Rembrandt
.... for many of his paintings and drawings. In
addition to portraits, Rembrandt gained fame for his landscapes, while he
is one of the most famous sketchers of all time. When he had no other
model, he painted or sketched his own image. Rembrandt painted or sketched
over fifty portraits just of himself! During the next few years three of
his four children died as babies, and in 1642 his wife died. Rembrandt made
most of his etchings during the 1630’s and 1640’s. His landscape paintings
are depiction’s of th .....
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Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine Of Aragon
.... to nobility she is without comparison."(Albert, p.
32). Catherine was looked at by many people as a brave woman, without mercy.
The people of England not only loved her as their Queen, but as their
friend. Catherine of Aragon came into Henrys life as a sister-in-
law. She was married to Arthur, Henry's brother. Arthur soon died after
their marriage and Catherine was left a widow. Two years after his death,
Catherine soon realized her love for Prince Henry. Although a few years
younger than sh .....
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Joan Of Arc
.... lack of leadership and a sense of hopelessness. Henry
the VI of England was claiming the French throne.
At the battle of Orleans in May 1429, Joan led the troops to a
miraculous victory over the English. She continued fighting the enemy in
other locations along the Loire ( Paine 211). Fear of troops under her
leadership was so formidable that when she approached Lord Talbot's army
at Patay, most of the English troops and Commander Sir John Fastolfe fled
the battlefield ( Nolan 69). Although Lord Talbot s .....
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George Washington
.... player, he could have never thrown anything across
the river. The most startling fact is that he wasn't even the first
president.
Our first president was John Hanson. He was elected president of
the thirteen states in the Confederation. After Hanson, there were more
before Washington. There was Elias Boudinot, Thomas Mifflin, Richard Henery
and Cyrus Griffin.
At the age of 17, Washington began traveling across rivers,
mountains and Indian trails to remote parts of Virginia. He learned to
survive .....
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JFK: His Life And Legacy
.... Great Britain(Anderson 98). His mother, Rose, was a loving housewife
and took young John on frequent trips around historic Boston learning
about American revolutionary history. Both parents impressed on their
children that their country had been good to the Kennedys. Whatever
benefits the family received from the country they were told, must be
returned by performing some service for the country(Anderson 12). The
Kennedy clan included Joe, Jr., Bobby, Ted and their sisters, Eunice, Jean,
Patric .....
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Ernest Hemingway And A Farewell To Arms
.... children were expected to behave
properly and to please her, always.
Mrs. Hemingway treated Ernest, when he was a small boy, as if he
were a female baby doll and she dressed him accordingly. This arrangement
was alright until Ernest got to the age when he wanted to be a "gun-toting
Pawnee Bill". He began, at that time, to pull away from his mother, and
never forgave her for his humiliation.
The town of Oak Park, where Ernest grew up, was very old fashioned
and quite religious. The townsp .....
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Charles Darwin
.... in 1839.His first book, Journal of Researches was published in 1839
as well. Charles and Emma live in England until the end of their lives. He
started to write out parts of his theory in 1842-1844 in Vestiges of
Natural Creation.
Darwin had many volumes of Origin of Species published from 1859-82.
Darwin’s natural selection was basically saying that some things aren’t
needed. Those are called vestigial organs. These concepts were formed by
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Organisms o .....
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General George Custer
.... Terry’s
orders and put his men in danger. If Custer would’ve just continued on his
path then there would’ve been a better chance of a success at the Little
Big Horn battle.
Not only did George Custer disobey his orders by going off his
ordered path, but he attacked a day early. If Custer had followed Terry’s
orders he would have reached the Indians on the day Gibbons men rescued
Reno (Brady,221). The fact that Custer made a decision to attack early put
him and his men in tremendous danger. It can on .....
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Jean Jacque Piaget
.... from birth
until age two. According to Piaget, this stage is the most interesting
because it includes the most rapid changes. It is at this time when a
child learns about his/her relationship to various objects. The child
learns a variety of fundamental movements and perceptual activities such as
holding a bottle. The second stage is the Preoperational Stage, ages two
to seven. Children start to use language and try to make sense of the
world, but have a much less sophisticated mode of thought than adu .....
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The Life Of Julius Caesar
.... desperate attempt to regain control, tried
to influence Pompey to bring about Caesar's fall. The Senate’s plan
backfired, giving Caesar full control of Rome and bringing about the end of
Pompey’s life.
Caesar succeeded in bringing order back to the face of Rome. First
he reformed the existing Roman calender. The existing calender was
corrupt because it did not synchronize with the solar year. Priests were
allowed to prolong the calender at their will and some used it to their
advantages. Caes .....
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Doris Lessing's Life And Her Writings
.... to create a feeling that a person of another
background would not be able to do (Thompson, 1251).
“The story is about a family and their farm hands trying to save a
maize crop from a huge swarm of locusts. Although their crop is ruined,
they are thankful that the swarm of locusts did not settle and lay eggs on
the farm. As a result, Margaret, the wife, who was brought up in the city,
slowly learns to adapt to her harsh yet beautiful surroundings” (Bloom,134).
In the story the main character is Ma .....
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The Life And Rule Of Cleopatra
.... and also
quite intelligent. She spoke nine different languages, the first Plotemy
pharaoh to actually speak Egyptian, and was also a very shrewd politican.
Going along with the Egyptian tradition she married her brother and co-
ruler, Ptolemy XIII, who was only 12.The marriage was only of convenience
though, and Ptolemy pharaoh only in name. For three years he remained in
the background while Cleopatra ruled over Egypt. Ptolemy’s advisors
resented Cleopatra’s independence and conspired against her. .....
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Sigmund Freud: 1856 - 1939
.... his training he befriended Josef Breuer, another physician and
physiologist. They often discussed medical cases together and one of
Breuer's would have a lasting effect on Freud. Known as Anna O., this
patient was a young woman suffering from what was then called hysteria. She
had temporary paralysis, could not speak her native German but could speak
French and English, couldn't drink water even when thirsty, and so on.
Breuer discovered that if he hypnotized her, she would talk of things she
di .....
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Stonewall Jackson
.... he was a General at the Battle of Bull Run.
Jackson’s men formed such a strong line that another southern general said,
“There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!”.
That is where he earned the name Stonewall. He was an amazing general. In
the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, he conquered the North of 60,000 soldiers
with his 17,000 men.
Jackson fought under Lee in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Second Battle of
Run, Antietam, Cedar Mountain and Fredericksburg. His greatest batt .....
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Thomas Aquinas
.... an order of mendicant preaching friars. Thomas decided to join
the order, even though his family opposed the idea. His brothers captured
him and imprisoned him at Roccasecca. There he was imprisoned for nearly
two years. His parents, brothers, and sisters attempted to force him to
change his mind, they threatened him and forced temptations on him, but he
eventually escaped and joined the Dominicans.
The Dominicans then sent Thomas to Cologne to study with Albertus
Magnus, the smartest man of the .....
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