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- 811: Digging By Seamus Heaney
- ... line statement, conveys the impression of the poet talking to us directly and also sets a 'snapshot' of time for the reader: "Between my finger and my thumb/The squat pen rests; snug as a gun" This opening line focuses our attention to the fact that this is set in present time. It is as if the opening lines in the first stanza is creating the beginning of his memories being told by the poet. When Seamus Heaney uses the word "gun" in relation to his "pen." The author uses this simile "gun" to express his relief that he can use his pen instead of a gun as a weapon. It shows a new belief that you do not have to use violence to achieve your goal. ...
- 812: Ernest Hemingway
- ... his Red Cross years he became Second Lieutenant of the Red Cross. While he was overseas he was sneaking smokes and chocolate into the soldiers he was hit in the leg by an Austrian machine gun. He also got over a hundred pieces of metal stuck in his body. Even though he was in extreme pain he managed to carry a wounded soldier to safety which was a hundred yards away ... was when his black lab died, he was his one true companion. He would lie at Ernest's feet when he was writing. On April 23rd 1961, Ernest tried to kill himself by putting a gun to his head. At about 7:30 a.m. on July 2, 1961, Mary Hemingway, his wife at the time, heard a gun go off in the other room. She hurried towards the sound of the gunshot. Down stairs by the gun rack she saw Ernest with his favorite 12 gauge shot gin whish was laid with ...
- 813: Oedipus Fate Vs Free Will
- Oedipus the King, was written by Sophocles between C.A.496-406B.C. In this play, Oedipus is a great example of Sophocles’ belief that fate will control a man’s life no matter how much free will exists. Oedipus is a man of unflagging determination and perseverance, but one who must learn through the working out of a terrible prophecy that there are forces beyond any man’s conceptualization or control. Oedipus’ actions were determined before his birth, yet Oedipus’ actions are entirely determined by the Gods who control him completely. In the beginning of this tragedy, Oedipus took many actions leading to his own downfall. He tried to escape Corinth when he learned of the prophecies that were supposed to take place ...
- 814: The Yellow Wallpaper Vs. Story
- ... point of view. However, the women in the stories had different life changes and different responses to their own freedom as a result of that change. In both stories the women s husbands had direct control over their lives. In The Yellow Wallpaper the narrator s husband controlled her both mentally and physically. He does not allow her to have any sort of mental or physical stimulation. She is virtually imprisoned ... my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now (Gilman 635). Mrs. Mallard in The Story of an Hour had to deal with the same sort of affliction. Her husband had control over her body and soul . She felt that he lived her life for her and did not believe that anyone had the right to impose a private will on a fellow creature (Chopin 13). McLauchlin 2 This control caused both women to long for freedom from their husbands oppressive behavior. In The Yellow Wallpaper it seems that the narrator wishes to drive her husband away. She explains, John is away all day, ...
- 815: Sweetness And Power
- ... Spaniards set out to establish a sugar industry on the Atlantic islands they controlled, sugar was still a luxury, a medicine, and a spice in western Europe" (Pg. 30). Spain and Portugal competed slightly over control of the sugar industry, but it was Brazil in the sixteenth century that took a firm grasp of the industry: "…the sixteenth century was the Brazilian century for sugar" (Pg. 33). Mintz states that for ... was being produced steadily with Cuba and Brazil leading the way. He then explains that because of sugar’s high demand, countries began creating settlements with the proper environment for growing sugar. Eventually, by gaining control of the "sugar islands," England became a great power in the sugar industry. This dominance would not last due to French competition, though. Trade became very important due to production needs for sugar, and the ... importing neighbors" (Pg. 43). Mintz then mentions the importance of plantations to sugar production and the importance of sugar to the increase of plantations. Topics in this chapter included how sugar production spread, the shifting control over sugar, the advancement of production, and also raw data, such as how sugar was produced and where, and the labor used to produce it. He has explained how England became aware of sugar ...
- 816: Taxi Driver
- ... in detail that he is going to kill her with a forty-forty magnum, which arouses Bickle’s interest in guns. The next day one of Bickle’s co-workers introduces him to an illegal gun salesman. Bickle ends up buying 4 guns and then begins showing signs of obsession. He constantly holds them and looks in the mirror while practicing his draw and even builds a mechanical holster that projects the gun to his fingertips, from his sleeve at the flick of a wrist. A couple of days later during his shift he almost hits the prostitute named Iris, played by Jodie Foster, that was plucked from ... tip to forget about it. A few nights later he is in a liquor store and ends up killing a thief that is attempting to rob the liquor store. The very thankful clerk took the gun from Travis and told him to get out of there and that he would take care of it. After his shift he spots the girl from the night before, and pays to get her ...
- 817: Under Milk Wood
- ... were wrong as they were different to Tom's. When Tom thinks to the future he thinks of a life still with Maggie, almost the same as it is now with Tom still being in control, "punish her when she did wrong". Tom said the word "did" almost as if he was certain that Maggie would do wrong and that it was almost definite that she would do wrong, he is ... can go very long without needing to be punished by a man as he feels men are more superior than females. Tom is a very controlling sort of person not only does he like to control Maggie as is shown above, he wants to control everyone: "He would punish everybody who deserved it: why he wouldn't have minded being punished himself, if he deserved it, but then, he never did deserve it". This quotation does not only show ...
- 818: Walden Two
- ... not, in fact, a form of symbiosis? On P. 255, Frazier asks "What would you do if you found yourself in possession of an effective science of behavior? Suppose you suddenly found it possible to control the behavior of men as you wished?" But Frazier's "control" is hardly what is usually implied by that word, which would be power-over, power wielded over people against their will. Frazier's only "power" comes from his ability to organize people in a way ... he wants to win people over in spite of themselves. It smacks of ego aggrandizement (which Frazier admits is one of his motives). He intensifies the provocative effect of his claim to be able to control people with his "mysterious" science of "behavioral engineering" by saying, "If man is free, then a technology of behavior is impossible." But his "technology of behavior" is not opposed to freedom. It is based ...
- 819: Hamlet - Madness
- Comment on Hamlet's madness. Do you think it was altogether assumed or can you offer evidence to suggest that Hamlet was not always in complete control of his action? Shakespeare's tragic hero, Hamlet, and his sanity can arguably be discussed. Many portions of the play supports his loss of control in his actions, while other parts uphold his ability of dramatic art. The issue can be discussed both ways and altogether provide significant support to either theory. There are indications from Hamlet throughout the play ... 206] Hamlet tells his mother That I essentially am not in madness,/ But mad in craft. [Act III, scene IV, lines 188-199]. Hamlet believes in his sanity at all times, He never doubts his control over his sanity. He realizes his flaw as a man of thoughts and not actions. His cold act of Polonius' murder is out of rage and furious temper. He is sorry for it has ...
- 820: Macbeth - Independence And Failure
- ... each other because each is caused by Macbeth's will to be independent. According to Webster's dictionary, the archaic definition of independence is "competence" (1148). To be independent is not to be "subject to control by others" (Gove 1148). This means that independence is to be in control of ones decisions and to feel they are good decisions. Macbeth, on the other hand, feels independence is to not be subordinate to others like the king. To be independent, one must be strong. Inner ... almost strong enough to complete the task without Lady Macbeth. "He is driven to the murder of Duncan partly by the constant goading of Lady Macbeth and partly by his own will to be in control of Scotland:" he feels power is strength (Watkins 29). His strength comes from multiple places. It comes from his strength as a warrior, from the witches' revelations, and from self denial of his dependence ...
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