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- 5111: Alfred Tennyson and His Work
- ... disease. His father and brother Arthur made their epilepsy worse by excessive drinking. His brother Edward had to be put in a mental institution after 1833, and he spent a few weeks himself under doctor's care in 1843. In the late twenties his father's physical and mental condition got worse, and he became paranoid, abusive, and violent. In 1827 Tennyson escaped his troubled home when he followed his two older brothers to Trinity College, Cambridge, where his teacher was ... of them had won university prizes for poetry the Tennyson brothers became well known at Cambridge. In 1829 The Apostles, an undergraduate club, invited him to join. The members of this group would remain Tennyson's friends all his life. Arthur Hallam was the most important of these friendships. Hallam, a brilliant Victorian young man was recognized by his peers as having unusual promise. He and Tennyson knew each other ...
- 5112: Imagination in Morte D' Arthur
- Imagination in Morte D' Arthur A recurring theme in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d' Arthur is the use of imaginative descriptions of characters and settings. Imagination is what the reader of the story must use to form his or her own mental images of a situation, and ... literary techniques, but perhaps his most prominent is his use of imagination. When the exerpt begins, King Arthur is having a nightmare involving falling into a pit of serpents. Malory describes the scene in Arthur's head as if the reader were there with him. What separates the reader from the character is the fact that the reader knows it's only a dream, and Arthur doesn't. This is an interesting way of keeping the reader a safe distance from the goings on of the story. Malory uses this method again, when Arthur and ...
- 5113: Nick Carraway: A Good Narrator
- ... the story more interesting and understandable for the readers. However, not every character in the story can fit the job of narrator. A great narrator should have clairvoyant qualities and opinions compatible with the reader's view point. In the Great Gatsby, there were three advantages for Nick Carraway as the narrator for the story. At first, Nick was neutral in the story, he was neither a East Egger nor a ... the protagonist. First of all, there is an advantage of using Nick Carraway as the narrator of the story because he was neutral. The story took place in Long Island, New York, in the 1920's. There were two egg-shaped Island; one was called East Egg, and the other one was called West Egg,. While West Eggers were using the new money, and East Eggers were using the old money ... his opinion did not give any advantages on either side. This made the story more interesting for readers. Second, the advantage for Nick to be the narrator of the story is he was Daisy Buchanan's cousin. Daisy was the only woman who was the protagonist's, Jay Gatsby's, love. Because Nick hadn't seen Daisy for a long time, he brought up the questions about the relationship between ...
- 5114: Psycho 2
- ... pervading themes of the film. In Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, the conversation between Marion and Norman has shown extreme importance to both the plot and the themes of the movie. As the movie shown Norman s psychotic mind, we but give great evidence of how the environment had influence on him. With the comparison of other character s personalities, audiences are actually persuaded back to see the similarity of his mind to normal people s. Traps are also discussed in this significant dialogue, to show his logical thinking of his situation. As scenes of logics shown from Norman comes up one by one, Norman s rational process of thinking ...
- 5115: Psycho
- ... pervading themes of the film. In Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, the conversation between Marion and Norman has shown extreme importance to both the plot and the themes of the movie. As the movie shown Norman’s psychotic mind, we but give great evidence of how the environment had influence on him. With the comparison of other character’s personalities, audiences are actually persuaded back to see the similarity of his mind to normal people’s. Traps are also discussed in this significant dialogue, to show his logical thinking of his situation. As scenes of logics shown from Norman comes up one by one, Norman’s rational process of thinking ...
- 5116: PRESUMED INNOCENT
- ... is expected of him as a P.A. His voice gives reason that he is unhappy and lacks faith in the legal system. Rusty has been accused of a horrible crime, rape and murder. Turow's story depicts a typical situation of a person being set up. The ending will ravish your outlook on love and infidelity. Rusty speaks of his sorrow for a peer who has been raped and murdered ... to his wife, Barbara that he was having an affair with Carolyn Polyhemus, but that it had ended. The fingerprint report is back and the prints belong to Rusty. There several phone calls from Rusty's home to Carolyn's home. Lip also told him that the pathology results lead to type A blood and type A semen and that the person was sterile. Rusty made the comment that he is type A and ...
- 5117: Alfred Tennyson and His Work
- ... disease. His father and brother Arthur made their epilepsy worse by excessive drinking. His brother Edward had to be put in a mental institution after 1833, and he spent a few weeks himself under doctor's care in 1843. In the late twenties his father's physical and mental condition got worse, and he became paranoid, abusive, and violent. In 1827 Tennyson escaped his troubled home when he followed his two older brothers to Trinity College, Cambridge, where his teacher was ... of them had won university prizes for poetry the Tennyson brothers became well known at Cambridge. In 1829 The Apostles, an undergraduate club, invited him to join. The members of this group would remain Tennyson's friends all his life. Arthur Hallam was the most important of these friendships. Hallam, a brilliant Victorian young man was recognized by his peers as having unusual promise. He and Tennyson knew each other ...
- 5118: Creative Writing: Conquest
- ... nations that made up the northwestern region of the union. The independent nations of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithua would not follow under communist rule again; they were willing to die for their freedom. The U.S.S.R was unable to persuade the remaining components to rejoin them in their conquest and they were hasty to declare war on their counterparts. With war waging in Eastern Europe the United Nations took action. The leader of Russia's communist party and president rejected the UN's cease-fire treaty. Russia was expelled from the United Nations early the next day. The CIA agent, Newton, inched his way through the air conditioning make ...
- 5119: The Webb Story and the Efforts to Rebut It
- ... DEA payroll; Ross, the black, ended up with a life sentence. Meneses was eventually convicted for trafficking, but in Nicaragua, never in the United States.) These allegations have been challenged vigorously by the "responsible" U.S. press: those papers, above all the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, who respond most swiftly to the needs and requests of their CIA sources. For those who follow such matters, the special connection between these papers and the CIA is no secret. Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein once wrote in Rolling Stone that the CIA’s "relationship with the [New York] Times was by far its most valuable among newspapers, according to CIA officials. From 1950 to 1966, about 10 CIA officials were provided Times cover...[as] part of a general Times policy ... to provide assistance to the CIA whenever possible." The situation at the Washington Post was hardly different. In 1988, the paper’s owner, Katharine Graham, said in a speech at the CIA’s Headquarters: "There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn’t. I believe democracy flourishes when the government ...
- 5120: Abortion: What Do We Do?
- ... Do We Do? Even to mention the procedure of abortion, it feels like I'm beating a dead horse. Ever since the issue has risen, politicians, clergymen and everyday citizens have been arguing the pro's, con's, morality and/or lack thereof of abortion. In light of this, I will provide facts, arguments and logical and moral statements to support my proposed solution of this global problem. First of all, let's examine exactly what abortion is, in the medical sense, and possible advantages and disadvantages of a woman considering having one performed. The term abortion, the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is capable ...
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