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Dylan Klebold Eric Harris
570 wordsIt happened April of 1999. It was the single worst tragedy ever to occur within a high school. Two high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, marched right into their school armed head to toe with weapons, and opened fire on their peers. Who is to blame for this senseless act of slaughter? Should the parents have discovered their childrens plot before it happened, should we consider their peers part of the problem, or should we find the media at fault with placing violent thoughts into...
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1,464 wordsThis story is the second part of the 3 book series, The Lord of the Rings. It takes place on Middle Earth, around the year 1450 there. The characters consist of many different things. Like, hobbits, elves, wizards, orcs, and men. The story is about a hobbit, Frodo Baggins, who's father, Bilbo Baggins, finds a ring in The Hobbit. The special thing about this ring, is it has power to make the person who wears it invisible. There were also 9 other rings like this one, but this ring was the "One." I...
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Anglo Saxon Grendel Mother
783 wordsBeowulf is a terrific example of a story that portrays the beliefs the Anglo-Saxon people. Their entire culture was based on heroism and loyalty. They encouraged heroic action in the face of doom and generously rewarded bravery. These characteristics instilled a sense of courage and loyalty in many individuals. They also tries to imply the message that one should never give up, no matter how much the odds are against you. The importance of bravery, generosity, loyalty, and the King-warrior relat...
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Mother Had Died Cliff
749 wordsHis feet weren't going where he told them too! ! ! It was cold, so cold, and even though he knew where he was going, an advantage over most, he couldn't shake off the morbid feeling of doom, no matter how hard he tried. Guns were sounding in the distance, and although he was well away from the fighting, he was panicking. Amidst the feelings of doom and panic, he was confused. It wasn't even this bad on the front line! ! Why was he feeling this way? Was his gut telling him the truth? As if out of...
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Ginsberg Howl A Counterculture Manifesto
2,051 wordsAllen Ginsberg dives into the wreck of himself and of the world around him to salvage himself and something worth saving of the world. In this process, he composes Howl to create a new way of observation for life through the expression of counterculture. Protesting against technocracy, sex and revealing sexuality, psychedelic drugs, visionary experience, breaking the conventions of arts and literature; all basic characteristics of counterculture are combined and celebrated in Howl, as it becomes...
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Cask Of Amontillado Impending Doom
1,182 wordsIn the short horror story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, Poe attempts to convey why both pride and revenge can become dangerous when a person is overwhelmed by either. Poe, through the use of various literary techniques, introduces an horrific drama of two men, one who will stop at nothing to get the revenge that he believes himself and his family worthy of, and another whose pride will ultimately become the instrument of his own death. Fortunato falls prey to Montresor's plans beca...
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A Good Man It Hard To Find
1,007 wordsA Good Man is Hard to Find To the inexperienced, the writing of Flannery O'Connor can seem at once cold and dispassionate, as well as almost absurdly harsh and violent. Her short stories normally end in horrendous, freak fatalities or, at the very least, a character's emotional devastation. In reality, her writing is filled with meaning and symbolism, hidden in a flawless narrative style that is not biased, dogmatic, or of personal belief. Flannery O'Connor is a Christian writer, and her work is...
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Violence In Video Games Adults Only
1,345 wordsViolence in Video Games: Adults Only! Three schoolboys were killed and five were injured at West Paducah Heath High School (Kentucky) in 1997. Michael Carneal, the criminal youth, was only 14 years old (Enotes. com n. p. ). According to his explanations, his experience of violence and weapon handling was picked up from video and computer games like DOOM, Quake, Mortal Combat and others. Mother of one of Carneal's victim claimed that this incident was provoked by films, video and computer games a...
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Oedipus Rex Heroic Qualities
963 wordsSophocles is perhaps one of the greatest tragedians ever. Sophocles said that a man should never consider himself fortunate unless he can look back on his life and remember that life without pain. For Oedipus Rex, looking back is impossible to do without pain. This pain stems from his prideful life. Oedipus is aware that he alone is responsible for his actions. Oedipus freely chooses to pursue and accept his own lifes destruction. Even though fate victimizes Oedipus, he is a tragic figure since ...
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Columbine High School Swat Team
1,267 wordsColumbine High School Shooting It was a normal day at Columbine High School. Students came for another day of learning. But two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, it was a different story. The rampage started at 11: 21 am, with black trench coats and masks covering their face. Shooting guns first in the cafeteria to anyone whom was an athlete or a different race or color. Then going to the hallways screaming racial slurs and planting homemade bombs to explode even after the shooting was ov...
