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- 7171: Alexander the Great
- ... and then passed on into Egypt, where he was greeted as a deliverer. By these successes the Nile River, the city of Alexandria, which later became the literacy, scientific, and commercial center of the Greek world. Cyrene, the capital of the ancient North African kingdom of Cyrenaica, gave up to Alexander soon afterward, extending his dominance to Carthaginian territory. In the spring of 331, Alexander made a trip to the great temple and oracle of Amon-Ra, Egyptian god of the sun, whom the Greeks identified as Zeus. The earlier Egyptian pharaohs were believed to be sons of Amon-Ra; and Alexander, the new ruler of Egypt, wanted the god to ac¬ knowledge him as his son. Amon-Ra (Zeus) agreed. I tried doing that the other day and Amon-Ra accepted but I told him that he wasn ... was one of the greatest generals of all time, noted for his brilliance as a tactician and troop leader and for the rapidity with which he could traverse great expanses of territory. He was usually brave and generous, but could be very cruel and ruthless when politics demanded. Is has been said that he was actually and alcoholic having, for example, killed his friend Clitus in a drunken fury. He ...
- 7172: Jane Addams
- ... but Addams was not disappointed. In the spare time that this extremely active woman had she also wrote many books. Some of her most famous publications include, The Second 20 Years at Hull House, A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets, Twenty Years at Hull House, Democracy and Social Ethics, and Newers Ideas of Peace. In her elderly age, she received the Nobel ... of 2000 per hour” (Kittredge 105). This showed how powerful this woman was to the lives of many in the American Society. In conclusion, this woman was a pioneer to the wealthy all over the world. Her message was to reach out and help someone who is in need of your help. Although this happened decades ago, the message is still clear in the world today. Many of us should look at the life of this woman and see how we could apply it to everyday life. If everyone exerted as much compassion as this woman did than the ...
- 7173: Alfred Tennyson and His Work
- ... the Duke of Wellington" are two poems of this type that show the emotion of the nation. Tennyson's work is appreciated perhaps for the sheer beauty of his writing, his descriptions of the natural world and of the landscape-most often the Lincolnshire countryside which he grew up in: Calm and deep peace on this high wold, And on these dews that drench the furze, And all the silvery gossamers ... That twinkle into green and gold (Culler, A. Dwight, pg. 39) The ‘public' side of Tennyson's work is now valued less than his more personal poetry. He writes about how reality destroys the ideal world as in "The Lady of Shalott". Frequently, Tennyson's personal worries were the same as those of the time. For example, the way he describes Sir Bedivere's reaction to the death of King Arthur in "Morte D'Arthur". Tennyson expresses Sir Bedivere's problem, caught in a changing world and with stable traditions disappearing fast. "For now I see the true old times are dead..."(Culler, A. Dwight, pg. 47): And I, the last, go forth companionless, And the days darken round me, ...
- 7174: Medicine In America
- ... to the rise of many people turning to unorthodox methods of medicine. Quacks, or people who claimed medical knowledge who really had none, often hurt people rather than cure them. "Irregular" practitioners began to use new methods in surgery, hygiene beliefs, and new medical systems that were generally frowned upon because the public was not used to it. It took awhile for the United States to become advanced and wealthy enough to produce any serious output in scientific ... founded for special reasons. The Children’s Bureau worked to improve birth and death rates. Scientific research on disease, such as Walter Reed’s work with typhoid fever, led to better understanding of such diseases. World War II gave America a social and economical boost, and the hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded gave way to the construction of wartime hospitals. Due to the practice of vaccination, many diseases ...
- 7175: Hester Prynne
- ... sin, she must wear a symbol of shame for the rest of her life. From the beginning, we see that Hester Prynne is a young and beautiful woman who has bought a child into the world with an unknown father. Hester, to the reader, is obviously a woman who has violated a strict social and religious code, but who has sinned in an affirmation of love and life. The Puritans do ... taken away and Hester went about trying to raise her child in honesty. This was one of the reasons that Hester did not leave the Puritan community. If she would have ran back to the new world, she would have not been true to herself. She also wore the letter A in stride because she knew that it was part of her. Hester, however, had a very hard time trying to ...
