(Following the cycle of blood shed among the relatives in the Orestia) It all started when Thyestes seduced Atreus" wife and contested his right to the throne. ... Agammemnon would be the second of the family to commit murder in cold blood. ... But had he stopped himself ten years before his death, the idea that he could have avoided a chain of blood shed remains wandering in my head. ... In The Orestia, it is that theory that drives the people who step into the house of Atreus to follow the cycle of vengeance by shedding the blood of those relatives who did wrong to other relatives. So the...

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As the speaker remarks on the flea, he explains that the flea, who has bitten them both "swells with one blood made of two" (7-9). ... The speaker uses his language not only to feed the mistress's desires, but to feed on her fears of being an old maid because she is cold and prudish. ... The speaker tells the mistress that within the flea is "three lives" (10), the blood of him, the blood of her, and the "blood of innocence" (20), which represents the product of their love. ... The speaker uses "the drop of blood which is suck"d of thee" (12) as a symbol of the flea sucking the virginit...

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Which means he did not kidnap Cora and Alice because he was cold hearted, he did it because he was fighting a battle of pride. ... So throughout the story it is very apparent that he not just a blood lusting villain out to kill but is compassionate too. ...

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In the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway, one of the most shocking moments occurs when Mrs. Macomber shoots her husband, Francis. Hemingway leaves the reader to answer the crucial question of whether or not it was intentional. Throughout the story the Macombers h...

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Another example of the consequences having casual sex can bring is pointed out at the end of the poem when she states "they know they are alone with the road surface, the cold, the wind" (18-19). ... The cold is a symbol of how they feel inside. ... Red provokes thoughts of blood and gore put together with steak can be taken as a piece of raw meat. ... Sex without love leaves you cold, alone and unfulfilled. ...

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Tita is so shocked to find that her sister will be getting married to Pedro that her body becomes cold and frigid. ... The cold still gripped her. ... Soon the chickens were inescapably trapped by the force they themselves were generating in their mad chase; they couldn't break loose from that whirl of feathers, blood, and dust that spun faster and faster, gathering force at every turn until it changed into a mighty tornado- (217-218). ...

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She slept in the tub with the cold water running the night before he left, still waking up to a puddle of blood. ... Finally, in the operating room because of some complications with the birth, she lay flat on the table cold, scared, and helpless. ...

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By the end of Act 1, after the brutality of what they have committed, the relationship is completely destroyed, giving way only to loneliness, coldness and insanity. ... Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?... Before she said that "a little water cleans us of this dead", but now she can't even wash out "the spot of blood." ...

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Beatrice says, "I thank God and my cold blood, I am your humor for that: I rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swears he loves me."" (1.1.130-2) I think that she only says this to match wits with Benedick. ...

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Hamlet Essay Hamlet's actions toward women come from what he sees in them and how he his treated by them himself. Since his experiences with women have not been the best it just makes things worse. He has only had two women who had played a role in his life so he bases his entire thought on women o...

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Hamlet's actions toward women come from what he sees in them and how he his treated by them himself. Since his experiences with women have not been the best it just makes things worse. He has only had two women who had played a role in his life so he bases his entire thought on women on these two ch...

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