Hester Prynne, raising her voice almost to a sudden impulse, she turned to the young clergyman, Mr. Dimmesdale, at whom, up to this moment, she had seemed hardly so much as once to direct her eyes The them I choose for this quote is motherhood and love. It really connects to the quote because Hester Prynne is raising her voice saying that God gave her into her keeping and it shows the love she has to her child and also to God. It shows a lot of motherhood as well, when we see that Hester Prynne takes
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Cross feels tremendous guilt when one of his soldiers, Ted Lavender, is shot down. Cross feels that Lavender is killed because he was too busy thinking about Martha, the woman he loves, and wasn’t paying attention. The story states that Cross “pictured Martha’s smooth young face, thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her” (pg. 542). The position of being a Lieutenant gives Cross the
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tragic hero because he possesses such heroic qualities and dies at the end of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus deserves the title tragic hero for many reasons. First is because Brutus is a noble man. He never deceives anyone in the play. Even though he was part of the conspiracy and killed Julius Caesar, he did it for the benefit of Rome. Brutus stated: “if then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”
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Homer wrote about the Odyssey around 850BC and I think it reflected the society of that time greatly. I think the biggest idea of The Odyssey was the suffering. Since in Book 19 page 403, it revealed that “let his name be Odysseus… the Son of Pain, a name he’ll earn in full.” We could tell that throughout the whole book, the ultimate purpose of Odysseus’s adventure and suffering was to return home. He endured so much pain which lived up to his name and matured through all that he overcame. So that
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Your best friend has just killed someone and ran away, you take the gun from his pocket. You know they are coming to get him and kill him, what do you do? For over the past years people in America have struggled getting their mind around the idea of euthanasia because of the implications of mercifully letting someone’s life go. The general argument is that people don’t see it as the right way for someone to die. They should die naturally rather than choosing when they are going too. “Stephen
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get attention, but her spiral into madness was justified. Ophelia’s character could not emotionally or mentally handle the flawed characteristics conveyed through her loved ones. The author conveys this reasoning through two main characters. Hamlet, her lover, didn't let her know of his plans which made her believe she had lost him for good, proving her father's words and Polonius, her father, had the biggest role in pushing her over the edge with all of his contradictory actions and statements
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beginning and the end. At the end Hamlet has gone completely and incredibly mad. This madness ends up breaking out of him and spread throughout the ending scene of the play. The main reason for Hamlets madness is due to his father passing away and him having to deal with his uncle Claudius. He soon finds out that his uncle will be marrying his mother. These events only get him upset, sad, and gloomy. Later in the story one of his friends and the guards of Elsinore confront a mysterious creature
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maneuver around. It is full of challenges that you have to overcome. When you lose a loved one, you feel like it’s the end for you as well. Hopefully you can overcome the sadness and learn how to deal with not only the pain but also putting your life in order as well. I grew up with an older sister and a younger brother. Our parents were constantly gone. Busy working or out with friends. That left my siblings and I alone a lot. We taught ourselves to take care of each other. Mentally, physically
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team even though he didn’t really enjoy sports. He loved pepperoni pizza. His favorite TV shows were the Simpsons and X-files. He got straight A’s on his last report card. He also applied for National Honor Society two weeks before he died. In September 1999 he was posthumously accepted into National Honor Society. Corey Depooter was a kid who loved just about every outdoors activity out there. He loved to golf, fish, hunt, and hike. He loved to fish the most. He got a job at a golf club to save
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Paul Walker called himself the father of speed. He said, "If speed one day kills me don't cry because I was smiling." Paul walker accomplished his dreams before dyeing which was becoming a famous actor, having a wonderful child, and funding the greatest donating corporation for Mother Nature disasters reach out worldwide. What he loved more than anything in the world speed was what killed him making him leave everything behind including his daughter. Walker began his early career guest starring
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