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- 20931: Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace
- Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace The movie Arsenic & Old Lace is based on the play about a movie critique who's two aunts , choose to put lonely men out of there reason by posioning them . Little do they know that there nephew, Jonathan, who left them when he was young, has killed just as many people as they did. Much to Jonathan's surprise , the aunts killed just as many men without the plastic surgery , without the running , they just sat right there . "Charge…" we hear as Teddy Brewster runs up the stairs. This caracter brings out the ... his aunts and keep them safe at the same time. Most of the time in this movie the comedy is poor in this movie , you can tell that its obviously set in the mid 1900's. The story in the movie is actually very good , it kept my attention throughout and is one of the few I seen of its kind . This movie is great for anyone who enjoys classic ...
- 20932: Life During the Civil War
- ... of unnecessary shooting. There would be picket lines shooting all day every day and the occasional canon shot(Brown, 118). Sometimes there would be picket firing going on into the night(Mohr, 324). “Shelling don't scare us as it used to and if they pass us before they burst there is no danger in them. All they do is to make men bow their heads as it passes over(Brown ... the Yanks vidette line. Brought the cattle all in and got back just before night- making a complete success of the trip and got no one hurt(Brown, 123).” There were also times when enemy's would trade goods. There would be Rebels on one side of a river and Union troops on the other side and they would arrange to meet and trade newspapers, salts, coffee, and tobacco(History of the Service, 129). Medical help was a problem if you got hurt. The basic treatment for a gun shot wound was to let it heal on it's own or cut of the part that got shot. It was very unlikely to live after being shot. “A finger or two were removed, the broken bones were adjusted, and the patient rallied in ...
- 20933: Julius Caesar: The Use of Suspense
- ... if not even better that him. Shakespeare builds suspense by using this statement made by Cassius: "I was born free as Caesar…/we both have fed as well, and we can both / endure the winter's cold as well as he." Then cassius tries to persuade Brutes to join in on the conspiracy by telling him that it would be honorable to assassinate Caesar. Cassius tells Brutes that the fate of Rome is in trouble with Caesar in power, which helps build suspense early in the play. To convince Brutes conclusively, cassius forged letters and threw them into Brutus's window where he was sure to find them. Shakespeare wrote this statement: "we will awake him and be sure of him. This is a very powerful statement that builds suspense because the reader most likely ... reader is uncertain as to whether or not the plan will work. These events are very suspenseful as they lead up to the assassination of Caesar. The next series of suspenseful events that foreshadow Caesar's assassination happen on a very unusual night. One night before Caesar's death there were many strange occurrences the foreshadows darkness in the future. A lioness gave birth in the streets, the dead rose ...
- 20934: Vpn
- ... lot of ways. It is possible to eliminate long distance access fees and replace them with unlimited $20 a month ISP accounts. Then users connect to corporate by simply placing a call to the ISP s local point of presence (POP) instead of dialing an 800 number back to the home office. This savings alone should be reason enough for any company with a traveling sales force or remote users to ... up access, and associated hardware. Another excellent use of VPN technology is site-to-site connectivity. Like access for remote users, branch offices connect to corporate resources using tunnels through public networks on a provider s backbone or the Internet. This solution may save quite a bit of money for smaller companies that have low bandwidth requirements like E mail or small file transfers, but if requirements for more bandwidth intense ... associates access to specific information or applications needed to conduct business. With a VPN-based extranet application, the outside party would get to the corporate firewall by tunneling across the Internet or a service provider's network. The ability to get behind the firewall will be controlled by the VPN access-control services. It is difficult, if not impossible to attach a dollar figure to the savings incurred using VPN ...
- 20935: What Could We Learn From Sir G
- ... blade of bright steel bit into the ground./ The head was hewn off and fell to the floor;/ Many found it at their feet as forth it rolled;/ (Unknown, Part I, 421-427). He didn t know the Green Knight was magical and probably thought it would be an easy task. After all, he was a Knight in the great King Authur s court. For this I think Gawain shows strength, bravery, and loyalty. The next thing we could learn from Sir Gawain is demonstrated on his trip to the Green Chapel: Many a cliff must he climb ... that he is so very familiar with. He could have very easily broken his part of the agreement, but he pressed on bravely. He was after all doing this for the King. If he didn t follow through on his end of the deal, the King and the Round Table would look like a bunch of cowards. I believe Sir Gawain shows the qualities of perseverance for not giving up ...
