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- 22271: Lost Generation
- ... times, stimulating surroundings, and strict moral rules, including honesty. The Code Hero always exhibits some form of a physical wound that serves as his tragic flaw and the weakness of his character. In Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises Jake Barnes is the character who maintains the typical Code Hero qualities; while Robert Cohn provides the antithesis of a Code Hero. Jake Barnes, the narrator and main character of The Sun Also Rises, is left impotent by an ambiguous accident during World War I. Jake's wound is the first of many code hero traits that he features. This physical wound, however, transcends into an emotional one by preventing Jake from ever consummating his love with Lady Brett Ashley. Emotional suffering ... did with Jake Barnes. Despite the deep love between Jake and Lady Brett, Jake is forced to keep the relationship strictly platonic and stand watch as different men float in and out of Lady Ashley's life and bed. No one other than Jake and Brett themselves ever learn the complexity of their relationship because Jake's hopeless love for Brett and the agony it entails are restricted to scenes ...
- 22272: Comparison and Contrast: Stanley from A Street Car Named Desire
- ... Othello and Blanche to their downfall because Othello promotes Cassio to lieutenancy, a position that he wants and it causes him to plan a tragic plan. Othello has suppossed affair to Emilia who is Lago's wife. Thus, Lago constructs a plan to revenge. Stanley hates Branche because she destroys the good relationship between him and his wife , Stella. He thinks that she has sold the Belle Reve which he thinks it's a part of partly him, but she does not give him any money. The most important one, he "assume" that Blanche describes him as "common" and bestial. Thus, he plots a plan to revenge. In ... and Stanley start tragic plan their hatred. Lago is absolutely inhuman while Stanley has little consciences in his heart. In order to achieve the target, Iago does everythings that will benefits himself even killing other's. He kills Roderigo who helps him a lot in his paln. He persuade Othello to kill his Desdemona. Furthermore he kills his wife at the end. Stanley has not yet totally lost his humanity. ...
- 22273: Charles Babbage
- ... may have spent his life in vain, trying to make a machine considered by most of his friends to be ridiculous. 150 years ago, Babbage drew hundreds of drawings projecting the fundamentals on which today's computers are founded. But the technology was not there to meet his dreams. He was born on December 26, 1791, in Totnes, Devonshire, England. As a child he was always interested about the mechanics of everything and in the supernatural. He reportedly once tried to prove the existence of the devil by making a circle in his own blood on the floor and reciting the Lord's Prayer backward. In college, he formed a ghost club dedicated to verifying the existence of the supernatural. When in Trinity College in Cambridge, Charles carried out childish pranks and rebelled because of the boredom he ... and wrote a letter to its president, Sir Humphrey Davy, proposing and explaining his ideas behind constructing a calculating machine, or the Difference Engine, as he would call it. A 12-man committee considered Babbage's appeal for funds for his project and in May 1823, the Society agreed that the cause was worthy. While constructing this machine, implementation problems arose as well as a misunderstanding with the British Government, ...
- 22274: Odysseus Personal Qualities (f
- ... was patient and did not say anything, nor did he let anyone else say a word. Anticles would have said a word, according to Menalaus, but ...Odysseus held his two hands tight over the man s mouth, and saved the whole nation... (Pg. 50) Odysseus made the plan of the wooden horse successful with his self-discipline. Another example of Odysseus s discipline is shown when he meets Nausicaa. Odysseus is caught in a storm at sea and undergoes much suffering until Athena and a sea nymph help him to an island. He awakes to the sight ... away. The last and one of the greatest examples of Odysseus self-discipline occurs when he returns home disguised as a beggar. In order to carry out his plan to take revenge on his wife s suitors and to come home to his wife, he dresses as a beggar to assess the situation and devise a plan. He is able to speak with his wife and friends and still keep ...
- 22275: Macbeth Motif Of Blood
- In William Shakespeare s Macbeth, the motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of the theme. A motif is a methodical approach to uncover the true meaning of the play. Macbeth s tragic flaw is that he thinks he can unjustly advance to the title of king without any variation of his honest self. The blood on Macbeth s hands illustrates the guilt he must carry after plotting against King Duncan and yearning for his crown. Shakespeare used the image of blood to portray the central idea of Macbeth, King Duncan s murder. ...
