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- 18011: The House of Seven Gables
- ... for the house’s ruin. Clifford and Hepzibah hardly live a full and satisfying life. Hepzibah cannot get “the house” out of her mind. Everywhere she goes the house haunts her. Clifford lives in a world of illusions. Their hearts have become dungeons and each one of them is his/her own jailer. They have been “locked up” in that house for so long that they can longer “live” with the ...
- 18012: A Rose For Emily: Symbolism
- ... tedious brushes and pictures cut from the ladies magazines”(Faulkner 208). The townspeople had no use for Miss Emily anymore or her Southern traditions. In fact she is hopelessly out of touch with the modern world—all of these things make them feel superior to her, and also to the past, which she represents. (Brooks, Warren 159) Finally, the whip symbolizes the strictness and control that Emily’s father had over ...
- 18013: The Whiskey Rebellion
- ... distillation of liquor. After local and federal officials were attacked, President Washington and his advisors decided to send troops to assuage the region. On August 14, 1792, under the militia law, Henry Knox (secretary of war) had called for 12,950 troops. After this, many problems arose, both political and logistical. These dilemmas had to be overcome, and by October, 1794 the men were on the march towards Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There ...
- 18014: Aids 5
- ... was first conclusively identified in the United States in 1981, when 189 cases were reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Within a decade the disease had spread to virtually all populated areas of the world. In the United States alone there are about 65,000 new cases every year. The origin of the AIDS virus is uncertain, but it may have originated in Central Africa. The first AIDS patients in ...
- 18015: Alcoholism 2
- ... the United States, countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and many European nations. This is paralleled by growing evidence of increasing numbers of alcohol-related problems in other nations, including the Third World. Development Alcoholism, as opposed to merely excessive or irresponsible drinking, has been variously thought of as a symptom of psychological or social stress or as a learned, maladaptive coping behavior. More recently, and probably more ...
- 18016: John Updike's "A&P"
- ... quickly realizes the consequence for this action, but knowing it was too late to take it back when he says, “once you begin a gesture it’s fatal not to go through with it.” The world was definitely going to be hard for him now. He was young, carefree, and only interested in making his statement: Policy is what the kingpins want.
- 18017: Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults in the Creation
- ... but this idea soon transmuted into and obsession to perform the impossible just to satisfy his own ego. Victor Frankenstein believes that by creating a living being he will end death and sadness throughout the world. Frankenstein's thirst for knowledge leads him to the conclusion that he can create a living being with no consequences; in short, he believes that he is equal to a god. Blinded by his god ...
- 18018: The Color of Water: When Tragedy Strikes
- ... of grieving. Ruth undergoes several tragedies. Through each she loses a part of herself, consequently leading to her receding emotional stability. Though our society has established laws that prohibit blatant discrimination, prejudice prevails throughout our world. Everyone feels its effect in one way or another. Ruth however, deals with prejudice at a level above and beyond that which most of us do today. No matter where she lives, she is not ...
- 18019: Life In A Medieval Village
- ... Together the people formed an integrated whole for agricultural production. There they lived, labored, socialized, loved, married, sinned, went to church, paid fines, and had children. The medieval village represented a new stage of the world's oldest civilized society, the peasant econonmy. Houses didn't necessarily face the street, but might stand at odd angles, with a fence fronting on the street. Their were two types of houses, the peasant ...
- 18020: An American Tragedy
- ... hotel as a bellboy. This is where all the trouble really started. Clyde gets to know boys his own age and gets a taste of life outside of his evangelist family. He sees what the world really has to offer and it is quite tempting for someone who has never known what it is too be like a boy his age. He starts going out at night with the boys from ...
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