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- 19631: The Black Box: Symbolic Of Death And Faded Traditions
- The Black Box: Symbolic Of Death And Faded Traditions While the setting of Shirley Jackson’s, The Lottery, takes place on a clear, sunny, June day, it does not take long for the skies to turn gray as she introduces the readers to the black box. The black box is the ... both death and necessity of change due to a combination of the passage of time and population expansion. The reference to the black box as a symbol of death can be seen in many instance’s throughout the story. For example, when the box is first introduced, “the villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool ( which the box was placed on).” People are afraid and the ... is further illustrated through the manner in which the box was stored. “The rest of the year, the box was put away, sometimes one place, sometimes another; it had spent one year in Mr. Grave’s barn and another year underfoot in the post office, and sometimes it was set on a shelf in the Martin grocery and left there.” Death is not something that people deal with everyday. Human ...
- 19632: Hercules His 12 Quests
- ... Mycenae. When Hercules was born, Juno in a jealous anger sent two serpents to destroy him in his cradle. But Hercules, even then showing the strength for which he later became famous, strangled them. Juno's hatred, however, was not easily appeased. She waited until Hercules reached manhood and had achieved some fame; then she placed a spell on him that made him insane. In his fit of madness he slew ... more blood. In payment for his crime, for which he had really not been responsible, he was made the servant of his cousin, King Eurystheus of Argos, whose commands he was compelled to obey. (Juno's hand was in this, too.) Eurystheus thought up twelve tasks that seemed clearly impossible of fu~llment. The Nemean Lion. Eurystheus first ordered Hercules to kill the Nemean lion, a terrible beast that had defied ... to his cousin. The Augean Stables. For thirty years the stables of Augeas, king of Elis, had been neglected. Hercules was commanded to clean these stables, which housed three thousand oxen. He succeeded in doing s~in a single day. How? He simply diverted two rivers so that they them. Juno's hatred, however, was not easily appeased. She waited until Hercules reached manhood and had achieved some fame; then ...
- 19633: Hamlet
- Hamlet Disillusionment. Depression. Despair. These are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this, in stark contrast to Claudius' ...
- 19634: The World as Will and Idea and Young Goodman Brown: Symbols
- ... of a witch-meeting?' Hawthorne uses symbolism and imagery throughout the story. Browns journey entails leaving light for darkness, civilization for wilderness and Faith for devilry. The very use of the name Faith for Brown's wife has a strong symbolic meaning, Hawthorne offers an ambiguous illustration of faith to counteract the vividness of the devil's presence. Faith who holds all of Brown's cherished virtues of love and companionship is apparently left behind, yet she appears at the devil's communion as an initiate. Faith in the beginning of the story pleads with Brown not to go ...
- 19635: The Killer Angels
- ... epic story of the great battle of Gettysburg, which left 50,000 Confederate and Union soldiers dead, wounded, or missing. The tale is told from the alternating points of view from several of each side's significant participants. The book moves back and forth from the North and South perspective. Shaara portrays the terrible butchery of the three days' fighting through the vividly ren-dered thoughts and emotions of men such ... E. Lee, Major General John Buford from the South and from the North, Brigadier General Lewis Armistead, and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. This is a tremendously moving novel, guaranteed unforget-table. The book instills in one's mind what a battle fought during the Civil War was actu-ally like to be apart of for the soldiers. The setting for the book takes place in Pennsylvania, where the Battle of Gettys-burg is fought. The author provides many detailed maps of both army's positions. Throughout the book, the reader is shown the pain, difficulty, anguish, and other dilemmas the armies face leading up to the final confrontation. In the beginning of the book we learn about the ...