- 22276: Lord Of The Flies 2
- ... Piggy is the smart one of the group. Simon: He is my favorite character in the story. He is viewed as the Christ-figure and interprets the mysteries of the island. Roger: Roger is Jack s sidekick and is a vicious murderer at heart. Sam and Eric: The twins stick close to Ralph until they are forced to join the hunters. Their main job is to watch the signal fire. The ... hunters only take some torches from the fire, and leave saying that Jack is the leader of the new tribe and they are having a feast and everyone is invited. Also, they can join Jack s tribe if they behave properly. Meanwhile, Simon was having an encounter with the pig head. It seemed to be speaking to him. It warned him that he cannot escape him and that he is in ... Simon dies as a tropical storm rolls in, and his body is washed out to sea. Ralph and Piggy feel terribly about what has happened and cannot live with themselves. That night some of Jack s tribe assault the hut on the beach where the remaining boys are housed. After all the confusion, the boys discover that Piggy s glasses are gone. Ralph, Piggy, and Sam and Eric decide to ...
- 22277: Jonathan Larson
- ... hypochondriac close friends and relatives knew him as) turned to an actor and said,"You better call 911. Think I'm having a heart attack." Lagon was rushed to the Emergency Room of New York's Cabrini Medical Center. There, doctors gave him an ECG which showed evidence of no heart problems or anything else for that matter. Symptoms included pale and clammy skin shortness of breath. Larson's best friend, Jonathan Burkhart noted, "You've breath as hard as he was breathing." After a few more test were done, Larson was Diagnosed with food poisoning. The doctor then proceeded to pump his stomach ... serious. Evening. His condition worsens. The chest pains are again excruciating. He decides to return to the hospital. Carmody again a member of the staff says the hospital could not attain the records form Larson's visit two days earlier. Instead, he is taken by way of cab to St. Vincent's, a closer hospital. When he arrived, Larson rated his pain as being seven out of a possible 10. ...
- 22278: Stereotypical Civilization
- Stereotypical Civilization monkeegirl33@hotmail.com West Europeans should not judge Africans by West European standards. In Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness, the main character, Charles Marlow is an explorer from the western world. Marlow tells his story of going to Africa, and he makes it clear that he went expecting completely inhumane and ... he learns that his preconceptions belittled a race that not only demonstrates restraint, but is also treated poorly. His preconception of the natives being "savages" is a perfect example of western stereotypes and prejudices. Marlows mistake, of judging someone he did not know, proves the point that if a person goes into a situation with a closed mind, he can miss out on good opportunities. During an attack, a black ... realize that his own men show little restraint because of their greed and prejudices. Africa is more civilized than the West because everything they do is in the interest of survival, not greed. The wests explorations are generally for a marketable commodity, such as ivory. Marlows quest is for Kurtz but he was only sent on the search because Kurtz is good at finding ivory and his employers ...
- 22279: Good And Evil In The Crucible
- The trumped-up witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, deteriorated the rational, and emotional stability of its citizens. This exploited the populations weakest qualities, and insecurities. The obvious breakdown in Salem s social order led to the tragedy which saw twenty innocent people hung on the accusation of witchcraft. Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, used hysteria to introduce personality flaws in vulnerable characters. A rigid social ... to what the masses had decided as proper, then the deviated, but innocent, were to blame. This practice contributed to the tragedy in Salem. The fear of what was unknown created an uneasiness within Salem s population that added to Salem s social demise. The circumstances surrounding the witchtrials gave residents something to blame the supernatural on. The condemning of Tituba was mainly due to this. When Tituba took the girls into the woods, and they ...
- 22280: Free-will And Repentance In Dr
- Free-Will and Repentance in Dr. Faustus In Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, the theme of free-will is manifested throughout the play but the necessity of repentance is not actually demonstrated. Dr. Faustus was a scholar like no other in his ... filled with comfort and luxury, but marked by excess and perversion. Everything was within his grasp: elegant clothing, fine wines, sumptuous food, beautiful women--even Helen of Troy and the concubines from the Turkish sultan's harem. He became the most famous astrologer in the land, for his horoscopes never failed. No longer limited by earthly constraints, he traveled from the depths of hell to the most distant stars. He amazed ... Mephastophilis' company not in winning knowledge but rather in pleasure and enjoyment of his powers. Marlowe was aware of the different views held at the time concerning repentance. Traditionally, this can happen only through God's grace - in other words, man alone can not save himself without the help of God. Faustus showed no remorse for his actions and even after his pact with Lucifer he still had many chances ...
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