As I Lay Dying "I would look forward to the times when they faltered, so I could whip them-, quoted Addie. ... "I gave Anse children. I did not ask for them-. ... You live and you die nothing more. ... Kurtz's realization came to him before he died that there's nothing after death. ...
That was until reading As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. ... The quote is showing how lower classes would be more prone to show off what their material possessions. ... I believe though that the reason she wants an abortion is because if she has the child Dewey feels like its anchoring her into her poor social class. ... Sometimes I wonder why we keep at it. ... If MacGowan saw Dewey as a socialite I doubt the idea of tricking her wouldn't have crossed his mind. ...
Many notable authors have had different feelings towards pastoral and wilderness settings; Henry David Thoreau was a die hard enthusiast for the wild where the Bible prefers pastoral settings. ... After the original sin was committed the Lord God cast them out of the Garden of Eden and into the wilderness, where the "savage- beasts lay. ... This quote reinforces Thoreau's dislike of pastoral life, and the idea that people that live on the frontier and in the wild are happy, normal human beings. ... "I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless I spend four hours a day a...
Question: What is the significance of this quote? ... This quote refers to the dramatic scene at the end of Adventure when Alice lay on the ground trembling after an awkward encounter with a stranger. ... I am his wife and shall remain his wife whether he comes back or not, she whispered to herself." ... The part of the quote that states "the fact that many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg "shows how she realizes that she is not exempt from this although she never thought it would be her in that situation. I found this story to be so interesting because it goes against the av...
The ultimate loyalty to the king is seen in the following lines, spoken by Roland: "I would rather die than be overtaken by dishonor. ... The idea of piety was so strongly pressed on the military men that they would pray and beg God for his mercy as the lay dying on the battlefield. " (Oliver) dismounts and lays himself on the ground and resolutely confesses his sins aloud, his two hands joined and stretched upwards towards the sky. ... "Oliver, my brother, I must not fail you. I shall die of grief if I die of nought else let us go and strike fresh blows! ... As seen in the following quote, wa...
He then goes on to show, from what I gather, how one should really feel when dying. ... I am undecided weather I should fear death or if I should look forward to it. ... In lines 31 through 37 of Thanatopsis, as quoted above, Bryant says that when a deceased one lays down into his or her eternal resting place they could never imagine such a wonderful place to lay down forever. ... In reading the poem and writing this response I have thought a lot about wether or not dying should be something to look forward to or to dread. When reading Bryant's strong descriptive words about how great dyi...
It was also fate that led to Romeo returning to where Juliet supposedly lay dead. ... So, thinking Juliet dead he returned, went to where she lay and killed himself. ... Thus with a kiss I die." ... This is thy sheath, there rust and let me die." so when the died they were next to each I think that was fate that they were to die next to each other. ... So, thinking Juliet dead he returned, went to where she lay and killed himself. ...
Lastly, Billy Joel writes, "Some people hope for a miracle cure, some people just accept the world as the way it is, but I"m not willing to lay down and die." ... This quote is a perfect description for the town of Salem and their Puritan belief system. ... "Some people hope for a miracle cure, some people just accept the world as the way it is, but I"m not willing to lay down and die." ... "But I"m not willing lay down and die," means that America as a whole voted for the Republicans to come in and stop the innocent killing of American lives and to threaten to bomb Iraq as to put an end to...
"I know not! I know not!" ... Yea; so we may both die, and little pearl die with us!" As we know the conclusion Hester did indeed die and lay next to the one she loved, the minister. ... First lay aside your black veil: then tell me why you put it on" in this quote Minister Hooper's wife wants to see her husbands face but he will not let her see it but in doing this he is hurting her but he is hurting himself more by not letting his wife show her love and she leaves him ""Lift the veil at once, and look me in the face," said she. ...
Now Grendel and I are called together, and I've come... "(36) Beowulf is saying in this quote that he can beat anyone. ... He took on Grendel, Grendel's mother and lays the finishing touches on the last dragon he came across. ... He promised him gold, and even the great Beowulf died, he still comes through will his promise. ... So in conclusion, these quotes support my theory of these traits that Beowulf has. ...
Doubt the truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love" (Shakespeare quotes hamlet). ... Juliet is saying that if Romeo is married she will never marry, in other words she will die unmarried. This is one of the strongest examples of foreshadowing in this act because she is unknowingly laying out her death scene where she does indeed die on her wedding bed. ... "Star-crossed lovers" as referred to in the poem summary means that the two were bound together by fate to fall in love and then die, but when Romeo and Juliet unknowingly fall right into the trap that the universe had set u...
This is all because the Native Americans began to die out due to European disease. ... "My eyes have borne witness to scenes of depravity worse that I could ever imagined" (Document G). This quote has come from a slave himself. ... "But the ultimate reasons so many Africans met this fate lay elsewhere. ... This is why I know the Middle Passage and the slave trades were highly unfair....
