As I Lay Dying "I would look forward to the times when they faltered, so I could whip them-, quoted Addie. ... Never truly having the desire for a family this lonely woman was driven insane and chose to believe there wasn't anything after death for her, she believed in a created concept of nothing ness. ... Addie never truly had the desire to have a family, what she desired most was to be alone. ... You live and you die nothing more. ... Kurtz's realization came to him before he died that there's nothing after death. ...

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William Faulkner: The Dying Rose of Emily In "A Rose for Emily", William Faulkner's use of imagery sets a tone for the general theme of the story, death. ... In this story, we see Emily much like the rose, an object of beauty and desire that soon begins to wither and die. Faulkner, through great use of imagery, paints a vivid of a dying rose, Miss Emily. ...

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(Kolak13) Socrates has shown that he has no desire to plead for his life because death does not frighten him into doing so. ... He believed that he was close to death anyway because of his old age, and stated this to the court, "If you had waited a little while, your desire would have been fulfilled in the course of nature. ... (Kolak 16) He then came to a conclusion about the trial resulting in his execution, "I regard this as a proof that what has happened to me is a good, and that those of us who think that death is an evil are in error But I see clearly that to die and be rel...

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In Tennessee William's play "A Streetcar Named Desire", the more Blanch Dubois tries to fit in with the new aged America, the more she is setting herself up as a victim to society. ... She is introduced as a woman who seems to be defeated because her husband has died, her family fortune is gone and she has drinking problems. ... Blanche had a drinking problem, she had lost the family fortune and estate, her husband had died of suicide years earlier, and she was fired from her teaching job for having an affair with a student. ...

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He says in this speech, flat out: "To die, to sleep-..'... We see here for the first time why he wants to die. ... Even in his desire for death he will speak but not act. ... He is too afraid of the unknown, of the "undiscovered country" (3.1.80) to act on his desire. ... It shows us why he wants to die and also why he chooses to remain alive. ...

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If a dying person wanted to die, it was permitted for others to end his life. ... It is their desire to end the pain and agony. ... No one wants to die. There is no such thing as dying as well. ... They found that a patient who strongly expressed the desire to die could say the opposite even some 12 hours later. ...

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Specifically, terminally ill patients suffer because they are denied the right to die. ... The desire to pass on one's genes is imminent, much like the desire to abolish restraints placed on an individual (a reason why freedom is a major factor for the United States). ... The second request must be videotaped and documents must be signed registering their desire for the procedure. ... These very basic and very precise steps will lead to a fair and just self-desired death. ... These procedures have the power to save slowly dying patients of their misery and save others dying of organ fail...

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As the story of his life unfolds in The King Must Die, Theseus develops from a passionate youth who had a small grasp of life to a reserved and knowledgeable king. ... Theseus manipulates situations to suit his purposes, and is able to achieve the ends he desires without revealing his intentions. ... Thus, when he dies, he goes to the gods with nothing but a record of his life; if he lived honorably, then he has lived a good life....

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He says, "To die, to sleep-..'... He tells for the first time why he wants to die. ... Hamlet says, he is depressed and wants to die. ... Hamlet's motivation for wanting to die gives some of the best insight into his personality. His reason for choosing life over death is he is afraid of the unknown, of the "undiscovered country" to act on his desire....

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In A Tale of Two Cities, many people were left to die in the Bastille, similar to Dr. Manette; many of who did not deserve to die and could have been saved. Similarly, many of the little children died in Lord of the Flies simply do to lack of concern or care for them. In fact the big boys cared so little that they didn't even know how many little boys died. ... Because her family was oppressed, she a deep desire to gain revenge on the Evermonde family, no matter the consequences. ...

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He is not content with what he has and desires much more in life. ... Gilgamesh, like many of us, has a burning desire to be successful in life. The epic illustrates how human nature has the desire to obtain more than one possesses. ... People want to live longer, healthier lives, but dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed, everything that lives will at sometime die. ...

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Her mother died when she was young and her dad lacked parental qualities. ... On one occasion, Charlotte sent Emily home because Charlotte believed she was slowly dying from homesickness. ... This experience is much like Catherine's desire to stay at the heights. ... When her Aunt died in 1842, she agreed to come home and take care of her father. Emily Bronte died of tuberculosis in the late 1848. ...

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Many animals and human beings were born and died. ... But the truth is when a man/woman dies his/her death is judged by the works of his life. ... Death is the opposite of desire. It is the absence of all kinds of desires. A man does not have to work that hard if he wants to die. ...

