The Creature from the Black Lagoonis a
monster/horror genre film, typical of the Universal Horror films
produced during the 1950s. It uses an inhuman monster, pathos, and characters in danger to
create a sense of unease and fright.
The film is widely regarded as a
classic in the genre for the...
The
complex system of alliances between European powers in the early 1900s contributed to the
outbreak ofby causing a relatively small conflict originating in the Balkans to become a massive
war that spanned the continent. This was because, first, the alliance system encouraged some
nations to act more aggressively and, second, mandated that nations step up to defend their
allies.
When the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian
throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, the Serbian government was deemed responsible by
Austria-Hungary. It was taking a risk, since Serbia had an alliance with Russia. They were
encouraged to take a hard line, though, by the assurances of their own ally Germany, whose
generals were spoiling for a fight with Russia. When Serbia failed to heed an ultimatum issued
by Austria-Hungary, the latter country went to war with Serbia, and Russia responded by
mobilizing its army. This led to war between Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Germany,
which...
Charon is
the ferryman of Hades, who transports souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and
Acheron that divide the world of the living from the world of the dead. Dante is keen to find
out more about the souls that Charon is herding aboard his boat, but the ferryman tells him to
leave. As Dante is still alive he doesn't belong there.
However, Virgil then
intervenes. He tells Charon "Thus it is willed there, where what is willed can be
done." In a very roundabout way Virgil is referring to Heaven. It is there that Dante's
journey to Hades has been decreed, and so he must be allowed to continue. Virgil tells Dante
that he should take comfort in Charon's initial refusal to take him to Hades as this shows that
his spirit has not been condemned.
'
takes place in New Orleans in the late 1940s. Stanley Kowalski, a violent
Polish-American and his wife, Stella, live in a rundown apartment in a poor area of the city.
They are met one day by Stella's sister, Blanche Dubois, who has come to visit. Tension soon
rules the apartment: Blanche does not approve of Stanley, and Stanley does not appreciate
Blanche drinking all of his liquor. It is soon obvious that Stanley is attracted to Blanche, and
Stanley becomes jealous when Blanche shows an interest in his friend, Mitch. Stanley soon finds
that Blanche has many dark secrets: Her former husband committed suicide after she discovered
him in bed with another man. She has lost the family home, and she has been forced to leave her
previous town because of sexual impropriety with a much younger man. Mitch considers marrying
Blanche until Stanley reveals her secrets, and Mitch later reappears in a drunken state and
tries to rape her. After fighting Mitch off, Blanche gets drunk and appears headed for madness,
believing a millionaire will arrive to take her away from her problems. When Stanley returns
from the hospital, where Stella gives birth, he finds Blanche dressed in a formal gown,
preparing to leave. Stanley then carries her upstairs and rapes her. After Stella returns from
the hospital, she refuses to believe the truth--that Stanley has raped her sister--and she
agrees with Stanley that Blanche must be mad. The play ends with a doctor from a local mental
hospital arriving to take Blanche away. Mad or not, Blanche eventually takes the doctor's arm,
telling him that she has always trusted the kindness of strangers. Only Stanley remains calm,
knowing his life will continue as always.
Set in
Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century, Joyces bildungsromanor coming-of-age novelcontains
autobiographical elements and is an early example of stream-of-consciousness
narrative.
Told entirely through its s thoughts as he ages,
is the story of Stephen Dedalus, a young man who struggles to free himself
from the constraints imposed by the society in which he and his impoverished Catholic family
live in order to devote his life to his writing. Like his mythical counterpart, young Stephen
desires to grow figurative wings that will enable him to transcend his mundane existence.
Through use of the stream-of-consciousness narrative and a satirical voice, Joyce underscores
the difficulty of this journey, the difference in perception between an artist versus a
non-artist, and how these viewpoints and impressions, especially when they come in direct
conflict with social and familial values and mores, have an alienating effect on the
artist.
The king of Salem gives
Santiago a white stone and a black stone to help him read the omens to find his
treasure.
Santiago is a young shepherd boy in search of
treasure. He had a dream that there was treasure, and a gypsy told him to find it. On his
quest, he ran into the king of Salem, who told him that he needed to find his Personal Legend
and gave him two stones. One was white and the other black.
"They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.'
When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective
question. (part 1)
The king also tells him that he needs
to make his own decisions. Even though he gives him the stones to help him read the omens, he
stresses that Santiago needs to decide things for himself, and he alone is responsible for his
fate.
One of the most important philosophies of the book is the concept of
the personal legend. The king of Salem tells Snatiago that people know their personal legends
when they are young, but forget them as they get older. He wants Santiago to maintain his
focus.
Under the
influence of Aunt Alexandra,has been trying to instill some pride into his children concerning
the Finch family heritage. Alexandra is obsessed by the idea that certain families are better
than others, and she wantsandto realize how incredibly lucky they are to be part of one of the
better ones. As the children won't pay any attention to Alexandra, she figures it would be best
if Atticus instructs them in the important matter of their family's superior breeding.
But Atticus's heart really isn't in it, and the children sense it straight away. He
quickly gives up the attempt, and Scout and Jem both feel that he's returned to them somehow.
Now he's acting like the Atticus they know and love, not as a surrogate for Aunt Alexandra.
Atticus tries to console the children after uncharacteristically snapping at them and for
freaking them out by his strange manner. Scout appreciates the gesture but feels that this is
something that mothers ought to do, not fathers.
The answer to this
question can be found in Chapter Seven, which explains John's penchant for visiting the nearest
cemetery. As he sits there and wonders about if there is anybody in heaven and then anybody down
below who wants to communicate to him, John suddenly realises that he is not really concerned
about those above or benath him, but actually he is filled with a desperate uncertainty about
what...
is overcome during the play and leaves the room.
While the actors perform the
play that mimics the death of King ,is watching Claudius closely to see how he reacts. , too, is
watching Claudius.
The king in the play is poisoned by another in the same
manner that Hamlet believes Claudius killed with poison in his ear. Then the murderer woos the
dead king's wife. As soon as Lucianus poisons Gonzago, Claudius stands up.orders them to stop
the play and Claudius says, "Give me some light, away!" He needs light to guide his
way out of the room.
join Hamlet and tell him that Claudius is in a bad
temper and that he's angry. They also tell Hamlet that his mother wants to speak to
him.
Claudius is upset at the play because it looks just like the murder of
his brother at his own hands. He killed King Hamlet, married, and took the throne for himself.
In the next scene, Claudius prays but says he can't be forgiven...
mainly shows the horror and absurdity of racism by depicting it through the eyes of a child; in
this case, the , . Scout herself is not yet entirely prejudiced against black people, though she
does casually use the n-word, not realizing how awful a slur it is. However, she is old enough
to understand injustice when she sees it and Tom's botched trial serves as a loss of innocence
for both Scout and her brother, , who grew up believing the innocent will always be protected by
the law.
Lee also shows racism through. Racism manifests in different ways
and to different degrees in every character. Aunt Alexandra is a snob in general, which extends
to racist attitudes about black people, but she is never as outright willing to hurt anyone
based on those prejudices as the violent, lying Bob Ewell is. Most of the white children in town
are not as racist as their parents, but they parrot what they hear from their parents at home,
showing that they are...
I assume you're
referring to Dr.(Dr. Prynne). He's's husband who was to join her after taking care of some
business....
It iswho first notices and addresses , clearly showing his contempt and revulsion.
Though Banquo is milder and more modest thanin other situations (it is significant that whileis
made Thane of Cawdor, Banquo is given no reward for his part in the battle and seems not to
mind), he is consistently arrogant and high-handed in his treatment of the witches. Even when
asking them to predict his future, he makes his indifference clear:
If you can look into the seeds of time,
And say which grain will grow and
which will not,
Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your...
Alexander the
Great conquered a vast amount of territory. By the time he died,
kingdom stretched from Macedonia and Egypt in the west all the way to India and
Afghanistan in the east. This made Alexander one of the greatest conquerors of all time.
Moreover, he conquered all of these places in a very short period of time and then died soon
after, before he even reached the age of 33.
Alexander started out as the
king of Macedonia, in the northern part of Greece or the Southern Balkans. When he was young,
his father was in the process of conquering the Greeks. Alexander finished this conquest. He
then went on to conquer Egypt and the Persian Empire, which was one of the largest ancient
empires. By conquering the Persians, Alexander opened the way to the east, which allowed him to
conquer and to spread Greek culture all the way to the borders of India.
If
we express the size of Alexanders empire in square miles, we can say that he conquered an empire
that was over 2 million square miles. This is about 2/3 the size of the United States and 1/3
the size of Russia. This was a tremendous amount of land to conquer in a short period of time
using the technology that was available in Alexanders time.
Alexander, then,
is seen as one of the greatest conquerors of all time because, in only 13 years as king, he was
able to conquer an empire of over 2 million square miles that stretched from Greece, through the
Middle East, to Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
I
think your answer here will really vary depending on what your professional plans are. I've
spent the majority of my career in various facets of education, so I can speak from that lens.
Cultural anthropology is at work in my diverse student populations. Things
such as a person's culture, nation of origin, and age shapes how they perceive the world and how
they interact with other people. Taking into consideration how a student's culture shapes their
interactions with their classmates helps me to structure activities to better facilitate
positive classroom interactions. It also helps me to choose literature that represents a diverse
spectrum of cultures and to help students see the value in writers, and therefore people, who
see the world a little differently than they might.
Linguistic anthropology
is an undercurrent in my literature classes. As we examine how Langston Hughes creates an
authenticin "Mother to Son" to convey a distinctly African American, maternal tone, we
are discussing linguistic anthropology. When we examine the condescending "pet" names
Torvald Helmer calls his wife Nora in "A Doll's House" and how that represents the
societal oppression of women during the late 1800s, we are examining linguistic anthropology.
Personally, I love to travel, so cultural anthropology plays into important
considerations when going to new places. What is the expected dress in new locations? What types
of food can I expect to eat? How do people interact socially? Is there anything that I should
avoid doing so that I do not unintentionally offend someone with different cultural norms? All
of these thoughts reflect cultural anthropology.
The Battle of
Midway, which resulted in the loss of four Japanese Aircraft Carriers, was the first major
defeat for the Empire of Japan, and was the farthest their forces would advance in the Pacific.
From 1942 on, there would be campaign after campaign aimed at "island hopping" back
towards to the Japanese home islands.
At El Alamein in North Africa in 1942,
British General Berland Law Montgomery ended any last chance the German Afrika Korps under Irwin
Rommel had of taking control of Egypt and the Suez Canal. He then had to stage a 1500 mile
retreat that ended with...
There
are several characters discriminated against for various reasons on the hostile ranch. Curley's
wife is discriminated against for her gender, personality, and relationship with Curley. As the
only woman on the ranch, Curley's wife is extremely lonely and attempts to interact with the
workers, who consider her a "tart" and "jail bait." The workers purposely
avoid Curley's wife and fear that they will lose their jobs if they are caught interacting with
her. As a result, Curley's wife suffers from discrimination and remains isolated on the
ranch.
Candy is another character who is discriminated against on the ranch
for his old age and physical handicap. Candy is an old swamper, who lost his right hand and is
virtually useless on the farm. As an old, handicapped man, Candy is vulnerable and weaker than
the other workers. Candy cannot prevent Carlson from killing his beloved dog and is worried
about being fired.
is also discriminated against because he is mentally
disabled. Despite...
In chapter
twelve, the book describes howis now tending the same number of looms, yet they run much faster,
increasing the workload significantly. She doesn't mind, though, since she is paid well, at
least in her opinion. She reads Oliver Twist when she has time, to improve
her reading skills.
She receives a letter from her mother saying that her
little sister Agnes has died and asking her to send money to help support the other two
children. She struggles a bit with hearing that Agnes died, and resolves to work harder so she
can pay off the family's debts.
She also gets into an argument with her
roommates. Amelia feels that they should all be more religious and criticizes Lyddie for
reading Oliver Twist on the Sabbath. Betsy feels that the girls are being
treated like slaves at the factory and is determined to stage a walk-out and then leave to go
West. She also toys with the idea of signing the petition that has been circulating. Lyddie,
of course, feels desperately that either of these is the wrong course of action because it would
leave them without a job. They argue for some time about it without coming to any conclusion.
