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- 1051: Oedipus Trilogy Analysis
- ... to come back to Thebes so he can save it from being taken. And Antigone defies the will of Creon by burying Polynices against his will. What they all learned by the end of their stories was that they could not escape their chosen fate. All throughout the story we see attempts to defy the will of others. Oedipus staying in the sanctuary is one example. His resistance to go back ... is another. It all points back to defiance of fate. The entire trilogy is done from a third person omniscient point of view. This gives it the flexibility to move easily between the three different stories without having to explain each setting in length. Each character in Oedipus line all seems to have one thing in common, their stubbornness. Creon seems to be a man of distinction and honor in the ... The sons are the symbol of the everlasting conflict in the line of Oedipus. Of course the setting takes a major role in the play. It takes place in ancient Greece, naturally, where tragedies and stories of misfortune are known to happen. And as such there are many symbols used throughout the trilogy. The chorus is one of the main symbols continually used in the story, singing their strophies and ...
- 1052: Year 2000: Fiction, Fantasy, and Fact
- ... Elgan who is the editor of Windows Magazine, says " . . . the problem could cost businesses a total of $600 billion to remedy." (p. 1) The fallacy that mainframes were the only machines to be affected was short lived as industry realized that 60 to 80 million home and small business users doing math or accounting etc. on Windows 3.1 or older software, are just as susceptible to this "bug." Can this ... the second problem is the reluctance to which we seem to be willing to address the impact it will have. Most IS (information system) people are either unconcerned or unprepared. Let me give you a "short take" on the problem we all are facing. To save storage space -and perhaps reduce the amount of keystrokes necessary in order to enter the year to date-most IS groups have allocated two digits ... be for Microsoft products. Microsoft states that Windows 95 and Windows NT are capable of supporting dates up until the year 2099. They also make the statement however: "It is important to note that when short, assumed dates (mm/dd/yy) are entered, it is impossible for the computer to tell the difference between a day in 1905 and 2005. Microsoft's products, that assume the year from these short ...
- 1053: Lasers And Their Applications
- ... neodymium-doped or yttrium-aluminum and coated with a highly reflecting nonmetallic film. These lasers have the highest power output and are usually operated in a pulsed manner to generate bursts of light over a short period of time. These short bursts are useful for studying physical phenomena over a extremely short time interval. The frequency of these lasers fall in the infrared spectrum, but can be multiplied to ultraviolet by multiplying the laser with potassium dihydrogen phosphate and X-ray wavelengths by aiming the beams ...
- 1054: Political Economy Of The Ancient India
- ... of civilization in the Indus Valley and for contemporary events in other parts of the subcontinent, the evidence of archaeology is still the principal source of information. Even when it becomes possible to read the short inscriptions of the Harappan seals, it is unlikely that they will provide much information to supplement other sources. In these circumstances it is necessary to approach the early history of India largely through the eyes ... of Arab and Malay shipping. The bases enabled the Portuguese to dominate the main sea-lanes; but Portugal, with fewer than one million people and involved in Africa and South America as well, was desperately short of manpower. Albuquerque turned his fortresses into settlements to provide a resident population for defense. Intermarriage was encouraged. At the same time, Christianity was encouraged through the church. Goa became an archbishopric. St. Francis Xavier ... models in general had a great impact on Indian literature, the most striking result being the introduction of the use of vernacular prose on a major scale. Such previously unknown forms as the novel and short story began to be adopted by Indian writers, as did realism and a new interest in social questions and psychological description. See also specific Indian literatures. Indian music the musical traditions, form s, and ...
- 1055: Washington Irving
- ... 1815-1832, he lived in England, Dresden, Paris, and Spain. In 1819, he published The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, which most people see as his greatest work. This book was a collection of essays and stories. Among the stories it included "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Both these stories were based on German legends. He is very highly acclaimed for these two children's stories. Irving wrote many good selections. Despite this fact, some say Irving could be seen as a lesser man ...
