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- 201: Eliot's Views of Sexuality as Revealed in the Behavior of Prufrock and Sweeney
- ... coffee spoons":. He contemplates the aimless pattern of his divided and solitary self. He is a lover, yet he is unable to declare his love. Should a middle-aged man even think of making a proposal of love? "Do I dare/Disturb the universe?" he asks. Prufrock knows the women in the saloons "known them all" and he presumes how they classify him and he feels he deserves the classification, because ... yielding to his own natural feelings. He wrestles with his desires to change his world and with his fear of their rejection. He imagines how foolish he would feel if he were to make his proposal only to discover that the woman had never thought of him as a possible lover; he imagines her brisk, cruel response; "That is not what I meant, at all." He imagines that she will want ...
- 202: Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response to Heroine
- Catherine Morland, with all her enthusiasm and her mistakes, her modest tenderness and right feeling, is a most captivating picture of a very young girl. How Does Jane Austen Direct Her Readers' Response To Her Heroine Throughout Northanger Abbey? Written by James Durrant Marilyn Butler, in ... your being superior in good-nature yourself to all the rest of the world." This huge, unprompted compliment from Henry is a reflection of his growing affection for her refreshing innocence, and the blush and 'modest disclaimer' serve to 'verify' 'the gentleman's predictions'. This good nature is seen in a different light in chapter 18. Isabella having told her that her brother has designs on Catherine, she is shocked. However ...
- 203: Commander In Chief Franklin De
- ... week that Marshall held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff, which was his first appointment where he interacted directly with the president, Roosevelt held a formal meeting at the White House. Roosevelt gave a proposal that would affect the growth of the military. He barely knew Marshall at that time, but called him by his first name and asked for his agreement on the proposal. Marshall did not agree and proceeded to say what he thought. “He got a startled look from his Commander in Chief and, as they were leaving, expressions of sympathy from the others (the cabinet members ...
- 204: Small Business Setup
- ... also the management skill of the firm, and will have a strong impact on your ability to obtain contracts in the future. A good business plan that is updated periodically makes the most powerful financing proposal a small business can have. A logically arranged and reasonably complete business plan is essential for operating and growing a business in well controlled way. A good plan serves your needs for business analysis, provides ... operating tool which, if used properly will help you manage your business and work effectively towards its success. Furthermore the completed business plan communicates your ideas to others and provides the basis for your financing proposal. As you can see a well thought out business plan can be a very useful tool for your new company. Let s now look at the issue of location. Location is a key to help ...
- 205: Pride and Prejudice and The Edible Woman: Negative Effects of the Society's Influence
- ... must “marry someone eventually and have children, everyone does” (100). Peter exemplifies the acceptable male. He is a rising young lawyer, socially acceptable, all around popular guy. For this reason Marian accepts Peter's marriage proposal. She is not in love with him, but accepts because she feels it is what she is expected to do with her life, even if it is not what she wants. Before her engagement Marian ... Marian proceeds to subconsciously rebel against society's pre-set role for her, using food as her vehicle for rebellion. The first time she is unable to eat is the morning after accepting Peter's proposal, when she discovers that she is no longer able to consume eggs. At this point in the novel there is a dramatic switch from first to third person. The viewpoint is not that of a ...
- 206: Comparison Of Grant And Lee
- ... 1860's. In 1869, it was suggested by members of Congress that the rotunda of the Capitol include a massive painting representing Lee surrendering to Grant. The Congressmen visited Grant and told them of the proposal, expecting the president-elect to be amenable to the suggestion. Instead, the usual calm and unruffled Grant became markedly agitated. "No, gentlemen," Grant said, "it won't do. No power on earth will make me agree to your proposal. I will not humiliate General Lee or our Southern friends in depicting their humiliation and then celebrating the event in the nation's capitol." This immediately ended any discussion of the painting. It's a ...
- 207: Alexander Hamilton and the National Debt
- ... in hopes of protecting American manufacturers. Congress did not pass this bill. This did not stop Hamilton. He came up with another plan to raise money, an excise tax on distilled liquors. Congress adopted this proposal, but probably wished they had not. The proposal was very unpopular, so unpopular that it caused a rebellion. Out of all these strategies the one that had an impact on the development of political parties was the creation of the national bank. The ...
- 208: The Constitution: Discord And Tension In 1850
- ... President Taylor was a slaveholder himself, he supported the immediate admission of both California and New Mexico, as free states. Some southerner extremists met in Nashville in 1850 to discuss secession. Henry Clay had a proposal for solving this political crisis. 1. Admit California to the Union as a free state. 2. Adopt a Fugitive Slave Law and enforce it rigorously 3. Ban the slave trade in the District of Columbia ... more proof of the North’s incurable prejudice against the South’s way of life.” Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Fugitive Slave Law both led to national discord in the Constitution. Due to the proposal of extending the Missouri Compromise line, many alternatives were drawn up against doing so. Lewis Cass, a Democratic Senator, proposed a Compromise solution that soon won considerable support from both moderate northerners and moderate southerners ...
- 209: The Nation’s Sectional Discord And The Unity Within The Nation
- ... President Taylor was a slaveholder himself, he supported the immediate admission of both California and New Mexico, as free states. Some southerner extremists met in Nashville in 1850 to discuss secession. Henry Clay had a proposal for solving this political crisis. 1. Admit California to the Union as a free state. 2. Adopt a Fugitive Slave Law and enforce it rigorously 3. Ban the slave trade in the District of Columbia ... more proof of the North’s incurable prejudice against the South’s way of life.” Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Fugitive Slave Law both led to national discord in the Constitution. Due to the proposal of extending the Missouri Compromise line, many alternatives were drawn up against doing so. Lewis Cass, a Democratic Senator, proposed a Compromise solution that soon won considerable support from both moderate northerners and moderate southerners ...
- 210: A Gold Rush Leads To War
- ... John J. Crittenden of Kentucky tried to save the union by proposing a thirteenth amendment which, instead of abolishing slavery (as it does now), would forever guarantee it in states where it already existed. The proposal also provided for an extension of the Missouri Compromise, dividing slave and free territories. Lincoln furthered the preservationist spirit by insisting that the rebellious states were still part of the Union. However, before Crittenden's ... to finally make it law. Also, Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill, declaring that all blacks were legal citizens of the United States, and enjoyed all rights that citizenship entails. Later in 1866 was the proposal of the Fourteenth Amendment, which amplified the Civil Rights Bill and the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. Tennessee was again the first of the former Confederate states to ratify the amendment, and in 1866, was readmitted ...
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