The chapter ends as the curfew bell clangs and they settle in to sleep for the
night.
True to
form, it is Mollie the mare who hides during the Battle of the Cowshed. She has never been
committed toor even truly understoodthe idea of the Rebellion.
When the
attack thathas been expected comes from the humans, Mollie wants no part of it. The other
animals are alarmed after the battle...
At the
beginning of Chapter 10,tellsthat they murdered . Piggy realizes that they savagely killed
Simon, but attempts to repress the memory and not speak about it. Ralph takes
responsibility for participating in Simon's murder, while Piggy begins to make excuses for their
actions. Piggy mentions that they were scared, and Simon's death was an accident.
Piggy tries to end the conversation by telling Ralph that it won't do any good by continuing to
talk about it, but Ralph says that he's frightened. Ralph realizes the extent of savagery on the
island and is appalled that he partook in Simon's murder. Ralph begins to fear for his own
safety while Piggy attempts to forget about the whole ordeal. Both boys feel
guilty; however, Ralph acknowledges his participation while Piggy denies his
involvement.
Discussing or explaining the arrangement of La Belle Ferronniere
and The Lady with an Ermine without reference to Leonardo da Vincis
personal life constitutes a dubious proposition given the artists relationship to the women
believed depicted in each painting. Ludovico Maria Sforza was the Duke of Milan and da Vincis
patron. Both women, it is believed, were his mistresses, Cecelia Gallerani being first,
followed by Lucrezia Crivelli. Gallerani is believed to be the model for The Lady
with an Ermine, and Crivelli is believed to be the subject of La Belle
Ferronniere. La Belle Ferronniere is the subject of
considerable debate regarding its origins, and it is questionable whether da Vinci was even its
artist. Given the possible connections of both women to Ludovico Sforza and the relationship of
Sforza to da Vinci, the suggestion that the subjects of both paintings are linked by their
presumed and sequential affairs with the duke lends their placement an air of mystery
that...
The way
Edwards concludes his sermon strengthens his overall argument.
Edwards's
primary concern is to galvanize people to change their sinful ways. He believes people need to
be aware that their transgressions deny them of the chance to fully receive the words of the
divine. While theemployed might be scary, his primary responsibility is to move people towards
believing that they can change their ways through accepting divine teachings.
The conclusion to the sermon emphasizes this possibility for change. Edwards
underscores how people need to embrace immediacy in the line "Haste and escape for your
lives." This idea reminds people that it is not too late for change. Edwards wants his
followers to absorb the idea that the only real transgression is to believe that they cannot be
saved. They can make significant changes and "look not behind" as they do it. There is
a spiritual summit, or "mountain," that people scale as they seek to be more than what
they are. The sooner people embrace the struggle of climbing it, the sooner God's anger will be
placated.
Edwards reminds his followers that if they do not embrace this
change, they will "be consumed." The conclusion of the sermon helps people accept
their own agency. God might be angry, but people can be active agents of spiritual evolution.
Edwards's conclusion allows people to believe they can avert spiritual degradation, underscoring
the sermon's primary motivation.
When Paul
asks for money in the book of Corinthians, it may seem like a selfish request, but he gives a
thorough contextual explanation of why he needs it. His description of his own self,
illuminating how impoverished he was in spirit without God (in spite of his high stature), shows
the power that the Gospel he preaches has to transform lives.
By explaining
how selfish and arrogant he was as a Pharisee, and how he has changed after his experience on
the road to Damascus, Paul illuminates the idea of Christ's power to change lives. In doing so,
he makes the appeal for financial support, but not for himself. He clearly states that he wishes
to have backing so that he can continue on a journey of evangelism. It is worth noting that Paul
avoids asking for money as often as he can. He is described several times throughout the book of
Acts as working alongside local Christians so that he can fund his own mission, but when he is
in dire needas he is when he asks the Corinthians for...
The
Greek city-states, most famously Athens and Sparta, developed as individual
polis instead of organizing into a centralized empire like rival neighbors
Persia. A large reason for this political organization is geography.
The
terrain in Greece is very mountainous, which makes it notoriously difficult for a centralized
government to govern. The Inca, for example, was able to do this by instituting many social and
political policies designed to control the people. For Greece, it was easier to stay as
individual city-states that engaged in trade and would come to each other's aid in times of
crisis.
Another reason we see city-states in Greece is its location in the
Mediterranean. Other civilizations at the time were set up on rivers, such as Persia on the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Greek city-states did not have to worry about organizing over river
systems and teaming up to work agricultural...
In
Act 2, Scene 3,asksto secretly marryand him. At first, the friar does not want to perform the
weddingrightly so, too, because the day before Romeo had told Friar Laurence how sick he was
over the fact that his dear Rosaline would rather be celibate than be with Romeo.
Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline:
And art thou
changed?
Romeo convinces the friar that he is no longer
in love with Rosaline, because he is very, truly in love with Juliet.
Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set
On the fair
daughter of rich Capulet:
As mine on hers, so hers is set...
The inner
party is affected the least; they are the ones that actually implement and dictate the changes
that are supposed to occur. They decide, based on resources, the mood of the public, and their
own feeling of control, whether or not a history change is due. If resources dictate a change,
they make it, and make the changes thorough, in order to control the populace. They have to
maintain their reputations as trustworthy sources of truth; otherwise, the people might realize
that they are frauds and rebel. The changing of history solidifies their control.
For the Outer Party, the impact is varied. ...
Both Nene
and Nnaemeka find a narrative continuing even after Okeke's rejection. They live as a happily
married couple, which rejects the last answer. They do not acquiesce to the father's wishes and
any social pressure, as they remain together. They also end up living in Lagos, and do not flee
to another nation. As both of them have work in Lagos, it is consistent that they do not flee
or live in another nation. This leaves the first two options only. The couple do experience a
level of social pressure and prejudice, as Achebe notes that the rural world of Okeke is not the
only one in which people show some level of prejudice towards them. Yet, this is not the final
verdict rendered, as Nene shows herself to be a resilient wife, winning over those in Lagos that
previously viewed her and both of them as a couple with prejudice. She wins them over with both
determination and a quiet confidence in her own dignity:
But as time went on, Nene gradually broke through some of this prejudice and even began
to make friends among them. Slowly and grudgingly they began to admit that she kept her home
much better than most of them.
