...Hamilton Sorley was unexpectedly shot by a sniper at the battle of Loos on the 13th October of 1915, at the age of 20, he wrote the poem When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead. Charles Hamilton Sorley wrote this poem right before he had died in the war to show his thoughts on the brutal conditions and immoral lifestyle they lived in. He was an average student who had taken classes and had an optimistic point of view of life who had joined the war to be a part of his country; like many other fools. In the war they went against all human dignity and the dead had no respect, which is described in, When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead. Charles Hamilton Sorley was born in Aberdeen in 1895 and 18 years later he decided to live in Germany and went to college at University College, Cambridge. Once war was declared in August 1914, Sorley unexpectedly went back to England to enlist in the British Army. He joined the Suffolk Regiment and went through multiple months of training; soon after he was sent to the Western Front for war. Then at the age of 20 he was unexpectedly shot by a sniper at the battle of Loos on the 13th October of 1915. When he died, he had only 37 finished poems to share with the world; including the poem he had just finished, When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead. His most popular...
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...Why do we say that the dead are the voice of the past? The archaeologists have the intimate details on how their ancient lives and how they died, by their flesh, bones and DNA. The goal of archaeologist is to understand our past. Bernardo Ariaza in 1983 he was an archaeologist in chille he investigates about a body they found while some men are digging for water connections. 7000 years ago a body found with this eerie mask sculpted over their faces, a man, woman, children and even an 8 inch long foetus were mummified. They were called Chinchoro. Mummification eases the lost of their love one, strengthens ones between the livings and made the community whole again. Every culture on earth has ritual to the final farewell to the dead. Some consigned the body to the embrace of the earth, the other release the soul through fire and today the practice of cremation is on rise. But for ancient Egyptians they believed that the body should last forever. To prevent decay the bodies of the dead will drained with moisture and reduced to the consistency of leather. Even send out dead into space, reload the container of ashes into small rocket. Even animal is mummified. In 1798 napoleons’ campaign spread a new ways of mummification. Bob Briers also known Mr. Mummy, tries to mummified a dead body and for it success he said that “we do the project not to get the mummy but to get knowledge”. Bionic involves by freezing the body by the liquid nitrogen. And for some nature makes mummies. Some bones/bodies...
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...to the Greek god, Hades, of the underworld and king of the dead. From ancient Greek to modern times Hades is viewed as the god of evil. He is viewed as evil in society because he drew the small end of the stick. Receiving the power to the ruler of the underworld and king of the dead. In modern-day Hades can be compared to the devil, the queen ant, and a kidnapper. The ones who study Greek mythology must remember, Hades is neither evil nor dark like how society portrays him, but “he is altruistic and passive, bringing balance to the world” (“Top… Hades.”). Humans who are quick to judge without knowing the story behind someone's purpose is where the trait of evil develops. Hades is the third brother among the twelve great Olympians. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades defeated their father and the Titans to help their cousins reclaim their rulership over the cosmos. The three brothers agreed to split their rule and Hades drew his power of the ruling the underworld and becoming the king over the dead. Most people think Hades is the ruler of death, but he is not the ruler of the death just the dead. “He presided over funeral rites and defended the rights...
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...The Dead: A Psychological Perspective James Joyce’s “The Dead” can be interpreted form a psychological perspective that focuses on the impact of the cognitive and subconscious influences that impacted the content of Joyce’s work. In analyzing “The Dead” from this psychological perspective, there are insights that reveal how confused, disturbed, insecure, and troubled Joyce was in his personal life. The first article is by Coen and is entitled “What Will Become of Epiphanies? A Psychoanalytic Reading of James Joyce’s ‘The Dead.’” One of the more interesting points that was made in this article was that Coen describes how there are elements being juxtaposed against one another in Joyce’s story. These contrasting elements represent death and life. One example of this contrast between life and death was where Joyce wrote, “The morning was still dark. A dull yellow light brooded over the houses and the river and the sky seemed to be descending” (Joyce). This description uses all dark and dull matter to symbolize death. The morning sky, which could be described as brilliant specks of color trying to break through the early morning dark sky, were instead simply referred to as dark. Then, right after this description, Joyce’s entire mood and writing style changed. He wrote, “…Gabriel’s eyes were…bright with happiness. The blood went bounding along his veins and the thoughts were rioting through his brain, proud, joyful, tender, valorour…” (Joyce). This excerpt is full of...
