Death and fame are illuminated in the poem To an Athlete Dying Young. ... At the conclusion of World War I, deaths totaled roughly three hundred thousand (PBS) a disproportionate amount of which were under the age of 21. ... Housmans theme lives on. ... The historical criticism allows us a rare opportunity to glimpse the era of World War I. ... He uses the image of a young athlete dying and laying to rest with other people from the town who have passed away. ...

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Ironies of the Bundren Journey As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, is a novel set in the rural Mississippi county of Yoknapatawpha in the early 1900's. ... In conclusion, As I Lay Dying would not be the novel it is today without its portrayal of the Bundren family's loyalty to one another, their misconceptions of true heroism and the irony of Darl realizing his true reality. Heroism, reality, and loyalty are three themes that William Faulkner continually uses throughout the novel. ... "As I Lay Dying Reconsidered." ... As I Lay Dying. ...

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In the drama script "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare one of the main themes shown throughout the play is conflict. ... "Two households, both alike kin dignity, In fair Verona where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny". There does not appear to be a reason for the grudge yet many people die as a result. ... "As I hate hell, all Montague's and thee"". ... Only when Romeo and Juliet died did the two families reunite. ...

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His brother Allie dies when Holden is younger. ... In the second verse of "The Boxer" there are the following lines: "When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy, /In the company of strangers,/In the quiet of a railway station, /Running scared, /Laying low," (Simmon and Garfunkel) This applies to Holden. ... /I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome /I took some comfort there." ... In verse five of "The Boxer" these are the lyrics : "Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone /Going home, Where the New York City winters aren't blee...

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The strict form of the villanelle emphasizes the melancholy the speaker feels for his father's condition, and also emphasizes the father's stubbornness to want to lay down and die. ... Not only are they a son's plea to his dying father, but they embody the theme of the poem as well. ... Both of these parts will die, one will not immortalize the other. ... They too "rage against the dying of the light." ... "Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray", (17) is the speaker begging his father to show some sort of passion for the life that is leaving him, he can even ye...

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In novels, setting often contributes to the action and themes of a play. ... Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream lays out how the setting of Athens shows the harsher side of the play. ... Shakespeare shows the unforgivingness by, "Either to die the death or to abjure Forever the society of men.... Shakespeare displays the mischievous by, "Forsook his scene and entered in a brake, When I did him at this advantage take, An ass's nole I fixèd on his head.... To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?...

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The theme Welty is trying to get across is live life to the fullest. Welty shows the theme through the character, setting, and symbols. ... Solomon is dying and Livvie is ready to go out and see what the world has to offer. Welty uses great symbols to support the theme. ... Now I lay eyes on young man and it come to be somebody I know all the time, and been knowing since we were born in a cotton patch, and watched grow up year to year, Cash McCord growed to size growed up to come in my house in the end ragged and barefoot" (522). ...

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Challenging authority is a main theme which emphasizes the justifications of many actions that are made in the plays "Oedipus the king" and "Antigone" and show how both make moral choices and suffer the consequences. ... "These laws-I was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face retribution of the gods. Die I must" (Antigone, page 82, lines 509-512).For Antigone her choice to bury her brother was with purposeful intentions as she was aware of the consequences in which results in her death .Her justification for her brothers burial is that only the la...

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Although a lot of people die, they are dying for their love or to help a loved one in need. There is a lot of hatred in the play, but I feel that love is really the main focus. ... A lot of people die for love. ... He was guarding the burial ground where Juliet lay and Romeo, who loved Juliet more, came along and killed Paris so he could see his wife. So the theme of the play is love and most of the play is based around love. ...

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And stint thou too, I pray thee, Nurse, say I Ill look to like if looking liking move, But no more deep will I end art mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly (1.3.68-101) This scene occurs when Lady Capulet and the Nurse are discussing Juliet's marriage. ... She develops mature views on marriage, coming to believe it to be a serious commitment for life, and would rather die than cheat on her husband. ... I long to die If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. (4.1.68) She brings up the theme among herself, as she contradicts herself by giving in to passion and u...

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"and turning her face to the wall, began trying to force herself to face bravely the fact that many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg"". This quote refers to the dramatic scene at the end of Adventure when Alice lay on the ground trembling after an awkward encounter with a stranger. ... I am his wife and shall remain his wife whether he comes back or not, she whispered to herself." ... The part of the quote that states "the fact that many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg "shows how she realizes that she is not exempt from this although she never thought it woul...

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In both tales, respecting one's elders seems to be the main theme. ... However, the men even go on and ask him "Isn't it time to die?"... The King gave his Queen the power to let him live or die. ... He just lay next to her in bed without a word. ... To have me old and ugly till I die, but still a loyal, true, and humble wife that never will displease you all her life. ...

