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- 20421: The Lady Of Shalott
- The Lady of Shalott written by Lord Tennyson is a mythical poem about a worman's love for an unattainable man. One interpretation regarding the function of the morror is crucial to identifying before one can fully grasp the rest of the poem. One comes to this conclusion because the function ... world to tempting to be secluded from. To once again reiterate, the functions of the mirror contributed directly to every of other aspect of the poem. To begin, the first function the Lady of Shalott's mirror infers is evidently to show the world to the Lady. This first function is a very literal function because it produced exactly what a mirror is supposed to do. A mirror generally reflects images ... element because the speaker never describes anything that may be bad. The Lady of Shalott weaves only beautiful and happy scenes, "a magic web with colors gay"(Tennyson, line 38). Any of the ugliness that's present in everyday life, the Lady of Shalott does not see. The mirror chooses only to display the most tempting of visions. This is not the regular mirror that weavers use to see then ...
- 20422: The Lost World 2
- ... you might say" (3). Suffering deadly injuries from the trip Malcolm was crippled. This made it hard for him to keep up with the fast pace search party. In addition, while in contact with a T-Rex Malcolm again receives a serious injury. While trying to escape, "Malcolm hits his head and falls to the floor seeing stars " (287). One may notice that or Ian Malcolm is almost constantly injuring himself ... has to be the man in charge. Also when Malcolm brings a dinosaur to the trailer Levine says "I'll get right to the point. Bringing the baby to the trailer was a mistake. It's asking for trouble." (261). Following these words the two T-rexes attacked the trailer. This is when Ian gets one of his wounds. Levine is an adventure character who enjoys learning about extinct animals. Arby is a young black boy who has a knack ...
- 20423: Sex: The Ultimate Zen
- ... lost is the feeling one has for the object once it is gone. That felling of need and longing just creates pain. One could get rid of pain and loss if one could detach one’s self from these tokens. All emotional pain and suffering could be obliterated if one could think of all things, even people, as just things that come and go. This is not an excuse not to care about anybody. It is just a way not to wreck one’s life after something important has left. Sometimes, when a family member or spouse dies, people mourn for an unhealthy amount of time. Morning the death of a loved one is a healthy thing to do, but to let it consume the rest of the living’s life is completely unhealthy. These same feelings could be put towards sex as well. By detaching one’s self from the emotional part of it, there would be no regret, no guilt, no worrying, ...
- 20424: The Raven By Poe
- ... pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore - While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'T is some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door - Only this and nothing more." The first verse is a man remembering the past, remembering how weak and weary he felt. He remembers himself almost ... the evening. "And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating " 'T is some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door - Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; - That it is and nothing more." He becomes afraid of the rapping at the door, and although ... than before. "Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore - Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; - 'T is the wind and nothing more." He turns back into his chambers with his soul burning. Was his soul burning with fear, love, or maybe even confusion after being awakened from his sleep. He ...
- 20425: Car Accidents and the Elderly
- ... driving, their risk of crash and injury would be reduced and society as a whole would be better off. “As we age, our eyesight begins to fail; our reflexes begin to slow; and we don’t gauge speed or distance quite as well. All of those factors increase our likelihood of getting into a car accident” (Thrive Online. News Poll. 1999 ). If there were a mandatory annual exam for elderly people ... majority of voters are elderly. Even though some elderly drivers have the ability to drive, they vote against it. This is not a law that will take away the licenses of all elderly people; it’s just a law to ensure that elderly people on the road can see well, hear well, and have good reflexes for safe driving. If an elderly person fails this test they will need to find ... which may affect driving” (Dr. David B Hogan. The Older Driver. February 1999 ). There are also many medical conditions that can affect the driving of an elderly person. Some elderly people have cataracts and don’t have much vision at all, but yet they still drive! Another common problem for the elderly is arthritis which can affect turning, braking, and gripping the wheel (Dr. David B Hogan. The Older Driver. ...