- 1056: Developments Of The Modern Day
- ... being made from constant rising share prices. To make the situation worse, investors could borrow money of brokers, pay back what they borrowed and still make huge profits. However, the confidence in the market was short lived. In late October, prices began to fall sharply, and investors reacted by selling their shares. This simply sped up the collapse of the market. By the end of trading on Monday 27th of October ... caused by the Wall Street Crash. There was another major cause, which originated in the US. This was the massive unequal distribution of income. 5) McElavaine 47 6) Hobsbawn,F (1995) Age of Extremes- The short twentieth Century London Abcus 7) Hobsbawn,F (1995) Age of Extremes- The short twentieth Century London Abcus By 1929, 0.1% of the wealthiest businessmen, had the level of income as the bottom 42%, a quite staggering statistic (8). The same 0.1% controlled 34% of all ...
- 1057: Francios Rabelias
- ... daily life, in contrast with paintings of holy and importain people just a few years earlier. Artist began to paint in three dimensions, writers began write satires, and they started blending their opinions into their stories. They became concerned with human welfare, humanism. Humanism was a program of study rather than a unified philosophy. It stressed the studia humanitatis, or humanities, which included grammar, rhetoric (the art of persuasive argument), poetry ... importain institutions of his time. Rabelias normally made fun of, satire, of ideas of his time. Why did the writers use satire rather than just say their opinions? They, writers, would hide their opinions within stories for a couple of reasons. One, they were afraid of persecution. Two, the story would attract more people, more people would then hear his opinion. They could have many other reasons for hiding their opinions ... the humor the story has a point. The story Gargantua s education is a symbol for the educational methods of his time. What is wrong with our society? We have to hide our opinions within stories because we fear persecution. Rabelias and many other writers did this--this is how we have our text in modern days. With out their stories we would have been Weatherhead studding the same things ...
- 1058: Beowulf and Paradise Lost
- Beowulf and Paradise Lost Beowulf and Paradise Lost are both great stories of English literature. They have some distinct similarities; for example they both involve characters with superhuman qualities. They also have some differences like different settings and different resolutions. One obvious similarity is that it is ... is the main character. He is able to defeat powerful monsters, either with his bare hands or a weapon. In Paradise Lost, God is able to defeat Satan by kicking him out of heaven. Both stories are written in a poetic style. These stories both involve main characters being leaders of a group of people. Beowulf is the leader of the Geats. God is the leader of angels of heaven. Another similarity is that they are both based ...
- 1059: Themes Of Change
- ... so dependent on others. Throughout the course of life a person will encounter many changes, whether good or bad. In A&P , The Secret Lion , and A Rose for Emily , the main characters in the stories are Sammy, the boys, and Miss Emily who face changes during their lives. All of these characters are in need of change. Because of their need for change, their lives will become much better. They ... Miss Emily s life, it is society changing around her that initiates all of her life changes. The theme of life changing and nothing staying the same is expressed differently in two of the three stories. In A&P and The Secret Lion , the theme is focused around becoming more in touch with the world and getting more experience. In A Rose for Emily , the theme is focused more around the changing society and how Miss Emily s life changes with it. I believe, out of these three stories, Miss Emily had the hardest time dealing with change. She could not commit herself to change like the other characters. Change is a natural part of human nature and I think these stories exhibited ...
- 1060: To Kill A Mockingbird: Controversial Issues
- ... Dill are curious about the "mysterious" Boo Radley because he never comes outside of his house or associates with anyone in the neighborhood. The children are, in fact, afraid of him because of all the stories they hear about him from the people in Maycomb. For example, Miss Stephanie tells the children that while Boo was sitting in the living room cutting a magazine, he "drove the scissors into his parent's leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities." (pg. 11) After hearing stories like these, the children consider him to be evil. Gradually they assume more about Boo because he never plays outside or with anyone, and therefore, the children are not convinced otherwise. Boo Radley becomes a ... the story: they even include Mrs. Radley into the story and portrays her as a poor woman, who after she married Mr. Radley, "lost her teeth, her hair, and her right forefinger." (pg. 39) These stories are based on the gossip that trail through their neighborhood. In realty, no one knew anything about Boo Radley; he stayed inside of his house and remained reclusive in Maycomb county. At the end ...
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