It is here where the
second answer would be incorrect, making the first answer the correct one to choose of the
four.
When we refer to mood we
are thinking of the overall emotion produced by a work of literature. The mood of a text can
normally be described by one or two adjectives, such as "bittersweet" or
"comic," and so it is important to read the text you are studying and try to work out
what mood the author is trying to create.
In the ninth stanza of
"," it appears that the predominant mood is one of confused wonder. The stanza begins
by the speaker reporting how he "marvelled" at the raven and the way that it could
pronounce the word "Nevermore" so plainly. He muses on the fact that no other human
will have had the same experience of a raven sitting on the bust above his chamber door with the
name of "Nevermore":
For we cannot help agreeing
that no living human beingEver yet was blessed with seeing bird above his
chamber door--
Thus it is that the mood of this stanza
alone seems to be one of wonder and confusion as the speaker tries to work out what this strange
apparition and its speech might mean for him.
Inof
, Dill returns to Maycomb for the summer, much to the excitement of , who
associates the season with her friend. However, Dill, , and Scout soon grow tired of playing
their standard game, "Tom and Sam and Dick." Scout is tired of playing Tom Rover, Dill
is tired of being the "character man," and Jem is tired of making up new games to
entertain the others. They play a different game, in which Scout climbs inside an old tire and
Jem rolls her down the street, yet this does not provide lasting entertainment
either.
Finally, Jem announces that they are going to play a new
game"something new, something different" called "." In this game, the
children act out Boo's life. Scout plays Mrs. Radley, a role which tasks her with sweeping the
porch. Dill plays Mr. Radley, and he must walk up and down the sidewalk coughing. Jem plays Boo,
which necessitates him laying under the front steps and occasionally howling. The game
eventually becomes more polished, with dialogue added and an actual narrative to be followed.
Scout describes it as a "melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and
neighborhood legend." The children also assume more minor roles throughout their play,
including: the boys who got into trouble, the probate judge, the sheriff, various townspeople,
and Miss Stephanie Crawford. The climactic scene of this game involves Jem pretending to plunge
Calpurnia's scissors into Dill's thigh.
Eventually, Scout wants to quit the
game, claiming that 's arrival and the laughter she hears coming from inside the Radley's house
is enough to scare her off.
This is a
very broad question! It's slightly difficult to answer without more context, but here's what I
think you're looking for:
When I think of the connection between art and
politics in the Roman Empire, the first person I think of is the Emperor Augustus, Rome's first
Emperor. He was a master of propaganda, and during his long reign commissioned many gorgeous
works of art, some of which live on until this day, that broadcast his political message loud
and clear. Here are a few examples:
The
Aeneid
The Aeneid
was an epic poem written by the poet Virgil, commissioned by Augustus. The work
tells...
In
"," Ulysses shows a restlessness in the face of his advancing years, striving for one
last energetic reclamation of his earlier glory. In many ways, this feels like a willful
defiance of the aging process. In it, Tennyson is simultaneously looking backwards, towards the
awareness of and celebration of past glories and triumphs, as well as forwards, towards the
future, by way of this last journey Ulysses would embark upon, before eventually
dying.
It's an interesting conundrum, because I feel like this poem
celebrates a very specific kind of retirement: in it, Ulysses retires from his kingship, passes
on his responsibilities to his son. It presents a very active, very energetic vision of
retirement, through which Ulysses seeks to recapture something of the person he had been, back
when he was younger.
The idea you
have chosen would make an excellent basis for a thesis statement on this poem. Here are three
possible ways you could phrase a thesis statement for a critical essay encompassing the main
ideas from the poem and the complex relationship between art and loss:
In the poem "One Art," Elizabeth Bishop uses puns to
express the duality of the relationship between loss and art, in which loss is a form of art and
art is a form of dealing with loss.Loss affects everyone, but it is up to
the individual to handle it in a way that is artistic and meaningful or to allow it to become a
"disaster."The art of losing is not difficult to master, but the
outcome is determined both by the nature of the loss and the way you cope with it.
Elizabeth Bishop is known for her use of puns in the Portuguese
language, and the title "One Art" is ain and of itself. This pun supports the dual
themes Bishop establishes throughout this piece, so it would make a strong topic for an essay.
In order to create...
When we think aboutwe
are referring to word choice. Thus, when considering the word choice or diction in ""
you need to consider which words are used that relate to the theme and create mood and tone, and
are linked to the effects Poe is trying to create.
As this article
suggests, there are lots of informal rules that govern the world of texting and that, for the
most part, we are all familiar with. The idea that writing a text message completely in capital
letters suggests anger, for example, is one we all adhere to. Similarly, adding extra
punctuation, like exclamation marks, can indeed emphasize our sense of excitement or happiness
and is probably one of the most commonly accepted rules. As for the rule regarding the
"k" without punctuation, this is a relatively new one which we are not, perhaps, all
familiar with.
As the writer comments, there is a general tendency to worry
about how we are understood when we text. Given the brevity of the form, we have to be clear and
concise. Moreover, in this short style of written communication, it is almost impossible to
convey the tone of our speech. Punctuation and emojis can play a useful role in helping to
convey our tone but, as Jessica Bennett states, it can also be misunderstood and misconstrued.
It might be, for example, that there is not enough space to add the necessary punctuationbut,
for the reader, this can appear cold and unfriendly.
Over the last decade,
the rules of texting have undergone significant changes. To shorten words, for example, we used
to use the letter 8, as in "gr8" (great). Similarly, when texting first became
popular, emojis and other pictorial characters did not exist. Nowadays, emojis are almost
expected in a message.
This article suggests that it is possible to estimate
a person's age by the way he or she texts. According to Tessa Lyons, for example, her mother
uses extra ellipses in a message when she wants to appear "youthful." This implies,
then, that younger generations have different texting rules than older generations. Certainly,
in my own experience, there is a tendency for older generations to use more formal and correct
punctuation than younger people.
In terms of gender, based on my own
experiences, female friends use far more emojis and "kisses" than male friends. This,
perhaps, reflects and reinforces the stereotype that women are more caring or more emotional
than men.