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The Frost family moved to Massachusetts when he was 11 yrs old after his father died of tuberculosis. ... He relates fire with desire, suggesting that he compares desire with something that consumes and destroys. ... His parents died of a disease when he was younger and he lost four of his children. ...

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The narrator has a strong desire to change the world, and he thinks he can do so. ... Society has had a dampening effect on the narrator's perspectives, as he laments, "For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, and afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying and with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. ... The "dying voices" represent a loss of individual opinion; in this poem's version of society, functional formalities have replaced individuality. ...

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The desires of thousands of men at war to be heros and their confusion about wether or not they actually are heros, is represented by Collins consideration of heroism. ... On his way back from the well with a bucket of water, Collins stops to give some to a dying soldier. Once back, two lieutenants carelessly spill the water that Collins could have died for. ... Just as giving water to a dying man is pointless, a war "misses the point" by trying to solve problems by means that only kills people. ...

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Lily Bart is a very developed character who is caught between her desire for luxury and reality. Following the loss of the family fortune, both of Lily's parents died, leaving her to live with her aunt, Mrs. ... He is aware of the fact that he has nothing to offer to Lily as far as finances and the luxurious life she desires. ... There he found that she had died in her sleep. ... Had it not been for rumors and their triumph over her, she may not have died the way she did. ...

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Although he survived he writes, "It was not dying: everybody died. It was not dying: we had died before." ... In the last verse of "Losses", he says, "It was not dying- no, not ever dying; But in the night I died I dreamed that I was dead, And the cities said to me: "Why are you dying? We are satisfied if you are"; but why did I die?" ... He describes this when he says, "Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live", Seeing this kills a part of him; he is no longer the person he was, but now someone who is in fear of his li...

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He enjoyed his younger years in Wales, and his later works reflect his desire to relive his happy childhood. ... This passage means that although every man is going to die, love will never die. ... This line means that time is keeping the narrator until it is his time to die. ... Thomas presents a vivid image of how quickly one's life can pass and a universal desire to recapture youth. ... In the last stanza Thomas is talking directly to his dying father. ...

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Everyone has to die however, before we die, can we live properly? ... I am determined to live properly, until I die. If we are going to die, then we have to live the best we can. ... You are given an extraordinary thing, which is life, and you should use it to fulfil everything you desire, that is how life should be lived. The saying, "To live well is to die well," takes on great meaning. ...

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In 1885, Robert's father died of tuberculosis. ... First was Elliot who died at age three of cholera. Second Elinor who died two days after birth. Marjorie lived to age twenty-nine and died during her childbirth. ... Later in life his depression increased because of the desire to be awarded the Nobel Prize. ...

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Gilgamesh is a hero -- more beautiful, more courageous, and more terrifying than the rest of us; his desires, attributes, and accomplishments epitomize our own. Yet he is also mortal: he must experience the death of others and die himself. ... Thus Gilgamesh turns his attention away from small personal desires to loftier personal desires -- desires that benefit rather than harm Uruk. ...

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Immortality, life after death, and infinity are people's concern and interest .Everyone one has a desire to still alive and to examine life and its secrets, Immortality expresses the existence of souls after the death of the body to confirm the fact; that death is not the end of everything .The origin of this belief, the existence of souls after death is a global abstract phenomenon that some anthropologist refers it to dreams which inspire of continuity of dead people existence. ... Therefore, the idea of eternal youth becomes as an eternal desire to delay death and estrange ageing. ...

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She does what she is told; she is so completely adapted to the idea of Gattaca that she "would lie down and die at the allotted minute because she would feel guilty if she lived a minute longer than her profile proscribed." (1) However, Vincent is convinced that he can make his dream come true in spite of his existing weaknesses. ... In order to obey the system's policy, Irene has never any desire in life which she tries to accomplish. ... Vincent's dream is so strong that he is ready to sacrifice his life just to accomplish his desire. ... Therefore, Vincent confesses to his brother...

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She does what she is told; she is so completely adapted to the idea of Gattaca that she "would lie down and die at the allotted minute because she would feel guilty if she lived a minute longer than her profile proscribed." (1) However, Vincent is convinced that he can make his dream come true in spite of his existing weaknesses. ... In order to obey the system's policy, Irene has never any desire in life which she tries to accomplish. ... Vincent's dream is so strong that he is ready to sacrifice his life just to accomplish his desire. ... Therefore, Vincent confesses to his brother...

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