... that you'll ever need to know: Own things. And let the things you own own other things too. Then you'll own yourself and other people too". The owning of things as well as other people is a rather remarkable statement, coming from a descendant of slaves. Macon has not inherited this trait from his father, even though he mistakenly thinks so. His father had owned things that "grew" other things, not "owned" other things. Pilate Dead, Macon's younger sister, is a marked contrast to her brother and his family. Macon has a love of property and money, and this determines the nature of his relationships with others. Pilate has a sheer disregard for status, occupatio ...
... abandoning his child. This is clear evidence that love and acceptance would be something hard to come by. The way Victor Frankenstein reacts when he first sees the hideous form he has created is a clear indicator of how their relationship will be While creating his child, Victor never considered whether this creature would even want to exist. He also didn't take enough care with the creature's appearance. Victor never considered how such a creature would be able to exist with human beings. He did not take time with the features either and created a being with a horrifying appearance. Unable to accept his creation, Victor abandons his "child" and all parental respon ...
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... belief in one God. Christians believe in one supreme creator of the heavens and the earth, who is called God. In contrast, the Ibo have various gods who they worship. The conversation between Mr. Brown, a Christian missionary in the village of Umuofia, and Akunna, a member of Umuofia, explains the Ibo religion very well. Akunna said that the Ibo believe in one supreme God also, but they call him Chukwu because “he made all the world and the other gods.” Mr. Brown made the comment that the Ibo worship carved wood and Akunna replied by saying,”The tree from which it came was made by Chukwu, as indeed all the minor gods were.” Akunna also said that the Ibo ...
... first, Kenneth Slessor’s emotive and poignant poem Beach burial is a poem concerned with raising the awareness of national identity. Now I found this hard to believe at first – For me to be able to use this poem, (as it has been my one of my favourites for years) I though that for it to have ANYTHING to do with national identity I would have had to use my creative ability to dissect and warp aspects of the poem that COULD have something to do with national identity if the poet had actually CHOSEN to write about national identity. Basically a lot of windbagging- and as much I was looking forward to see how great my powers of persuasion were I finally realised th ...
... directly or simply watching. Roger Chillingworth begins a chain of self-denying which soon travels to the other characters. He is an old and lonely scholar in England dehumanized by a life of abstruse studying. He makes the mistake of marrying a young wife. He sends his wife to America, to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts, with instructions to live quietly until he arrives. Due to "grievous mishaps by sea and land," and over a year's captivity by Indians, his intended arrival was delayed. He finally arrives to discover his wife, Hester Prynne, being publicly exposed as an adulteress. Not wanting to be associated with her sin, he announces himself as a physician ...
... her suitors as; "Oh, these deliberate fools! When they do choose, they have the wisdom by their wit to lose" (Shakespeare 39). She says that the Prince of Morocco is "A gentle riddance! I curtains, go. Let all of his complexion choose me so" (Shakespeare 34). This shows not only harsh criticism, but also her prejudices against color. When Bassanio comes in however, Portia responds in an entirely new and opposite manner. She asks Bassanio to wait a while, telling him; "Before you hazard; for, in choosing wrong, I lose your company" (Shakespeare 44). Bassanio chooses the right casket and Portia promises all her possessions to be equally his - on one condition. She ...
... He bases a lot of examples on his absorbing computer stimulation invention. According to the findings he made, he exposes us to the flaws we have in our ways of thinking. He uses various examples: Why did the Aswan Dam planners who induced the cheap electricity to Egypt not realize that they would at the same time halt the annual floods that for a millennium had kept the Nile fruitful and fertile? Or why did planners of Third World health programs not realize that increased life expectancy requires increased food? Thereby these health programs ended up contributing starvation. With these plus with all the other examples of the experiments he mentioned in the bo ...
... placed us “inside” the world in a new way. Such as in the poem Fable, the squirrel said to the mountain, “If I cannot carry a forest on my back, neither can you crack a nut” (lines 18 and 19). In this poem, Emerson was trying to say everything has different strengths and weaknesses, but in the end they end up equal. In the poem Water, Emerson compared water to life, “Well used, it decketh joy,... Ill use ...
... the actors wore were made to be very elaborate. Many of the costumes conveyed recognizable meanings for the audience such as a rich aristocrat wearing silk clothes with many ruffles. Many times there were musical accompaniments and sound effects such as gunpowder explosions and the beating of a pan to simulate thunder. The stage itself was also remarkably versatile. Behind it were doors for exits and entrances and a curtained booth or alcove useful for actors to hide inside. Above the stage was a higher acting area which symbolized a porch or balcony. This was useful in the story of Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo stood below Juliet and told her how he loved her. ...