- 20936: The Downfall of Macbeth
- ... stranger is the third witch calling to Macbeth,"All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!"(I, iii, 50). Here it may seem as if the witches are using their supernatural powers to control Macbeth's future. All they have done is foretold his future. A prophecy is hardly an invitation to murder. Banquo hears the witches' words and tells Macbeth: The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence (I, iii, 124-126) He is telling Macbeth not to be swayed by the witches even though one of the prophecies has come true. It is a warning that Macbeth ignores. He ... in an effort to fulfil the prophecies It can also be shown that the witches definitely have no physical control over Macbeth. At the very beginning of the scene, the first witch punishes a sailor's wife by tossing his ship about on the seas. This in turn will cause his sleeplessness. Weary sev'nights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine: Though his bark cannot be lost, ...
- 20937: The Slave Trade and Its Effects on Early America
- ... But before they were shipped off, they had to pass through a slave-trading station. The slave trade, which was first controlled by Portugal, was now controlled by other European nations. In the late 1600's, Spain, Holland, England, France and Denmark were all sending ships to West Africa. The slave trade was becoming big business (Goodman, 7). Selection of the slaves by the traders was a painstaking process. Ships from ... doctor could see how physically fit the slaves were. If the slaves were not of the doctors standards, they were either killed or kept to see if another ship would take them. In the 1600's, the journey across the Atlantic for the African slaves was a horrible one. It was extremely disease-ridden, and many slaves did not survive the journey. The people were simply thrown into the bottom of ... the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World. “Women and children were allowed to roam at large, but the men were attached by leg irons to chains that ran along the ship's bulwarks. After a breakfast of rice or cornmeal or yams, with perhaps a scrap of meat thrown in, and a little water, there came the ceremony of “dancing the slaves” -a compulsory form of ...
- 20938: Why Do Couples Break Up!!
- ... person should take a look at their own flaws and also consider the problems in their own sex, that unfortunately cause their marriage to dissolve in the big pot of misunderstanding and confusion. From women s point of view we can see that men are not the perfect human beings, which they think they are. Women come up with countless causes that build up tension between couples. Important of all, men are blamed for every single thing. Major causes that raise difficulties and rifts within relationships are men s irresponsible spending, their habit for gawking at other girls, and that they usually forget special occasions. First of all, a main cause that is commonly identified by many females is that men go for other ... over seven years, but unfortunately things did not work out between him and his wife. There were several reasons that lead up to their divorce, and behind each reason Anthony was guilty. From his wife s point of view he was a cheater and awful person, because he once started talking with some pretty girl in restaurant where his wife was also there. Definitely it was his fault that they ...
- 20939: Why Do Teenagers Have Pregancy
- ... accept the irritation as the price for that parents affection, or rejects the cost and seeks the attention of the other parent. The other parent, if healthy, is carrying the weight of the alcoholic partner's disease and the tasks required to make a house a home. At best she has her hands full; at worst she is as mentally incapacitated as the father. Consequently, the young girl grows up under-nurtured, under-valued and lonely. Similar to craving carrots when the body needs vitamin A, the young woman's mind will seek the means to fulfill the void left by the dysfunctional parent.! When the deprived young woman reaches puberty, she finds a seemingly endless well of attention, often mistaken as affection, in the ... she answered yes, and after 30 seconds the baby did kick. Later, in the parking lot, it occurred to me that I had handled the stomach of a complete stranger solely because she was pregnan! t. Another motivating factor is the hope that with the new child she will gain some of the praise and respect that she was denied throughout her childhood. The act of childbirth itself is a ...
- 20940: Romeo and Juliet: Tragedy, Love Story or Both?
- Romeo and Juliet: Tragedy, Love Story or Both? Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding parents. After reading Romeo and Juliet, apparently a tragedy, I ... This is the tragedy that sets off the train of other misfortunes, and if these conflicts were resolved, none of the further things I am about to mention would have happened. The tragedy of Romeo's love for Rosalind, she too was a Capulet, and so that barred his love for her, although she also did not love him. Quite obviously, the misfortune of Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love. This is the basis of the whole story. For two people to love each other and not be able to show their true feelings for each other is ultimately very frustrating. It' ...
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