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Victor Frankenstein Mental Anguish
1,217 wordsAlthough humans Frank Frankenstein Although humans have the tendency to set idealistic goals to better future generations, often the results can prove disastrous, even deadly. The tale of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, focuses on the outcome of one man s idealistic motives and desires of dabbling with nature, which result in the creation of horrific creature. Victor Frankenstein was not doomed to failure from his initial desire to overstep the natural bounds of human knowledge. Rather, it was hi...
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Lay Dying Impending Doom
1,679 wordsIn the works, Oedipus and As I Lay Dying, we can look at the many themes that tie both of these pieces of literature together. We could look at the theme of how there needs to be a balance when dealing with difficult situations; there can t be different extremes that inhibit dealing with the problem. For example, Darl, in As I Lay Dying, seems to be in everyone s business, while Cash seems to remain mostly in the background. Jewel is in the middle, maintaining the balance. To the people with the...
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Meaning Of The Poem Poems
1,161 wordsJohn Updike? s poems are written in a very peculiar style. Unlike most poets, Updike? s poems seem to tell a story, rather than depict a singular emotion. This is due to the fact that many of Updike? s poems deal with simple, yet focused topics. Updike masters the use of vivid language to produce powerful images in the minds of his readers. The use of such strong language in his poems allow his readers to see and experience the messages which he is portraying. Although the topics of Updike? s po...
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King Lear Good King
1,047 wordsShakespeare: King Lear Good King, that must approve the common saw, Thou out of heavens benediction comsat the warm sun Approach, thou beacon to this under globe, That by thy comfortable beams I may Peruse this letter. Nothing almost sees miracles But misery. I know? tis from Cordelia Who hath most fortunately been informed Of my obscured course, and shall find time From this enormous state, seeking to give Losses their remedies. All weary and oer watched, Take vantage heavy eyes, not to behold ...
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Quest For Power Morrow And To Morrow
1,086 wordsTo-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Lifes but a walking shadow Macbeth. Act V, Scene V, Lines 19 - 24 In one of his most celebrated plays, Macbeth, William Shakespeare illustrates the classical tragic hero pattern: a character regarded with the utmost admiration, demoted to an evil villain, despised by all. Like most trag...
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Iago Shakespeare
957 wordsThroughout Shakespeare? s Othello, the major theme of jealousy is apparent. According to Microsoft Bookshelf, jealousy, by definition, means? resentful or bitter in rivalry. ? The tragedy Othello focuses on the doom of Othello and the other major characters as a result of jealousy. The theme of jealousy is prominent throughout the play as it motivates the characters? actions. In Shakespeare? s Othello, jealousy is portrayed through the major characters of Iago and Othello. It utterly corrupts th...
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Human Heart True Love
504 wordsTo be fully human is to balance the heart, the mind, and the spirit. One could suggest the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, that one should not violate the sanctity of the human heart. Hester was well ahead of her time, and believed that love was more important than living in a lie. Dimmesdale s theology and his inclinations render him almost incapable of action; Chillingsworth dammed himself, along with Dimmesdale. Hester was frank with [Chillingsworth]. Hester s real sin, which...
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Play Video Games Violent Games
490 wordsVideo Game Violence The average male spends approximately one and a half hours playing video games every day. There are many mixed feelings on video games. Some people feel that games are violent, and not educational. While others think that they are semi-educational, good for free time activities, and for developing coordination skills. (Dave, 1997) I believe that video games really don t effect teens and children the way the media say they do. Other people say that video games are both fun, an...
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Drinking Water 100 Years
932 wordsYouve never had it so good The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World Bj&# 248; rn Lomborg 526 pp, Cambridge Bj&# 248; rn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist caused an almighty stink when it was published in Denmark in 1998, and the English translation looks set to do the same over here. Lomborg's beef is with the litany of doom espoused by certain environmental activists. Weve all heard the main points many times: natural resources are running out; the worlds pop...
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Hartley Uses Symbolism Hartley Uses Symbolism And Allegory Leo
1,098 wordsThe Go-Between is full of Allegory and Symbolism. Illustrate its variety, and Discuss the use Hartley makes of it Hartley uses a wide range of symbolism and allegory in the Go-Between to convey a deeper moral understanding of the novel, in many ways it is used explicitly but occasionally it is so subtle as to hardly be noticed. Weather, and particularly heat, are used throughout the novel to reflect Leos emotions. The temperature gradually rises as do Leos emotions. The rising heat reflects the ...
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