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- 3971: King Oedpius: Oedpius A Person of Great Importance
- ... of his search will be, denies the truth at every turn, and threatens those who speak it. Many people may paint Oedipus as a great man, pointing out that he pursues the truth at whatever personal cost and has the strength to accept and endure it when found. They admire that Oedipus was willing to bring himself down in his lust to find his true identity. However, the driving force of Oedipus' fact-finding mission is an attempt to end the disease that plagues his city. He doesn't realize the personal consequences his hunt will have for him, and his loyalty to the truth is based on his ignorance of it. In fact, if we examine his "quest for identity", it becomes apparent that the sequence ...
- 3972: Michaelangelo
- ... in the 1540s, his main energies were directed toward architecture during this phase of his life. Instead of being obedient to classical Greek and Roman practices, Michelangelo used motifs—columns, pediments, and brackets—for a personal and expressive purpose. A Florentine—although born March 6, 1475, in the small village of Caprese near Arezzo—Michelangelo continued to have a deep attachment to his city, its art, and its culture throughout his ... his view of himself and the world even more directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: “Michael more than mortal, divine angel.” Indeed, Michelangelo was widely awarded the epithet“divine” because of his extraordinary accomplishments. Two generations of ...
- 3973: An Analysis of Hamlet
- An Analysis of Hamlet It is reasonable to wonder what Shakespeare had in mind while writing Hamlet. After all, Shakespeare wasn't a philosopher or historian, or even a literary critic. He was a playwright. He didn't leave us critical essays examining his work. It is left to us to examine his work and decide for ourselves, if we care to, what Shakespeare was thinking. Did he know that he was writing a drama of deep psychological significance, a play which would eventually be viewed and read the world over, produced many times over hundreds of years, taught in schools, and thought of as one of the ...
- 3974: The Celestine Prophecy
- The Celestine Prophecy The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. More popular than The Bridges of Madison County, more philosophical than Socrates, and it rivals onlu R.L. Stein's Fear Street series in bad writing. It's a "novel of ideas" says Kenneth Moyle in his very critical essay "Why I Hate the Celestine Prophecy." "A novel of ideas;" that's a good phrase for this "novel." I read it ... insight about control dramas. Although I don't really see myself in any that Redfield talked about, I now realize that I do have one that I need to get out of. Despite the poor writing and chracterization, this book helped me to realize all of the love around me, and how to be a more positive person. I think Redfield's ideas are great, but if he wanted to write ...
- 3975: Famous Last Words
- ... must always remember what it is we want….and that some of us must fall before we can have it," (263) he says, openly admitting he is prepared to let others fall for his own personal gain. He wants Schellenberg to join forces with him. Von Ribbentrop says to Schellenberg, "…I think you and I might do very well together whatever it is you’re trying to do alone. So many ... realizes Hitler has the power in which he wants so he plans to kill him and take advantage of the situation. In conclusion, von Ribbentrop searches for ways to bring others down for his own personal gain. Benito Mussolini was a very important character in World War II who was both feared and admired. Findley writes of him, "What had been a shared ideal became a single man; a god." (160 ...
- 3976: Rebecca
- ... never allow herself to believe that any human being could destroy her" (Kelly 60). As clues to the cause of Rebecca' death are uncovered, the story form of the story changes. Dumarier uses not only writing techniques such as foreshadowing and symbolism to make the novel more suspenseful, but she also uses the elements of greed, deception, and insecurity to change Rebecca from a Gothic Romance novel into a successful mystery ... toward the truth and as each clue is found, the tension builds. Dumaurier starts off her novel with elements of a classic Gothic Romance, and ends the story in mystery and suspense. She uses the writing techniques of symbolism and foreshadowing to build up suspense throughout the story, and elements of insecurity, deception and greed to transform the story into a mystery. At the end of the story Dumaurier proves that ...
- 3977: China
- ... also used for military body armor. The Chinese found out that pleated sheets of paper could stop the penetration of arrows. The paper armor was standard issue with Chinese land and sea units. Paper’s writing property was not discovered till about one century after its discovery. The earliest example of writing on paper was found an abandon military post. The paper found dates back to 110 AD and contained two dozen readable characters. The area that let China grow and expand was the innovations in the ...
- 3978: Issues Of Sexual Morality And
- ... there is no emotional attachment, and so, Sula gains no sympathy whatsoever. She is viewed, not as a victim, but as a victimizer. Sula is not looking for love. She is looking for her own personal satisfaction. She uses men left and right for her own pleasure, and then forgets all about them, even their names, as though nothing had ever happened. Sula’s sexual choices are viewed as bad because ... victim and is searching for a loving relationship to replace the one that she lost when her husband died, she gains her communities sympathy. Sula is a different story: by using men for her own personal sexual satisfaction, Sula is placed as an outcast to society. The society in which she has been brought up in will not accept sexual relations that do not condone an equal relationship.
- 3979: Wire Pirates
- ... than a digital handshake with a stranger. Electronic impersonators can commit slander or solicit criminal acts in someone else's name; they can even masquerade as a trusted colleague to convince someone to reveal sensitive personal or business information. "It's like the Wild West", says Donn B. Parker of SRI: "No laws, rapid growth and enterprise - it's shoot first or be killed." To understand how the Internet, on which ... to generate the proper check digit for any given telephone number. So in 1982 AT&T finally put in place a more robust method. The corporation assigned each card four check digits (the "PIN", or personal identification number) that could not be easily be computed from the other 10. A nationwide on- line database made the numbers available to operators so that they could determine whether a card was valid. Since ...
- 3980: Much Ado About Nothing
- Shakespeare is known for his incredible ways of writing and his master pieces of literature that he produces. But, why is that one might ask? Just like a master artist, Shakespeare makes the fine detail the important part of his writing as an artist would in a masterpiece of a painting. For instance a piece of literature that enables Shakespeare to express his fine detail is Much Ado About Nothing , a romantic comedy. The fine detail ...
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