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- 5041: A Midsummer Nights Dream For T
- William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" examines the topic of love. In the first act, a character by the name of Helena expresses her view of love. She is in love with Demetrius, another character in the story. However, her ... Lysander also demonstrates child-like actions when he tells Hermia, his true love, that he hates her. Before he is under the spell of the pansy, he and Hermia are en route to his aunt's house to be married. However, because of the spell, Lysander can not be held responsible for his misanthropic behavior toward Hermia. The spell of the pansy also makes the characters lose control of their ...
- 5042: A Bird In The House
- The theme of entrapment is evident in Margaret Laurence's A Bird in the House; all the characters in the novel are entrapped. These characters deal with the sense of confinement and the need for escape. Vanessa, Ewen and Aunt Edna all reach personal freedom ... things that went on around her by writing exaggerated adventure stories. When Vanessa wrote, it was her chance to get away from the things that made her feel trapped. Vanessa is freed of Grandfather Conner's tyranny when he dies, at least one thinks so. However it is evident in the story "Jericho's Brick Battlements," that Vanessa will never be free of Grandfather Conner. The painful memories that she has of him will remind her everyday that she is not free of his oppression. Vanessa realizes that ...
- 5043: Macbeth: Witches Influence on Macbeth's Decisions
- Macbeth: Witches Influence on Macbeth's Decisions In the Shakespearean play, "Macbeth," the witches influence on how Macbeth made his decisions played a crucial part in contributing to his eventual destruction. The witches were trying to create chaos by prophesying to Macbeth in order to get him to act. They planted the seed of evil in Macbeth's head that grew to dominate his mind. But it was Macbeth who made the choices that determined his fate. He was not forced to kill Duncan nor any of his other victims. But after he ... sanity. The witches were easily able to control his mind. They made him believe that he was invincible, and then he willingly continued to fight when he knew that it would mean his doom. Macbeth's downfall was planned by the weird sisters, but it was Macbeth's own free will that lead him to it. The three witches called the weird sisters are the root of the problem that ...
- 5044: A Midsummer Nights Dream For T
- William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" examines the topic of love. In the first act, a character by the name of Helena expresses her view of love. She is in love with Demetrius, another character in the story. However, her ... Lysander also demonstrates child-like actions when he tells Hermia, his true love, that he hates her. Before he is under the spell of the pansy, he and Hermia are en route to his aunt's house to be married. However, because of the spell, Lysander can not be held responsible for his misanthropic behavior toward Hermia. The spell of the pansy also makes the characters lose control of their ...
- 5045: To Kill A Mockingbord: Atticus Finch
- ... What is a man who does not care about what is right, but what is popular. A man with no morals is a poor man indeed. Atticus Finch is none of these. In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus is the only man in town he would defend a black man. He would not let his children fight and he did not care about public opinion. Atticus does not ... his morals in town, in his parenting and in his law practice. He fends off a town mob even though it is unpopular, he lectures to his children about not being judgmental. During Tom Robinson's trial Atticus was asked to keep watch. Everyone in town wanted to kill Tom so this was very dangerous. Atticus excepted this task because he knew it was wrong to unfairly judge a person. As expected a mob formed and demanded Tom Robinson be given to them. He in there, Mr. Finch? a man said He is, we heard Atticus answer, and he's asleep. Don't wake him. ...You know what we want, another man said. Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch. You can turn around and go home again, Walter, Atticus said pleasantly.(153-154). ...
- 5046: South Africa
- ... negative impacts on the environment. Some of the environmental impacts include, air pollution, land pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, and general aesthetic problems. I plan to come up with a plan to make South Africa's resources last, with minimal effects on the environment, which is cost effective, as well as realistic. Current Energy Profile South Africa is a nation with many reasources. It has many mines, that mine many different minerals, including coal, uranium, and diamonds. South Africa only has six-percent of the total population in Africa, but it produces sixty-percent of it's energy. Coal mines fill the country. It currently has more than sixty open mines open. In total, the country has 121,218 million tons of coal, and 55,333 million tons of that are projected reserves. Coal currently supplies 84% of South Africa's electricity. Suth Africa has been looking to develop and find more sources of natural gas, and oil. Large amounts of gas were recently found at Mossel Bay on the south coast. The reserves are ...
- 5047: The Holocaust: Tragedy in the 20th Century
- The Holocaust: Tragedy in the 20th Century Most people would like to believe that discrimination doesn’t occur in the twentieth century, but the reality is that it does and always has. Millions of innocent lives have been taken on account of irrational accusations against people because of their race or religion. It is hard to admit that human beings are willing to destroy others because of what they look like, who they are, or what religion they practice. It’s even harder to believe that these occur almost everyday. Many people would like to ignore this horrible truth and go on with their daily lives. To unjustly accuse people of imagined crimes, and then to ... other humans. “It was a time when there were people, not only the Germans, but the others too, who wanted to kill all the Jewish people. After they killed off the Jewish people, they weren’t satisfied yet. They started killing the black people, then the brown, and then the yellow people. People with blonde hair and blue eyes were the “perfect race.” When one survivor was asked about the ...
- 5048: The Crucible 2
- Back in the 1950's, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity and fear. The Crucible was a remade story of the carnal Salem Witch ... of God and their decisions are divine. In many cases such as that of the Salem Witch trials the results can be devastating. The Crucible is a heartfelt tale of agony and devotion. Throughout Salem's struggle for justice and purity, the townspeople are faced with a question, "Are we really messengers of God?" Everyone handles the question differently. Those of the town who are in positions of power, such as ... upon the guilt of them that died till now." (Miller, P.124) He also follows through in his position of power in admitting he was just in his actions of punishment, "While I speak God's law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering." (Miller, P124) Judge Danforth backs up his cause with a biblical reference demonstrating his utter belief in his cause, "Mr. Hale, as God have not ...
- 5049: Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been": Defense Mechanisms
- ... subconscious cannot handle an issue or event and forces the individual to falsify reality and flatly refuse to accept it. Denial rears its head in several places in this story. The first occurrence is Connie's father's denial of the possibility of mischief in his budding adolescent fifteen year old. Most adults(especially parents) know what it means to be a teenager, so it seems odd that Connie's father does not take more interest in her Friday night goings-on. Instead of asking questions and probing into the situation he chooses to stay complacent about it thereby avoiding a confrontation with her ...
- 5050: Tooty’s
- Tooty’s The tall brick building was being taken over by green leafy vines on the back and the two sides, with each window having fake plants hanging in them. The name “Tooty’s” was displayed on the side in red neon with the second “o” burnt out. The tiny parking lot is full with different vehicles varying from Cadillacs and Mercedes Benz’s to old Ford trucks and beat up vans. At the entrance the first door to go inside was painted red and very heavy, while the second door was much lighter and covered with gray ...
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