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- 4251: Young Goodman Brown
- ... stories. I think one of the most admirable traits of Hawthorne is his ability to write as though actions are taking place somewhere in the present. Aylmer could very well live today, somewhere in the world with his laboratory in the backyard. Men like Young Goodman Brown are everywhere in today's society, and, still, there are those who try and destroy that which they do not understand or refuse to ... unnecessary, she is quite content with the minor facial blemish until he makes a big deal about it. Maybe this too is a parallel between the mass majority being content with the state of the world and a certain few who would like to make it better, and, in turn, destroy it. I can understand Hawthorne's idea. I live in constant fear of nuclear war and the technology that has made it available. But, I am grateful for the medical advances we have today. It is a double-edge sword. (I am not implying that Aylmer is an evil ...
- 4252: Babylonia A Great Civilization
- ... and were treated nicely and cared for properly. Thus, this shows that the Babylonian civilization was quite civilized and had a daily way of life that was in the "norm". The people weren't too war-like or too philosophical-thus, making their way of life effective. Their economy came from many sources. Agriculture was a major factor in the Babylonian civilization. Farming provided food, and their sheep provided wool for ... as 180 grains of barley. The units were mainly represented by pieces of precious metal. The most commonly used unit was the mina. This system was one of the first to use money in the world. The Babylonians also did trade. The important trade routes for the Babylonians were the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. Thus, this shows that the Babylonian civilization had a stable and advanced way of getting ... was a free person of the upper class; the mushkenu, a free person of the lower class; and the wardu, which was a slave. The slaves came from different sources. "Most slaves were prisoners of war, but some were recruited from the Babylonian citizenry as well." For example, free persons might be reduced to slavery as punishment for certain offenses and parents could sell their children as slaves in times ...
- 4253: The Plot Of Great Gatsby
- Great Gatsby: The Plot Nick Carraway, the narrator, is a young Midwesterner who, having graduated from Yale in 1915 and fought in World War I, has returned home to begin a career. Like others at the time, he is restless and has decided to move East to New York and learn the bond business. The story opens early in ... bars, and orchestras. People come from everywhere to attend these parties, but no one seems to know much about the host. Legends about Jay Gatsby abound. Some say he was a German spy during the war, others, that he once killed a man. Nick becomes fascinated by Gatsby. He begins watching his host and notices that Gatsby does not drink or join in the revelry of his own parties. At ...
- 4254: To Be Shakespeare, Or Not To Be Shakespeare, That Is The Question
- ... script is brought to film. Every pearl and snowflake have been placed strategically before the audience, so that there is no need to listen to the language to create your own vision of Hamlet's world. Branaugh's world is full of lavish affairs, freezing winters, and halls of mirrors. The use of the camera has some definite advantages and disadvantages. First, since the characters are no longer limited by a defined space, they ... Branaugh uses the ability of a spanning camera to include other details that enhance the richness of the scene. The building of cannons is shown at the beginning to capture the feeling of a brewing war. Also, Hamlet is shown with a group of fencers going through their exercises while Laertes and Ophelia talk, perhaps a foreshadowing of the end scene. As many advantages as there may be to film, ...
- 4255: Henry IV: Redemption
- ... the son of the Earl of Northumberland. In the King's eyes Hotspur, not Hal, is the "theme of honor's tongue" (1.1. 80), because he has won his glory through his merits in war. Thus, Shakespeare has set Hal and Hotspur in opposition: Hal, the prodigal prince, versus Hotspur, the proper prince. Hal understands that he has been branded with the label, "truant to chivalry,"(5.1. 95) and ... participating in the up-coming robbery with Falstaff and Poins, Hal says "Who, I rob? I a thief? Not by my faith" (1.2 144). Hal is hesitant to be solely member of this riotous world (meaning he wants to be a member of both worlds, the Tavern and the Court) . The only reason Hal enlists in the robbery is in order to dupe Falstaff and to later hear the "incomprehensible ... clear that he fully understands that his Tavern companions are like "contagious clouds" (1.2. 205). Thus, he promises to remain with them only until the time arises, when he will have to show the world his true self. "So when this loose behavior I throw off / And pay the debt I never promised," (1.2. 214-215). Hal even mentions that his subsequent reformation will be more praised when ...