Finally, on the subject of pet peeves, it is an annoyance that
people are expected to understand and adhere to the rules of texting when these rules are so
fluid and subject to change. As a result, people are often misunderstood and the text message
becomes a source of conflict or confusion. Arguably, we should accept texting for what it is: a
handy, time-saving tool for communication.
In
answering this question, one has to consider several factors. The first is the environmental
impact of a plastic straw ban. Plastic straws constitute a very small fraction of the plastic
waste that finds its way into the world's oceans, so eliminating them would not solve the entire
problem. That said, the measures against plastic straws might be seen as low-hanging fruit for
environmentalists, an example of how a fairly painless lifestyle change could have some impact.
Often, plastic straw bans are part of a larger campaign against plastic utensils, or even
disposable plastics in general.
The answer would have to reckon with the
terms of the question, which are a little confusing. Most of the bans on plastic
strawsStarbucks, as the question suggests, being the most high-profilehave been undertaken by
corporations. Whether done for public relations purposes or out of a legitimate concern for the
environmental impact of their products (or both), these companies have decided to eliminate
plastic straws. In the United States, the governments that have enacted such a ban have been
overwhelmingly municipalities, with the state of California (which has not banned plastic straws
outright) an outlier. The question references the "government" as the enforcer of a
ban, and under the American system of federalism, it is unlikely that the federal government
would have the power or the capacity to enact and enforce a plastic straw ban.
The politics of a plastic straw ban go beyond concerns of federalism. It has, in some
ways, become emblematic of a cultural divide in the nation. Conservatives, who often oppose
government action on the environment, hold the so-called "straw ban" up as an example
of yet another government overreach. They portray it as frivolous and a way in which liberals
would regulate the everyday lives of Americans. Some Republican politicians, including the
President of the United States, have characterized the so-called "war on straws" in
precisely these terms. So any complete answer to this question would have to consider these
dimensions to the issue.
Finally, the disabled community has been vocal in
its
of the plastic straw ban, since many people with disabilities actually rely on plastic straws to
be able to drink. Banning plastic straws, or making them only available upon request, furthers
the stigmatization of disability.
According
to the book The Devils Highway, the deserts geography is inhospitable. The
sun is scathing hot, and the main cause of human deaths is hyperthermia. The wildlife is mainly
nocturnal and consists of all kinds of poisonous things, such as rattlesnakes, scorpions,
tarantulas, and coral snakes. There are also few watering holes for travelers, who resort to
drinking their own urine for survival.
People brave the difficulties in the
desert in order to avoid arrests by the Border Patrol. The San Diego Border Patrol has big
floodlights with surveillance trucks at half-mile checkpoints along the border fence. Other
entry points into the United States have been closed off. For example, the western barrier is
cordoned off by armed feds who work in the state park. Thus, walkers and coyotes prefer to cross
into the United States by walking through the desert instead of jumping over the border fences.
The Wellton 26 walked the desert as they fled their Mexican homes. There were
economic...
A thesis statement
should make a claim, stating an opinion that you can support with plenty of evidence from the
text. If we can assume, as I think we can, that Odysseus represents the ideal of masculinityor
something very, very close to that idealthen we can likewise assume that his qualities are those
which are associated with masculinity in the Homeric world. Therefore, masculinity is associated
with bravery (Odysseus undertakes a journey to the underworld in order to get help from the
blind prophet, Teiresias); masculinity is associated with pride (Odysseus feels that he must
make his identity known to Polyphemus, the Cyclops, after Odysseus successfully bests the
monster); masculinity is associated with daring (Odysseus is the only person to have heard the
song of the sirens after he had his men lash him to the ship's mast so that he could not jump
overboard); masculinity is even associated with ruthlessness (Odysseus brutally kills the
suitors as well as all the maids who consorted with them). Thus, you could write a thesis in
which you claim that the ancient Greek world valued all of these qualities in men, that they
make up what it meant to be masculine.
Though
there are superficial similarities between Marxism and the liberation theology espoused by
Martin Luther King, in actual fact they were fundamentally at odds in key respects. Indeed, on
the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik insurrection King took the opportunity to denounce
Communismthe end-point of Marxismin no uncertain terms.
King gave three
reasons why he rejected Marxism:
Firstly, he rejected its materialist
interpretation of history. Marxists argue that history is to be understood in terms of class
struggle and the material conditions from which it arises. As a man of God, King was unable to
accept this. He understood that a purely materialistic interpretation of history left no place
for God. Furthermore, historical materialism gave a one-dimensional portrait of man as either a
producer or exploiter of capital, a portrait that completely ignored his spiritual
dimension.
Secondly, King objected to Marxism's ethical relativism. Marxists
have always held that morality is the expression of the dominant class' values in any given
society. That being the case, there are no fixed, immutable moral values that hold good for all
people at all times. As a Christian, and someone who therefore believes in the universality of
divine law, King cannot subscribe to such a notion.
Finally, King rejects
Marxism on the grounds of its totalitarian tendencies. Though not all Marxists would agree, King
argues that, in Marxism, the individual is subordinated to the state. As King puts it, man under
Marxism becomes hardly more than "[A] depersonalized cog in the turning wheel of the
state". To King, this is an affront to human dignity.
The most prominent way
to critically analyze 's poem "" is to examine the messages and questions which Blake
poses in the poem.
For example, the most prominent question (which remains
unanswered by Blake) is how could God, the all-perfect and creator of goodness and innocence,
have created a creature which is seen as violent and evil?
The poem,
therefore, is meant to raise awareness of a reader in regards to God's thoughts and reasoning
behind his creation of the different animals on earth. While the poem specifically speaks to the
creation of the Tyger, one can easily come to question the creation of disease, natural
disasters, and other "evil" things as well.
Basically, Blake is
wanting readers to see why things exist as they do. He wants readers to question life. He wants
them to think about things instead of simply accepting them based solely upon blind
faith.
I tend to
believe that race relations played a relatively minor role during the American Civil War.
Although one of the primary reasons the Southern states seceded was because they were losing
power in Congress (due to more newer states being declared "free states"), the
Confederacy went to war primarily to defend their independent status--not to protect their right
to own slaves. As mentioned in a previous post, Lincoln did not believe in the equality of black
and white men; his Emancipation Proclamation was intended to give the slaves in the South a
reason to remain hopeful for their own freedom and to undermine the Confederacy's status as one
of the few remaining slave-owning nations in the world. Many Southern slaves remained faithful
to their owners throughout the war, and some slaves even fought alongside their masters in the
Confederate armies. Perhaps the most important way that Negroes affected the war was in the
large numbers of black troops that were mustered into the Union...
