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- 501: Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
- ... underscore the sense of inferiority that Jane must deal with from childhood throughout the majority of her life. This exclusion is seen on the opening page of the novel as her cousins, "the said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room... Me she had dispensed from joining the group," (Bronte 9). Not only did she face adversity in the relationship she had with her aunt, Jane also had to endure the unpunished cruelty of her cousin John. Jane was "accustomed to John Reed's abuse," and punished for defending herself once when John flung a book at her, hitting her so hard she fell and cut her head. Jane pitifully comments, "The cut bled, the pain ...
- 502: An Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing
- ... outward beauty. The play is set in Messina, Italy, a small province facing the Straits of Messina, in northeastern Sicily, at the estate of the governor of Messina, Leonato. Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon, Don John, his brother, Borachio his servant, Benedick, a young lord, and Claudio his best friend are all returning from war, and have been invited to stay with Leonato for a month. Shakespeare's antagonist Don John, bears much resemblance to Don John of Austria, the illegitimate son of Charles V, half-brother to the King of Aragon who defeated the Turks at Lepanto and returned to Messina after his victory in October of 1571 (Richmond 51). ...
- 503: John Rawls and Utilitarianism
- John Rawls and Utilitarianism The social contract theory of John Rawls challenges utilitarianism by pointing out the impracticality of the theory. Mainly, in a society of utilitarians, a citizens rights could be completely ignored if injustice to this one citizen would benefit the rest of ...
- 504: Crucible 11
- ... faith characterized by confession to being possessed to be a devil or denying it thus being hanged in front the town s people. This is the crucible brought up in the story, where a man, John Proctor, sets out to prove Abigail and her followers to be frauds. John Proctor is a good man with a hidden past of lust with Abigail. His wife, Goody Proctor knows of this sin and never forgives him for it until the end of the story where John Proctor uses his good nature to test his faith. Even when things go wrong for him, starting with his servant Mary Warren betraying him in her confession against her friends, John Proctor tries his ...
- 505: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World
- ... to conform. In addition, the refusal of various methods of escape from reality is shown to be a path to discovery. In Brave New World, the main characters of Bernard Marx and the "Savage" boy John both come to realize the faults with their own cultures. In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag begins to discover that things could be better in his society but, sue to some uncontrollable events, his discover happens ... about himself as well. He is able to see more clearly the things that had always set him on edge: the promiscuity, the domination of the government and the lifelessness in which he lived. (Allen) John, often referred to as "the Savage" because he was able to leave the reservation with Marx to go to London to live with him, also has a hard time adjusting to the drastic changes. The son of two members of the modern society but born and raised on the reservation, John learned from his mother the values and the customs of the "civilized" world while living in a culture that had much different values and practices. Though his mother talked of the promiscuity that she ...
- 506: Serial Killers
- ... but the majority fit the description I've just given. Their character flaw seems to come from their childhood. Ted Bundy grew up in a male dominated family, so Ted grew up to kill women. John Wayne Gacy was sexually molested by a man and accused of being a "queer" by his father, so John grew up to kill little boys. Ed Gein was over protected by his mother so he grew up with a warped sexual sense and started, gravedigging, and making furniture out of corpses, and killing To ... 65, Fish was the oldest person electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. An untrue legend has it that Fish short circuited the electric chair due to all the sewing needles in his groin (1994, Beyond Murder, John Philpin, Penguin Books USA Inc.) Richard Ramirez The third sociopath I will write about is Richard Ramirez. Ever since Richard was a boy he was a loner. By the time he was in 8th ...
- 507: Dolly Madison
- Dolly Payne Madison was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on May 20, 1768. Dolly was born the first girl in a family of several children to Quaker parents, John Payne and Mary Coles. She spent her childhood in Scotchtown, Virginia. "The Paynes were well connected and sufficiently prosperous, small planters in Hanover County."1 The Quaker house forbade festivity, shunned amusement and frowned upon the world's vanities. After a preliminary visit to Philadelphia, John Payne returned to Hanover County to dispose of his property and free his slaves and in July 1783 he settled with his family in the pleasant city of Philadelphia. In Philadelphia Dolly brought loveliness and ... other things in Philadelphia more engrossing than the routine of meetings. Under her Quaker gown Dolly's heart yearned, frankly and without any shame, for these things. Yet, when her family told her to marry John Todd, she stood up dutifully at first and second meeting and proclaimed her willingness to do so. His father was an eminent Quaker schoolteacher; John was a prominent young lawyer, twenty-seven years old. ...
- 508: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New Wor
- ... to conform. In addition, the refusal of various methods of escape from reality is shown to be a path to discovery. In Brave New World, the main characters of Bernard Marx and the "Savage" boy John both come to realize the faults with their own cultures. In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag begins to discover that things could be better in his society but, sue to some uncontrollable events, his discover happens ... about himself as well. He is able to see more clearly the things that had always set him on edge: the promiscuity, the domination of the government and the lifelessness in which he lived. (Allen) John, often referred to as "the Savage" because he was able to leave the reservation with Marx to go to London to live with him, also has a hard time adjusting to the drastic changes. The son of two members of the modern society but born and raised on the reservation, John learned from his mother the values and the customs of the "civilized" world while living in a culture that had much different values and practices. Though his mother talked of the promiscuity that she ...
- 509: Life Of John Milton
- Milton, John (1608-1674), English poet, whose rich, dense verse was a powerful influence on succeeding English poets, and whose prose was devoted to the defense of civil and religious liberty. Milton is often considered the greatest ... In some of his own writing he reveals his arrogance and bitterness. Although isolated and embittered by blindness, he fulfilled the tasks he had set himself, lightening his dark days with music and conversation. Works John Milton's work is marked by cosmic themes and lofty religious idealism; it reveals an astonishing breadth of learning and command of the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew classics. His blank verse is of remarkable variety ...
- 510: The Crucible: Reverend John Hale - A Dynamic Character
- The Crucible: Reverend John Hale - A Dynamic Character In literature, there are different types of characters. There are the types of characters that change during the story and some that don't, dynamic and static. There is also how ... to Hell it is very hard to break with it. We are going to help you tear yourself free-” The point when Reverend Hale begins to change is in Act III during the trial of John Proctor. “I am a minister of the lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it.” He starts to doubt if ...
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