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- 801: Heart Of Darkness
- ... 1. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness: Backgrounds and Criticisms. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1960. 2. Meyers, Jeffrey. Joseph Conrad. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. 3. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical, 1988. 4. Williams, George Washington. [A Report upon the Congo - State and Country to the President of the Republic of the United States of America.] Heart of Darkness. By Joseph Conrad 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical 1988. 87. 5. Tripp, Rhoda Thomas. Thesaurus of Quotations. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1970.
- 802: Leda And The Swan
- ... are what give the poem its raw intensity. Language such as "feathered glory" and "great wings" glorify the subject of the poem, giving the sickening rape an almost nirvana-like quality. In Contemporary Literary Criticism, Robert E. Kuehn defines the rape as "almost spiritual grace
Leda is unwilling, unable to resist
Even centuries ago, the implication is, the gross forces of life destroyed the virginal idea" (284). Thus, Yeats maintains the ... Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1989. 397. Hathorn, Richmond Y. Greek Mythology. Lebanon: The American University of Beirut, 1977. Johnsen, William. Yeats and Postmodernism. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1991. Kuehn, Robert E. "Yeats." Contemporary Literature Criticism. Ed. Dedria Bryfronski. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1979. 284. Lucas, John. "Yeats." World Literature Criticism. Ed. James P. Draper. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1992. 4110. Magill, Frank N. ed. Critical Survey of ...
- 803: William Sherman
- ... fought in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first battle in which the Union lost to the Confederate. In August of 1861, William Sherman was promoted to Brigadier General and was elected by General Robert Anderson to defend Fort Sumter. A month later, Sherman told the Secretary of War, Cameron, that if he had 60,000 men he would drive the enemy out of Kentucky and if he had 200 ... sent a telegram to Abraham Lincoln presenting Savannah as a Christmas Gift. Sherman then moved North to Columbia, South Carolina and to Richmond, Virginia to join forces with U.S Grant. On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender to U.S. Grant because of its deteriorated southern Economics. Eight days later, General Joe Johnston surrendered to Sherman at Raleigh, North Carolina. After the war, William Sherman was ...
- 804: Charles Darwin
- Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin was the fifth child of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgewood. He was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England where his father practiced medicine. He attended Shrewsbury Grammar School which was a well-kn own secondary school which concentrated ...
- 805: JFK: The Death of a Conspiracy
- ... body arrived in a bronze casket with the body unclothed, wrapped in sheets, and the head wrapped around and around with gauze and bandages. Accompanying the body was the President's wife, Jacqueline, his brother, Robert, and his personal physician, Rear Admiral Burkley. Robert and Jacqueline went to the upper floor of the hospital to await the completion of the autopsy, while the body was taken to the autopsy room. Upon arrival of the body, Drs. Humes and Boswell ...
- 806: Evironmental Law: Enforcement Measures and Effectiveness
- ... OEPA there is no set limit at which fines can be set. In 1994 there was $ 2, 427,833 in total fines paid by offenders. "The largest environmental fine in a contested hearing was to Robert Brown and Robert Len Brown Construction Ltd. Fines had been set at $364,000 for numerous offenses resulting from the illegal storage of tires. In addition, Mr. Brown was handed another $250,000 worth of related costs for ...
- 807: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- ... to the other, is always returned. The balance of things must be maintained, and the same holds true for war. The best example of this is with Lieutenant Berrendo, who kills Sordo. Yet later on, Robert Jordan kills Berrendo, showing the circle of equality. It is here that Hemingway makes his most profound theme known; given that if war is equal (one man kills another only to be killed, etc.), then ... lose many of their own. Another irony is the causes that both sides are fighting for, communism and fascism, both which are unfair and unequal ways of life. The use of Gaylords by Hemingway when Robert Jordan thinks about it idealizes it as a corrupt, debauch place
yet ironically this is the unofficial communist headquarters and place of socializing during the war. In fact, communism holds people to be equal and ...
- 808: In Cold Blood: Death Penalty
- ... in the first place. Murderers would be quietly and safely put away for life with absolutely no possibility for parole. The death penalty violates constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. The grotesque killing of Robert Harris by the state of California on April 21,1992, and similar reports of witnesses to hangings and lethal injections should leave doubt that the dying process can be- and often is -grossly inhumane, regardless ... in the administration of the death penalty. American society eventually may decide to significantly restrict or even abandon capital punishment. Works Cited Flanders, Stephen A. Capital Punishment. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1991. Long, Robert Emmet. Criminal Sentencing. New York, NY: H.W. Company, 1995. r
- 809: E.E. Cummings
- ... a description in the poem; the clashing colors create a feeling in sync with '!'. Also, why "(whi)" suggests amusement and wonder, another feeling resulting from '!' (Weg 145). Cummings had written a letter concerning !blac to Robert Wenger, author of The Poetry and Prose of E. E. Cummings (see Works Cited). In it, he wrote, "for me, this poem means just what it says . . . and the ! which begins the poem is what ... An Introduction to the Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979. Marks, Barry A. E. E. Cummings. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1964. Triem, Eve. E. E. Cummings. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1969. Wegner, Robert E. The Poetry and Prose of E. E. Cummings. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965.
- 810: Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he ... pain enough for me to bear." (pg. 885, lines 140-142). She speaks cryptic lines here deliberately intended to obscure the truth. In the play, Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), the playwright uses a dramatic device known as Sophoclean Irony. Both types of irony have been defined and passages were cited from the text in support of the thesis.
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