In the first poem "Death, Be not Proud" John Donne takes the power away from death. ... In contrast, in "Death be not Proud" describes the death as powerless and a pathway to eternal life. ... Donne repeated the word of "death" to show that it does not have any right to be proud. ... Therefore, Donne's use of tone in "Death, be not proud" demonstrated the theme of powerless death which is nothing and absolutely not powerful. ... On the other hand, Donne mocking and taking power away from death by saying "Death, be not proud....

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He was a perfectionist and was very proud of what he had accomplished and at no cost would he let his reputation be scarred. After her fathers death Vanessa moved into the Brick House with Grandfather Conner, this is when she noticed the trapped conditions that aunt Edna was living in and her mother was going to have to live in again. ... The death of his brother Roderick proves to be a very tragic moment of his life. ... After Ewen's death Vanessa finds a love letter and a picture of a girl that she believes was her fathers lover. ... Vanessa realises that her father (Ewen) had been free...

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This false view of competing to be the toughest boy can also lead to increased chance of stress, physical injury, and even early death. In contrast, nurturance, a quality not valued because it is not perceived as masculine, decreases emotional distance from others and few opportunities arise to "participate in meaningful interpersonal relationships." ... Not for lads, Billy. ... Not friggin' ballet.... Billy's brother Tony is a proud boisterous miner who is already working at the coal mine with his father. ...

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Of course don't ever tell anybody they"re not free "cause they"re gonna get real busy killin" and maimin" to prove to you that they are- This quote proves true in the sense that people were not really free then, not nobody. ... George's words that he spoke that night turned up when in the middle of the night, a group of men club and beat him to death in his sleeping bag. ... The townspeople and the gang that choose to beat George to his death hated them and hated what they represented. ... They saw America not for it's freedom, but for it's bigotry. ... And Wyatt told t...

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The Natural Evil inside Every Man: An Analysis of Jack "What do all humans with great power want the most, even though they might not realize it? ... What do all men with little power want, even though they might not realize it? ... Jack had a knife and was ready to use it, but he could not bring himself to do it (pg. 31). ... He involves himself into the killing of Simon, is involved in the death of Piggy, and plans the death of Ralph. ... He could not control the evil, the evil that is in us all....

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Ralph having this responsibility thrust upon him was not strong enough or intelligent enough, to keep their society from degenerating in the hands of Jack. Jack did not necessarily start out with the intention of being a murderer, but it was the conditions on the island that brought out his inner instincts of violence. ... His own embarrassment for not doing so fuelled his bloodlust and caused him to overcompensate for his failure by becoming overtly aggressive in front of the other boys. ... Events such as the death of the mulberry marked litl'un and Simon's murder resu...

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It does not seem hard for this man to put himself into every word he says. ... Bartleby knows he is not superior to the narrator and yet he still has the nerve to not listen to what he is told. ... Whitman did not believe in a disguise for public. ... The everyday burden of dressing to Whitman was only a way of covering up our bodies, thus giving someone else the power to say that our natural state of beauty was not one that we should be proud of. ... It is not a universal thing to just openly talk about one's sex life. ...

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He is not proud of this, but he did learn from it. ... It was comforting for him to know that Randy made peace with death before it took him, but it was very hard for him to watch his little brother die and knew he could not do anything about it. ... He tried not to hug and kiss them too much because hew knew that he "officially" was not their father, and he did not want to be accused of any form of abuse that they might misunderstand. ... We would be earthlings and not Americans or Afghans. ... It really does not matter to him. ...

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This forlorn place is strange and new to them all but they all take up a certain role to play, that contributes to the death of their very own friends. ... In simple words, we are all savages at heart, and if we get the chance to do something wrong knowing that no one is looking our way; we will not refrain from it, our true nature, our subconscious will take over and we will do the bad that we either suppressed, or we didn't know we were capable of, or moreover something bad that we would actually enjoy. ... Last but not least, Simon is truly the one who is intellectual. ... The breakin...

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