...novel, Laurence illustrates Hagar Shipley’s, lifelong journey of unscrambling her inner problems, in order to find her true identity. Hagar’s search for identity consists of three main stages throughout the novel, each equally important to her search. She undergoes the “guilt” stage, but it is not until Hagar is nearing the end of her long life that she enters the “wilderness” stage and then finally the “reality” stage. After a lifetime of searching, Hagar Shipley was successful in finding and accepting her true identity. Hagar undergoes the “guilt” stage as both her birth and childhood were marked by tragedy and death. Early in the novel, Hagar reveals that her mother died at her birth as well as retells the events of her older brother Dan’s death. It is important at this point to point out that although there is a sense of tragedy for both their deaths, but the real tragedy is Hagar felt guilty connecting to the deaths. When Hagar’s older brother Matt tells Hagar that their dying brother Dan misses the love of their dead mother, Hagar reflects “Matt was almost apologetic, as though he felt he ought to tell me he didn’t blame me for her dying when in his heart he really did” (24). Whether Matt truly did blame Hagar for his mother’s death or not, Hagar still believes that he does and his statement makes her feel guilty. Matt then requests that Hagar pretend to be their dead mother to comfort Dan, in which Hagar refuses to do. “I was crying, shaken by torments he never even suspected...
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...Colby Quarterly Volume 25 Issue 4 December December 1989 Article 6 Natural Supernaturalism in "Riders to the Sea" Keith N. Hull Colby Library Quarterly, Volume 25, no.4, December 1989, p.245-252 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Quarterly by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Colby. For more information, please contact swcole@colby.edu,kjgillum@colby.edu. Hull: Natural Supernaturalism in "Riders to the Sea" Natural Supernaturalism in "Riders to the Sea" by KEITH N. HULL "Riders to the Sea" most allow the validity of of her dead sea's I Maurya's visionwide-ranging, son and thecritics supernatural identity. Nicholas Grene, a illuminating commentator, states at one N DISCUSSING point in his essay on "Riders" that "Synge wins from his audience the willing suspension of disbelief by the strength and actuality of his dramatic image. . . . We not only believe that Maurya saw Michael on the grey pony, we believe Michael was there."! Robin Skelton, general editor of Synge's Collected Works, states directly that the play's "emphasis upon the dominance of the sea makes the sea itself into a power, a god."2 On the other hand some critics take a rationalistic view of "Riders," emphasizing its naturalism. Weldon Thornton says, "Synge . . . did not attempt to define a genre for the play, since his concern was with reality and the service of the truth."3 Malcolm Pittock...
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... ignored many faults of others One thing I had to learn in life is that life is a camera focus on what’s important capture the good times, develop from the negatives , And if things don’t work out take another shot . Another thing is that life is a dream for the wise , A game for the fool , A comedy for the rich , A tragedy for the poor. This are things people have to know about life Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. Some people come in your life as blessings , others come in your life as lessons. Make sure you taste your words before you spit them out . Don’t worry about those who talk behind your back they’re behind you for a reason. Life is an opportunity benefit from it Life is beauty admire it Life is a dream realize it Life is just a challenge meet it Life is a duty complete it Life is just like a game play it Life is a promise fulfill it Life is sorrow overcome it Life is a song sing it Life is a struggle accept it Life is a tragedy confront it Life is an adventure dare it Life is luck make it Life is life fight for it Nobody can ever go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending. You have to learn from yesterday Live for your today Hope for your tomorrow This is how we complicate life Wanna be understood- Explain ...
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...through their use of the scape goat synopsis as each story ends with sacrifice, but differ in characterization with the use of serious characters versus satirical ones. Plot and theme play a very important role in the similarities of “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”. The scape goats, or ones who suffer for the good of all, in the stories are that of the characters of Paul (“The Rocking-Horse Winner) and Mrs. Hutchinson (“The Lottery”). In “The Lottery”, Mrs. Hutchinson ultimately picks the paper with the black dot on it Stewart 2 signifying her fate as the scape goat for the town. As she stands “in the center of the cleared space”, the towns people begin to stone her to death believing that God’s continued blessings will be on the town if they continue to conduct this tragic ritual every...
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...required to participate in God’s mission. Obviously, if we were not designed for fellowship, we would find it extremely difficult—if not impossible—to participate in his mission. Therefore, herein lies the telos of our design for fellowship: we were designed for fellowship so that we can participate in God’s mission to bless and give life to all nations. With this, it may be suggested that my work participates and proclaims God’s work to redeem and renew creation if the families, friends, business, and governments that I transport redeem and renew creation. See it? In other words, in transporting individuals who may very well do God’s work, I participate/facilitate their work; a family flying to console another family who just experience a tragedy, friends going on a mission’s trip, businesses using aviation to meet and discuss a deal that will bring about more job openings, and a government official who uses aviation to collaborate with other nations about...
