Essays Tagged: "ominous"

Questions of Ethics in Computer Systems and their Future

at Forrester Research Inc., in Cambridge, Mass.If one is to believe the quote above it sounds very ominous for the regulators and the governmentto attempt to even bring this media under any kind of r ... at Forrester Research Inc., in Cambridge, Mass.If one is to believe the quote above it sounds very ominous for the regulators and the governmentto attempt to even bring this media under any kind of r ...

(19 pages) 473 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

the need and utility of nuclear weapons , destructors or Saviors?

ation, the plumage of an infamous mushroom cloud is undoubtedly an image which comes to mind. This ominous image is '. . . a tiger which must be looked in the eye,' (Looking the Tiger in the Eye, 198 ...

(3 pages) 97 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

The Bear

his pristine wilderness for some time. The trails overgrew with shrubs.Gathering, clouds brought an ominous dread to the forest. It became darker by the minute. Suddenly, lightning brightened the terr ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

What Have We Learned From Three-Mile Island After 17 Years?

singthoughts to the issue of nuclear safety worldwide.These two cases are only mere examples of the ominous potential foraccidents of great magnitude within such nuclear plants worldwide (2). It is vi ...

(4 pages) 61 0 4.6 Apr/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Uses drug war politics to outline the sociological theory of how "private troubles" become "social issues"

by western civilization when Christopher Columbus found Native Americans smoking the leaves of this ominous plant upon his arrival to this continent (Henslin, pg. 89). Alcohol (beer, wine, and spirits ...

(7 pages) 204 3 4.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

This essay is about Hopper, and how his works are linked with psychology, particularly with the theories of Freud.

at violently breaches the tranqulity of the present. She states that any image can be related to an ominous and distorted memory, hence allowing it to surface.The first example is "House by the Railro ...

(2 pages) 48 0 2.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The Battle of Ypres, April 1915

e to do it. So after heavy artillery bombardment, and the smoke had settled, roughly 160 tons of an ominous yellow cloud began to creep its way into the Algerian trenches. The Algerians, not being equ ...

(4 pages) 35 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Jack London's "To Build A Fire"; Inferiority of Intellect

ls, it is his abandon to instinct that at times makes him inferior.The traveler starts out on an ominous and oppressively cold morning. He is an inexperienced newcomer to the unforgiving region. An ...

(5 pages) 63 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Macbeth Contrast between light and dark as symbols for life and death

s indicative of many symbols of evil. For instance, a black cat, dark night, and dark place are all ominous symbols. Light, as it is used in Macbeth, often seems to be indicative of truth or life. The ...

(4 pages) 42 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

A media essay on the film verison of the book 'Of Mice and Man' by John Steinbeck. References to the book inculded.

g film has you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The whole film right to the finish is ominous (destined, fated, threatening, imminent, overhanging, impending). The film also has a cathar ... they are on the road. The girl in the red dress that was crying is focused on. The music is mostly ominous. The first opening scene it is, very much so. Lennie, in the book, has hallucinations, which ...

(18 pages) 68 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Comparison of Tone in Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) and The Atonement (Ian McEwan)

story. While not the only tones within each piece, three of the common tones are: a sombre mood, an ominous foreboding, and detached horror. The ways these tones are established and maintained differ, ... s old, and their co-pilot was Dobbs, who was even worse... (Heller 235)Parts like these keep up the ominous feeling within the book, and keep the reader on edge as to what really happened to Snowden a ...

(10 pages) 67 1 4.2 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Do the 'Historical Notes' in the Handmaid's Tale add to or detract from the novel?

by the historical notes is quite a disappointment. Whilst reading the novel, I was expecting a very ominous ending as it was suggested in the way it was written as nothing was really concluded fully. ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Who, (or what) was Spring-Heeled Jack?

ange blue and white flames from his mouth in the heat of an attack. However, what makes him seem so ominous is the fact that he (or it) could leap 20-30 feet vertical.THE FIRST SIGHTINGSThe first inci ...

(6 pages) 58 3 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Cuban Missile Crisis

hill gave an address on foreign affairs at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. In it he uttered this ominous sentence: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descen ...

(5 pages) 50 0 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Title" Willow Weeping:

dness and realization. The trees do not appear their most vibrant shade of jade in the glow of this ominous day. Varieties of headstones litter the earth, holding their majestic appeal and flaunting t ...

(2 pages) 28 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller - Commentary (pages 11-14)

der immediately knows that the house is not owned by a wealthy person, just a 'salesman'. There are ominous apartments surrounding this 'fragile' old-fashioned house. This immediately gives the reader ...

(4 pages) 29 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Guilty Pleasures" by Laurell K. Hamilton as Compared to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv show. Includes synopsis of the book.

y're not exactly big fans of her. They call her the Executioner. The vampire community, despite her ominous profession, holds enough respect for her to ask for her help with the further investigation ...

(11 pages) 20 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Mistake

t home as soon as possible and quickly made my way though the dimly lit street with the help of the ominous moonlight. There were no stars in the sky. Silence hung densely in the air.All of a sudden, ...

(2 pages) 40 1 2.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Boss

rlier descended like a big blanket. The night air was laden with the imminent hatching of something ominous. The swirling wind picked up some loose dirt and scattered it all over the street.Under a st ...

(1 pages) 209 13 3.9 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Equivocation and Free Choice in Macbeth

an.The blending of right and wrong, good and evil, and a general equivocal position begins with the ominous appearance of the witches in Act I, Scene 1 of the play. For Shakespeare they serve the role ...

(5 pages) 25 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth