worthy 24)." Coppola's main horror was his fear of producing a pretentious movie. "Eleanor repeatedly calls the ...
- 2274: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... to become more reserved and write more of death and loss, than of nature and love, as had been common in her earlier years (Whicher 39). In the poem, My life Had Stood- A Loaded Gun, (since most of Dickinson's poems were unnamed, many are known by the first line of the poem, as in this case) Dickinson writes in the last stanza, Though I than He (the owner of the gun in the analogy) - may longer live- He longer must- than I- For I have but the power to kill, Without-the power to die-. Critics state that here Dickinson, (writing during the Civil War, 1863 ...
- 2275: Indian Suffrage
- ... sell (Lowy: Lecture 11/6). However, because of these beliefs European viewed Indians as stupid and that they do not know how to put their lands in good use. Therefore, they felt justified in taking control of the land to "put it in good use"buying , selling, settling, and owned as private property (Valerie: Handout). They exploited the land in any way they could to profit from it. In 1887, the ... of Indian population. These diseases spread so fast that many Indians did not realize what was happening to their people. Beside diseases, European used military technology such as cannons, swords, and guns to scare and control the Indian. They brutally attacked and executed Indians to keep the tribes quiet and not to obstruct white's expansion. The third form, legal and illegal methods of land seize. Whites use any kinds of ...
- 2276: A Senator's Pain
- ... over. Police car pulls in front...behind...beside of him. Police jump out, guns, pull him out of the car, throw him to the floor, put a handcuff on him...All the while pointing a gun out at him" (Smith: 215). It is not fair that this African-American Law School student has to put up with racism just because his skin color and the "well-to-do" neighborhood he was ... brothers to pick up the books instead of the guns. Brown a former Black Panther leader shows a personal sympathy for Jonathan Jackson, as she says, "I think that this idea of picking up the gun and going into the street without a plan and without any more rhyme or reason than rage is bizarre and so, uh...And it's foolish" (Smith: 228). Brown's contribution to Smith's theatrical ...
- 2277: King Lear Vs. Glouchester
- ... rule to his two evil daughters, Regan and Goneril. This is what eventually led to his mental breakdown and the deaths of many of the heads of Britain. If he had only chosen to keep control over his Kingdom or to give up control to someone trustworthy, no one would have had to suffer as they did. Some people knew he was committing a terrible folly, especially the Earl of Kent. This is apparent when he says: Thinkest thou ...
- 2278: Communism in the Soviet Union and Why it Failed
- ... and needed a professional group of revolutionaries to guide it. This led to Lenin and Bolsheviks coming into power in 1917. The Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist party and under the leadership of Lenin took control of government and outlawed all of the other political parties. In 1918 they became the ruling party of Russia and formed a dictatorship so they could ensure the Soviet transition from capitalism to socialism. The ... opposition. This became known as Stalinism. Communist rule was confined to the Soviet Union until the end of World War II. The Soviet Red Army liberated several countries in eastern Europe from the Nazi Germany control. The soviets sponsored and helped form the communist governments in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, East Germany, and North Korea. Stalinism became the basic model for most of these new governments. After Stalin's death ...
- 2279: The Internet And Its Effects And Its Future
- ... safeguards the Government, the Health Care Industry and the Information Industry are clearly undermining the foundation to the confidential doctor-patient relationship. It seems quite evident that our right to informational privacy- the right to control the disclosure of and access to one's personal information- has been sacrificed for the sake of economic efficiency and other social objectives. As our personal information becomes tangled in the Web of information technology, our control over how that data will be utilized and distributed is notably diminished. Our personal background and purchases are tracked by many companies that consider us prospects for their products or services; our financial profile and ...
- 2280: Petruchio And Kate
- ... that she is not really tamed has its arguments as well. Some people see the end of the play as not a sign of obedience, but just change. It is thought that she still has control over what Petruchio does, but in a different, more mind manipulative way. She may be submissive to him, but at the same time, he is just as submissive to her. I think that he didn ... to change to make each other happy and they both try in every way possible to make peace in their family. The ironic part of the play is that they both think that they have control over the other one. All in all Katherina undergoes a complete metamorphosis from the beginning of the play to the end of the play. She starts out a girl, acting like foal trying to kick ...
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