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- 6021: Mark Antony As A Developing Ch
- ... by telling of Caesars wonderful accomplishments. Antony then shows his anger towards the conspirators by getting the mob to release their anger by rioting and going out and killing the conspirators. Antony then starts a war against the conspirators and when this war starts Antony changes from the people s hero to just a normal greedy leader. His hate for Brutus grows over time and with that hate grows greed. Antony starts thinking more about his wealth then ... Caesar and how he takes his feelings and uses them to play with the crowd s minds during his speech at Caesar s funeral. Only yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world. Now he lies there, And no one will stoop so low as to pay him respect. O gentlemen! If I wanted to stir up Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I would ...
- 6022: Machismo In One Hundred Years
- ... we see him slowly adopting another typical characteristic of machismo, "About that time he had begun to cultivate the black moustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war." (One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.59). With these physical characteristics provided, it is clear young Aureliano with his stentorian voice and waxed black moustache is already growing into some sort of militaristic, macho type ... brutality demonstrate clearly the adverse consequences of the cult of machismoon those elements of society that men like Buendia should be protecting. Colonel Aureliano Buendia procreated with abandon. He carelessly brought seventeen boys into the world and chose not to associate with them. Ironically, all seventeen of his sons were just as carelessly murdered, "During the course pf the week, at different places along the coast, his seventeen sons were hunted ... relation to their father and the years of rebellious uprisings he had caused. These seventeen unfortunate mendid not realize just what their father had done to them. Their father shared in bringing them into the world, and likewise shared in their demise. Cololel Aurelaino Buendia is the personification of fear that chooses to oppress helpless victims: women, children, terrified and powerless populations. He is a ruthless, evil man content with ...
- 6023: Lord Of The Flies Reflection
- ... acted reflected the different cultures that they had grown up in and was different in each version. An example of this if how they thought of the army, in the novel they mentioned links to world war 2, yet in the movie they only spoke of the army as someone who would save them and war was never really mentioned. Also a different change from the novel to the movie was the time setting between the two. In the novel the estimated time was the 1940's, and the boys ...
- 6024: How Women Are Portrayed In Hom
- ... of a perfect, devoted Greek wife. Homer also portrayed the loyal daughter type using Naussica, the young princess of Scheria and daughter of King Alcinous. Like most daughters from the Greek civilization, she thought the world of her parents, and they thought the world of her as well. We see that she thinks highly of her father because she refers to him as her "excellent father" and tells Odysseus about everything her father can give to him. Her father ... The suffering mother in The Odyssey is Anticlia, Odysseus mother. During his journey to Hades, he talks with his mother only after she drinks out of the pool of blood. When he left for the war she was alive, and while he visits with her she tells him she has died from the "longing to know what you were doing and the force of my affection for you" (p. 116) ...
- 6025: How Does Bernard Shaw Satirise
- When Bernard Shaw was writing 'Arms and the Man' in 1893-1894, Romantic ideals concerning love and war were still widely accepted and considered normal; an attitude that did not change, even with Bernard Shaw's efforts to the contrary, until the dreadful losses of the First World War. Shaw, a socialist, was greatly influenced by Henrik Ibsen who "took social themes, treated them realistically and condemned the crushing effects of society." Shaw continued in this vein, using his humour and wit to ...
- 6026: Heart Of Darkness 4
- ... A man believing himself to be a or the God is seen, by the society from which he was taken out of, as a monster. Since monsters can not be allowed to roam the civilized world, someone must be sent to destroy it. To find the monster, the person selected must take the same path as the monster. This path is a journey into one s own mind, soul, or true ... dying, struggles against the evil consuming his soul, . . .both the diabolic love and the unearthly hate of the mysteries it had penetrated fought for the possession of that soul satiated with primitive emotions. . . (116). The war between good and evil within his soul is immense, as he struggles between what he once was, and the evil that he now is being consumed by. Kurtz, a genius at whatever he attempted, was ... to collect and deliver --out of Africa-- any and all ivory found. Kurtz is also an extremist, and with these extremes he has been in many environments from which he learned and applied to the world in which he now dies in; . . .the path of Kurtz s career from the most enlightened European traditions to the most primitive human instincts. . . (Walker, ixv). He, in doing his job to the extreme, ...