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He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plow, and he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. ... Although Old Major died before the revolution actually started, he wit! ... When Old Major died, Napoleon and Snowball took over. ... This theme is evident in the novel through the character of Napoleon. ... In turn I strongly believe that Orwell supported the Revolution. ...

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Throughout all these accusations Integrity was a major theme. ... To prove her point that she was innocent Mary said "No I love God, I go your way no more. I love God, I bless God" (Miller 1314). ... He'll lay in jail if I give his name" (miller 1299). ... In this play, Giles isn't the only one to die for being honest. ...

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The story of Bartleby presents the themes of losing hope and isolation. ... He responds to the lawyer stating "I would prefer not to" (10). ... "To befriend Bartleby; to humor his in his strange willfulness, will cost me little or nothing, while I lay up in my soul what will prove a sweet morsel for my conscience" (13&14;). ... He refuses to eat and dies out of starvation. ... Perhaps he realizes that all letters are ultimately dead letters, because all recipients will eventually die. ...

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There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. ... It states at the end "I"m Fish Lamb, for as long as it took to die,...as long as it took to tell you all this". ... The use of titles in the sub-chapters either signals a key event, reveals a theme or keys the reader in a particular character's state of mind. ... An example of this is when Quick lays semi-unconscious from being attacked by a kangaroo and he sees Fish rowing along the river calling out to him. ...

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There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. ... It states at the end "I"m Fish Lamb, for as long as it took to die,...as long as it took to tell you all this". ... The use of titles in the sub-chapters either signals a key event, reveals a theme or keys the reader in a particular character's state of mind. ... An example of this is when Quick lays semi-unconscious from being attacked by a kangaroo and he sees Fish rowing along the river calling out to him. ...

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There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. ... It states at the end "I"m Fish Lamb, for as long as it took to die,...as long as it took to tell you all this". ... The use of titles in the sub-chapters either signals a key event, reveals a theme or keys the reader in a particular character's state of mind. ... An example of this is when Quick lays semi-unconscious from being attacked by a kangaroo and he sees Fish rowing along the river calling out to him. ...

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It is the general belief that "if I do not know, therefore it cannot be" state of mind that causes people to feel this way. ... At the beginning of the story, "A light fringe of snow lay like a cape on the shoulders of his overcoat and like toecaps on the toes of his galoshes", but he was trying to "scrape the snow [off]"(185). ... He cherished the "colour on her cheeks and that her eyes were shining," that made "A sudden joy went leaping out of his heart"(223) When Gabriel walked with his wonderful wife the snow was beginning to be "slushy underfoot; and only streaks and patches of snow lay o...

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I don't like it any more than you men." ... It is this attitude that lays the foundation to the theme of the movie, which I believe can best be summarized as a man's unwillingness to abide by the rules of society. ... The folksongs Midnight Special (and its words "Well you work in the morning-) and Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down, begin to lay the groundwork for Luke's characterization of Jesus Christ. ... As a former correctional officer, I found myself torn between the need for incarceration, but I did not identify with the need to break the spirit of a man ...

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The main themes of this play are the idea of the American dream and what it takes to success, the struggle to distinguish between reality and illusion, and the emotional problems of the family. ... In an article Miller states, "I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing - his sense of personal dignity" (Miller, 1). ... I never have to wait in line to see a buyer. ... That's all they have to know, and I go through" (DiYanni, 1142). ... He wants to plan something in the garden befor...

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The obvious theme of this particular poem is lethargy; it is an almost mournful tone, a feeling derived from the attitude that he creates. ... There is the description of Blake, wherein though laying and shooting up with Garver, he sat and loved another. ... Again, one finds irony, in that the "hotel vanished" as Garver did, or rather died "in Mexico." ... The setting and point of view relate directly to the theme. ... The "old men are still alive but the old Junkies are gone-" These men have not wholly died. ...

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When the guns finally did fall silent, the German, Austrian, Russian empires collapsed, and the greater part of a generation of young men lay dead. ... In this poem he is saying if you die for your country you will be a true patriot. ... In "Dulce et decorum Est pro patria mori" describes a soldier dying of poison gas. ... The last two lines of this stanza describes the soldier dying, "Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, as under a green sea, I saw him drowning". ... Wilfred Owens use of half rhyme gives his poetry a disturbing quality that amplifies his themes, as i...

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Almost all of Plath's poem's have the same theme: death. ... She asks the question "Do I terrify?" ... Her lifeless body is found days after she had just been laying there waiting to die. ... Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air." ... Do I terrify?...

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Almost all of Plath's poem's have the same theme: death. ... She asks the question "Do I terrify?" ... Her lifeless body is found days after she had just been laying there waiting to die. ... Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air." ... Do I terrify?...

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