- 7176: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... American history, Dickinson has become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incredible poems and letters. Numbering over 1,700, her poems highlight the many moments in a 19th century New Englander woman's life, including the deaths of some of her most beloved friends and family, most of which occurred in a short period of time (Benfey 6-25). Several biographers of Dickinson point out ... ajar.” This seclusion gave her a reputation for eccentricity to the local towns people, and perhaps increased her interest in death (Whicher 26). Dressing in white every day Dickinson was know in Amherst as, “the New England mystic,” by some. Her only contact to her few friends and correspondents was through a series of letters, seen as some critics to be equal not only in number to her poetic works, but ... From its inevitable coming to its eternal existence, Dickinson explains her feelings and thoughts toward death in the full, “circumference” of its' philosophy. As she edged towards the end of her life, Dickinson gave the world new poetic perspectives into the human mind and its dealing and avoidance of death (Whicher 30).
- 7177: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass
- ... in Maryland. He educated himself and became determined to escape the atrocities of slavery. Douglass attempted to escape slavery once, but failed. He later made a successful escape in 1838. His fleeing brought him to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Douglass's abolitionist career began at an antislavery convention at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Here, he showed himself to be a great speaker. Douglass became involved with many important abolitionist causes, both through his literary ... slavery. He left America, and stayed in the British Isles. There he lectured on slavery, and gained the respect of many people, who raised money to purchase his freedom. In 1847, Douglass relocated to Rochester, New York, and became the person in charge of the Underground Railroad. Here he also began the abolitionist newspaper North Star, which he edited until 1860. In this time period, Douglass became friends with another well ... Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass. These books all start with Douglass coping with slavery. Frederick Douglass also had a reason to write these works. As a die-hard abolitionist, Douglass wanted to show the world how bad slavery really was. He did this very well, because he made many people understand the unknown, and made abolitionists out of many people. This man had a cause, as well as a ...
- 7178: Caravaggio
- ... only caused a sensation in Rome but also marked a radical change in his artistic preoccupation. Caravaggio devoted himself almost entirely to the painting of traditional religious themes, to which, however, he gave a whole new iconography and interpretation. He often choose subjects models from the streets. Caravaggio may have used a lantern hung to one side in his shuttered studio while painting from his models. The result in his paintings ... Caravaggio was able to produce. These works have a very somber tone, all "movement seems arrested in a few, brief flashes of dazzling light, and the figures have the look of phantoms isolated form the world by a wall of clotted darkness." While at Naples Caravaggio was so severely wounded by one of his enemies that he was left for dead. On October 24, 1609, the report was circulated in Rome ... works of such giants as Rembrandt and Diego Velazquez. Works Cited 1. Art Through the Ages, 8th ed. Horst de la Croix & Richard G. Tansey, Harcout Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. 1986. 2. The Baroque Germain Bazin, New York Graphic Society, Connecticut, 1968. 3. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica v.2, 15 ed. Encyclopaedia Britannica inc, 1994. 4.Caravaggio: His Incongruity and His Fame Bernard Berenson, Chapman & Hall, London, 1953. 5.. Various sites ...
- 7179: Hamlet 6
- Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is the protagonist of the play and is portrayed as a very emotional soul, a daring, brave character who has a bad and violent temper. Hamlet is a very emotional young man. As we all know, his father's death was a shock for him and he could not get over it ... shows us that he has a great and deep love for his mother. He will not say or do anything to hurt her, even though what she is doing is wrong. Hamlet is also a brave and daring character. There are several examples of his fearless attitude, but I will only discuss the two that I feel are the most important. The first example occurs when the ghost visits Hamlet, Horatio ... a mildewed ear Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes? Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor? Ha! have you eyes? 8 He is telling Gertrude that her new husband is nothing like Hamlet's biological father. How could she leave him after his death and marry Claudius. Can't she see what she is doing? These are three of Hamlet's character ...
- 7180: Charles Darwin
- ... offspring will inherit the favored charact eristics of their parents and pass them on to their children. Each generation maintains and improves the characteristics which help them diverge further from the original type. Ultimately the new forms will be so different in structure and behavior from the original, that they will not be able to breed with them and are therefore considered a new species. In summary evolution is based on the survival of the fittest. The individual who's best suited to its environment will have a higher survi val rate. Those not favorably equipped will die preventing ... defended Darwin in the debate with the bishop and by using careful reasoning convinced many to at least consider Darwin 's theory as plausible. The idea of evolution became popular with scientist all over the world. Darwin lived another twenty-two years after the book was published, but the major accomplishments of his life had concluded. However, he continued to work observing earthworms, plants and anything else that seemed interesting. ...
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