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- 8211: What Does Shakespeare Have To
- ... throughout the play 'Romeo and Juliet'. Shakespeare does this by expressing his own views through his characters and their opinions. As the play unfolds we begin to see several themes evolving, although some of Shakespeare's views appear to contradict one another. For example, the Nurse and Mercutio believe that love can only be sexual whilst we see the complete opposite of this in Romeo and Juliet's powerful love for one another. Why does Shakespeare do this? Is it to confuse the reader so that they think more about the play and what it is really saying? Or is it because Shakespeare ... that Shakespeare is not trying to prejudice us to believe that love can only be one thing, he is simply presenting to us many different versions so that the audience can see love in it's many forms and levels of intensity. It is then up to the audience to judge the different characters and their different beliefs themselves. However, Shakespeare does try to influence his audience to think certain ...
- 8212: Willa Cather's "O Pioneers"
- Willa Cather's "O Pioneers" Until the late eighteenth century, any land located beyond the Alleghany mountains was believed to be savage, uninhabited land. Thus, it became known as the American frontier. According to Turner, the definition of ... many myths about winning the West arose, some containing truth, while others neglecting to tell the truth about treatment of Indians. Many of these myths referred to them as being the victims of white man's progress. In the short tale, O Pioneers, written by Willa Cather in 1913, tells a tale of the oncoming future of the Great Plains. Although this tale tells about the great fortune of the plains, it forgets to mention the heartaches of the Native Americans. Willa Cather was born December 7 , 1873 in a town west of Winchester, Virginia.2 In 1884, the Cather's moved their four children to a town called Red Cloud in Nebraska where they arrived to a place uninhabited, but with much fortune and hard work ahead of them. 3 In 1890, Willa attended ...
- 8213: Children of the River
- ... of the River Children of the River Crew, Linda Fiction Copyright Date: 1989 This story takes place at Ream, a Cambodian village. It was April 17, 1975 when a baby was born to Soka, Sundara’s aunt. When the baby was in the wound of Soka, Sundara was sent to help. Sundara did not want to leave her family, but she had to go. Now she was in Phnom Penh. Phnom ... love with Sundara, but she is not allowed to be around because he is white. Jonathan does anything he can to be with Sundara and it all worked out at the end. Soka is Sundara’s aunt, but now she has Sundara as a responsibility. Ravy is Sundara’s Cousin. He falls quickly into the American ways. Yet, no one stops him. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon are Jonathan’s parents. Mr. McKinnon saved Ravy’s life when he came to America. Sundara also ...
- 8214: McCarthy's Communist Witch-Hunt
- McCarthy's Communist Witch-Hunt While the United States was fighting the Cold War to preserve its freedoms, the fears and anti-Communism the Cold War helped cause at home undermined some of those freedoms. One of the most notorious examples of this is Senator Joseph McCarthy. In his search for Communists in the U.S. government he infringed upon civil rights and freedoms, such as freedom of speech, provided to all Americans by Constitution. His actions caused a lot of innocent people, mostly government employees, to loose their jobs and ... a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 12, 1950. In that address, McCarthy argued that the United States was denied the fruits of victory from World War II by treasonous subversives in the U.S. State Department. He especially blamed the 1949 Chinese communist takeover on treachery within the U.S. State Department. In that speech, McCarthy stated fifty-seven Communists were working in the State Department (Matusow 48). ...
- 8215: Slaughterhouse - Five: Satire About War and Life
- ... satire, which is a work that makes fun of something serious. In this case it is war. The plot of this novel is very scattered, and skips around a great deal. It goes from Billy’s experience of World war II as a soldier and POW, to Tralfamadore, the alien planet to which Billy was abducted, to the present day, where Billy is a successful optometrist, as well as a husband ... satirizing events experienced in WWII was after Billy was captured by the Germans. He was thrown on a boxcar of a train and all the Americans captured were given a coat to wear. Everyone else’s coat was from a dead soldier with brass buttons, numbers and stars. Billy’s was the only one from a civilian, not only a civilian but a woman. “The coat that Billy Pilgrim got had been crumpled and frozen in such a way, and was so small, that ...
