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- 8121: Christopher Marlowe
- ... human glory: Nature that fram d us of four elements Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet s course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Wills us to wear ourselves and never rest, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet ... they saw as the dark ages of medieval Europe and revived the learning of ancient Greece and Rome. Like painting and sculpture, literature expressed the attitudes of the Renaissance. The middle class formed a demanding new audience, which enjoyed dramatic tales rather the comedies. Literature was often written in the common language, but some continued to write in Latin. Literature emphasized religious as well as worldly themes. Invention of printing during ... the focus of European literature. Marlowe was one of the first writers of drama and tragedy that shaped the history of Europe. Marlowe laid the foundation of tragedy of what would rise up as a new era, known as the Shakespearean Era. Writing was a competition and was taken very seriously by writers including Marlowe. Writers are impacted tremendously by the time period that is taken place during their careers. ...
- 8122: Perdue Farm
- ... development & growth Arthur W. Perdue’s quest for excellence in the poultry business began in 1917. Perdue started his company as a table-egg poultry farm. He slowly expanded his egg market by adding a new chicken coop every year. Arthur’s son Frank joined the family business in 1939 after leaving school at the end of his the second year. In 1950 Frank took over leadership of Perdue Farms, which had over 40 employees at the time. During the 1970’s Perdue entered into new markets in Boston and Philadelphia and also opened a new processing plant in North Carolina. Shortly after this, in 1977 Arthur Perdue died, leaving behind a business who’s annual growth rate was 17 percent compared to the industry average of 1 percent. Arthur’ ...
- 8123: Old Man And The Sea - Santiago Is Hemingway
- ... rugged individualism and wonder if the dreams of the lions might not be more significant than the critics will ever know. Bibliography Brenner, Gerry. The Old Man and the Sea: Story of a Common Man. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1991. Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Lynn, Kenneth S. Hemingway. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Mellow, James R. Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Meyers, Jeffrey. Hemingway: A Biography. New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Mr. Morden's English handout on Hemingway' ...
- 8124: The Battle of Midway in the Pacific
- ... the Marine 3rd Defense Battalion; it was relieved on September 11, 1941, by 34 officers and 750 men from the 6th Defense Battalion under the command of Lt. Col. Harold D. Shannon, a veteran of World War I and duty in Panama and Hawaii. Shannon and Simard meshed into an effective team right away. World War II began for Midway at 6:30 a.m. December 7, 1941, when the garrison received word of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. At 6:42 p.m., a Marine sentry sighted a ... continued digging gun emplacements, laying sandbags and preparing shelters on both islands. Barbed wire sprouted along Midway's coral beaches. Shannon believed that it would stop the Japanese as it had stopped the Germans in World War I. He ordered so much strung that one Marine exclaimed: "Barbed wire, barbed wire! Cripes, the old man thinks we can stop planes with barbed wire" (Miracle 27)! The defenders also had a ...
- 8125: The Fall of the Roman Empire Could Be Linked To Many Different Aspects: Army, Citizens, Barbarianism
- ... tactical supremacy destroyed the elite, disregarding their once owned power and thus causing change on top of the Roman Empire elite. According to Andre Piganiol,”The destruction of the elite handed over power to a new oligarchy of the newly wealthy and of high officials who came from barbarous elements of the population”(3). Piganiol continues to state that”conquered nationalities had in no way lost consciousness of their origin and ... emperor led to a character change in the Roman soldier. ROMAN SOLDIERS BEFORE AND AFTER Before the Civil War the Roman soldier was considered as probably the greatest fighting force in all of the Western World. During the Pax Romana period, the Roman soldier used his superior organization and training to conquer nations. He was extremely disciplined and professional. He and his army were literally the wall which protected Rome. Their ... Perry, Myrna Chase, James Jacob, Margaret Jacob, Theodore Von Laue. Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics & Society. Boston: Houghton Miffln Company, 1996. 8) Jones, A.H.M. A General History of Europe: The Decline of the Ancient World. London: Longman Group Ltd. 1966 9) Lynn Hunt, Thomas Martin, Barbara Rosenwein, R.Hsia, and Bonnie Smith. The Challenge of the West: Peoples and Cultures from Stone Age to 1740. Toronto: D.C. Health ...
