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- 9121: Zeinert's The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Summary
- Zeinert's The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Summary The story takes place during the sixteen-nineties (1690's or early colonial America). This was a time when superstition was well beleived and it was quite frightening for most people. The place where the events in question took place was in Salem, a town ... they might be accused of wizardry of being a witch themselves if they did so. I can say that there were important families such as the Carrier, Jacobs, Proctor, Good, Hobbs, Nurse, and the Cory's. Also many children were supposedly being hurt by witches and they banded together against the accused. The predicament in this story was that events such as a bad crop season of the girls being ...
- 9122: Buddhism
- ... the eightfold noble path of right views, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration 4. Nirvana: In Buddhism a state of supreme state; liberation from suffering, one's bondage to the repeating cycle of death and rebirth, which is brought about by desire. Nirvana is attainable in life through moral discipline and the practice of Yoga, leading to the extinction of all attachment and ignorance. 5. Karma: Karma is a basic concept common to Buddhism. The doctrine holds that one's state in this life is the result of physical and mental actions in past incarnations(lives) and that present action can determine one's destiny in future incarnations. Karma is a natural, impersonal law of moral cause and effect; only those who have attained Nirvana, or liberation from rebirth, can transcend karma. 6. Dharma: Buddhism's belief that ...
- 9123: The Aeneid
- ... is taken on a divine mission to see the depths and horrors of Hell. While in Hell, Dante stumbles upon and is intrigued by two lovers, Paolo and Francesca, who were tragically killed by Francesca’s husband, Gianciotti. In The Aeneid, Aeneas is on a journey to lead his people, the Trojans to a new homeland. Aeneas was chosen by fate to lead the Trojans to establish a new homeland in Italy and Rome. This fate also represents the national destiny of Rome. Aeneas looks towards the future, towards Rome’s power over the known world. In the same way that the Promised Land was guaranteed to the Hebrews in the Old Testament, the Trojans’ Promised Land was guaranteed by fate. History is the guarantor. The ... were married. After Aeneas left Carthage, Dido killed herself on Aeneas’ funeral pyre by throwing herself on to Aeneas’ sword. When Aeneas saw Dido in Hell, Aeneas begged her to forgive him, but she didn’t answer him. Since Dido committed suicide and she refused to forgive Aeneas for wronging her, the love between them was tragic. Dido was a very significant character in The Aeneid. Dido represents both love ...
- 9124: Great Gatsby 4
- ... in the novel are the green light, the contrast between East Egg and the West Egg, the valley of ashes, and the giant oculist sign. The green light lights up across the bay from Gatsby s place. This light burned at the end of Daisy Buchanan s dock. For Gatsby, this green light symbolized the go-ahead sign. Green was the symbol for promise, hope, and renewal. Gatsby s dream in life was to be with Daisy. The green light on the other side of the bay that Gatsby saw gave him an unyielding hope that his dream would be realized. At the ...
- 9125: Claudius Vs. Lady Macbeth
- ... Lady Macbeth are so greedy for wealth and power that they will let nothing get in their way, even if it means deceiving the ones they love. King Claudius was in love with his brother¹s wife and desired his position as king. In order to obtain these things he went behind Gertrude, his lover¹s, back and murdered her husband. Shortly after, he married her and took the crown. Not only was this extremely deceitful to Gertrude, but it hurt Hamlet, his nephew, extremely. Lady Macbeth was indeed as power ... same in that she puts up a wonderful facade for both the public and her husband. Although she is planning a murder Lady Macbeth manages to still act as a smiling, gracious hostess. Lady Macbeth's house guests and King Duncan, whom she intends to kill, even refer to her as their ³honour¹d hostess,² in Act I, scene six. Her husband is also fooled by her charade and is ...
- 9126: Billy The Kid
- ... culminated in a three-day battle in Lincoln, New Mexico during the July of 1878. There have been many stories that Billy was in the gang that shot Sheriff Bill Brady dead, but probably isn't true, Billy the Kid was not a cold blooded killer. Governor Lew Wallace (also the In 1880-1881? Billy the Kid was sentenced to be hung. However, on April 23, 1881, Billy escaped from custody, killing two guards. When his escape made the news, it said simply "The Kid's Escaped" and the article didn't have muck detail. But by this time Pat Garret was hot on his trail. The news posted the Kid's supposed whereabouts for about two and a half months. But on July 15, 1881, ...
- 9127: Berlin Wall Book Review On The
- ... Soon the supply of cement was running out, so streets were being torn up to make the wall. West Berliners looked on in disbelief at the overturned trees, trenches, and barbed wire. Yet they couldn't do anything about it because on the opposite side was guards with guns pointing directly at them. After the work on the wall was completed, it was 10-13 feet high. If it were straight, it would have been 103 miles long. On the communistic East side there was another smaller wall. The land inbetween these walls were extremely dangerous. Guard patrolled this area with guns. This didn't stop people from trying to get through though. People went to all extremes trying to get to the other sides, including crashing through the wall with cars. The book then goes back World War Two ... to show how this all began. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States president Dwight Eisenhower had mixed opinions on what to do about Berlin and the Soviets. They both knew the Soviets couldn't be trusted. When the American army was going to invade Berlin, Eisenhower had them stop. Three days later, the Soviets successfully captured Germans capitol and ended World War Two in Europe. Germany was then ...
- 9128: Jurassic Park: Comparision Between Book and Movie
- ... will show the similarities and differences for the first third of these two superb creations. One of the similarities of both the movie and the book is the construction accident. The movie and the book's opening scenes show some Jurassic Park workers loading a dinosaur into a maximum security cage. The dinosaur grabbed a hold of one of the workers causing chaos throughout the worksite. The construction worker was drawn in by the dinosaur and never returned. After this "construction accident," the worker's family was suing Jurassic Park for a sizable sum of money. The family sent out a lawyer to the island to see if the park is safe, and if its the cause for their relative's death. The book tells stories that the movie doesn't show. One of those is about a little girl. The little girl is vacationing with her parents when she goes off by herself exploring. ...
- 9129: Lady Macbeth Character Analysis
- ... top-full Of direst cruelty!” Also, she does everything in her power to convince Macbeth that he would be wrong not to kill Duncan. In Act I, Scene 7, she tells him, “What beast was’t then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; Be so much more the man.” Later on in the play, Lady Macbeth begins to show ... weakness comes in Act II, Scene 2 when she says that she could not kill Duncan because he resembled her father. She explains, “Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done’t.” The other example of some weakness in Lady Macbeth’s character is in Act III, Scene 2 when she tries to comfort Macbeth by telling him not to worry about what he has done to Duncan and is about to do to Banquo. She ...
- 9130: Literary Analysis of John Updike's A & P
- Literary Analysis of John Updike's A & P The short story A & P, by John Updike, can be broken down into a number of components, which include characters, setting, plot, point of view, and the theme. A & P is a story about a young man, about 19, named Sammy, who is a cashier at a local supermarket. His supporting characters are: Lengel, who is the store manager; Stoksie, Sammy's buddy and a cashier; and Queenie plus her two followers, who are unusual customers at the supermarket. The setting of the story is in the early 80's in an ordinary supermarket, which is located in a small quiet town, north of Boston. Most of the customers are old and conservative, with a few tourists here and there. A & P is surrounded ...
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