Several main characters from both novels possess particularly fatalistic natures. ... In a moment of despair he asks" what is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural lovings and longings, so keep I pushing, and crowding, and jamming myself on all the time?"... The conclusion of the novel though quite sad is in no way surprising as Melville makes it clear from the beginning that Billy is destined to be the victim of evil. ... Claggart takes an instant disliking for Billy ...

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The picture is Water's creation pulled from his childhood and his life. ... The beginning of this song is far from our standard rock and sounds similar to the Beatle's "Yesterday," containing mainly a piano and one voice. ... The walls are built so high that it prevents him from getting close to people in his later life. ... From the end of the guitar solo the song fades until the heartbeat reemerges as the lone sound. ... From here out he sits and watches the same war film on the TV in the hotel room. ...

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And even half mad Stalin, a beast and a butcher, instinctively sensed that about music. ... The opera was an international success right from the start. ... The design is clear from the very first bars. Shostakovich builds the first theme from three motifs. The first is from one of classic's greatest openings "Tah-Dah"." ...

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In April 1867, representatives from each group met in Nashville, and drew up a "prescript- or constitution. ... He wrote that the night riders had come from "the galling despotism that broods like a nightmare over these southern states."" ... He gathered about forty men from various groups, including two men from the original Klan and the speaker of the Georgia legislature. ... Within a short time, Simmons had about ninety followers who had bought memberships from him. ... The minute anyone said the words Ku Klux, editors from all over the nation wanted to get in on it. ...

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As we looked across to California Adventure, we were apprehensive as to whether or not it would be worth it, considering the majority of the crowd was now transferring from Disneyland to California Adventure. ... They yelled to us asking us questions as to whether or not we knew where they were from and there was a lot of banter back and forth from both groups throughout the ride. ... We talked about the differences between where we came from and what life was like for each of us. I learned all about his family, the sports he played, the life he had led so far and the life he wanted to live fo...

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The image Fritz Lang created in Rotwang is actually extremely influential in the iconography of the "standard" mad scientist. ... The theme of the replicants is not the only inspiration Blade Runner gained from Metropolis. ... With all of its success it can be easy to overlook where most of its inspirations come from. ... Many characters in Star Wars are inspired by ones from Metropolis. ... Besides the characters, the settings also take a page from Metropolis. ...

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The camera spans from the outline of three tents to show they vastness of this small army. ... Far from the relaxed atmosphere, the scene cuts to line up along a path in the woods as soldiers on their horses ride through. ... He looks to his left as another cannon release its charge on the crowd. He then looks up to the sun that is covered by a hazy cloud of smoke from the battle. ... So far not shots have been returned on the confederate soldiers. ...

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What begins as a successful concert, "Eighty thousand hysterical fans cramped into Rizal Memorial Stadium to watch the Beatles, the largest crowd Manila has seen since the Elorde-Ortiz boxing match in the same stadium. ... As the Beatles and their crew filed past the booth, the crowd that had been waiting there seemed to swell like a wave and engulfed the band, pulling them into an undertow of fists and knee jabs. ... Max Plata, or Mad Max, as he is not-so-affectionately called, is constantly interwoven in the storyline, appearing every so often here and there only to bark orders, curse co...

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I would be mad to expect it in a case where even my own senses reject the evidence that I have seen. ... From my childhood, I was noted for being an extremely kind and warm person. ... Around this wall, a great crowd of people had collected, and most of them seemed to be examining a certain part of it with great attention. ... I did go so far as to regret the loss of the animal, and to look around for another cat with which to replace it. ... As for me, I soon found a dislike for it arising from within me. ...

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If you where born a thug, in a bad neighborhood and then hung out all with a bad crowd, chances are you will become a bad person. ... I would love to work with kids with drug problems, stop it before it gets to far in their lives were it is too late. ... Sometimes when we get mad we don't see this solution or something we see it but it just seems way to hard to solve. ... For example, if heard from one of my friends that so and so was talking behind my back. ... I could only help then as far as they want to help themselves. ...

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Are you mad all the time? ... To continue, stay away from ecological crimes at first. ... THE PLAN Evil ideas come from many places. ... Stay away from the classics as I've said before. ... This way you'll have no problem switching from plan to plan if something does go wrong, simply say "Go to plan B!" ...

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The Chorus descends from the top of the staircase and introduces the players to the audience. ... Antigone sneaks in from the outside. ... He wonders from whom she stole the perfume, rouge, powder, and frock. Antigone admits that she filched them from Ismene. ... Antigone tells her she is too late and she has just come from burying him. ...

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It was here too that Napoleon replaced a wounded artillery general, and seized ground where his guns could drive the British fleet from the harbor, and Toulon fell. ... With that same clarity that we can see how those "enemies of the state", and others not living in France feared Napoleon, and saw him as a power hungry mad man. ... French military support for local rulers enabled them to undertake by 'revolution from above' what as minor enlightened despots in the eighteenth century they had failed to achive. But Napoleon was above all a dynast and conqueror: what he required from su...

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A parallel can be drawn from Harper Lee's life. ... Both novels are told from an adult perspective. ... She at first thinks about where the light could be coming from. ... Her slate accidentally slips from her hand and falls on the floor. ... Boo Radley rescues Scout from the attack. ...

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However, his monstrosity results not only from his grotesque appearance but also from the unnatural manner of his creation, which involves the secretive animation of a mix of stolen body parts and strange chemicals. ... While it is obvious that he wants a companion to quell his loneliness at sea, it seems from this statement that Walton feels a deeper need to protect himself against the evil that could incur from blindly pursuing his quest. ... Walton's isolation is represented by his condition on the ship, far from civilization and Nature's beauty. ... In contrast to Walton, Victor&...

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"To ensure the peaceful development of nations, free from coercion the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations"... Truman This quote from Harry Truman gave life to the beginning of the Cold War, which from 1945-1991 pitted the U.S. against the Soviet Communist nations. ... The second phase of the Korean War was essentially the Southern unit's attack and retreat from North Korea. ... In 1954 a mercenary army, trained by the CIA launched an invasion from Honduras. ... The mujahidin were supported by aid from the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, c...

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By the second weekend, Dream had received a great deal of word-of-mouth publicity among members of my age cohort for being completely different from the stale, boring, and irrelevant stereotype most of them held about Shakespeare. ... As with the costumes, the music he composed felt congruous with the nightclub environment, and the hip, contemporary feel of his beats struck the young adults in the audience as being antithetical to what they had come to expect from the soundtrack to a performance of a Shakespeare play. ... I wanted to promote the appeal of the production to a young demograp...

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