story‚ “The Overcoat”‚ is one example of these Slavic folk based stories. While the majority of “The Overcoat” is an ironic tale about a simple clerk whose obsession with his overcoat eventually causes his death‚ the ending of the story‚ where a corpse is believed to begin haunting the town of St. Petersburg is perhaps the most interesting and controversial part of the tale. To readers in the twenty-first century‚ who are unfamiliar with Slavic folk beliefs‚ the ending might be viewed as bizarre
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Tom screamed and hopped over the carcasses desperate to escape the hospital. The doctor was close behind him pushing the stretcher gaining speed. Tom reached the window and looked down. It was too high of a jump and nothing soft to break his fall. The doctor had cornered him. Tom could smell the rank and pungent smell of rotting flesh and eggs. He had a choice between jumping and possibly dying or being slaughtered by the savage maniac. He broke the window with his fist feeling the glass shards shred
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Antigone By Sophocles Written 442 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Jebb Dramatis Personae daughters of Oedipus: ANTIGONE ISMENE CREON‚ King of Thebes EURYDICE‚ his wife HAEMON‚ his son TEIRESIAS‚ the blind prophet GUARD‚ set to watch the corpse of Polyneices FIRST MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER‚ from the house CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS Scene The same as in Oedipus the King‚ an open space before the royal palace‚ once that of Oedipus‚ at Thebes. The backscene represents the front of the
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Biological warfare (BW) — also known as germ warfare — is the deliberate use of disease-causing biological agents such as bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ or biological toxins‚ to kill or incapacitate humans‚ animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons (often termed "bio-weapons" or "bio-agents") are living organisms or replicating entities (viruses) that reproduce or replicate within their host victims. Entomological (insect) warfare is also considered a type of BW. Biological weapons may
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age”. While technology is the result of intelligence and reason‚ Vonnegut points out that the employment of technology in war only leads to mass destruction. In Slaughterhouse Five‚ Vonnegut says that “every day my Government gives me a count of corpses created by military science in Vietnam” (Vonnegut 268). He implies that the great achievement of science and technology used in war is the large number of people it kills. By pointing out that the government measures the success of technology with
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Women in the 1800’s had few obligations in life. Unlike now‚ young girls growing up were not sent to school to get an education. Instead‚ it was the job of a young girl to learn the roles of the housewife or mother. These girls would learn to do chores‚ clean house‚ cook dinners‚ and various other household activities starting a fairly young age. Girls were raised in this way so that one day they will make a decent wife to a husband‚ possibly of the parents choosing‚ so that she can keep her husband
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“The effective war film is often the one in which the action begins after the war‚ when there is nothing but ruins and desolation everywhere…” Francois Truffaut Francois Truffaut continued on to say that Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog‚ made in 1955‚ was the “greatest film ever made”. The 30-minute film based on the horrors of the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps after World War II combines Resnais’ own cinematography with original images and footage of the captives in their unfathomable
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doors to open in fear that she might go out and endanger innocent lives since she mentioned getting ‘a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon’ to fulfill her desires. The word ‘slewed’ suggests the awkward way her appearance must be‚ or maybe how disgusting her hair or dress has become‚ perhaps hinting towards how the snakes are twisted on medusa’s head. Strangle‚ spinster‚ stink‚ corpse and more‚ these uses of the ‘s’ sounds are very suggestive that Miss Havisham has become very much like a snake
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observe that Tim Burton’s unique style has been inspired by the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Vincent Price. Burton’s use of this style is held to be evident in his interpretation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ as well as Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride. Above all‚ film director Tim Burton utilizes low-key lighting‚ ominous music‚ and multiple flashbacks to emphasize the dark‚ suspenseful storyline joined by abnormal characters‚ thus provoking the idea that a person’s first appearance can always
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to make room for the living. Volunteers would undress the dead to share their garments. Then “gravediggers” would throw the deceased out of the wagons. While they were tossing bodies‚ Elie had realized that his father was about to be one of those corpses if he didn’t wake up. When the “gravediggers” got to him‚ Elie had failed to wake up. Being
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