- 4256: The Banning of Guns Is Ineffective
- ... played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonists felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear, they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest military force in the world at that time. The 18th century witnessed the height of the British Empire, but the rough band of colonial freedom fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average American gun owner. These Minutemen, ...
- 4257: Calamitatum Of The Individual
- ... profession of arms for that of learning. In writing this he shows his clever and distinct way of thinking by referring to dialectic, the art of examining options or ideas logically, as a weapon of war. "I chose the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these I chose the conflicts of disputation instead of the trophies of war." (p. 58, ll. 7-9). This is remarkable for the son of a soldier to make such a choice - even renouncing his inheritance - and pursue only intellectual advancement. Leaving home, he traveled off to school ... more than corroborated by the authority of his contemporaries. He was, In fact, the idol of Paris, eloquent, vivacious, handsome, full of confidence in his own power to please. As he tells us, the whole world at his feet. In the Story of My Calamities, he confesses that at that period of his life he was filled with vanity and pride. "I began to think myself the only philosopher in ...
- 4258: The American Revolution
- The colonists living in America had enjoyed relative freedom from England since they arrived. They came to the New World, after all, to escape England, for whatever reasons they may have hadreligious, economic, or social. So when England decided in the eighteenth century that they were going to crack down on the colonies, the ... arms. In fact, rebellion was inevitable. Parliamentary taxation was a main source of the colonists' anger. With the Sugar Act of 1764, they were forced to pay one-third of Britian's French and Indian War costs. The Stamp Act was exorbitant for the colonists as well, but was met with much more hostility. They rebelled against these taxes because they were being taxed without representation in England; they felt the ... George III refused to recognize the document. This only fueled the colonists' fire of growing resistance. In 1775, colonial militia met the British troops at Concord and Lexington, and after the shot heard round the world was fired, a battle ensued that left many dead or injured. These battles began the American Revolution, when the colonists finally took their stand. They were rebelling against the controlling British and for a ...
- 4259: Woman on the Edge of Time: Mother To The Tribe
- ... as the future. In the present Connie is considered a degenerate. She has grown to be a woman that is rejected by society because she is uneducated, Hispanic, poor, and more importantly female. The future world is one that contradicts the present. It is the utopia that embraces Connies' passive and submissive qualities; intern causing Connie to break free from the oppression of the modern times by giving her a feeling ... Connie has committed the motherly act of protecting "her almost child [Dolly]" (20); she is within the clutches of the vile modern system. Connie no longer has the rights given to the free individual. The war has begun; she will no longer tolerate the abuse that has been dealt to her throughout her life. The patriarch society has interfered too long to sufficiently achieve happiness within Connie. For her whole life ... to achieve a sense of self. After being exposed to this paradise Connie is equipped with self-worth and respect giving her the ability to conquer the oppressive doctors. "I killed them. Because it is war" (375). Judith Gardiner writes: "Deprived of her own daughter, Connie dedicates her assassination to you who will be born from my best hopes'" ( 75). This statement truly exemplifies Connie Ramos as a heroic nurturing ...
- 4260: 1984 Reading Journal
- ... Works at Ministry of truth. Ministry of truth is one of four government buildings in destroyed London, the main city of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania. Year is 1984 and three contries are at war, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania is run by the party whose leader is Big Brother. Winston is sick of his life in the ruined city and decides to keep a diary. This is against the ... Reaction Major ideas, conflicts and themes are introduced. We are shown how the earth has changed, into 3 main contenients. we are also introduced to the main character and how he fits into the new world. Also we are shown how the computer age has taken over peoples minds. The language is easy to understand, it has not really changed much over time. Seems like nothing left after nuclear war, just ruins remaining. We are introduced to Tom Parsons which Winston is contrasted with. The city is very drab. Quotes "Big brother is watching you, the caption beneath it said" "Thoughtcrime was not a ...
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