.... 16). Queen Victoria influenced the literary age herself. She loved to read and she was educated in the finest schools in Great Britain(Fraiser 278). Queen Victoria encouraged reading among all of her people. She gave out free books to children and she built schools for the lower classes. Also the Queen invited prominent Victorian age writers such as Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Charles Dickens to read privately to her in Buckingham Palace(Packard 59). The Victorian Age was also an era of several unsettling social developments. This forced writ .....

.... to Othello, in his lust for power, tricks Othello into believing that Desdemona has had an affair. Othello is overcome by jealousy, the “green eyed monster.” “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on…” (Othello, III.iii 169-171) In his rage, Othello charges Iago with the killing of Cassio, his lieutenant who supposedly slept with his wife. Othello then plans to kill Desdemona. Even during the course of the killing, Othello maintains his love for Desdemona (although thi .....

.... rights. In a dictatorship, like the Soviet Union, a person like Stalin can determine every key aspect of most individuals’ lives. The more violent a Stalin is, the more power a Stalin has; and the farther from Utopia are the lives of the common people. Napoleon’s ideas and actions in Animal Farm were similar to those first of Lenin and later of Stalin during the development of the Soviet Union, which resulted in the deaths and terror that deeply affected the lives of tens of millions of Soviet citizens. For example, Napoleon had made other high-s .....

.... barely daring to breathe or achoo,” this expresses her fear of her father, and illustrates the fact that she has remained silent, unable to speak up or even breath any words against him. “Daddy, I have had to kill you. You died before I had time--,” this portrays the extent of her hatred toward him. That she was so appalled by his character that she would end his life if only she had the strength. But he died before she grew strong enough to stand up to his horrible countenance. The next portion of the poem, “Marble-heavy, a bag full .....

.... add to the romantic theme of the scene: And but thou love me, let them find me here. My life better ended by their hate The death prorogued, wanting of thy love.(Rom. II. II, 76-78.) In the final scene of the play, there is much talk of death by Romeo, Friar Laurence, and Juliet. Romeo announces his own demise in his soliloquy: Depart again. Here, here I will remain With worms and chambermaids. O, here Will I set my everlasting rest And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! And .....

.... all of this generation's heroes are from the second definition of hero, a person that rises above his/her limitations to do something significant that impacts other people's lives. A few examples would be the Spice Girls with their “girl power” phenomenon, Kordell Stewart being a great athlete, Michael Jordan winning 6 NBA titles, Barry Sanders breaking the record for the most rushing yards in a single season, and Hulk Hogan winning the WWF World Championship Title 5 times. Aside from the heroes mentioned above, there are some heroes that remain throughout .....

.... man seemingly in good health should die on a sudden.” (Hume p.888) Hume states that this death is quite unusual, however it seemed to happen naturally. He could only define it as a true miracle if this dead man were to come back to life. This would be a miraculous event because such an experience has not yet been commonly observed. In which case, his philosophical view of a miracle would be true. Hume critiques and discredits the belief in a miracle merely because it goes against the laws of nature. Hume defines the laws of nature to be what has been “un .....

.... qualities to man in a natural state, when in fact ‘it is impossible to understand the law of nature and consequently to obey it without being a great reasoner and a profound metaphysician, which means precisely that for the establishment of society, men must have used enlightenment which develops only with great difficulty and by a very small number of people within the society itself.’ (854) Primitive man could not have been in this ‘state of nature’ if it takes a civilized mind to even conceive of it. Man then, according to Rousseau, began with only two mo .....