He says the river has a, "vengeful aspect," but the author does not imply that the river itself desires revenge, but that the Africans desire to take revenge against the cruelty inflicted by the conquerors. ... In a later time, the speaker is shocked by observing that the river and its surroundings are, "so pitiless," implying that the Europeans have a merciless heart, since they frequently see Africans, "dying slowly," as they make the Africans work on deplorable and inhumane conditions. ... An important human side vanished as the Europeans hurt the Africans for point...

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Temptation, according to my knowledge and dictionary.com, is a desire to do something, especially something that is wrong or unwise or the act or desire influenced by exciting hopes or desire. ... I had a classmate in college who died from Coronary Heart Disease, she needed a heart transplant but the doctors found out that her heart was full of Heroin and Cocaine; so she could not find any other Hospitals willing to produce a heart for her because they all thought that she would go back to her usual ways of doing drugs. Before she died, it was a tormenting experience for her and I would not wa...

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Despite their opposing personalities, both had the same desire to take revenge for their fathers whom they shared deep love and respect for, although the method of carrying out this desire was immensely different. Hamlet, upon knowing the truth from the ghost, weeps and vows to take revenge, then proceeds to think of the after-life and death and takes a long time to plan the murder of Claudius (only after he saw his mother dying in front of him did he consider killing Claudius justifiable) despite the golden opportunities presented to him. ... This attribute of Hamlet makes him trick Laertes i...

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The most important distinction that Callahan draws between killing and letting die is metaphysical "and therefore intensely philosophical "in nature. ... In addition to this complex philosophical issue, Callahan sees both a moral and a medical justification for separating the concepts of "killing- and "letting die."" ... To illustrate the basic difference between killing and letting die, Rachels constructs an analogy of two hypothetical men, Smith and Jones, who both desire the death of their young cousins in order to receive an inheritance. ... In the second case, the man intends to...

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Without any technology, life in the reservation was hard enough for Linda and John, though, it was harder for them because they were not well seen in the reservation, because of Linda's promiscuous desires, and even though they had a bad time in the uncivilized reservation they were able to survive. ... Linda was old, and didn't look good as the other people of her age who never stop drinking chemicals to preserve their youth, so she went into a depression which made her go into a constant soma holiday and died because of it. ...

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