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- 2121: Report on The Prince by Machiavelli
- ... to develop in Pistoia, resulting in devastation of the city. Therefore, a number of highly visible executions can be a very effective means of controlling the people and in preventing a major out break of violence and murder. Machiavelli also cites the tremendous military successes of Hannibal. Even though Hannibal led an army of different races over foreign soil, he never had any dissension because of his reputation of extreme cruelty ...
- 2122: The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class
- ... up free blacks. Blacks use to celebrate many of their popular cultural events in the streets. Most of the street processions ended with the violent riots of the blackface whites. With these examples of the violence that the blackface whites expressed towards the Blacks. The fact that the whites that conducted this behavior used blackfaced racial masking, revealed their declaration of white supremacy with intentions of excluding blacks from their working ...
- 2123: Catcher in the Rye: Holden Portrayed as a Troubled Young Man
- ... What Holden sees through the window is for him a visual embodiment of what he unconsciously seeks: a state of Being which is distinct from the flux of this world of Becoming, with its corruption, violence, noise, decay and death." (Burrows 84) When Holden talks to us about how much he loves the museum, he says that the museum is great because everything just stays behind a piece of glass and ...
- 2124: The Portrayal of Women in the Novels "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Marquez and "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende
- ... destruction with Amaranta Ursula and Aureliano. Macondo's foundation came about as a result of Ursula's decision, following her mother's advice,"
to refuse to consummate the marriage" leaving Jose Arcadio Buendia only "
anguished violence that seemed to be a substitute for the act of love
" Ursula's role here as that of the temptress denying Jose Arcadio Buendia his conjugal rights, it is as a result of this that ...
- 2125: Morrison's Beloved: The Psychological Suffrage of Former Slaves
- ... all else, is a blackface holocaust novel" (38-43). He believed that by including sadistic guards, murder, separation of family members, a big war, failed and successful escapes, and losses of loved ones to the violence of the mad order, Morrison was attempting to enter American slavery into the martyr ranks of the Nazi's abuse of the Jews (Crouch 38-43). Also, Crouch stated, "
she lacks a true sense of ...
- 2126: A Review of Lord of the Flies
- ... It became a battle between Ralph and Jack, and Jack was victorious because of his plans to be hunters and to live on Castle Rock, a natural fort. The choice of Jack over Ralph, of violence and foolishness over sensibility, is an obvious metaphor for the condition the children were in at that point. The ending itself, the chase of Ralph, shows the blood lust that grew out of their captivity ...
- 2127: Cry, The Beloved Country: The Breakdown and Rebuilding of South African Society
- ... the blacks and the whites. It unfortunately plays a major roll in most of the negative events that occur in South Africa. An example of this would be the white fear for black crime and violence, black fear for police retaliation to strikes or protests. As with Kumalo he also fears much, which almost automatically sets off other peoples fears. Kumalo is afraid to see his son in prison; Absalom fears ...
- 2128: A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene and Phineas and the Struggle for Power
- ... that he is weak. Subconsciencely, he is powerful. If he is not, he could never had the mental strength of pushing Phineas out of the tree. This helpless nudge soon became a random act of violence that ended in death. Did Phineas purposelessly tried to take over Gene's life to weaken him and make himself more powerful? Most likely, not. Phineas is the perfectly natural and spontaneous person who is ...
- 2129: Great Expectations: God's Law vs. Human Law
- ... to his motivations throughout his life as a young man. Ironically it is Orlick, the most contemptible character in the novel who is Mrs. Joe's unwitting agent of justice. Orlick, who embodies selfishness and violence, is never brought to justice for his murderous behavior. Magwitch is another example of a failed justice system. Superficially, he appears to personify evil and moral corruption. Pip finds him horrifying upon their first encounter ...
- 2130: "The Miller's Tale" and "The Reve's Tale": Similarities
- ... from The Canterbury Tales are very closely related. They both deal with the relationship between a jealous man, his wife, and a young scholar(s), and they both are immoral stories that contain sex and violence. This proves that the Miller and the Reeve are two very corrupt individuals. However, these tales also share some differences. For instance, the main character in "The Reeve's Tale" is a Miller, while the ...
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