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...Noura Badr EL Din Anth 202 Dr. John Schaefer 900061495 15 March 2012 Film Review Letter to the Dead Eytan Kapon and Andre Iteanu are ethnologists who have always been interested in the exceptional people of Papua New Guinea. They shed light on the people of Jajau in their movie "Letter to the Dead" which was filmed in December 1999 and January 2000. This was due to the rumors that were widespread at the time that included the return of the dead and of Christ on the eve of the new millennium. The film aims to encourage reflection on the relationship between the West and the third world countries and how the people of Jajau view Whitemen. Moreover, the movie discusses the beliefs, customs, traditions, rituals and values of the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea and draws attention to new ideas and a unique mentality that may seem bizarre and new to modernized people. In Jajau, most citizens believe that their parents will return from the dead and they always preach their resurrection in churches and perform rituals to honor them and communicate with them. They call these rituals “pondos“. Pondos are taken very seriously in the orokaivan culture. It involves dancing, praying for the dead, exchanging gifts and the person who hosts the pondo has to feed everyone who is invited. During the ritual pigs are usually carved on the platform. Food and clothing are also a huge issue in Papua new Guinea; they have a lot of food such as taros, bananas...
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...Not Living Dead If there is one thing that has remained true throughout the time of all human existence, it is that we all must die. However, there are sometimes moments in our lives when we encounter people who are perfectly alive, but could also be characteristically described as dead. In James Joyce’s “The Dead”, we encounter Gabriel who has an epiphany that is considered gloomy on a night that has historically always been “a great affair” (178). In reading about Gabriel’s epiphany, it has served as a sort of warning to me personally, that it is important to take the time out to really enjoy the ununiformed parts of life. The lesson is a warning against working so hard that I wake up one day to find myself dead inside, thus becoming a part of the living dead. Gabriel is a man who considers himself intelligent, in fact, more intelligent than the other guests at the party, and this is further evidenced, as he studied his speech and considered changing parts of it to accommodate those who may not understand his Robert Browning references. “He was undecided about the lines from Robert Browning for he feared they would be above the heads of his hearers” (180). The setting of the story begins at an annual party that his aunts and cousin host, and then veers off to a lonely night in a hotel room. The contrast of the settings is interesting because at the party, Gabriel appears to be this intelligent, comedic guy who his aunts deem important as they felt that he was the perfect...
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...it does not, it only supports the history of the Bible. One of the discoveries that support the biblical historicity is the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls came from eleven caves, mined over the course of seven years, over 15,000 documents supporting biblical historicity have been unearthed at Qumran. One of the archeologist that played an important part in this discovery was Yigael Yadin of Israel. Yadin, not only contributed to the discovery and research of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than any other archeologist, but he also unearthed mysteries surrounding the history of Israel at Masada, Hazor and Tel Megiddo. He was not just an archeologist but he had a public life and military life to make him more of a person of interest. Even though Yadin died, his contributions will be remembered for years to come and will encourage others to continue where he left off. He will be missed greatly in the archaeological field. Hopefully, others will continue his work and continue to excavate different sites in order to find more useful and interesting discoveries of biblical nature. In this paper, we will review who he was, his life as well as his achievements and contributions in the archeological field. We will see that Yigael Yadin was truly an archeologist in every sense of the word – he lived archeology, he studied it and breathed it. It was in his blood so to say. His contributions are far too many to mention in this paper but we will focus on the most important...
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...This essay is going to be about how Romeo and Juliet died and who killed them. It is going to include three reasons why this happened. I’m going to choose one character and explain how he/she is responsible for the deaths. One reason that Juliet died was because she stabbed herself and it was her choice no one else’s that she did that. She took a sleeping potion and everyone thought that she was dead, and when she woke up Romeo was dead so she stabbed herself. Romeo’s death was about the same way but different. Romeo seen Juliet but no one had told him that she took a sleeping potion, he thought that she was dead. So he drank a poison that was deadly and he killed himself. Reason two Juliet killed herself. She killed herself because of Paris....
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...The marketing of dead celebrities has become big business. Some estimates have valued the the royalties and licensing income at about $2.5 billion One of the first advertisers to employ dead celebrities was Diet Coke back in 1991. The TV commercial was staged in a hot nightclub, with Elton John leading the band. Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Louis Armstrong were all incorporated using old movie and TV clips - and the technique opened the doors to a whole new casting conversation. This week on Under The Influence, we look at Marketing Dead Celebrities. It's become a $2 billion dollar industry. The marketing of dead celebrities not only attracts lots of big brands, but lots of controversy. We'll trace the use of dead celebrities in advertising, we'll analyze "Dead Q Scores," we'll list the top-grossing dead celebrities, we'll tell some fascinating stories about ads that featured Audrey Hepburn, Michael Jackson, Fred Astaire, Kurt Cobain and Marilyn Monroe - and how their families felt about those commercials. Hope you join us. It's a brave new world, now that nobody's dead anymore. Twenty-six miles from Palm Springs, in Indio, California, a large event is staged every year. It's called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Started in 1999, it's a big two-weekend gathering that draws over 80,000 people a day. Nearly 180 musical acts perform, and while the festival has hosted big acts like Paul McCartney, Madonna and Foo Fighters, it's also an important...
