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- 16701: Canterbury Tales - Humour
- ... is considered one of the best works of this time, it fits into its era of medieval humor. Bibliography Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Millers Tale." The Oxford Anthology of English Literature Vol. 1 Ed. Frank Kermode. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973 159-176 Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Nun's Priest's Tale." The Oxford Anthology of English Literature Vol. 1 Ed. Frank Kermode. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973 179-195
- 16702: Sarah (Moore) and Angelina (Emily) Grimke
- ... their own family slaves after they were apportioned to them as part of the family estate. Angelina also began the sister's speaking career in the private homes of Philadelphia women. The sisters moved to New York in 1836 where they addressed the larger audiences of Churches and public halls. With all their good efforts the sisters were brought under fire from the General Association of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts and ... Dwight Weld, a famous Abolitionist in 1838. Soon afterward she became ill and retired public speaking. Her sister, Sarah joined her in her retirement. Both sisters along with Weld started and supported Liberal schools in New Jersey. Eventually the sisters moved to Massachusetts, continuing to support Abolitionism and Women's Rights.
- 16703: Tactics 2
- ... used the tactic of alliances. We chose to build up an alliance with Beechead. We figured that we would be able to use their ports for trade and imports. Therefore we have gained manpower and new trading ports. After we had gained manpower and new trading ports we were ready to move up north. By doing this we would run into the barbarians. Instead of fighting we would hire them for work. We would then be paying them for their ...
- 16704: Macbeth: Macbeth's Personality
- ... his nature violently demands rewards: he fights valiantly in order that he may be reported in such terms a "valour's minion" and "Bellona's bridegroom"' he values success because it brings spectacular fame and new titles and royal favor heaped upon him in public. Now so long as these mutable goods are at all commensurate with his inordinate desires - and such is the case, up until he covets the kingship ... variety of potentialities. And it is upon the development of these potentialities that the artist lavishes the full energies of his creative powers. Under the influence of swiftly altering environment which continually furnishes or elicts new experiences and under the impact of passions constantly shifting and mounting in intensity, the dramatic individual grows, expands, developes to the point where, at the end of the drama, he looms upon the mind as ...
- 16705: Landmines
- ... to survive. If these two superpowers have signed the treaty, then the treaty would gain more leverage in influencing other belligerent states to do so. The goal of totally obliterating all the landmines in the world is certainly far. But, if the world states stop producing and distributing their landmines and start destroying whatever they have instead, then the poor people who have nowhere to go to other than their warn-torn village can have at least the ...
- 16706: Canterbury Tales - In And Out
- ... at some level. Arcite and Mars win the fight. However, Dianne and Emily grab some success when Arcite’s horse toses the knight who sustains fatal injuries and never gets a chance to consumate his new-won marriage. Finally though, some years later, Theseus hatches the plan through which love might finally overcome all of it obsticles and creates the situation where Emily and Palamon might wed, entrating the knight: "‘I ... sermonyng/ to make yow assente to this thyng/ Com neer, and taak your lady by the hond.’" (3091-3). The Knight’s Tale begins at a human level—wailing women interrupting Theseus’ procession with his new wife—and builds to an immortal conflict, checking the integrity of the social structure it is scaling along the way by testing the result of deviations from it. Consequently, the story functions as a figurative ...
- 16707: Bacteria and Their Effects
- Bacteria and Their Effects Bacteria can help and harm humans in the world today.The agricultural industry depends on the existence of bacteria that can transform the nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonia in the soil that plants can use in a process called nitrogen fixation.Bacteria ... back into basic substances.Without decomposition the food chain would cease.Bacteria also helps in the breakdown on rocks which influences the movement of key elements,such as,sulfur,iron,phosphorus,and carbon,around the world.Bacteria are the main digesters of cellulose within cows and other animals.Bacteria are used in the making of dairy products.Without bacteria the dairy industry would not exist.Bacteria are also helpful in sewage ...
- 16708: Biography and History: Harriet Jacob's The Life of a Slave Girl
- ... the experience she has gained. Jacobs does this a lot -- she takes her own present-day experiences and places them in the framework of her past. When she gives us an account of the Slaves' New Year's Day, she addresses the readers personally, whom are all free men and women. First she gives us the facts of the matter: the auction block, the anxious waiting before families are separated. Then she compares it to the present. In order to shock her readers and make this story hit closer to home, she asks us to compare our New Year's Day with the slaves'. While we are partying and enjoying ourselves, the slaves await the day when they will be sold. Mothers fear that their children will be taken from them, rebellious slaves ...
- 16709: Camus' "The Stranger": Choice and Individual Freedom Are Integral Components of Human Nature
- ... individual freedom are integral components of human nature, and the commitment and responsibility that accompany these elements are ultimately the deciding factors of the morality of one's existence. Meursault is placed in an indifferent world, a world that embraces absurdity and persecutes reason; such is the nature of existentialist belief, that rationalization and logic are ultimately the essence of humanity, and that societal premonitions and an irrelevant status quo serve only to ...
- 16710: The Rule of Julius Caesar and How The Leap Year Was Started
- ... Was Started Do you ever wander where the leap year was all started? While Julius Caesar took over the government as a dictator, he presented many contributions and achievements. One of them was adopting a new calendar based on the Egyptian year of 365 1/4 days. Many people believed that Julius Caesar was a tyrant who meant to end the republic and make himself king, although, I believe he was a very beneficial dictator who should have remained a leader. Besides inventing a new calendar, Caesar was also an excellent fighter and great general. He pushed, pushed, and conquered many groups and eventually overwhelmed Pompey's armies and conquered Gual. Caesar wanted the best for his people so he ...
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