In Agha
Shahid Alis poem titled Postcard from Kashmir, the speaker describes receiving a postcard from
his native land, Kashmir, a region of the Indian subcontinent. Parts of Kashmir are controlled
by India, Pakistan, and China, and in fact disputes between India and Pakistan about the
territory are long-standing and have often led to armed conflict.
In the
opening two lines of the poem, the speaker indicates that the postcard contains a photograph of
(part of) Kashmir, a place the speaker still considers his home (2). Apparently he is very
geographically distant from Kashmir, a fact that makes his use of the word home ironic. He may
have been born in Kashmir and may have lived there for much of his life, but now he is
apparently living somewhere else, perhaps even in some Western country such as the United
Kingdom or the United States.
In any case, the speaker next mentions that he
always loved neatness €“ a trait that emphasizes thethat he can now hold the half-inch
Himalayas in my hand (4). The massive mountain range has been reduced to a small, tidy picture,
which is surely not the kind of neatness the speaker truly desires. One of the most impressive
aspects of his homeland has thus been shrunken and made to seem far less impressive and
significant. Although the speaker holds the postcard, he has in more literal ways lost touch
with the land he loves.
Perhaps the most intriguing and puzzling lines of the
poem are these:
This is home. And this the closest
I'll ever be to home. . . . (5-6)
Does the
speaker mean that Kashmir is home? If so, why does he say that this is the closest he will
ever be to home? One might assume that he means that he is unable to return to Kashmir, and so
the postcard must suffice as a poor substitute for an actual visit. In the very next phrase,
however, the speaker seems to contemplate an inevitable return (6). Therefore, when he says
This is home, does he mean the unnamed place where he currently resides, which seems a poor
substitute for his actual home of Kashmir? The phrasing of lines 5-6 is not entirely clear and
contributes an interesting ambiguity to the poem.
The speaker assumes that
when he does actually return to Kashmir (in real life and not simply in his imagination), the
real sights of the place will not live up neither to the picture of them presented in the
postcard nor to the idealized memory of them in the speakers mind. In the poems closing lines,
the speaker suggests that his memory of Kashmir is unreliable and that Kashmir itself may be
like
. . . a giant negative, black
and white,
still undeveloped. (13-14)
These lines €“ and especially
the last word €“ are suggestive. They may imply that Kashmir is still in the process of
development as a place, that it is at present still too polarized to live up either to the
speakers idealized memory of it or to the postcards idealized presentation of its
beauty.
Nevertheless, it does not seem a mere coincidence that the poem has
fourteen lines -- the number of lines associated with sonnets, which are themselves the kinds of
poems in which speakers often express unrequited love.
The musical
forms of oratorio, mass, and opera generally share many similarities. One of the most obvious is
orchestration. All three are most often associated with large forces of instruments accompanying
voices. The voices usually include both soloists and a full SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) .
All three are also creations of European culture from roughly the same time period (all three
had achieved full fruition by the late Baroque). Not only were they creations of European
culture, but they also were also funded by the Church, as were most of the arts, until the early
nineteenth century. The mass is the most obviously religious of the three forms. It usually
follows the setting of an ordinary mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. The
oratorio is also most often religious in nature, with the most famous being The
Messiah . The mass and the oratorio are also similar in that they are not dramatic
forms of music. That is not to say that they lack emotional power....
Nick
refers to Tom andas careless people because he's witnessed them ruin lives and simply disappear
by hiding behind their wealth. Throughout the course of the summer,witnessedmanipulateand carry
on an affair with his wife behind his back. Tom displayed a complete lack of sympathy for George
and was simply using him so that he could communicate with his wife on a regular basis.
Similarly, Nick witnessed Daisy carry on an affair withand play games with his heart. Once Daisy
learned that Gatsby was a bootlegger, she went back to Tom...
's comments are very good. I'd
like to add a detail that you might want to address later in your essay, although probably not
in your thesis. While watching the jury return to deliver their decision,slips into a sort of
half-wake state in which she imagines that the hot summer evening of the end of the trial is
like the cold February day on which the mad dog was shot dead in the street. As I read this
short and interesting reflection by Scout, the mad dog can be seen to represent the irrational
and racist fears of the general population, something that Scout had hoped would be shot down by
' clear argumentation and logic.
I really like 's suggestion for
a thesis because the novel seems to me to show that, indeed, logic and reason don't always win.
Convincing a bunch of people to change the ways they think is a whole lot more difficult that
shooting a slow-moving dog out in the open.
In
, Steinbeck ties loneliness to capitalism. Because the migrant ranch hands
have to travel from job to job to survive, they are never able to put down roots and develop a
real community. They are atomized individuals at the mercy of a system that only sees them as a
means to profit.
Steinbeck shows how stripped down and depersonalized the
bunkhouse is, designed as a temporary way station for men who are meant to move on after the
harvest. Because the men don't develop friendships or have a place that feels like home, they
tend to spend their earnings on drinking and prostitutes, which keeps them dependent on their
migrant jobs because they have no savings.
and's dream of owning a farm is
deeply appealing to the ranch hands precisely because it represents a place they could
put...
One of the
chief literary devices Hemingway uses in "Hills like White Elephants" is
dialogue. The story consists almost entirely of a dialogue between
a man and woman waiting for a train. We never get inside the minds of the two characters, so we
have to piece together what they are feeling from what they say to each other and, more
importantly, from how each one reacts to what the other says. For example, when Jig
says
Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the
things you've waited so long for, like absinthe.
The
reader doesn't know that she is speaking sarcastically until the man responds:
Oh, cut it out.
The dialogue
communicates the tension and anger the couple is experiencing.
Another
literary device Hemingway employs is repetition . The characters
are...
I would let the
kids act out the play. You can address story elements as you move along. Kids, especially at
this age, love the interaction. It is fun and definitely beats sitting at a desk in a classroom.