She died on October 28th, 1818 of Typhoid Fever in Quincy, MA. ... John Adams died on July 4th, 1826 in Braintree, MA. ... One of her quotes is: "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. ... -Abigail Adams "If we do not lay ourselves out in the service of mankind, whom should we serve?" -John Adams I believe that each one of these quotes has a meaning It took me a few minutes but I do believe that hidden in there is some sort of meaning that John and Abigail were wanting us to figure out. ...
Shakespeare lays down the Christian system of belief very early on in the play, it only took Shakespeare a few pages for him to weave in a Christian belief. ... "By heaven, I charge thee, speak!" ... Quotes like "eye for an eye" prove that although Christianity teaches us to turn the other cheek, some still believe in taking revenge. ... After the king dies, Laertes and Hamlet exchange forgiveness with each other. ... This is what Laertes and Hamlet do with each other, they died as friends....
Lays it on me now to help a man the blessed gods detest "out! ... If they didn't die an honorable way, it was embarrassing for the person. " ignoble death I drank with so much wine."" (pg. 187, line 67) This quote shows Elpenor admitting to his dishonorable death. He died by drinking to much wine, being drunk, and falling off of Kirke's roof. ... (pg 179, line 509-512) Although Kirke wasn't so hospitable in the beginning, this quote shows that later on, she was kind and helpful to Odysseus and his crew. ...
"I would bawl and hurl myself at my mother and she would reach out her claws and seize me, though I could see I alarmed her ( I had teeth like a saw), and she would smash me to her fat, limp breast as if to make me a part of her flesh again"(Gardner 17). This quote directly demonstrates how Grendel as a child would feel so rejected and solitary that he would have to go to the only person in which he trusted,his mother, and, just lay against her and release his emotions. ... This quote makes me reminisce to my favorite Christmas season movie, The Grinch who stole Christmas, when the G...
"As I understand them, they are only places where clothes and grub are stored for the benefit of shipwrecked people. ... The oiler was the last to be brought ashore dieing before making it there. ... I also think the whole story can revolve around the death of the oiler. ... The correspondent remembered a quote from when he was a child, "A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers." (6) ...
The Day the Music Died On February 3, 1959, the single-engine plane carrying famed musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. ... It was later, in 1971, that the idiom "the day the music died" was coined about that fateful night. ... The last line of the chorus is repeated twice and is a direct reference to a Buddy Holly song called "That"ll be the Day that I Die." ... The first verse lays the foundation for the premise of the song. ... Though music did not literally "die," it did change. ...
Then he lay down on the child's body, placing his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on the child's eyes, and his hands on the child's hands. ... This is a quote referring to care given by Elisha. ... The previous quote is another justification for a caring God. ... My third quote is from Matthew 9:28-30, "They went right into the house where he was staying and Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can make you see?" ... God saved us when Jesus died on the cross for so that our sins could be forgiven. ...
The workman lay on the pavement with his head on one of the tramlines while students who had surrounded him went on kicking and hitting him with sticks. ... Sometimes I managed to forget my secret. ... I feared for my threatened reputation, not for the wrong that I was doing. ... "I regarded policies as absurd. ... The best way one can describe Uliva is the famous Allen Ginsberg quote: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness." ...
Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering" (117). ... This quote shows how well built this colossal beast is and his awesome power. ... I done another bad thing" (100). ... I"m gonna get "im" (107). ... Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent" (54). ...
Romeo quotes without using her name, "Out of her favour where I am in love". ... Romeo is frustrated and challenges Tybalt, telling him that Mercutio's soul is only a little way above their heads, waiting for tybalts soul to join, he quotes, " Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him." ... This shows Romeo is prepared to die for Juliet because he will go to heaven where Juliet shall be. ... He lays him by the side of Juliet this is because he realises that he also had feelings for Juliet and he respects that so he shows his respect by laying him by the side of Juliet. ... He has ...
Then one day, there pet goldfish dies, their house gets robbed, and their parents divorce thus learning how cruel the world is. ... In this previous quote Arnold states how the world we live in lacks love and happiness. ... Says i was a natural. ... 'I always thoughts my ol' lady stole it Well I wasn't gonna stay no place I couldn't get nowhere or make something of myself, and' where they stole your letters. So I married Curley I don' like Curley....
A quote from his last deployment reads, "Just because war is hell and beyond, doesn't mean you can't have a little tough fun to break the repetitive damage on your mind" His attitude has changed drastically, altering his discovery in quite a harmful way. ... "I felt as if I needed to lay all my emotions out on the table at once and leave for home Thoughts just kept building up inside, yet I had the urge to keep them hidden in an attempt to stay masculine and soldierly in front of my men" As Chris focused on creating a strong facade for his men, he spent less and ...