- 8216: Banking And The Economy
- Banking is one of the most influential factors on the economies of today’s society. As with everything these days, technology is changing where, when and most of all, how we do things, specifically banking and other related financial transactions and arrangements such as mortgages, etc. Recently, in Toronto ... were in the midst of two possible bank mergers, which would have changed banking and on a larger scale the entire economy, in many ways. In comparison to the larger banks of the world, Canada’s most major banks are not even close to the size and caliber of international banks like ING Direct, for example. This would not typically be a problem for Canadian banks, however when these international banks ... the world banks are right at the top of the list when it comes to capital, equity and earnings. Canada fits right in, in comparison to the rest of Canada. But when we compare Canada’s banks to those of other countries, or even better, international banks, they are simply insignificant. For example, hypothetically speaking, if the entire world were opting whether or not to adopt a single currency, most ...
- 8217: Cooper's "Deerslayer": View of the Native Americans
- Cooper's "Deerslayer": View of the Native Americans James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper, the twelfth of thirteen children (Long ... In addition, he was perhaps the first novelist to "demonstrate...that native materials could inspire significant imaginative writing" (p. 13). In addition his writing, specifically The Deerslayer, present a unique view of the Native American's experiences and situation. Many critics, for example, argue that The Deerslayer presents a moral opinion about what occurred in the lives of the American Indians. Marius Bewley has said that the book shows moral values ... in different tones, evidently proceeding from two men who had lost their way, and were searching in different directions for their path" (Cooper, p. 5). Bewley states that this meeting is symbolic of losing one's way morally, and then attempting to find it again through different paths. Says Bewley, "when the two men emerge from the forest into the little clearing we are face to face with... two opposing ...
- 8218: Inside The IRA
- ... Northern Ireland again. The IRA then began a bombing campaign in English cities. This campaign has continued up until this day and has become more powerful because of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s. Bombings and Guerilla warfare have continued. The Sinn Fein, mentioned in the paragraph above, are the oldest political party in Ireland, and now that the IRA has risen to power, they have become the political ... crisis. Most of these members, known as volunteers, are concentrated in Northern Ireland although some have been found in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. IRA cells have also operated in the U.S. as weapon shippers and handlers. Many of these volunteers may not be full time, but may work at other occupations. Two main sources of IRA weaponry have been the U.S.A. and Libya. A veteran Irish Republican called George Harrison controlled the main gun running network in the U.S.A. His network ran for almost 30 years before it was broken up by ...
- 8219: Linda McQuaig's Shooting The Hippo: Causes and Results of Debt
- Linda McQuaig's Shooting The Hippo: Causes and Results of Debt Linda McQuaig's most recent book, "Shooting the Hippo" is about the causes and results of the debt. It is a look at both the factual causes and the arguments which are merely presented to us through the ... devote ourselves to the enormous challenge which we will face in the future. We are responsible to inform and educate ourselves, our friends, our families and neighbours in the difficult days ahead. To explain McQuaig's title I'll briefly describe the beginning of the "mystery." A baby hippo, born in a zoo, is to be shot because of recent government cutbacks which leave nothing to feed or care for ...
- 8220: Jose Donoso's Paso: Summary
- Jose Donoso's Paso: Summary The story “Paso” by Jose Donoso is a compelling story of love and the absence of. It takes place in a well to do home that thrives on traditionalism. This traditionalism is disturbed ... understand the traditional style of this story and the motives that lie behind it. Jose Donoso is generally a traditional writer as pointed out by Alexander Coleman in his essay “Some thoughts on Jose Donoso’s Traditionalism.” This thought is exemplified by the story Paso, from the theme to the setting. So since it is known that traditionalism is a favored style by Donoso it will make following the plot that ... her brothers. These three brothers are the focus of her attentions leaving the narrator with feelings of reject due to the fact that his mother died when he was 4 and his father (Aunt Mathilda’s brother) was just as unemotional as his aunt. The thoughts and feelings are exemplified throughout the story but are fully developed and represented in the “Pool-Time” sections of the story. “Pool-Time” is ...
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