- 19636: Euthanasia
- ... person has clearly made a considered decision. An individual has the ability nowadays to indicate this with a "Living Will" (which applies only to disconnection of life supports) and can also, in Rourke 2 today's more open and tolerant climate about such actions, freely discuss the option of euthanasia with health professionals, family, lawyers, etc. My position is that euthanasia should be legalized for the terminally ill. Because of the ... 80 percent of Americans think sometimes there are circumstances when a patient should be allowed to die, compared to only 15 percent think doctors and nurses should always do everything possible to save a person's life. It also showed that 8 in 10 adults approve of state laws that allow medical care for the terminally ill to be removed or withheld, if that is what the patient "wishes," whereas only ... to peacefully die, even if they need assistance in doing so (Larue 153). If the person is not able to make this decision, there should be a few options: a living will and the family's choice. A doctor should be at least an advisor. They are the ones with the medical knowledge, and know the present condition of the patient. "In any humane or humanistic view of what is ...
- 19637: The Turn of the Screw: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation
- ... who use the Freudian method, that these repressed desires appear in the form of symbols that can be understood through interpretation. Other ways of interpreting these symbols can be as an expression of an author's inferiority complex (A. Adler) or of human desires repressed by society (C.G. Jung). There is also a difference in the approach taken by psychoanalytic critics. For example, those of Freud's generation would concentrate on the author and his state of mind, however, later critics focussed more on an analysis of the characters. A psychoanalytic interpretation of The Turn of the Screw can bring about many ... apparition had "red hair, very red, close curling"(p46). Red hair, in physiognomy, is said to represent evil, in particular Satan. This is certainly true of characters in many other works, one example being Chaucer's Miller of The Canterbury Tales. These ideas would have been known to the governess, therefore it would be natural that an apparition brought about by sexual fear would have these stereotypical features. This episode ...
- 19638: Twelfth Night - Character Study :Malvolio
- ... nature, which is continued and supported throughout the play, leading to his downfall and mockery which both initially seem to be thoroughly deserved, due to his numerous defects of personality. The first evidence of Malvolio’s undesirable disposition comes with his own first appearance in the play during which he makes a point of insulting the wit and intelligence of Feste "I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren ... be lower than him in any way, by acting on his own personal belief of superiority, and this later becomes a major player in his downfall. Initial impressions are supported by further vices in Malvolio’s general character and these lead to further aversion to him. He shows himself to be a strict puritan and this is also suggested by the opinion of Maria "The devil a puritan that he is ... be seen that he does in fact need to be taught a lesson about the downfalls of his disdainful ways. The fact that he is so totally self satisfied, means that convincing him of another’s love (i.e. Olivia’s) is easy to achieve "it is his…faith that all…love him and on that vice will my revenge…work". The letter written by Maria in "[her] lady’s ...
- 19639: Canterbury Tales - The Prioress
- The Canterbury Tales - The Prioress Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual ... Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this imaginary journey and who will tell the tales. Among the characters included in this introductory section is a Nun, or a Prioress. Throughout Chaucer's tale, there are characters which he seems to admire greatly, such as the knight and then there are characters that he makes fun of. The prioress, with her false sense of airs and piousness is one of these. Throughout Chaucer's prologue and the prioress' tale, we are shown what this so-called religious person is really about. Chaucer's initial introduction to the Prioress is as follows: "There was also a nun, a prioress, ...
- 19640: Privacy And Anonymity And Information Network Technologies
- ... data is available to anyone with the simplest personal computer system. The implications on idividual privacy are great; we hve become completely transparent to anyone who wants to take a little time to investigate one's background. What becomes a more important question is what types of information can be deemed as public and private, and as this information is stored who may legally claim access to it. It has been ... the need to define and explore what is deemed as 'information privacy' with direct connections to technological advances. For Spinello, this is simply defined as "the right to exert conrol over the fate of one's personal information (name, address, telephone number, financial background etc.), and the right to limit the accessibility of information known about oneself". In the context of information technologies and specificallly the Internet; accessiblity and use of ... Our private information may be violated because our personal data may be acquired by individual without permission; when this occurs according to Spinello, such a person may use it to excercise control over a person's activities. For example; companies with detailed knowledge of an individual's purchasing habits may subject them to manipulative promotions, while a prospective employer may gather sensitive information about a future employee's medical histories, ...
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