- 20426: Abstract Expressionism
- Abstract Expressionism Order and chaos finally have meaning together. The movement of abstract painting emerged in New York during the nineteen-forty’s. It is also called action painting and the New York school. “The New York school was significant in American paintings because it declared independence from European styles and it influenced the development of art throughout ... the art. Pollock was misunderstood because his new art form drip and splash was difficult for most to understand; meaning there was nothing concrete to grasp. “Others said that unlike other styles, abstract expressionism didn’t reveal some “universal truth” to the viewer”. (4) When looking at Pollock’s “Number One 1948” (5), it is obvious how much paint can be unrestricted, unexpected and uncontrolled. The shapes are complex with paint layered on top of another yet they still have freedom. Order and ...
- 20427: Greed
- ... or Mother Teresa? Milken pioneered a new way for companies to raise money, creating tens of thousands of new jobs. He saved Mattel, the toy maker, by his junk bonds. It is now the world's biggest toy company. His bonds rescued TWA, Revlon, and many other companies. Millions of people now joy cheaper phone calls because he funded the phone company, MCI. His bonds made CNN and other Turner companies ... continue what she begun. Without a doubt, people would say Mother Teresa did more for the world. But their judgements are blinded by the fact that they are looking at their motives. Michael Milken didn't suffer; he didn't go into the slums. Mother Teresa went into the slums and she suffered. Milken persuaded wealth because of greed and Mother Teresa did charity work in the name of Christianity. People tend to believe ...
- 20428: Juvenile Crime
- ... fellow classmate. The classmate, it seems, was the others constant victim of harassment, bruises, and bloodied and broken noses. It seems that this teen, this victim of harassment and a bullies toy, decided he wouldn't be bullied anymore. So, the next day, having borrowed his mothers "Saturday Night Special" a .22 caliber pistol about the size of an index card and waited for the bully to approach him before school ... prisons to be perverted by the most massocistic and sociophatic minds in the country? Placed safely out of sight, away from the eyes of the general public, and out of harms way, where they can't harm the taxpaying, law abiding citizens of this great land. The answer is... I don't know. Those who strongly oppose the release of prisoners often do so with the question, "What about the victims?" My question is, "Why should concern for victims and prisoners be mutually exclusive?" Indeed, they ...
- 20429: Urban Legends
- ... means of expressing our fears about the dangers that ripple just beneath the surface of our seemingly calm and untroubled world, it should come as no surprise that horror legends are one of urban folklore's richest veins"(Brunvand 23). "Vanishing HitchHiker" is the tale of a man and his daughter giving a young girl on the side of a road a ride home,who happens to vanish from the back ... hitch hikers rides (Brunvand 2-3). "Castrated Boy" a popular and widely told tale is about a little boy,usually five years old, who goes shopping with his mom and then goes to the men's room, but never comes out. The mother become worried and sends someone in and she finds outs that he's lying in a pool of blood. He has been castrated. The fear of sending a child into the bathroom alone is represented in this legend (Cavendish 264). A young couple enjoying a takeout dinner ...
- 20430: The Transcendentalist
- ... small game that live in the country, the kind of berries he could eat " (Krakauer 5). The philosophy requires the use of minimal technology; but in the wild, will prove fatal. Jon Krakauer describes Chris's gear going into the Alaskan interior, "His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior " (5). It calls for a follower to be an individualist but at the same time it says ... itself. Nathaniel Brandon talks about how he disagrees with it, "Existence exists (that which is, is) and consciousness is conscious (man is able to perceive reality)- these are axioms at the base of all man's knowledge and concepts." Another negative view is to reject the past. The learning of history is important so the people in the present will not make past mistakes. A negative view is anti-tradition. Tradition ... a part of everyday life and is unavoidable. The negative views of Transcendentalism make it impossible to be effective. Masked, positive views do exist in this philosophy. It does give some suggestions for finding one's self, study nature. Thoreu describes man's best way to find himself in nature, "The very simplicity and nakedness of man's life in the primitive ages imply this advantage at least, that they ...
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