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    Electricity”. (Brown‚ Alan S.) In 1803 Giovanni Aldini‚ the nephew of Galvani inserted metal rods into the mouth and ear of the recently executed corpse of murderer George Foster. It is noted that the dead jaws quivered and muscles jolted. (Brown‚ Alan S.) The dead man’s eyes actually opened. When using electricity to bring the dead prisoners corpses came alive. Parts of the hands was raised and clenched‚ and legs were making movement. (Brown‚ Alan S.) It was not a shock that many observers

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    admit that he is dead and was eventually forced to give up his body for burial. In the end‚ we find out that the corpse of Miss Emily’s lover was also found undisturbed after she had poisoned him in the belief that he was going to abandon her. The unwillingness to accept the death of her father and the actions of Miss Emily’s behavior leading to the shocking finding of her lover’s corpse all support Emily’s resistance to change‚ her sense of entitlement‚ and her need to feel in control of her immediate

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    vial of distilled liquor -that will‚ when drunk‚ cause Juliet to fall into a deep‚ death-like slumber. All of her blood will flow cold through her veins‚ her heart and lungs will cease to move‚ and her limbs will become stiff and clammy‚ just like a corpse. Then in forty two hours time‚ she will awake in the family tomb‚ as if she had merely been sleeping‚ and the banished Romeo will be by her side. <br> <br>The purpose of this scene is to increase interest and suspense for the audience. It further

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    by the use of two cannons (named "Lopaka" and "Kalola") operated by John Young and Isaac Davis‚ two of Kamehameha’s royal advisors. Although none of Maui’s major chiefs were killed‚ many people died resulting in the "damming of the waters" by the corpses floating in the river. It was said that the river "ran red with the blood of the dead." Chiefess Kalola and her granddaughter Keōpūolani were able to escape west through the valley to Olowalu and north to Lahaina.[1] After the battle‚ Kalola offered

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    Envision a barrack‚ congested and overcrowded with the exhausted and emaciated. Even the dead and dying are your assailants as you fight through a massive wall of bodies for the chance to drawn in a breath. The living are as pitiful as the forgotten corpses they abandoned while marching through the snow‚ devoid of feeling and sentiment. Suddenly‚ the song of a lone violin‚ resonant in its isolation‚ floats through the dismal barrack. The musician is not a glorious soloist with thousands of adoring fans

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    horizon. Decrepit buildings surrounded the square‚ partially concealed by dust and scarred from weeks of bombardment‚ urban warfare‚ and fires. Helmets and weapons were dispersed among smashed ammunition‚ papers‚ and pocketbooks in the icy snow. Corpses littered the square. Victory was in the air for the Soviets. The crisp‚ red and black Nazi flag meagerly flew over the Univermag Department store. It was one of the last relics of the German occupation of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad‚ World

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    Before witnessing a dying soldier‚ Henry analyzed the war as "an immerse and terrible machine" that "fascinated him...produced corpses" (Crane 56). Receiving an accidental wound from a fellow soldier‚ "the youth" assimilated the scene of the regiment’s horses and "splintered parts of war machines" that "overturned wagons" (80). Prior to the 304th regiment’s excellent defense‚ Henry

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    the situation after violating the laws of the gods. When Antigone’s brothers—Eteocles and Polynices—died with one killing the other‚ Creon decided that Polynices’ corpse be left unburried with no honor unlike Eteocles’ and prohibited anyone to mourn over Polynices’ cadaver. However‚ being affectionate and reverent to his brother’s corpse‚ Antigone did not follow Creon’s rules. When Antigone was caught in the act of burrying her brother‚ she was arrested and was sentenced to be executed. Knowing this

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    night wears through. The persona is “stiff in the dark”‚ as if like a corpse. The persona‚ although not physically dead‚ but seem to have been killed spiritually from his detachment with Gwen. He cannot help but to remember his past when he was with her. His life appears almost idyllic‚ but the thoughts of the current‚ grim state is almost still lingering in his mind. The “best suit” he desires to be in can be related to a corpse in its “best suit”. This just proves to us that war has certainly the

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    have been obeyed. Towards the end of the play Teiresias warns Creon by saying "Then know thou...that thou shalt not live through many more courses of the sun’s swift chariot‚ ere one begotten of thine own loins shall have been given by thee‚ a corpse for corpses; because thou hast thrust children of the sunlight to the shades‚ and ruthlessly lodged a living soul in the grave; but keepest in this world one who belongs to the gods infernal". Creon hurries to correct his

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