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- 1201: Young Goodman Brown - Symbolism
- ... allegory (185). Again Brown is talking about his wife, but the implication is that his good heart and faith in the more spiritually beneficial is what kept him off the path of destruction for a short while longer. A third example of allegory is when Brown looks at his wife and cries, "Faith! Faith! Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One!" (192). It could be interpreted literally as well ... which itself is quite obvious. Hawthorne does a good job of supporting this theme with different symbols and allegorical interpretations throughout the story. Although some authors make it difficult to uncover the symbols in their stories, Hawthorne makes them easy to find, thus producing a story more enjoyable for the average reader.
- 1202: Hamlet - Elizabethan Revenge In Hamlet
- ... in tragedies by Elizabethan playwrights. Some of Seneca’s ideas were originally taken from the Greeks when the Romans conquered Greece, and with it they took home many Greek theatrical ideas. Some of Seneca’s stories that originated from the Greeks like Agamemnon and Thyestes which dealt with bloody family histories and revenge captivated the Elizabethans. Seneca’s stories weren’t really written for performance purposes, so if English playwrights liked his ideas, they had to figure out a way to make the story theatrically workable, relevant and exciting to the Elizabethan audience who ... a great example of a typical revenge tragedy of the Elizabethan theater era. It followed every convention required to classify it as a revenge play quite perfectly. Hamlet is definitely one of the greatest revenge stories ever written and it was all influenced first by Sophocles, Euripides and other Greeks, and then more importantly by Seneca. Hamlet as well as The Spanish Tragedy tackled and conquered all areas that were ...
- 1203: Serial Killers 2
- ... was forced to put her into a hospital. Soon after, she had a second stoke and died. This left Ed alone. He began reading books about the female anatomy and became very interested in adventure stories involving headhunter and cannibals. At one point, a well-meaning person brought him back two shrunken heads from the Philippines. Ed found them very interesting and showed them off to many people in the community ... close friends. However, after he was caught a man who was believed to be Gein's best friend became violently mentally ill and was committed to a mental hospital. He died in the hospital a short time later. The police think he may have been Gein's accomplice in the murder of Mary Hogan. Ed Gein's final victim was a local shop owner named Bernice Worden. The killing took place ...
- 1204: Othello - A Tragedy Without Meaning?
- ... an Italian. This racial and cultural difference is explored throughout the play, mainly in the opening Act. Eventually, his lack of knowledge regarding the customs of Venetian women helps to contribute to his downfall. In short, Othello seems to suffer from an acute form of virgin/whore dichotomy, a condition which means in practice that he is only able to see women, in particular his wife, as either absolutely pure and ... 255-258) The fact is that although Othello’s passionate emotion helps to fire his imagination; it ultimately leads to blind all reason and rational thinking (take 1:3:128-169 as Othello recounts the stories of his adventurous past in order to win Brabantio’s daughter from him). Ultimately the reason behind all the madness is demonstrated in the last scene of the play. What Othello plans to commit is ...
- 1205: Suicide And The Agony Of Seper
- ... plate at a party ("I really do deserve it"), by feeling that our religion is superior to that of others (and generously trying to convince them of it), or by burdening our friends with long stories about our successful encounters (and blithely ignoring their yawns). Many of us lack a sense of unity and brotherhood toward our fellow humans, and we instead view our associates as divided between the "bad guys ... You deserve the best, because you're number one. Let the others fend for themselves." The hidden danger in having a separative outlook is that, while it appears to serve our best interests in the short run, it can eventually lead us into that dreaded and all-too-common ailment, loneliness. The very attitudes that maximize our own feelings of importance and minimize the roles played by others are the same ...