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...Land of the Dead (A discussion of Odysseus’ reactions in the Land of the Dead) Have you ever felt the chilling wind on the back of your arms on a cold Halloween night? That is the feeling I always imagine when I think of Odysseus descending into the Underworld. In the Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus runs into three people he knew before they passed away. These three people were Elpenor, Anticlea, and Tiresias. In the Odyssey, Odysseus’ reactions to these three are sorrowful, grieving, frightfulness, and anger. When Odysseus caught sight of Elpenor in the Land of the Dead, he was sorrowful. His crewmate had just recently lost his life in Circe’s hall. Elpenor’s body had still been laying on the ground, unburied. Elpenor pleaded to Odysseus to bury his body and put a monument up for him. He asked, “When you make sail and put the lodgings of dim Death behind, you will moor ship, I know, upon Aeaea Island; there, O my lord, remember me, I pray, do not abandon me unwept, unburied, to tempt the gods’ wrath, while you sail for home.”(pg 1067)...
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...Maybe they wouldn’t have died if he had been there in time. (back ground info)Friar Laurence is the character most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet because he gave Juliet a sleeping potion making everyone believe she was dead, he did not see through that Romeo got the message that Juliet was alive, and he did not get to the grave quick enough to resolve the situation. Friar Laurence is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because he gave Juliet the sleeping potion causing everyone to think she was dead. “Take thou this vial... drink thou off... shall appear like death” (Shakespeare 4.1 96-106) “She's dead, deceased; she's dead” (Shakespeare 4.5 25). The quote from Friar Laurence is when he instructed Juliet to drink the contents of the vial so she would appear dead. The quote from the nurse shows that everyone believed she...
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...good Calvinistic brothers over the doctrine of “Total Inability” this last week (which can be heard HERE). Much focus was on the biblical concept of “spiritual deadness” and the unfounded presumption by the Calvinists that it means mankind is born completely unable to respond willingly to God Himself. The analogy of being “dead” is seen throughout the scriptures, but can it be demonstrated to mean that mankind is born completely and totally unable to willingly respond to God Himself, as the Calvinists presume? Are we born dead like Lazarus, a corpse rotting in the tomb (a link scripture never draws), or are we dead like the...
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...Contemporary Theology: God-Is-Dead Theology” Submitted to Dr. Eunice Abogunrin In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of THEO 510-B05 Survey of Theology By John Kohler Whitley October 5, 2014 Introduction Friedrich Nietzsche believed God is dead, and he has based his theology around these three words. Why does he believe God is dead? Friedrich Nietzsche could have called his theology God does not exist and easily conveyed his message. Nietzsche purposefully chose these three words to send a message to the Christian faith. Since the beginning of time the existence of God has been questioned. Science has attempted to provide humanity with an explanation for human origin and has failed. Atheists argue that God does not exist and do not really offer any strong counter argument to the contrary. Muslims, Jews, and Christians each claim they serve the one supreme Creator of the universe. Who is right and who is wrong? If God is dead, why is religion alive and well? This paper will attempt to answer these questions by providing examples and counter examples. By taking a closer look at the life of Friedrich Nietzsche, his beliefs, morals and values, one will find that he does not possess any evidence that God is dead. Friedrich Nietzsche The life of Friedrich Nietzsche started out rather sadly. Nietzsche’s father, Karl Ludwig Nietzsche, developed a problem in the brain that caused him to die at the young age of 36. Karl was a Lutheran pastor who...
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...Elie Wiesel was born in 1928, in the town of Sighet, now part of Romania. During World War II, he, with his family and other Jews from the area, were deported to the German concentration and extermination camps, where his parents and little sister perished. Wiesel and his two older sisters survived. Night, narrated by Eliezer Wiesel, chronicles his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. His family is deported from Hungary, brought to Auschwitz, and experiences starvation, abuse, and death. In the preface of Night, Ellie explains. “And those words are: For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are also responsible for what we are doing with those memories.” After reviewing...
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...Lickerman he describes what he believes make a person a hero. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are a few characters that might be considered heroes. Boo Radley is one of the many heroes in the book. He puts himself in more danger in order to protect others. Dr.Lickerman has his own opinion on what qualities he believes makes a person a hero. He says “What actually makes a hero? I’d argue it’s the willingness to make a personal sacrifice for the benefit of others.” He goes on to explain how one of his patients is a hero because he risked his life to donate a kidney to his brother with AIDS. It was a fact that his brother was going to die and giving away a kidney would cause...
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