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- 16321: Amiri Baraka
- ... NJ, in 1934 to a middle-class family, Baraka attended Rutgers University then transferred to receive his degree from Howard University. Baraka served in the military for three years before settling in Greenwich Village in New York, at the heart of the Beat scene. Baraka began writing seriously and with first wife, Hettie Cohen, founded the influential Beat literary journal, Yugen. Baraka then grew in notority when he won the Obie, awarded by the Village Voice newspaper, an off-Broadway award, for his play, Dutchman. With his new found reputation, Baraka opened the Black Arts Repertory School in 1964. The institution became one of the most influential theatre/schools within the BAM and brought music, art, poetry and drama to the street corners ...
- 16322: The Awakening
- ... We see this when he says "You are far too lenient, too lenient by far, Leonce. Bibliography Bibliography Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." Literature: Thinking, Reading, and Writing Critically. 2nd ed. Ed. Sylvan Barnet et al. New York: Longman, 1997. 607-699. Aull Ph.D., Felice. "Kate Chopin: The Awakening." Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database. 34th ed. (April 1999). Online. New York University. Internet. 10 April 1999. Available: http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/topview.html Bender, Brent. "The Teeth of Desire: The Awakening and The Descent of Man." American Literature. Sept ...
- 16323: Diary Of Anne Frank
- ... Anne Frank" is about a young girl who suffered a lot in the Holocaust. Anne Frank kept a diary, which made her a very well known teenagers. She has inspired people from all over the world. Her writings explain the true feeling of being in the World War II. She kept her dairy from June 12,1942 and ended when it was discovered in August 1944. On her 13th birthday on June 12, 1942 Anne received a diary from her parents, Otto ...
- 16324: Macbeth- Ambition And Hamartea
- ... kills them to save his own behind. What a traitor, he deserves to be slained and he should be beheaded! Secondly Macbeth's hamartea of ambition blinds him from seeing where he lye as the new King of Scotland. Instead Macbeth remembers the third and last prophase of Banquo. It was that Banquo would not be king but he shall be the father of kings. The idea that Macbeth will not ... got yourself into Macbeth! You have committed murder! You are a traitor! Third of all Macbeth is confused because he visits the witches and they give him three more prophasies and four apparitions. The three new prophasies he is presented with are to beware of the Thane of Fife, no one that is born from a mother shall kill Macbeth and Macbeth will never be defeated until Great Birnam Wood forest ...
- 16325: The Metamorphosis: Complexity and Irony of Man in Society
- ... by him, and feeling immensely burdened, they sentence him to a life of isolation. In the meantime, Gregor’s sister Gretta embarks on her own metamorphosis and shift in role. Her change commences with the new responsibility of caring for Gregor and escalates to the point where she begins to assert herself with her parents and ultimately becomes a decision maker. She becomes empowered in this process, and simultaneously becomes less ... death of Gregor marks the rebirth of Gretta--- the continuity of one into the other. Gregor’s death reunited the a closeness in the family, and the parental figures now looked upon Gretta with a new found respect. She had become to them what Gregor had been, but how long would it be before they realized what she had lost in the transistion?
- 16326: Atoms
- ... representing energy, m representing mass and c representing the velocity of light. This meant that because the nucleus made up such a large percentage of a atoms mass, the atoms energy came from the nucleus. New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford began experimenting with radioactivity in the early 1900s. Rutherford put a radioactive substance in front of two opposite charged plates. Some of the rays coming out of the radioactive sample bent ... beam of alpha rays through a piece of gold. Although most passed straight through, some scattered. Rutherford knew that these alpha rays had bounced off a positively charged particle. With this data, Rutherford made a new model, the planetary model, in which electrons were orbiting around a positive nucleus.
- 16327: "Eveline" and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky": Impulse of Marriage
- ... married and that Miss Gavan would be glad she was gone. Although she feared her father would become violent because of her marriage, she knew some others would respect her. She planned to explore a new life with Frank in his distant country home, Buenos Aires. Frank seemed older than Eveline from the stories he had told of his experiences. Eveline was acting upon impulse to escape. The more experienced Frank ... child of the earlier plains." (Crane 218). Both selections deal with the impulse to getting married and focus on the negative reactions of their friends. As I see it, Eveline was desperate to begin a new life and was willing to take a chance on marriage. Love was not the issue as much as escape from her violent father and her job. Eveline felt as if she was a prisoner, yet ...
- 16328: The Influence of Ecstasy on the Youth
- ... to a boyfriend, having to stick close to friends, feeling self-conscious about appearance or dace style or intimidated by attention from men, the young women occupied this social space with confidence, circulating and meeting new people independently.” (Henderson) In survey, which Henderson carried out, she found many young women rated Ecstasy, music and dancing above forms of enjoyment in their lives such as sex and keeping fit. In Henderson’s ... ignorance. As Latimer states, “We would be ignoring the lesson of history if we await the emergence of a threat on public health the size of AIDS before adopting service based harm reduction strategies towards new cultural forms of drug use like Raving on Ecstasy.(Latimer 1997)
- 16329: Virginia Woolf
- ... in her life. From the time Vanessa and Virginia were children, Vanessa acted as a safety net for Virginia. Virginia looked to her sister for comfort in a motherly role, and this continued with each new crisis. However, Vanessa failed to live up to the expectations Virginia had on her as a substitute mother. The first instance occurred with the death of their father, Leslie Stephen. Virginia "found herself emotionally drained ... her grief and subsequent mental breakdown… At the death of Sir Leslie, Virginia lost her father and her sister, the two people closest to her. (Bond 111). Their deteriorating relationship continued to worsen with each new quarrel. Each time they would argue, Virginia would suffer a breakdown, and Vanessa would reconcile with Virginia. When Vita and Virginia met, she and Vanessa went their separate ways. The sisters continued to have no ...
- 16330: Round Characters In Romeo And
- ... is very sneaky throughout the play. In conclusion, it is clearly evident that Romeo demonstrates many personality traits within the play. Being lovesick, impulsive, and sneaky all make Romeo a round character. Obviously in the world today, people demonstrate many personality traits. Hopefully, when I am exposed to the real world, people will not see me as one-dimensional.
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