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431: Catcher In The Rye: ... consider Holden to be considerate, others consider him arrogant, but a large majority of them find him completely entertaining. One character that Holden is compared to in some ways is Hamlet. Like Hamlet, as Charles Kegel wrote, Holden is a "sad, screwed-up guy"(54), bothered by words which only seem true, but really quite phony. The integrity and truthfulness that Holden cannot ...

432: Catcher In The Rye 3: ... consider Holden to be considerate, others consider him arrogant, but a large majority of them find him completely entertaining. One character that Holden is compared to in some ways is Hamlet. Like Hamlet, as Charles Kegel wrote, Holden is a "sad, screwed-up guy"(54), bothered by words which only seem true, but really quite phony. The integrity and truthfulness that Holden cannot ...

433: Blood Revenge In Julius Caesar: ... Cassius to commit revenge, as it did many others throughout literary history. In the Odyssey, Poseidon avenges his sons (Polyphemus) death by making Odysseus return home next to impossible. In Hamlet, Hamlet avenges his father s death by killing his father s murderer, his uncle. In today s modern world, the idea of revenge is generally frowned upon, but in the world ...

434: The Philosophical Foundations: ... in practice. Just as Jesus is the perfect moral expression of this view--the weak, pacifistic, cheek-turning "lamb" in this world, but the omnipotent deity ruling the next--so Hamlet is its perfect literary expression--the brilliant philosopher-intellectual who excels in the theoretical realm but is helpless to deal with the practical. Such a mind-body split is the ... fact of its possession is not a sufficient condition. Heroism requires application of one's knowledge, it requires practical steps taken in pursuit of one's values. This is why Hamlet, despite his intellectual prowess, is ultimately not merely a tragic but a pathetic figure: he is paralyzed by indecisiveness in the practical realm and never employs his knowledge as a ...

435: Boo: ... would have been worthwhile. He excuses his fear by rationalizing that his speaking to the woman would not have achieved any real response. In line 110 Prufrock contrasts himself to Hamlet, a hero who hesitated but finally acted decisively. But Prufrock sees himself as more like Polonius, the old fool from the same play. Prufrock will retreat into a solitary, dignified ... really feels, and when he tries to tell her, it comes out in a mess. Finally, Prufrock realizes that he has no big role in life. He is not "Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be" (111); rather, he is merely an "attendant lord" (112), and sometimes, "the Fool" (119). Prufrock has "heard the mermaids singing" (124), but laments: "I do ...

436: Evolution Of Profanity: ... God's body" 1 Henry IV,II.i.26 Swearing by Christ's body, (or any part thereof,) was off limits in civil discourse. "God's Bod(y)kins, man" Hamlet, II.ii.529 The word bod(y)kin means "little body" or "dear body," but adding the cute little suffix does not make this curse any more acceptable. "By God ... directly on the crucifixion. "'Sblood" had twelve occurrences in all. There were eight times in 1 Henry IV (with Falstaff accounting for six), plus once in Henry V, twice in Hamlet, and once in Othello. 'Sblood occurs less than 'zounds, but is equally offensive and means basically the same thing. Several other words came from Great Britain, but were not included ...

437: Catcher In The Rye - Character: ... are adolescents, runaways from society, seeking independence, growth, and stability in their lives.Another character that Holden Caulfield is compared to, though to a lesser degree than Huck Finn, is Hamlet. Like Hamlet, as Charles Kegel wrote, Holden is a "sad, screwed-up guy" (54), bothered by words which only seem true, but are really quite phony. The honesty and sincerity that Holden ...

438: Catcher In The Rye 4: ... are adolescents, runaways from society, seeking independence, growth, and stability in their lives.Another character that Holden Caulfield is compared to, though to a lesser degree than Huck Finn, is Hamlet. Like Hamlet, as Charles Kegel wrote, Holden is a "sad, screwed-up guy" (54), bothered by words which only seem true, but are really quite phony. The honesty and sincerity that Holden ...

439: Moby Dick: ... his final battle with the whale, and in a way it is his climactic insight. The perennial sense of injustice, the cry of Prometheus and Job as of Lear and Hamlet, was also Ahab's. Why do the innocent suffer? "O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right." This was the "inscrutable thing" that Ahab hated. Ahab ... his final battle with the whale, and in a way it is his climactic insight. The perennial sense of injustice, the cry of Prometheus and Job as of Lear and Hamlet, was also Ahab's. Why do the innocent suffer? "O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right." This was the "inscrutable thing" that Ahab hated. Ahab ...

440: John Coltrane: ... above all, his legacy to his followers is the abiding sense of search, of the musical quest as its own fulfillment. John William Coltrane was born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina to John and Alice Coltrane. Shortly after, he moved to Haig Point, North Carolina to live with his mother's father, the Reverend Walter Blaire. Walter Blaire would ... in which Coltrane and Sanders play spectral flute and piccolo respectively. The sixteen ametrical minutes of "To Be," which could readily have added to its title the second part of Hamlet's question, are as eerie as any in music. The most striking characteristic of the album is its sense of consummation, which is clear in the abandonment of developmental structure ...

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