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...In life we all experience a form of tragedy, drama, romance, comedy and the little quirks that makes life what it truly is, Amazing! All of these things happen in a blink of an eye allowing us to feel and express or hide emotions that we can or can't explain. Poems in my opinion are thoughts or inspired ideas written in artistic form. Poems express life's moments or ones vision on a subject matter, whether descriptive or metaphorical. They can be romantic, melancholy, comedic, dark, or simply that piece of motivation to get one to the next moment. Making one feel that feeling that they haven't felt in a long time or be that perfect expression of words to portray ones mental or emotional state during a moment in time. This paper is to respond to the poem given in this weeks readings of which we are to analyze it's elements, form, language, etc in order reveal whether ones a skeptic or a true lover of the written word. Depending on the poem it can be of such memorable legendary words as of the words of William Shakespeare’s “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” which has been used in countless movies, proposals, and pick up lines. However, those words of that simple phrase could have been taken into many factions of the question. A summers day can be that of beauty with the sun shining upon ones face and the ocean waves crashing against your feet or birds singing a romantic rhapsody of which brings a euphoric peace about oneself while in that moment. Although, the other side...
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...First, He wanted to educate them on the truth that bitterness and trials come into our lives, and often precede blessings. The people needed to learn that even though the Lord was on their side, their life was not going to magically become easy and relaxed. God wanted to push the people out of their comfort zones, in order to prepare their hearts for the task to come. Second, God was teaching the people that the blessings of God far outweigh the trials of life. By the time they arrived at Elim, they had long forgotten the bitterness of Marah. God’s blessings were far greater than the struggles that they faced. Consequently, God also used this experience to nurture their dependence on Him. They needed to know that God was going to provide for them every step of the way, but they were going to need to trust...
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...Immigration is a very concerning and controversial issue here in the United States. There are many individuals who are in favor of it and many who are not, for several different reasons. I think however that immigration should be strictly monitored for the reason of the events that we have recently experience over the last eleven years, beginning with the World Trade Center tragedy. I believe that individuals should have a right to immigrate if they so choose however I think that it should be for the right reasons. There should not be any such thing as illegal immigration in the United States. While I understand that we have many large borders that would need to be patrolled I think that the mother and father of the eight year old who died in the Boston Marathon bombings would agree that no value can be placed on a life. Taxpayers in America pay hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to the individual who chooses not to work and have seven kids to obtain hundreds of dollars in governmental assistance a month, and that does nothing to keep our nation safe. Therefore in perspective it may be worth the man power and the money to save the lives of the American people. With that being said I believe the only solution to the Indian Question would be to open up immigration completely to all countries around the world. Therefore you would not be considered to be attempting to remove different ethnicities and races of individuals from our country. While I think that the Indian Question...
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...About a third of Europe’s population and a quarter of Syria’s and Egypt’s were killed by the disgusting pestilence known as the Bubonic Plague. The epidemic, also nicknamed the Black Death, was a disease that caused painful blisters on its victims, along with chills, fever, quick heartbeat and vomiting. It first appeared in Asia in the 1330s, and spread to Europe and northern Africa in the 1340s. Since cultures differ dramatically by location, people who followed Christianity and people who followed Islam had very strong distinction in opinion about the illness. Christians and Muslims had such different responses to the Bubonic plague because of their reactions, placing the blame and acceptance of the tragedy. One reason the responses to the Black Death varied so much was the initial reactions. A quote from a Christian in this time period reads “It was a cruel and horrible thing; and I do not know where to begin to tell the cruelty and the pitiless ways. It seemed that almost everyone became stupefied from seeing the pain. And it is impossible for the human tongue...
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...Ebert had a family that he loved and loved him. This alone makes a man value his life more than a man that lost everything and is contemplating suicide. Ebert fought through his cancer but eventually the cancer took his life until the end but he said that he lived a full and happy life. Kenneth Feinberg specializes in resolutions in disputes like the 9/11 tragedy. He wrote about the families that were torn apart because of this event that affected the lives of thousands. The families were not satisfied with the money that the government was giving them because it did not make them feel better about losing their loved one. Kenneth struggled with this issue because he did not know how to comfort those who lost loved ones with a good resolution. He was truly challenged in putting a value on a human life. He said the government values the life of a person by how much they would have made in their lifetime if they would have lived. Families see this as unfair and offensive to a hero of the 9/11 tragedy. Life is valued differently to everyone which makes it hard to put a definitive number or value on a single human life. In the end, the value of life is living the single life you have...