I also like the idea of letting them create their own stories. This can be done by splitting the
class into groups and having them brainstorm ideas. They can create a story and then they can
even act it out to the rest of the class and have the class discuss characters, plots,
etc.
In the
novel , Kit is originally living in Barbados but has to move to
Wethersfield, Connecticut after the death of her grandfather and an attempt by an unsavory and
elderly man to marry her. The action of the novel takes place almost entirely after Kit has left
her original home of Barbados.
In this story, the
wind seems to be symbolic of the feelings of Mr. Hooper's congregation. The first time the wind
is mentioned by the narrator is during the description of the congregation's initial reactions
to seeing Mr. Hooper wearing the veil: "So sensible were the audience of some unwonted
attribute in their minister, that they longed for a breath of wind to blow aside the veil,
almost believing that a stranger's visage would be discovered, though the form, gesture, and
voice were those of Mr. Hooper." Although...
There are
generally five basic parts to a story: the , the rising action, the , the falling action, and
the resolution (sometimes called the '').
The exposition introduces the story
in general and usually contains an 'initial incident,' which is an action that begins the
conflict and draws the reader into the story.
The rising action is the series
of events leading up to the climax. There may be plot twists, newintroduced, or other events
themust handle.
The climax occurs when there is the greatest tension in the
story and the events reach a crisis point.
Then comes the falling action.
Falling action is the series of events just after the climax, sort of a 'slowing down' of the
action as the story draws to a final close, which is the resolution.
In , the falling action occurs right after the climax in
whichfinds out he is the man who has brought the plague on Thebes when he unknowingly killed his
father and married his mother.
In the falling action, adelivers the news
thatis dead, then another messenger announces that King Oedipus has blinded himself. The ruined
king asksto banish him from Thebes for the rest of his life, and he visits his children one last
time before he leaves.
Many of the ideas of
the Progressive era that became laws in the early 1900s had their roots in the reformers' ideas
of the late 1800s. For example, the Populist Party arose from a loose network of Farmers'
Alliances that developed in the late 1800s. These alliances wanted to ameliorate the conditions
of farmers by such measures as controlling railroad rates.
Teddy Roosevelt's
Square Deal instituted several of the ideas that had been proposed by Populists and the Farmers'
Alliances, such as controlling the rates charged by railroads. Teddy Roosevelt accomplished this
through the Hepburn Railroad Act of 1906, which allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to
regulate railroad rates. In addition, the Populists proposed the direct election of Senators
(who were then chosen by state legislatures) in an effort to make the federal government more
directly democratic. This idea became reality in 1913 with the 17th Amendment to the
Constitution.
Prohibition, disallowing the sale and transport...
To find a physical
description of , take a look at Part One, Chapter One. In the third paragraph,informs us that
Winston is "smallish" and has a "frail figure." He has "fair
hair," a "sanguine" (red) face, with skin that has been roughened" by
"coarse soap" and the cold winter.
Winston, therefore, is a pallid
and worn-out man. Note how his appearance mirrors that of his home, Victory Mansions, a
crumbling and dilapidated apartment block owned and operated by the Party. This is significant
not only because it gives the reader an idea of Winston's appearance but because it also gives a
sense of what life is like in Oceania.
Through this description, then, Orwell
shows us that living under a totalitarian regime is not only psychologically and emotionally
damaging, it also has a profound effect on a person's physical health.
It is curious, isn't it,
that after her daughter inherits so much money and is able to leave for the Old World, that her
mother decides to stay in the colony where her life and name are marred by the scarlet letter.
And yet, as Hawthorne tells us in the final chapter of this amazing novel, in a sense, it is
perfectly logical for her to stay in the colony:
But there
was a more real life forhere in New England than in that unknown region wherehad found a home.
Here had been her sin; here her sorrow; and here was yet to be her penitence. She had returned,
therefore, and resumed - of her own free will, for not the sternest magistrate of that iron
period would have imposed it - resumed the symbol of which we have related so dark a
tale.
Thus we are told that Hester Prynne remained in the
colony, in spite of so many reasons to leave, because she felt it was in the colony that she
should still serve penitence for her "sin." Her entire experience of sin, sorrow and
shame had been based in the colony, and she presumably felt that after these intense experiences
she would be unable to start again somewhere else.
"Fixed costs" are only
"fixed" to a certain degree. Investments in land, buildings, equipment, and people --
and this latter category, people, is subject to numerous variables -- represent fixed costs to
the extent that they constitute productive components, but productivity declines with aging
equipment, buildings need to be maintained (and old buildings with equally old heating and
cooling systems and plumbing and electrical systems are all expensive to maintain and/or
replace), and the retirement of senior-level (i.e., experienced) employees necessitates the
hiring and training of replacement personnel. In short, "fixed costs" are
"fixed" only for a limited period of time. Property taxes alone can change
"fixed" costs associated with real estate. Recapitalization of a factory represents an
enormous long-term expense that will, for a certain period of time, establish new sunken or
fixed costs. Rent, the question suggests, represents a "fixed cost," but rent is
anything but fixed, as rents are generically increased at a minimum to reflect the rate of
inflation lest the land or property's owner begin to suffer financial losses from rent levels
that represent diminished value due to inflation. Investments in physical plant, in short,
represent fixed costs only to the degree that the buildings and equipment remain adequate to the
task and, as importantly, remain consistent with environmental and other regulations imposed
over time by state and federal governments. Imposition of new regulations pertaining to factory
emissions, for example, can translate to new financial investments in equipment and processes
necessary to be in compliance with those regulations.
There are, as others
pointed out, numerous variables involved in determining "fixed costs" at specific
points in time. Suffice to say, it is a fluid situation, termination
notwithstanding.
As we can see
from the opening line, this story is told from the point of view of Lauries mother. Because the
story is told from her perspective, she (and the reader) must use Lauries conversation and
behavior at home to work out what Lauries experiences of school are really like. More
importantly, neither Lauries mother nor the reader has...
Theis
the highest point of tension in a story and the moment when a problem is faced or solved. In 's
celebrated short story "," theincludes Mr. Nuttel introducing himself to Mrs.
