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- 741: The Abstract Wild
- ... to violently defend something we love or feel is sacred. Ecological preservation is only possible through a loving and intimate relationship between humans and wild nature. Our love of nature is supported by the art, literature, poetry, myth and lore of wild nature. It is these things that develop the language that our society so greatly lacks. Turner finds his solutions more from the ideas of Thoreau and Muir. He finds ... necessary for its defense and preservation. In chapter seven, Turner discusses the importance of Doug Peacock. Turner comments on how unique Peacock’s message about wildness is and how different it is from most nature literature. Through Peacock’s Grizzly Years and Faulkner’s Big Two Hearted-River, Turner describes the wild as a place of healing. He also explain some of the rituals, traditions, and experiences that help restore the ...
- 742: Tennessee Williams - Outcasts In His Plays
- ... conventional morality is tied to the myriad tensions that form twentieth century America. To examine Williams's outcasts is to open avenues toward understanding those tensions. Dianoia, the meaning of a work or works of literature, includes the symbols and archetypes that exist in the society that produced the texts (Frye 357). In iterating the dianoia of Williams's outcast characters, I will extend our understanding of the social and spiritual ... discovering the poet was gay, withdrew his acceptance. "Ransom thought homosexuals such as Duncan should 'sublimate' their problem, let the delicacy of subtlety of their sensibility come out in the innocent regions of life and literature" (65). 4) For Williams, "sensitive non-conformist," "outcast," and "fugitive" appear to be interchangeable terms.
- 743: Romeo And Juliet - The Role Of Love
- The modern literature community recognizes Shakespeare as one of the most brilliant minds in the history of dramatic theatre. His unmatched ability to represent human behavior and emotion makes the love in Romeo and Juliet the driving force ... the tone for many romantic and tragic playwrights to follow. His impact on our world can never be measured, but the play Romeo and Juliet was, no doubt, a revolutionary play in the history of literature.
- 744: Reform Movements Of The Nineteenth Century
- ... Preachers even supported slavery, saying that it was defended in the bible (Moloney 11/17/97). Some of the attacks against abolitionists were not only verbal, but also physical. In 1835 a mob destroyed abolitionist literature in a Charleston post office. The postmaster stated that he would not even attempt to deliver such literature. Numerous accounts similar to this occurred and increased in intensity, until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the nineteenth century numerous social reforms occurred which changed American society. Some reforms caused great change while ...
- 745: Character Development in Dead Poets Society
- ... the setting, nor any other device of writing, but that of character development. By the time our society invented the movies, character development had become a fine and ancient art in the world of written literature. But with the creation of the film came a new problem: how does one develop a character that we can also see and hear? The Dead Poets Society is an excellent example of character development ... the character development of each work in many quintessential aspects. In life people are very judgmental of others due to their actions and appearances. Such is so in Hollywood?s entertainment industry. However, in written literature, judgement is not as prevalent because the reader is permitted to invent his own opinions and use his imagination based on what the author has previously bestowed. For example, with the character of Charlie Dalton ...
- 746: The Last Of The Mohicans
- ... over reason. James Fenimore Cooper captivates the reader by his use of a romantic plot. James Fenimore Cooper is considered by many to be the father of the American literary movement. His writings put American literature on the level of the distinguished European literature. His romanticism was seen through plots, settings, and characters. Through these techniques, Cooper was able to express his romanticism in a new American way that still fascinates critics all over the world today. James Fenimore ...
- 747: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... to teach the city's black schoolchildren and also to support his family. He had an intense thirst for knowledge. At a time when few educational opportunities existed for black Americans, he studied math, music, literature and languages. He left Charlotte to take a job as assistant principal of the State Normal School. By age 22, he was its principal. "There's time enough, but none to spare."(1) Lack of ... for reading. The Colonel's Dream gave Chesnutt a final hint that the interest of public didn't coincide with his own, and in order to sell, he had to turn to other forms of literature. In 1906, Chesnutt wrote a play in four acts, "Mrs. Darcy's Daughter," but again failed to find a producer to make it a financial success. During his own lifetime, Charles Waddell Chesnutt was recognized ...
- 748: The Effect of the Greek Culture on Other Cultures
- The Effect of the Greek Culture on Other Cultures The Greek culture had vast effects on the formation of every culture thereafter. Had Greek culture never existed the art styles, philosophies, literature, and governments of most of cultures that followed would have been extremely different. One of the major areas that Greek culture effected was philosophy. The Greeks were the first people to think in a systemic ... occupied by the Greeks during the seventh century. In fact, Roman imperialism helped to spread Greek culture more effectively and even farther than Alexandar the Great. The Romans spread the influences of Greek art and literature as far as Britain, Africa, Spain, and India. Fearing that their fate would be similar to that of Athens, the Romans intensely studied Greek history. Their ultimate goal was to learn from it and try ...
- 749: Jefferson
- ... Dies, But Is Not Defeated Jefferson, a black man condemned to die by the electric chair in the novel A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, is perhaps the strongest character in African-American literature today. Jefferson is a courageous young black man that a jury of all white men convicts of a murder he has not committed ; yet he still does not let this defeat destroy his personal character ... world can not destroy Jefferson. Jefferson is a tremendously strong character that suffers many travails throughout the novel, and finds a way to overcome all of them. He is one of the best examples in literature that a man can overcome many defeats without destruction. Jefferson proves that as long as a man can still take comfort in things, show compassion for others, and better himself; he will never destruct as ...
- 750: Eutahania And Suicide In America
- ... to have a genetic disease. They do not favor suicide for those that are clinically depressed or that suffer from psychological pain, and not physical pain. As I will show in this article the research literature shows that most who commit suicide are acting irrational based on psychological problems and an inability to cope with negative stimuli in the persons present environment. Self deliverance is justified as an act of a ... s must be nothing but suffering and pain. But in reality many diseases can be treated, and many with disabilities can live productive life’s that have meaning and value. ) I will discuss the research literature on euthanasia and suicide to look at the various factors that increase the chances of suicide, such as family history, depression, lack of problem solving ability, drug and alcohol use, interpersonal problems, loss of a ...
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