ethicist that believed that morality was based on duty‚ that ethics is absolute‚ not conditional‚ and is based on reason‚ not feelings. (Pojman‚ Vaughn 309) That is exactly the dilemma that Ambrose Bierce writes Carter Druse into in the short story A Horseman in the Sky. I feel there are several parts of the story that flip back and forth between being moral and not being moral or maybe the better words would be that it is ironic on many levels. The story begins with Carter Druse being referred to
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The story "A Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce was written about the American civil war from 1861 to 1865. “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty was written about the Irish civil war from 1922 to 1923. The country in A Horseman in the Sky is the United States of America‚ where a civil war was fought between the Union Army and Confederate States of America. The country in The Sniper is the Ireland‚ where a civil war was fought between Republicans and Irish nationalists from 1922 to 1923 over the
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An overwhelming desire for personal contentment and unprecedented reputation can often result in a sickly twisted distortion of reality. In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ a man well-known for his intellect and wisdom finds himself blind to the truth of h life and his parentage. Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Death of a Salesman‚ tells of a tragic character so wrapped up in his delusional world that reality and illusion fuse causing an internal explosion that leads to his undoing. Each play enacts the
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“King Lear” is one of the greatest dramas written by Shakespeare. It is a poetic tragedy in which the good as well as bad characters play their role. King Lear has three daughters; Goneril‚ Regan andCordelia. Cordelia is the youngest daughter. She is an important character of the play. In the last act‚ she is hanged and her death seems unjustified. But it is not true. Shakespeare changed his source material to give his “King Lear” a tragic ending. Thus there is the defeat of Cordelia’s army‚the imprisonment
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the 1900’s‚ the overall death rate of the population in Britain has decreased. For males‚ the death rate has dropped from 25829 in 1901 to a mere 8477 in 2000. The rate fell from 21705 to 5679 within the same period of time for females. It was noted that death rates increased during flu epidemics as well as in cold and hot weather. For example‚ about 200 000 people died in the year 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Nowadays‚ more people die after the age of 65 while in the early 1900’s‚ only 20%
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Death of a Salesman‚ Miller’s most famous work‚ addresses the painful conflicts within one family‚ but it also tackles larger issues regarding American national values. The play examines the cost of blind faith in the American Dream. In this respect‚ it offers a postwar American reading of personal tragedy in the tradition of Sophocles’ Oedipus Cycle. Miller charges America with selling a false myth constructed around a capitalist materialism nurtured by the postwar economy‚ a materialism that obscured
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meets Miriam. Miriam then begins to dramatically change Mrs. Miller’s life. Miriam’s appearance is mysterious and appears in Mrs. Miller’s dreams. She also seems to have a connection to an old man Mrs. Miller sees on the street. Miriam is an angel of death. To start‚ Miriam’s façade gives her a supernatural and ominous look. At the beginning of the story‚ Mrs. Miller is waiting in line for a movie. She then notices Miriam and is mystified by her physical features. Capote writes‚ “Her hair was the longest
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"M/d/yyyy" �5/24/2006� THE FALL OF TWO GREAT MEN - KING LEAR AND DEATH OF A SALESMAN COMPARATIVE ESSAY In many stories‚ the role of protagonist is to endure hardship and losses but regardless‚ the resolution in these stories tends to be a happy ending. However‚ some writers such as William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller prefer more tragic endings for their protagonists. Although the protagonists enjoy a happy life in the beginning of both King Lear and Death of a Salesman‚ we quickly see their uprising
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Transitions A: 2 comparisons 2 Contrasts Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman There are many forms of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In some cases there are movies made‚ and in others there is an actual story has been created‚ most of which that have different authors or creators. I have found two movies‚ and one story that are about the scary headless horseman‚ all of which I find very interesting to read and watch. I have found many similarities between
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eyes/ soul‚ aloof‚ mourning‚ Glasses: knowledge‚ logic‚ seeing more than what’s apparent‚ Shattering Glass: end of innocence‚ Music box: grotesque‚ childhood’s end‚ utopia Ace of Spade: death card King of Hearts: suicide king‚ death Cross: sacrifice‚ martyr‚ savior‚ Bells: death‚ new beginnings‚ Beds: illness‚ prison‚ insanity‚ Bars: prison‚ no escape‚ Windows:20 freedom‚ escape‚ Birds on Window Sills: hope‚ freedom‚ escape just out of reach‚ Trees: life
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