I will be conquered. i will not capitulate.

[stitchtime]

i think i am being reasonable, but, they dont.
how am i supposed to write a 350 word essay on this statement, in 30 minutes.

help. please.

I thought the same as thunder when I read the quote (but I don't know about samuel johnson and his health)

I thought of it as strong rather than martyred/intransigent

I was a bit muellered when I posted

and my degree is in history so waffle is my thing

it's a really interesting question though, I enjoyed pondering it

I didn't know about Samuel Johnson and his health problems though [ignoramus]

however I may be full of irrelevant waffling verbosity but I'm not a patch on Samuel Johnson

You could try an 'internal triumph over external failure' theme.

i.e. this may kill me but I succeeded as a person - you may take me but I will remain.

Or throw them the Johnny Cash's Highwayman:

Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..

Repeat up to wordcount

two days, and i still havent written a proper essay on it. tried yestereday, but gave up, asit was just such rubbish.
i will fail this exam.

Noooo - don't capitulate!

I think it's to do with fighting as hard as you can until you are overcome, i.e. conquered = noble rather than giving up under pressure, i.e. capitulating = cowardly.

The essay title is a statement of intent, and of character, but it's also making an absolute assumption that whoever, or whatever wishes to take the person over, will be successful. So it has a kind of tragic, noble quality to it, but at the same time, is rather pathetic (in true sense of the word).

"It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees"- Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary

Tres bon BOF.

Upper 2:1

Hehehe, I never quite did have the personal discipline to edge my way all the way there

I bet greeny and you got firsts though

Nah, upper 2:1

Same result, same problem