- 1206: The Government's Spending Plan To Reduce The Budget Deficit
- ... from schools and civil service and into business. Without incentives to keep qualified individuals in careers like education and civil service, the tax system risks sacrificing the long-term health of the whole for the short-term gain of a limited constituency. Nearly twenty years after Doe, in his 1980 article "Getting Serious About Tax Reform," M.I.T. economist Lester C. Thurow makes the argument that the tax system needs ... from schools and civil service and into business. Without incentives to keep qualified individuals in careers like education and civil service, the tax system risks sacrificing the long-term health of the whole for the short-term gain of a limited constituency. Nearly twenty years after Doe, in his 1980 article "Getting Serious About Tax Reform," M.I.T. economist Lester C. Thurow makes the argument that the tax system needs ... from schools and civil service and into business. Without incentives to keep qualified individuals in careers like education and civil service, the tax system risks sacrificing the long-term health of the whole for the short-term gain of a limited constituency. Nearly twenty years after Doe, in his 1980 article "Getting Serious About Tax Reform," M.I.T. economist Lester C. Thurow makes the argument that the tax system ...
- 1207: The Great Inflation
- ... reality for millions of people, despite a bumper cereal harvest, as shops reverted to the barter system. Farmers refused to accept the effectively worthless, banknotes in exchange for grain, and food quickly began to run short in the cities. Prices rose one trillion-fold from their pre-war level. More importantly, for the long-term political future of Germany, the middle and working classes saw their savings wiped out. These were ... empty bottle which would be worth more tomorrow than the full bottle was today. Eventually, the power to boost government spending by printing money goes. When the government can no longer gain, even in the short-term, a budgetary balance through inflation, the situation becomes so intense that stabilisation through a currency board, a new finance minister or a link to the gold standard is implemented, and reform can be successful ... Republic had ¡¥stabbed Germany in the back¡¦ by surrendering was widespread, and therefore led to the perceived necessity of avoiding reparations. This policy was doomed to failure, particularly in the face of French belligerence. More short-sightedness was to blame for the passive resistance in the Ruhr. Whilst clearly wishing to prevent German production from falling into French hands, it is clear that the government could not afford to finance ...
- 1208: Sonnet 72 Shakespeare
- ... Shall I compare thee to a summer s day? a Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a And summer s lease hath all too short a date: b Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines c And often is his gold complexion dimmed, d And every fair from fair sometimes declines, c By chance, or nature s changing course ... the beauty of the unknown lover is the central idae throughout the sonnet and the element of time makes its first appearance in line 4 where it says And summer s lease hath all too short a date . This signifies the limited time during which the positive qualities of summer are at their best. The beauty is described in the shape of an answer to the question posed in the first ... The following lines (lines 3 to 8) present a number of negative qualities of summer. These can be reduced to two basic ideas which are joined in line 4: And summer s lease hath too short a date . The first idea presented is the idea that the beauty of summer is not stable. Sometimes there are Rough winds (line 3), the sun may be too hot (line 5) or not ...
- 1209: Cloning In Light Of Frankenstein
- ... may well unleash knowledge the consequences of which are unknown. The feeling of disgust that has been described as a result of contemplating the cloning of humans may well be prophetic information gathered from the stories and beliefs of the past. There is generally some truth to the myths and stories that are perpetuated through time. The same arguments that are used by proponents of genetic engineering and cloning techniques could have been raised in defense of the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein. Learning the secrets to ... the created gains independence. Like a parent with a problem child, the decisions are generally made with the best intent but may not meet the needs or satisfy the urges of the new individual. The stories of the past, such as Frankenstein and Prometheus, are the precursors to the future. The central theme and incidence were plausible and are now on the verge of reality. At the end of the ...
- 1210: Hansel And Gretel Man Vs Women
- ... while Sexton's version is suited towards an older age group. Both fairytales explain how parents should treat their children and also what the different roles of a woman and a man are. Although the stories talk about the same thing their views are different. In "Hansel and Gretel male and female children are treated differently and are taught to behave like the typical man or woman. Throughout the Sexton's ... not seem to phase her at all. She is just getting rid of something that she owns. The way that society or a story defines a specific group of people is very important. In some stories women are portrayed to be the evil character. In other stories men are. Before reading something you must understand the author's point of view on the material. Both of the fairytales explain ways in which parents should treat their children and what will happen ...
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