When Ted Lavender died as a result of Jimmy not securing the area well enough, Jimmy burned his most prized possessions. ... His illusion of her actually loving him obviously helped him cope with the pressures of leadership and the more general anxiety of war and dying at about any time. ... The letter burning was symbolic of his desire for there to be only unity: not individuals, soldiers: not friends. ... The light got the attention of the enemy and Kiowa was shot, sunk into the muck, and died as a result. ... O"Brien also leaves the war carrying a deep hatred and desire for revenge on Bobby...

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Then as he dies, he lets Wyatt know that there are no white lights. ... He would have died for those people and he almost did. ... He had love, friendship, and the desire for adventure. ... The desire for this mistress grows in every way and he cannot hide it from Mattie. ... They decide to fight and most of them died. ...

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Lear obliquely uses a "blind eye" towards his folly of banishing his most honest daughter Cordelia, and consequently desires to be redeemed. ... The order is obtained as the nation is now ruled by the three noble, loyal characters of the play- Albany, Kent and the new found King, Edgar, setting the nation into orderliness and initially Lear earns respect from the audience before he dies, leaving the final mood optimistic. ... Cordelia dies, and the shock is too much for Lear, and he dies too. ... The question of the final mood lies in the emotions felt by the audience when Cordelia dies. ... T...

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This kind of love derives its intensity from unfulfilled desire. ... Hindley loved his wife Fances, but she dies at a young age. ... And the last lines reflect the inexorably end of this story: both lovers could only be together in death, which is the desired end from the protagonists for most of the romantic love tragedies. ... When she dies, the only Heathcliff obsession is revenge, maybe to palliate his sorrow. ...

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We are put here for no particular reason, we struggle to find meaning yet regardless of any effort everyone dies in the end. ... What is the point of anything if you are going to die anyway But if u step back and think about it there is hope in this idea. ... His idea of the human condition is still somewhat the same as the existential which can be seen rather clearly this excerpt from his poem The Earth God: " To raise man from secret darkness Yet keep his roots clinging to the earth To give him thirst for life, and make death his cupbearer; To endow him with love that waxeth with pain,...

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She expands to say that love is "neither mortal nor immortal; but on the same day, sometimes he is blooming and alive, when he has plenty sometimes he is dying." ... Since love is initially the love of good and beautiful things, one always desires to have good and beautiful things, in order to create happiness. ... By this she is saying all men always have love inside them, and when they turn a certain age our nature desires us to love. ...

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Whether they want to rule the world, become immortal or have all the power in the world, they all desire something and will stop at nothing to get it. ... Stefan cared for Maleficent but desired to be king more. ... Maleficent is not the innocent little girl anymore; she becomes a woman that has a "desire for revenge". ... She made the curse "When she is fifteen years old, the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and shall fall down and die!...

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Conformity is a change in behaviour or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of others (Feldman et al. 2004). ... The desire to squeeze and hurt was overmastering."" ... The desire to exercise control over living things was evident even in the litl'uns. ...

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Only her third child, her older daughter, dies, her throat having been cut with a handsaw by Sethe. However, after Sethe's act of homicide, Baby Suggs sinks into great depression and eventually dies. ... Beloved also signifies the untrained and undisciplined desire of an infant. ... The past comes back to haunt him from this point on and will so until he dies. ...

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" (cinemaphile2010.blogspot.hu) When his wife and the baby die, Nicolo is completely broken. ... Anna is afraid of dying, so he provides her with a, "long, full and rich life," (Cesca). ... Is this a fate that the child desires? ...

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Kahn raises the idea of about Lear's "frustrated incestuous desire for [Cordelia]-, as Lear attempts to manipulate this ritual through disowning and disinheriting her - deeming her unfit to marry and thereby keeping his paternal protection in tact. ...

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Softly breathing, cries from the bedroom, and soft tears falling are all feelings that can be felt by humans around the world. The poem by Billy Collins, entitled Days illustrates the same of feelings. In the poem's entirety, life is not the only thing being portrayed, but instead it contrasts the ...

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Whether it is showing control by the controlling of others, or the desire and need to control others, or the lack of control people can have over themselves and the world around them, the issues of control are shown in every form. ... Once Joe dies, Janie feels some control back in her life. ...

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