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- 1041: Decameron
- ... marries. Instead she is a gift from her father to the king of Algarve. Alatiel goes with Pericone but his brother, Marato wants the princess also. Marato takes Alatiel and a large part of Pericone s valuable possessions to the ship they are leaving on (52). This sentence implies that Alatiel is one of Pericone s possessions. Alatiel is treated like property again when she is on the boat. Two men think that her her love could be shared like merchandise or money (52). Once she gets to a new destination the prince of Morea looks for a way of possessing her (53). He doesn t and can t win her love because they do not speak the same language. However, this doesn t stop the prince. Alatiel doesn t try very hard to stop any of these men s ...
- 1042: The Awakening
- ... Kate Chopin, the main character, Edna Pontellier showed signs of a growing depression. There are certain events that hasten this, events which eventually lead her to suicide. At the beginning of the novel when Edna's husband, Leonce Pontellier, returns from Klein's hotel, he checks in on the children and believing that one of them has a fever he tells his wife, Edna. She says that the child was fine when he went to bed, but Mr. Pontellier is certain that he isn't mistaken: "He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children." (7) Because of the reprimand, Edna goes into the next room to check on the children. "She soon came back ...
- 1043: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... ambiguous and unique writing style that was greatly advanced for his time. Although literary works such as, The Scarlet Letter, Young Goodman Brown, and The House of Seven Gabels, have apparent themes showing Nathaniel Hawthorne's obsession with ancestral secret, guilt, and sin, perhaps the greatest ambiguities of Hawthorne literary career are the factors that fueled his writing style. Numerous readers and critics have developed theories on the events that compelled Hawthorne's writing style ranging from ancestral guilt to family abuse and sibling incest; however a definite conclusion on why his writing style shows an extreme preoccupation with secrets, guilt, and sin has not been established. Hawthorne spoke of telling secrets in his works, but "keeping the in most me behind it's veil". Close friend and respected author of the time Herman Melville believed that there was a dark secret in Hawthorne's life that, if known, would explain the mysteries of his literary career. (McGoldrick ...
- 1044: Illinois vs. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb
- ... read about crimes, planned crimes, and committed crimes, although none until 1924 involved the physical harm of another person. Loeb simply wanted to commit the perfect crime just to prove it could be done. Loeb’s nineteen year old partner in crime, Nathan Leopold, interested in ornithology, philosophy, and especially, Richard Loeb. Leopold, like Loeb, was a child of wealth and opportunity. Leopold’s father, Jack, was a millionaire box manufacturer. Leopold was a law student at the University of Chicago and was planning to begin studies at Harvard Law School after a family trip to Europe in the summer. Leopold, who was very interested in wildlife, had already achieved recognition as the nation’s leading authority on the Kirtland warbler, an endangered songbird. Leopold agreed with Friedrich Nietzsche, and believed that legal obligations didn’t apply to those who approached “the superman.” Leopold’s idea of the superman ...
- 1045: Themes Of Death And Desire In
- " Desire, unreined, leads to death" To took what extent to Tennessee Williams's plays lend support to such a proposition? Speaking to a reporter in 1963 Tennessee Williams said, " Death is my best theme, don't you think? The pain of dying is what worries me, not the act. After all, nobody gets out of life alive. "1 The themes of death and desire are central in the play A Streetcar ... lead to "death". The facts that Blanche journey has led her to the Elysian Fields, the resting place of the blessed after death, will unfold to reveal its irony, and perhaps cast allusions to Blanche's deteriorating mental health. So right from the outset Williams has given us an unmistakable hint as to the ideas and themes, which will be unravelled throughout the play. Though this is where the play ...
- 1046: Huck Finn - Jim
- ... the book will not take advantage of him. One incident proving that Jim acts naive occurs halfway through the novel, when the Duke first comes into the scene "By right I am a duke! Jim’s eyes bugged out when he heard that..." In the novel, Huck Finn, one can legitimately prove that compassion, superstitious and gullibility illustrate Jim’s character perfectly. To begin with, among the many characteristics of Jim, his compassionate nature shows throughout the book. When Huck and Jim come across the floating boathouse, Jim finds a dead man inside. He advises Huck not to look as he says, "It’s a dead man... dead two er three days... come in Huck, but doan’ look at his face." At the end of the book the reader finds out that the dead man turns out as ...
- 1047: American Psycho
- ... gouged out with razor blades, battery cables, rats borrowing inside the human body, power drills to the face, cannibalism, credit cards, business cards, Dorsia, Testoni, Armani, Wall Street; all of these things are Patrick Bateman’s world. The only difference between Bateman and anybody else is what is repulsive to Bateman and what is repulsive to the rest of the world. Bateman has great interest in the upper class life, fashions, and social existence, but at the same time he is, at times, sickened by the constant struggle to be one up on everybody else. On the other hand Bateman’s nightlife reveals a side of him never seen during the day. Bateman is relaxed, impulsive, and confident while torturing and killing. He doesn’t have to worry about being better than anyone else. The only competition he has is his last victim. Torture and murder are the two true loves of Patrick Bateman. From the beginning of the ...
- 1048: Terrorism
- Terrorism 1) It is very difficult to resolve the international problem of terrorism for several major reasons. Terrorists usually don't claim responsibility for their actions until the fuse is lit, it's not a case of Jack The Ripper sending an ear to the cops and warning them who his next victim will be. Terrorists usually do claim responsibility for their actions after the media is aware ... their cause, which is often the reason they resort to terrorism in the first place. These groups are often underground and individuals rarely step forward, how can you arrest an entire group that you can't touch? Governments endorsing terrorist acts and providing a safe house for them once they're on the run just adds to the problem. Hijackers can take their hostages, get the ransom and fly the ...
- 1049: Macbeth - Lady Macbeth: Feeble-minded?
- By the end of Sheakspeare’s "Macbeth," Lady Macbeth has proven that her imagination is stronger than her will. During the beginning of the play, Lady M had been the iron fist and authority icon for Macbeth. She was the voice of determination and hardness, yet deep down, she never carried such traits to begin with. She started this ordeal with a negative, bombastic rhetoric, preying on Macbeth’s weaknesses in order to egg him on. In no way did she make a positive contribution to Macbeth or to herself. However, Macbeth soon becomes more independent and shows more of his own self-ambition. Eventually, Lady Macbeth begins to show her true, stripped away and "wither’d" nature. Lady Macbeth’s vulnerability increases as time passes, and her enthusiasm wanes. Lady Macbeth is mainly responsible for aggravating the struggle between Macbeth’s morality, devotion and "vaulting ambition." This duality in Lady Macbeth’s character plays ...
- 1050: Observing Persuasion In The Ne
- ... the next, and all drawing on one another” (11). They conclude that “many new age themes are improvisations on ancient themes” (12). Teri McLuhan, author of The Way of the Earth, is quoted in MacLean’s Magazine (1994) as recognizing that “the new spirituality is the old spirituality. It is the golden thread that you can trace and link with the Vedic tradition in India which is 5,000 years old ... such elements can be observed in the experience of those who’ve been involved with the New Age, whether in cults or otherwise. Reactance. A person may be motivated to rebel somewhat to maintain one’s sense of independence. In fact, studies show that “attempts to restrict a person’s freedom often produce a ‘boomerang effect,’” (Brehm & Brehm, 1981, as cited by Myers, 1996, 265). Ingroupism. The development of a differentiation between “we” and “they,” “us” and “them,” (Myers, 1996). Ingroup bias quickly results, ...
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