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- 8661: Sex in Ragtime
- ... it, violence takes over his being, and he joins Coalhouse Walker's crusade. This relationship between sex and violence is first alluded to in the beginning of the novel. Doctorow writes, "Across America sex and death were barely distinguishable"(p 4). When he pleases is carnal appetite, he has control over his life. As soon as he is unable to satisfy his sexual urges, he loses control and starts making bombs ...
- 8662: The Awakening: Public Controversy
- ... her colleagues shunned her and put her on a black list of sorts for writers. Her friends did not acknowledge her existence and she became an outcast in society. In 1904, Chopin died a lonely death. The only thing that survived to keep her memory alive was her writings. Not only did her writings survive, but as timed passed on, people began to see Chopin's true Genius. The appreciation for ...
- 8663: Plato's Republic
- ... include when strength fails and they are past civil and military duties, let them range at will, free from all serious business but philosophy; for theirs is to be a life of happiness, crowned after death with a fitting destiny in the other world (Plato 207). With that said, there is now an overview of what Plato feels to be the ideal society. Elements discussed include how society is educated, categorized ...
- 8664: Political Allegory In The Book Animal Farm
- ... war: the Revolution's Red Army, organized and led by Leon Trotsky, had to defeat the "Whites" (Russians loyal to the Czar or just hostile to the Communists) and foreign troops, too. At Lenin's death in 1924, there was a struggle between Joseph Stalin and Trotsky for leadership of the Communist Party and thus of the nation. In 1925, Stalin clearly gained the upper hand; in 1927, he was able ...
- 8665: Lord of The Flies: Jack and Roger
- ... a person more sadistic, what is to say that Jack will not lose his power to Roger? and who would have been next after Roger? eventually the culture would become so sadistic and ruthless that death would be a regular event. Jack and Roger are both sadistic killers and one might argue that it does not matter if you are a killer or a ruthless killer because either way you are ...
- 8666: Gogol's The Overcoat: A Whisper of Changey
- ... However, the Person of Consequence shows no respect for Akaky, yelling at him and ignoring his pleas. Thus the predictions of Gogol are portrayed through the actions of the Person of Consequence. After Akaky's death, his ghost haunts citizens on the streets of Petersburg, robbing them of their overcoats. The hauntings continue until Akaky steals the overcoat of his enemy, the Person of Consequence. The ghost then disappears, with only ...
- 8667: The Canterbury Tales: The Perfect Love
- ... their lives, only to spend the rest of it with a beautiful and extremely annoying woman. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale" A knight is forced to marry a wretched old woman to avoid death. The knight and the old woman do not get along well, and when the old woman suggests that she can make things better, the knight responds saying, " Corrected? . . . It will never be corrected! You are ...
- 8668: David Burn's Feeling Good: Depression
- ... depression lies in the fact that depression is lethal. Irwing and Barbara Serason (1996) suggest that at least 90 percent of all suicide victims suffer from a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. Irwing and Barbara Serason (1996) also state that one of the risk factors in committing suicide is the presence of mood disorder. Silverman (1993) states that suicide among young people 15 to 19 years of ...
- 8669: The Queen of Air and Darkness
- ... his life by pulling Gawaine off him, despite the fact that Gawaine was much larger than him. When Agravaine kills the Unicorn, Gareth tries to stop him, and he then cries over the unicorn's death. Gareth seems to have the disposition of a monk. He believes that the King of Ireland was correct to attempt to save his savior despite his condition. Gareth puts the welfare of other people before ...
- 8670: Critique Of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- ... even so was copied by American directors looking to add European culture to their films. The style soon became so well known that a spoof was made of Caligari in 1928 called The Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra which is a tale about a Hollywood extra whose dreams of fame and fortune are frustrated. Caligari had a lot of effect on the content of future Hollywood movies. It's ...
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