Another issue that can be used in describing what it means to be an American is the subject of love and violence. ... One night, Stanley gets really drunk with his friends, and hits Stella (a form of physical violence). ... As an American, everyone encounters violence at some point in their lives, and this play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", gives an example of how one American family coupes with violence. ... I have already mentioned love and violence earlier, using the play "A Streetcar Named Desire", but there are different kinds of love and violence, or in this case, violence for love, in ...

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The extreme racism emerges when a mob quickly forms to lynch Tom and burn him at the stake. ... This meekness and passivity toward the two stimulates their competition and foreshadows the violence to come. ... As the mob watches, Toomer shows how the white supremacy has blamed African Americans for the reason of violence in the South. ... And after the final conflict between Bob and Tom, Toomer shows the extreme as the mob sets off to immediately torture, burn, and kill Tom Burwell. ...

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Love for country, or religion, has always been punctuated by violence and bloodshed. ... According to Socrates, love is not any kind of extreme. It sometimes drives people to reach extremes, but is not any kind of extreme in itself. ...

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However, making known ones thoughts and emotions remains a vital component of the human psyche, leading to her newfound lupehole: violence, when her previous form of self expression was disregarded. ... In addition, Hagar's extreme devotion and as a result perpetual distraction prevents her forgery of her own identity and therefore, most of the time she also cannot realize the destructive nature of her emotions. ... In its purest form love signifies extreme affection along with intimacy and dedication to something or someone. ...

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Many people would not disagree with the saying that an eye for an eye is justified, however, the distance that some people are willing to go creates a large distinction between justice and revenge. When one seeks justice against another's wrong doings, they must be careful to be rectitude in dealin...

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The use of metaphors can greatly influence the effectiveness of an author's message, when used correctly. John Donne turns this tool into an art form in his poetry as he weaves absurd relationships between two or more seemingly unrelated ideas. Not only does this make his poems much more entertain...

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Not only does she scheme and plot alongside Goneril, but manages to take things a step further by enacting physical violence, torture and murder. ... Pulling the beard of Gloucester, an extreme insult, she and her husband capture and tie him down, plucking out the elder's eye as punishment. ...

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The culture that he grew up was in itself pretty violent, his surroundings were full of guns, although his parents had a zero tolerance for violence, we find out that Kips dad owned a gun himself. ... In conclusion Kips downfall, and murderous action was from a combination of severe psychological depression, trying to live up to the Kinkel name and extreme exposure and obsession with guns. ...

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In creating the plans for the monk's abbey, all extremes have been taken to their opposites. ... In political thought, this perspective yielded studies in "realpolitik,"" a very practical, even cynical view of human behavior and a form of politics void of morality that uses reason to justify violence. ...

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