Sappleton's niece Vera, who is an imaginative, mischievous young girl. The exposition explains
Framton Nuttel's condition and situation concerning his visit to the countryside in hopes of
resting his nerves. The rising action begins after Vera asks Framton some probing questions and
proceeds to tell him an elaborate, fabricated tale of why her aunt leaves her large French
window open. Vera mentions that three years ago, Mrs. Sappleton's husband and two brothers went
out shooting and drowned in a treacherous bog. According to Vera, her aunt never fully recovered
from the traumatic experience and believes that they will one day walk through the
window.
The climax of the story takes place when Mrs. Sappleton's husband and
two brothers begin walking towards the large French window. Framton is under the impression that
the men are actually ghosts and looks towards Vera for confirmation. Vera pretends to be
horrified and Saki writes,
"Framton shivered slightly
and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child
was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of
nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction"
(2).
Framton is overcome with fear and immediately
sprints out of the house without saying goodbye. Overall, the climax of the story is when Vera's
fabricated tale coincides with the arrival of her uncles, which gives the impression that three
ghosts are walking towards the home and terrifies the neurotic Framton
Nuttel.
wrote
and delivered his famous sermon during the Enlightenment period. Scientifically this was a
great period. Lots of great scientific minds were adding a large amount of content to the
breadth of scientific knowledge. Consequently, many people began wavering in their faith and
devotion to God. A large portion of New Englanders were Puritans or descendants of the original
Puritans. As a way to combat the waning faith, a religious revival began happening during this
time as well. It became known as the Great Awakening. Jonathan Edwards gave his sermon during
that period.
His intended audience is probably two-fold. First, he knows
that he is speaking to still faithfully strong Puritans. His fire and brimstone sermon served to
keep those believers on the straight and narrow. His second audience would be those Puritans who
had wandered from the faith and had become uncertain of God's place in their lives. A possible
third audience would be people who had never accepted God as their savior in the first place. It
wouldn't have mattered, because the verbiage of the sermon is addressed to both of those people,
who are "hanging over the pit of hell."
The effect of Edward's
sermon was as intended. It made people fearful of an eternity in Hell and brought people back to
the faith. Edward's sermon didn't do this all by itself, though. The entire Great Awaking served
this function. Edwards just played a part.
wrote his
in response to a Victorian story about English boys stranded on an island
entitled, "The Coral Island." In this novel, however, the boys are without wickedness
and cunning, reaffirming the moral values of Victorian England, whereas in Golding's work, the
boys degenerate into "the heart of darkness."
As they are stranded
on an island, the ocean symbolizes a barrier to , , , and the other boys, isolating them from
the world that they have known. Its waves erase any marks on the shore; likewise, the waves
seem to erode the vestiges of society that slowly slip from the boys. They remove their clothes
and bathe in the waters of the ocean, perhaps rebaptizing themselves as their primordial selves
shedding their conditioned behavior for their inherent savage nature.
One
example of the use of the ocean as a symbol is in the passage in whichlooks down at the littl'un
Henry who sits by the seashore playing with the "detritus of...
The
structure of an organization defines the hierarchy, or chain of command within the organization,
based on, for instance, the job functions of its employees or the product types offered. It is
visually represented via an organizational chart, which explains the duties, responsibilities,
and relationships between employees working in the organization.
An
organization can want to change due to various reasons, for instance, acquisition of new
partners, change in product lines, business expansion, new target markets or even entrance of
new competitors in the market.
The structure of an...
Lauren
Shields' article "My Year of Modesty" (Salon, July 2013) details her experience with
spending 9 months wearing only modest clothes and no makeup.
Shields refers
to several suits in her article, including a Beauty Suit, a Grown-Up Suit, and a Lauren Suit.
Each suit is a way for her to easily categorize a set of characteristics about her appearance.
These suits serve as archetypes for various ways of dress and of styling one's
appearance.
When defining and describing Lauren Shields' intent with naming
something her Beauty Suit, consider that she had spent 9 months avoiding any of the traditional
Western ideals of beauty. For example, she covered her hair, only wore long sleeved shirts with
high collars, and wore no makeup.
While Shields does not give a name for her
attire and appearance during her period of modesty, she does contrast it with the Beauty
Suit.
The use of
the first-person narrative in 's achieves three main impacts: a contextual
limit to the narrative itself, a deeper connection to the character, and, most importantly, an
emphasis on personal importance and impact over large-scale cultural implications.
First-person narrative features the narrator as a character in the story, recounting
first-hand experiences as they unfold in the eyes of that speaker. This limits the reader to
what that speaker perceives and how they interpret those events, and it shapes the scope of the
narrative in a way that forces the reader to walk in the speaker's shoes, so to speak.
With a first-person narrative, the reader is not afforded , multiple perspectives, or
any other element that hasn't been directly experienced by the narrator. In Kindred,
the impact of this is best exemplified by the ways in which each flashback
influences Dana's understanding, and subsequently the readers' understandings, of the history of
slavery,...
's observations
and memories suggest that her father is not a positive figure in her life. He does not
contribute to her well-being, and his violent nature and drunkenness, among other factors, make
Eveline's life in Dublin unbearable.
First of all, Eveline's observations
reveal that her father is verbally abusive, and she is afraid that verbal abuse could turn into
physical abuse. Eveline feels threatened by her father. He would beat Eveline's brother and the
only reason he would not be violent towards her was because she is a girl. With one of her
brothers being dead and the other one living far away, Eveline feels at risk of being physically
abused:
She sometimes felt herself in danger of her
father's violence. She knew it was that that had given her the palpitations. When they were
growing up he had never gone for her like he used to go for Harry and Ernest, because she was a
girl but latterly he had begun to threaten her and say what he would do to her only for her dead
mother's sake.
Textual clues suggest that Eveline's
father is irresponsible and cannot rely on himself, so he needs someone who could perform his
wife's duties, since his wife is dead, that person is Eveline, of course.
Eveline struggles to make her father contribute to making their lives easier because he
does not wish to give his money to her to buy things which are necessary. He would rather spend
his money on buying alcohol. He would criticize her by saying how she would squander his
money:
He said she used to squander the money, that she
had no head, that he wasn't going to give her his hard-earned money to throw about the streets,
and much more, for he was usually fairly bad on Saturday night.
Eventually, he would give her the money, however, all this struggle would wear Eveline
out, and this is one of the many reasons why she wishes to escape with her lover, Frank, to
Argentina.
