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- 9501: Heart Of Darkness - Ignorance
- ... man was cursing us, praying to us, welcoming us - who could tell?" (Conrad 37). The end result of Conrad's ignorance of not knowing the behavior of African people concluded his division of the social world into two separate categories: "us," the Europeans, and "them," the Africans. Achebe concludes Conrad's ignorance towards the natives by stating, "Heart of Darkness projects the image of Africa as 'the other world,'... a place where man's vaunted intelligence and ferment are finally mocked by triumphant bestiality" (252). "Heart of Darkness was written, consciously or unconsciously, from a colonialistic point of view" (Singh 278). Conrad didn't ... the Heart of Darkness," "Conrad sets up Africa 'as a foil to Europe, a place of negations... in comparison with which Europe's own state of spiritual grace will be manifest.' Africa is 'the other world,'..." (281). Achebe, Chinua [An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness.] Heart of Darkness. By Joseph Conrad 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical 1988. Conrad, Joseph Heart of ...
- 9502: Beowulf And Hero Characterists
- ... mass of money. To be powerful you must be in charge of something important, or own it. Not many people are remembered as hero for being able to toss steel kegs over a wall. (The World's Strongest Man Competitions.) On the other hand someone who owns a computer software program (Microsoft) will never be forgotten. Strength is seen as the capability to excel above the rest in an area where ... all mortal men; loyalty and the ability to think of himself last makes him revered by all. Beowulf came openly and wholeheartedly to help the Danes which was an unusual occurrence in a time of war and widespread fear. He set a noble example for all human beings relaying the necessity of brotherhood and friendship. The word "hero" is seemingly thrown around today. A true hero possesses the traits of strength ...
- 9503: Jane Eyre - Nature
- ... Bronte makes use of nature imagery throughout "Jane Eyre," and comments on both the human relationship with the outdoors and human nature. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines "nature" as "1. the phenomena of the physical world as a whole . . . 2. a thing's essential qualities; a person's or animal's innate character . . . 4. vital force, functions, or needs." We will see how "Jane Eyre" comments on all of these. Several ... fact is intrinsically wholly irrelevant to the novel, it makes one ponder whether nature is really so simple and perfect. The concept of nature in "Jane Eyre" is reminiscent of Hegel's view of the world: the instantiation of God. "The Lord is My Rock" is a popular Christian saying. A rock implies a sense of strength, of support. Yet a rock is also cold, inflexible, and unfeeling. The second definition ... St. John is more human than God, and thus he and his sisters are able to help Jane. From the womb, Jane is reborn. She sees the future as an "awful blank: something like the world when the deluge was gone by." She takes a new name, Jane Elliott. With a new family, new friends, and a new job, she is a new person. And the changes go deeper than ...
- 9504: Foundation Analysis
- ... scholars, to businessmen reflect their stereotypical title precisely. The powerful are the corrupt, and the corrupt are the powerful. In todays society that is not far fetched. You can see the evils of this world with great power and authority. The warlords and politicians of powerful planets are greedy and the people of Foundation are simple and helpless. We can compare the people of Foundation to the people of third world countries, to some extent. Isaac Asimov, through his invented science of psychohistory predicted that the future will be nothing more than reenactments of the past. Hari Seldon, the founder of psychohistory in Foundation was under ... known as the renaissance. The renaissance was the beginning of the triumph of the Greco-Roman scientific perspective on life over the Medieval Judeo-Christian perspective. This transformation from the dark ages to a better world by way of science and knowledge. In conclusion, the basis of Foundation is drawn from none other than the history of Earth. All of these parallels between Asimov's predictions of future sociological problems ...
- 9505: Mrs Dalloway
- ... knife, the leaden circles of Big Ben. Below the surface, though, people like Clarissa and Septimus see the frailty of authority. They hear the more organic rhythms of India as an undercurrent flooding into post-war London in spite of Bradshaw and Holmes and Big Ben. Though the novel starts at a certain moment in June, the intricate rhythms of the narrative have long been plunging and pausing, intersecting and diverging ... so real, it was so substantial'' (144). But into their ``warm place, this pocket of still air'' comes Holmes. Septimus can't submit to proportion, but neither will he be allowed to live in this world without it. Dancing away his last moments, he finds his only option: hopping indeed from foot to foot. ...It was their idea of tragedy, not his or Rezia's (for she was with him). Holmes ...
- 9506: Ceasar Vs. Louis 16th
- ... usually given to French princes (Buranelli 23). His mother and Marzarin, the cardinal, raised him. He had tutors who gave him an education. Marzarin taught him everything he would need to know about court ceremony, war, and the craft of kingship. It is obvious that Louis has been brought up very different than other young kings. That is what might account for his unique style of ruling. When Marzarin died in ... People became so sick of him that after he died all of France rejoiced. Louis XIV was a very ambitious leader. His most notable ambition was to make France the most powerful country in the world. To do so, he reorganized the administrative and financial branches of the government. He improved upon trading and manufacturing. He expanded in countless ways on the culture of the country. He had theaters and opera ...
- 9507: New Atlantis By Francis Bacon
- ... The focus on the new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which man lives was dependent upon careful understanding. This understanding is based solely on the facts of this world and not as the ancients held it in ancient philosophy. This new modern science provides the foundation for modern political science. Bacon's political science completely separated religion and philosophy. For Bacon, nothing exists in ... Christian and religious that they place science so high on their list. Science is placed so high that instead of having statues of God and his works, they erect statues of inventors of the western world thereby showing their commonness and baseness to human preservation. They do, however, have "certain hymns and services, which (we) say daily, of laud and praise to God for his marvelous works" (Bacon, 457). But, ...
- 9508: Chivalry 2
- ... myself included in chivalry concept. Most of us we have the old virtue of prowess, and most of us like the need to defend. There are a lot of agreements and disagreements in our today world, for example conflicts between two counties that lead to war, we have the odd tug to be illogical whenever we see a sign of trouble, this is typical example of add game we play. In pelican, a virtue of chivalry is expressed in sacrifice, but ...
- 9509: Ovid The Poet
- ... drifted off to book merchants and poetry readings. He also married, but swiftly divorced, the woman his father had chosen for him. He was clearly strong-minded and independent. Ovid became more interested with the world of poetry. He also became acquainted with most of the leading poets of the time. Thus, at approximately at the age of twenty, Ovid launched into his career as poet. Up to this point, the ... two unmarried people. At this point Ovid was just discovering and enjoying this time of freedom. "While Augustus was devoting himself to the reform of a social order that nearly a hundred years of cival war had left in ruins, Ovid devoted himself to the refinement of his craft and of his observations of Roman high society and politics" (Luce 786). The difference between the two's mind set is described ...
- 9510: Fascination Of Motorcycles
- ... entity. The designs were so useful that police agencies began using them to combat crimes. The U.S. military quickly realized the advantages of two wheels, and soon put them into service. Upon returning from war, U.S. service members soon began using their personal motorcycle as a tool for expressing themselves. This spread to many other countries and soon changes started coming about. The big brutish cycles of the fifties ... and '97 and soon their sales soared to over 750 billion sales to date. Now I admit, the figures are worldwide but they prove the need in the U.S. and the rest of the world for large public teams. Weather it's racing, rallying, or just out with friends and loved ones, there is a need that is fulfilled on these machines. The need could be attention, adrenaline, or just ...
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