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...Macbeth: A Tragic Hero? William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, attains a protagonist that evidently portrays himself as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character that is not completely good or evil and has a tragic flaw that eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth is the epitome of a tragic hero because he starts off as a noble man until his own actions, also influenced by others, bring him to his own death. The events that help take Macbeth to his end are the prophecies told to him by the three witches, Lady Macbeth's pressure that drives him into committing horrible actions, and his own ambition that takes over him and leaves him as nothing but a power and money hungry character. Macbeth starts off with Macbeth and Banquo being praised after battling bravely in a war against the Irish Invaders. “At the beginning of the play, he seems the epitome of a loyal subject, valiantly fighting the rebel forces to protect the king and preserve his power.” (Elaine Pilkington 1) King Duncan believed that Macbeth was tremendously heroic in the battle and decided to name him the new thane of Cawdor after executing the old one because of his betrayal. However, before hearing from the King, Macbeth and Banquo were on their way to the King's court when they were suddenly accompanied by three witches.The witches greet Macbeth as the thane of Glamis, which was his original and only title, and as the thane of Cawdor, which Macbeth was not yet informed of. The witches also tell Macbeth...
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...Jenna Tennyson \ A Welcomed Relief: Obamacare in my household In today’ day in age, we have so many Americans that are at or below what we now consider to be the “working class”. My family and I are a part of this group. While the cost of living can be enough to financially break a family of four, take into consideration the cost of healthcare. The two together are nearly impossible to afford. I feel privileged to be able to partake in our county’s new Obamacare program. It will be an affordable and accessible system that will provide so many, including myself and my family, the healthcare that we deserve. Among all of the resources that Obamacare will provide, mental healthcare will be the resource that I favor most. Obamacare is a blessing to so many individuals and families because it is finally an affordable solution to our healthcare imbalance. For so long, people like me were delayed or denied health services simpley because they could not afford the premiums. We now have the opportunity to be treated equal regaurdless of our economic status. According to the facts on Obamacare, affordable healthcare should cost no more than eight percent of a person’s annual income. (This percentage will be a fraction larger for individuals that earn higher than average income. In those cases, a special tax will be applied. There will obviously be nay sayers to this new policy, but I believe that work done for the greater good of our country is for the best. Obamacare will also be...
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...The conclusion of Hamlet leaves the reader with a feeling that all has been made well with some but not all of the cast. There are many innocent bystanders who are left dead after Hamlet fulfills what he thinks is his duty of avenging his father’s killer. In the cases of Laertes, King Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern their end is just. With Ophelia and the Queen, Gertrude, their lives are ended unjustly because they mistakenly got involved in Hamlet’s revenge on Claudius. In addition to the deaths of his enemies, Hamlet fulfills several other duties to his dead father and himself. Hamlet’s primary duty is to usurp King Claudius from the throne he stole from Hamlet’s father. His secondary duty is to usurp him from the power of his family and his mother’s bed. Hamlet accomplishes most of his goals but along the way manages to involve innocent lives that end up paying the ultimate price for his blinding need for revenge. The Ghost that enters into Hamlet’s life leaves him with no choice but to go after his father’s killer. With the knowledge the ghost gives him, he is armed with the hatred and vengefulness to carry out the act of removing Claudius from the throne by whatever means necessary. Both the ghost of Hamlet’s father and Hamlet himself will not be able to rest until the throne is rightfully in Hamlet’s hands. Amidst his plan for revenge, Hamlet offends and eventually plays a part in killing his mother. His father’s ghost expected Hamlet to spare his...
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...bravery. Knowing that your career requires you going over sea’s from time to time and the risk that you just might not end up coming back. That all would require bravery at the most. The average soldier goes on about three tours every 10 years. My dad has been in the army for exactly 16 going on 17 years and has gone over seas 5 times, also will be going once again in February of 2010. He had served in Bosnia in 1996 thru 1997 also in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. The third place he served was Afghanistan from 2005 to 2006 and also Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007. Being a soldier comes with responsibilities such as being sent overseas. When being sent overseas a lot can occur from tragedies to blessings. My dad had made a comment in the interview I did with the Hero’s Project that “Every day you wake up is a blessing wile your at war, whether you’re in throbbing pain of dehydrated from the horrid heat”. A lot of things happen to the soldiers over war. My dad has come home with story after story. He has gotten to injury overseas. He received the Purple Heart for both as well. The first incident occurred while him and two other soldiers were returning to their base camp & got struck by...
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...In William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” the characters Hamlet and Laertes are character foils. Both are young men whose fathers have been murdered and who set out to avenge and restore their family honour. The contrast of Hamlet and Laertes’ initial reactions to their fathers’ death, their journey of revenge and their actions taken to restore family honour are two very different paths. Prince Hamlet, the protagonist of the works, is portrayed as a very sensitive and intelligent character. It is clear that his mother Queen Gertrude and Uncle Claudius, now King, do not share his open grief of his fathers’ death. By marrying the queen and taking the throne for himself Claudius has quickly taken full advantage...
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