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…. A man who nearly single-handedly created an accurate measuring system for longitude and developed large advancements in clockwork. You may be pondering how the two could be related, but the beauty of longitude is that time measures longitude, and so began…

…courageous heroes. It is obvious they are merely human. The men in the boat have worked together as a team, almost as if they know they can only survive s a team. Like clockwork, they switch rowing shifts to let others sleep. They are considerate to each other…

…the economic clockwork of modern America. Another distinct characteristic of the Renaissance present in today's society is a strong emphasis on individuality. During the Middle Ages the common man was marked by "faith, illusion, and childish prepossession…

…Chaplins own clockwork-like affectations. In fact Benjamins description of this type of clown echoes Chaplins style with eerie accuracy. “With his abrupt movements he imitates both the machines which push the material and the economic boom which pushes…

…, a Frenchman, is a main character. He recalls a restless youth and now wishes to settle down to the clockwork-like regularity of Fogg's life. He becomes Mr. Fogg's live-in servant. The very day he becomes employed in Fogg's service, Mr. Fogg announces that he…

…round in a slow, horizontal, passionless wheel, like the turn of puppets by clockwork" (187). Here is the image which Hardy enthrones as the ruling spirit of the novel. Nature cannot be escaped, but only endured, like by Joan Durbyfield who views…

…and its concept of nature as a living mystery and not a clockwork universe which is fixed and permanent to the Romanticism age (Reuben 2). The American landscape inspired the Transcendentalists' reverence for nature, which provided them with much…

…clockwork of modern America. Another distinct characteristic of the Renaissance present in today’s society is a strong emphasis on individuality. During the Middle Ages the common man was marked by “faith, illusion, and childish prepossession” (Burckhardt, 508…

…Ratched and her assistant, like clockwork, call the patients to form a line and receive their medication. Everything has to follow a certain order for Nurse Ratched and those who don?t conform are dealt with severely. But the poor treatment of mental…

…In our society today, violence can hardly be ignored. Murder, rape, theft, and many other potentially violent crimes are committed like clockwork. Sad, enough, violence is in our human nature. As a young man, I can remember how cruel little kids…