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- 26391: A Tale Of Two Cities 2
- ... Throughout this story various characters are "recalled to life", meaning that they have had a new chance at life. Dr. Manette is clearly mad after being in prison for eighteen years. When Lucie, the Dr.'s daughter, and Mr. Lorry eventually nurse the doctor back to a healthy state and out of his insane state they had "recalled him to life." Dr. Manette was nursed from an insane state with no real life to a sane one with a very functional life. In doing this Lucie and Mr. Lorry, in a way, gave Dr. Manette's life back to him or "recalled him to life." Another instance in which someone is "recalled to life" involves Charles Darnay. Charles Darnay is on trial for treason in England. C.J Stryver and Sydney ... represented Darnay on trial and saved his life we saw how smart Carton was. In the last instance of "recalled to life" we saw how much Carton really felt for Lucie when he saved Lucie's husbands life in return for his own. The theme "recalled to life" is seen throughout this novel and should be recognized as one of the most important.
- 26392: Ansel Adams' Moon and Half Dome
- ... one of his many great works. Taken in 1960 in Yosemite National Park, California it is a very involving photograph. In Moon and Half Dome, Adams tries to induce a feeling of awe at nature's immense power and beauty in the viewer. The detail of the photograph brings out all the beauty of nature at its best. Due to the way the shadows fall on Half Dome, all the crevices ... feeling of insignificance. Another thing that gives the viewer the feeling that Half Dome is massive is the size of the moon in relation to the rock. Although it is actually small in the Earth's sky, the moon always has the influence of being great, and anything that dwarfs it can become ominous. The black and white of the photograph also assists in giving the viewer the impression that Half ... a ring of light is visible which is most likely the sun. These three contradictions play upon the logical processes of the conscious mind, but get the subconscious mind working and trying to send it's evil twin to sleep allowing more nontraditional trains of thought to take over. Half Dome may be a silent rock, void of any visible "traditional" beauty, but when the black and white of the ...
- 26393: Socrates
- Socrates Socrate's First Accusers and Athenian Law Of all confrontations in political philosophy, the biggest is the conflict between philosophy and politics. The problem remains making philosophy friendly to politics. The questioning of authoritative opinions is not ... Socrates wonders what the riddle is and sets out to "refute the divination" (Plato, 20c). This is a prime example of Socrates' impiousness as is his statement in "The Clouds" where he states "we don't credit Gods" (Aristophanes, 248). He is attempting to refute the god at Delphi. Socrates tries to aid his own defense by charging that what he does is in devotion to the god. "Even now I ...
- 26394: Creative Writing: No Coins Please
- ... to keep robbers away from your house or to protect a loved. Now, if you were an adult and saw something like this, what would you think? I would think "hey What the hell he's a kid! " Well, that's what alot of people thought and that's how I made my first sum of money. When I went back to Central Park, the whole group was waiting for me. The next day, I did the exact same thing, except that this ...
- 26395: Conflict in "The Child By Tiger"
- ... and conflict with his environment. The first conflict is very important in the scheme of the story, because it provides the necessary conditions for this kind of an event to take place. This is Dick's conflict with his environment. Although he is a free man, and seems to be very tolerant, Dick lives in a time and place where most people are less than friendly to black men, and do ... Dick without cause, and without fear of retaliation. This is because he knows that a black man is powerless in the society of the time. Society brings us to the second conflict, which is Prosser's conflict with society. One night, without warning, he begins a killing spree which spans the better part of a day, and spawns a fatal manhunt. His conflict with the society in general is characterized by ... will be a surprise. This is a definite warning sign. When the killings occur, there are no resins given or explanations made. We can only assume that something brought out the dark side of Dick's personality. The dark side is very evident as he methodically shoots the many victims of his crime spree. But as the incident ends, takes off his shoes, and gives up, almost a return to ...
- 26396: Victor Frankenstein and His Use of Science
- ... kite in a rain storm with a key attached to the string and discovering electricity is told to young children in science classes. If all of these scientists are glorified for their discoveries why shouldn't Victor Frankenstein enjoy and receive the same gratification as other scientists? In Twelfth Night Viola uses science to her advantage. Viola uses the natural and mystifying experience of having a twin to obtain what she ... sons had a disease, the child was two years old and he could not hold his head up, feed himself, sit up, crawl, or hold a bottle. I learned an amazing story from the child's mother. When the mother was pregnant with her sick son through the ultra sound, the doctors could detect the disabilities that her son would have. The doctors alerted the mother and father to the disorder ...
- 26397: Johann Sebastian Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos
- ... musical family in Eisenach, Germany. Born into a musical family his father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a talented violinist, and taught his son the basic skills of string-playing. Another relation, the organist at Eisenach s most important church, intructed the young boy on the organ. In 1695, Johann Sebastian was orphaned; he went to live with his older brother, Johann Christoph, in Ohrdruf. Johann Christoph was a professional organist, and continued his younger brother s education on that instrument, as well as on the harpsichord. After several years in this arrangement, Johann Sebastian won a scholarship to study in Luneberg, Northern Germany, and so left his brothers tutelage. A master ... take a job as a court conductor in Anhalt-Cothen (1717-1723). There is where he started concentrating on instrumental music. The Cothen period produced, among other masterpieces, the Brandenburg Concerti. While at Cothen, Bach s wife, Maria Barbara, died. Bach remarried soon after to Anna Magdalena and forged ahead with his work. He also forged ahead in the child rearing department, producing 13 children with his new wife, six ...
- 26398: A Bird Came Down The Walk.
- Emily Dickinson's poem "A Bird Came Down the Walk." is an excellent example of how poets use varying styles of rhyme and meter to bring a poem to life. Dickinson expertly uses meter to show how the ... habitat is in the sky. And the he drank a Dew From a convenient Grass And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle pass When the bird finally flies away the poem's flow mimics that of a flying bird, very calm and free "And he unrolled his feathers / And rowed him softer home ". She describes a birds flight like rowing in an ocean, but without all the ... be scared because he notices her watching. "That hurried all around / They looked like frightened beads, I thought / he stirred his Velvet Head". She rhymes around and head to describe the shape of the bird's head. When she rhymes seam and swim she is comparing the birds flight path to a seam, straight and precise. The change in the rhyme scheme was done on purpose to help portray the ...
- 26399: Nuclear Weapons
- ... nuclear energy through the fission, or splitting, of heavy atomic nuclei. The first atomic bomb was tested by the United States near Alamogordo, New Mexico. In the final stages of World War II, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki three days later to force Japan to surrender. The explosion produces great amounts of heat, a shock wave, and intense neutron and gamma radiation. The region of ... a layer of lithium deuteride and then by a tamper, that holds the contents together in order to obtain a larger explosion. The first hydrogen bomb was exploded in 1952 at Enewetak by the U.S., the second in 1953 by the USSR. By 1933 there were nine nations known to have nuclear weapons, but the U.S. and Russia controlled the majority of nearly 50,000 warheads. Over a dozen other countries can or soon could make nuclear weapons. In addition to radioactive fallout, the environmental hazards include nuclear winter. The ...
- 26400: Animal Farm 6
- ... ideal society in which the social, political, and economic evils afflicting human kind have been wiped out. This is an idea displayed in communist governments. In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell Old Major's ideas of a Utopia are changed because of Napoleon's bad leadership. Old Major explains his dreams and ideas to all the animals before he dies. At his speech all the animals go to hear what Old Major has to say. This happens on the ... confused because Muriel is the only one who can read, so know one can remember the original Commandments. Napoleon like any tyrant blames his problems on everyone else and in the end ruins the animal's ideas of a perfect world completely. This story teaches people there is no perfect world and somebody always wants more.
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