- 6027: Comparison Of Alex From Clockw
- ... of he Flies. Alex a young man at the age of fifteen is a bane on society. Rape, violence, and Beethoven are his main joys. Jack is a choirboy on a deserted island. Jack s world, before arrival on the island, consisted of a voluntary adherence to a pragmatic pact of nonagression which passes for civilization, but maintained only through fear (Whissen 140). Once the fear of objection from society is ... One for example occurred around the campfire. A great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded sat there like an idol (Golding 149). Jack then started a war dance around the fire. Recreating the hunt, they chased one of the boys around the fire. All of them were brandishing their spears as they screamed Kill the Beast! Cut his Throat! Spill his Blood ... to listen to his once favorite Beethoven s ninth symphony. Unable to stand the feeling of sickness Alex attempts to kill himself. After this point in the story, Alex refers to society as the wicked world . His point of ultimate rebellion, saying no more, and I will not tolerate this any longer, is his suicide attempt. He seeks that final exit where he is no longer made subject of the ...
- 6028: Chrysalids 2
- ... in Waknuk will stop thinking that Tribulation was sent by God and that all deviations are devil's creation. They might understand that the radiation might be the remaining of a nuclear bomb or nuclear war. The sealant people might help Waknuk in education and they themselves may build the machines like today's, and grow more productive crops. The entire thinking and appearance of Waknuk might change. On the other ... characters or the surroundings in a story. In this novel these three points were influenced by mental telepathy. This type of story could be an example how people were in the past (in the really world). It is an idea what could really happen if a nuclear war would become a reality.
- 6029: Book Report A Voyager Out
- ... Mifflin Company. 1986 Katherine Frank s novel A Voyager Out tells the life story of Mary Kingsley. She talks of her childhood, her young adult life, and her traveling life. She wanted to tell the world what this woman explorer did for Africa. Mary Kingsley had a famous family, many of whom were writers. Mary herself wrote two books. In her books however, she leaves out a lot about her life ... not produce much however. He left a lot of his works unfinished, and many others unstarted. Because he did not do much in his lifetime, it has been said that his greatest gift to the world was his daughter. Her mother, Mary Bailey, was the innkeeper s daughter. Four days after her father and mother were married, Mary Kingsley was born. If her father had not married her mother, Mary would ... did, even when they were not the best condition. Mary s finally voyage was to South Africa. When she arrived there she was told that her job would be to help the Boer prisoners of war. Although the task was not pleasing, Mary accepted the duty. The conditions that she worked in were deplorable. The hospital was filled with about 200 wounded men in need of care, and only one ...
- 6030: Book Gullivers Travel
- ... would give the owner of the foot print an idea that he lives on the island. Crusoe becomes totally enraged with the thought of another human on the island that he prepares his house for war by surrounding it by an impenetrable fence, arming all his weapons and is ready to kill anyone that comes near his sacred home, grain, and animals. His condition is now evident: the strengths of his ... small country holder poses the drive for adventure and the quality of a mentally sound individual. In Lilliput, he shows himself to be good-natured and gentle with the tiny people. Gulliver assists in the war against Blefuscu by not injuring his "enemies." But deprives them of their weapons, which inflict damage. By doing so he immediately shows his noble generosity and respect for the liberty of others by refusing to ... clearly emerges that he is seriously unhinged and a thoroughly changed character. He suffers from what the Greeks called hybris, and arrogant pride characterized by a man stepping out of his proper place in the world. Traditionally a hybris is quickly followed by death or other serious punishment. Instead of the good-natured Gulliver, there is one whose ill-nature flourishes. Instead of the patriotic Englishman, there is one who ...
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