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- 22071: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- ... numerous implications they suggest. In the line that reads "The urn is still unravished bride of quietness" Keats is saying that the urn is a "bride" yet still kind of pure like a virgin. It's full of young love and the promise of new and intimate discovery. He's saying that the urn will be explored from different standpoints, at different times, and by different individuals. Although a "bride," it can never be entirely fulfilled. In the next line it is the "foster-child ... woodland scenes, they probably tell the history of a past way of life. In the second and third stanzas Keats is talking about the music that is playing to the spirits, because he says "it's sweeter unheard." Also, that is must be young and very rich in love, because its love will never stop pursuit and will never fade away or leave. He is probably describing a love relationship ...
- 22072: Civil Rights Movement 2
- The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by rev.Martin luther king, jr. carried over into the 1960s. but for most blacks,the tangible results were minimal. only a minuscule percentage of blackchildren actually attended integrated schools, and ... will be able to sit down together at the table ofbrotherhood." "I have a dream," he went on, relentlessly shouting down thethunderous swell of applause, "that even the state of mississippi, a statesweltering with people's injustices, sweltering with the heat ofoppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. ihave dream," cried King for the last time, "that my four little childrenwill one day live in a nation ... rioting by urban blacks was to bea feature of every "long, hot, summer" of the mid-1960s. In 1965, King and other black leaders wanted to push beyond socialintegration, now guaranteed under the previous year's civil rights law, topolitical rights, mainly southern blacks' rights to register and vote.king picked a tough alabama town to tackle: selma, where only 1% ofeligible black voters were registered to vote. the violence, ...
- 22073: The Effects Of Sin On Hester P
- The Effects of Sin on Hester Prynne Nathaniel Hawthorne believed his task was to analyze the effects of sin, whether thought or committed, on the human heart and mind. Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, deals with many themes, the most powerful being sin. In this novel, Hester Prynne becomes a highly respected person in a Puritan society by overcoming a constant reminder of her sin, a ... Chapter two, when she bravely faces the humiliation of the scaffold: "And never had Hester Prynne appeared more lady-like, in the antique interpretation of the term, than as she issued from the prison," Hester's daughter, Pearl, is "a blessing and is a reminder of her sin." As if the scarlet A were not enough punishment there "was a brat of that hellish breed" which would remind Hester of what ... complete a job poorly. In the city of Boston "many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength." By now the people of Boston believe in Hester and accept her because Hester is an arduous, productive worker in the puritan society. The townspeople were reconsidering whether Hester was still worthy of ...
- 22074: Same Sex Parents
- Same Sex Parents "Whatever the final equation of factors influencing sexual orientation and identity, there's an immediate implication for the increasing number of gays and lesbians forming families" (Of Boys 27). Today, many gays and lesbians are out of the closet and they are not afraid of facing society with ... and raise children in families just as you or I would. An adoption agency looks for good qualities in a foster home. Qualities such as financially security, emotional stability, and proper role models. Judge Judith S. Kaye wrote that ...adoption is a means of securing the best possible home for a child (Facts on File 894). Some might argue that the child would be lacking the father in a lesbian couple ... female role model. Children raised with parents of the same sex develop positive tolerances. They tend to have more positive outlooks, and have a degree of passiveness that makes them to better adapt to today's changing society. A child raised by gay parents has a better chance of getting along with a future employer that possesses a quality he or she disagrees with. This, by no means, is to ...
- 22075: The Crossing
- The Crossing In Cormac McCarthy s novel The Crossing, there is a dramatic sequence described by the narrator. The author uses many different techniques to convey the impact of the experience on the narrator. Some of these such techniques are: repetition ... the mood. The author purposely uses these words to trip up the reader. The words are not exactly commonplace in most average vocabularies, so the presence of them causes the reader to slighter falter. It s a possibility that the reader would put the book down and retrieve a dictionary. This stumbling on the reader s part coincides with the narrators stumbling. McCormac had the reader tripping on words at the exact moment that the narrator is tripping on talus slides. This adds to the reader s understanding of the ...
- 22076: The Core Of Stability-characte
- The Core of Stability There are certain elements in literature that are essential in the creation of a classic . One of the most critical elements is that of a character who acts as the novel s core or base. The character is responsible for maintaining the stability of society within the novel, exhibiting qualities of a true hero, and constantly emphasizing the novel s central theme or themes. In the timeless classic, To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch serves as the core of the novel by displaying a character of stability, humility, and high moral standard. Atticus Finch is ... Accordingly, in the final analysis of the story, Atticus represents the justice in the community of Maycomb. His stability throughout the book is one of the many characteristics that depict Atticus Finch as the novel s core. In a town of such undeserved glory, Atticus Finch is the one character who is worthy of glorification. Yet, his humility further illustrates Atticus as a man of pure stability. Surrounded by other ...
- 22077: Robert Mapplethorpe And Obscenity Charges
- ... of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, was subsequently acquitted of obscenity charges brought against him for presenting the same exhibition. LAW: Defining censorship When it rules on an ''indecent art'' case, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether not subsidizing an activity is censorship. The National Endowment for the Arts has been giving tax money to artists since the Johnson presidency. Some of its decisions have been controversial ... For example, it subsidized an exhibit of menstrual blood, clothing made of condoms, and a depiction of Jesus Christ as a drug addict and sex object. In 1990, after the NEA helped fund Robert Mapplethorpe's ''homoerotic'' photos and Andrew Serrano's crucifix in a jar of urine, Congress took action. It passed a bill requiring the NEA to consider ''general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the American public,'' ...
- 22078: City Of Berlin
- Guten tag und wilkommmen zum Berlin Stadtrunfahrt. We will start our tour of Berlin with a brief history of the city. Berlin developed as a trading village in about 1200 AD. It's location at the junction on the Spree and Havel rivers helped to establish its importance. In the 1600's it became the capital of Prussia. Berlin's worst period began with Adolf Hitler's rise to power with the Nazi Party in 1933. During World War II in 1939 to 1945, Germany fought England, France, the Soviet Union, and the United ...
- 22079: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay Comparing and contrasting Jewett's Sylvy in "A White Heron" with May Bartram of James's "The Beast in the Jungle" proves to be an interesting task. How can two such unlike characters be so alike. Only on close examination do these common threads appear. In the story "A White Heron ... way. Rather, it handled her. The grandmother was most receptive and hospitable. Over the course of the short stay, Sylvy realized many things. The hunter offered money in exchange for help in finding the heron's nest. Not only was his offer tempting and attractive, but a curiosity awakened in her as he was most attractive as well. She was somewhat intrigued and in a fog, taken each moment and ...
- 22080: The Rime Of The Ancient Marine
- ... pay for them afterwards is not new. The Christian religion centers itself around the confession of sins done by men or women. Luckily, they have the power to repent and do penance to receive God s forgiveness. God sends people this power and people around the world mimic this cycle of crime, punishment, repentance, and reconciliation in court systems and other penal codes. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" helps implement all this cycle with the murder of the albatross and how he must pay for his actions. The whole cycle begins with the mariner s crime against nature: the shooting of the albatross. In the story, the mariner betrays nature by shooting the Albatross. This action against nature is rather extreme, for he takes this thought of death lightly. The ... what nature really is and what it means to him. All around his ship, he witnesses, "slimy things did crawl with legs upon the slimy sea" and he questions "the curse in the Dead man's eyes". This shows his contempt for the creatures that Nature provides for all people. The mariner begins to find his salvation when he begins to look on the 'slimy things' as creatures of strange ...
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