- 8126: The Japanese Colonial Legacy In Korea
- ... the colonial period to further industrialization. Japan's colonization of Korea is critical in understanding what enabled Korea to industrialize in the period since 1961. Japan's program of colonial industrialization is unique in the world. Japan was the only colonizer to locate various heavy industry is in its colonies. By 1945 the industrial plants in Korea accounted for about a quarter of Japan's industrial base. Japan's colonization of ... Japan's colonial industrialism in Korea was aimed at advancing Japanese policies and goals and not those of the Korean populace; colonization left Korea with distinct advantages over other developing countries at the end of World War Two. Korea was left with a base for industrializing, a high level of literacy, experience with modern commerce, and close ties to Japan. Japan's colonial heavy industrial plants were located primarily around the ... by the Korean War the groundwork for industrialization that South Korea received from Japanese colonialism consisted mostly of social changes. During colonialism Korea's populace in increasing numbers moved to cities and became urbanized these new urbanites worked in factories and were used to the organization of modern commerce. The Japanese also let a small number of Koreans develop into a semi-elite. Although this group never held powerful positions ...
- 8127: Radar: A Silent Eye in the Sky
- ... morning news to check the weather forecast. While radar seems to be an important part of our everyday lives, it has not been around for long. It was not put into effect until 1935, near World War II. The British and the Americans both worked on radar, but they did not work together to build a single system. They each developed their own systems at the same time. In 1935, the ... radar can tell the distance and direction of the object creating the echo. This is the most common form of radar, and it is the one that is used the most in airports around the world today. Continuous wave radar works on a different theory, the Doppler Theory. The Doppler Theory works on the principle that when a radio wave of a set frequency hits a moving object, the frequency of ... about every ten seconds, then fade. In newer systems, the signal processor and the display screen are combined into a single computer. With the power of today's computers, this information is transmitted around the world, to other airports, to the government, and to TV stations, where weather broadcasts are made. Today, radar systems are standard around the country. The United States has the most sophisticated radar system, both on ...
- 8128: Chanel, Gabrielle
- ... limited and work did not come easily. After her short attempt at a singing career, Coco Chanel quit performing to begin work as a hat maker. Coco Chanel went from designing hats to designing daring new fashions for the women of the 1920's. Her rebellious styles liberated women from the past and became the symbol of modernity. In 1921, Chanel introduced her first fragrance, Chanel No. 5. She continued to lead the fashion world until her death in 1971. Coco Chanel wasn't just ahead of her time. She was ahead of herself. If one looks at the work of contemporary fashion designers as different from one another as ... bottle, which was launched in 1923. It was the first perfume to bear a designer's name. One could say perfume helped keep Chanel's name pretty throughout the period when her reputation got ugly: World War II. This is when her anti-Semitism, homophobia (even though she herself dabbled in bisexuality) and other base inclinations emerged. She responded to the war by shutting down her fashion business and hooking ...
- 8129: Cathrine The Great 2
- ... the very beginning of her rule as empress that she wanted to do more. She wanted an enlightened Russia where people were free to think and to be able to choose your religion. Catherine had new ideas bold assertions of human freedom, of emancipation from the deadweight of tradition. Free-ranging religious thought, fresh and creative approaches to learning. (Erikson 234-235). This made her very popular with her people since the new generation wanted to be more like other countries. Catherine was always a strong woman and had great leadership qualities. She overthrew her husband and became empress. Her quick thinking to draw up some sort of ... let her see her children after she had just been through agonizing labor. Once Catherine was declared empress she tried her best to give Russia a whole bunch of opportunity to better itself. She built new schools, founded medical colleges, and helped landowners to get new skills that other well-respected countries had. She only wanted what was best for her country. She was totally devoted to them and doing ...
- 8130: Oedipus The King - Blindness
- ... of sight, he discards his outward gift of sight. Sight, therefore, seems to be like good and evil, a person may only choose one. Teiresias, prophet of Phoebus, was stricken with blindness to the physical world, but, as a result, gained the gift of sight into the spiritual world. This great gift allowed him to become a superior prophet, praised by the people as "god like" and as a person "in whom the truth lives." Therefore, it was no surprise that Oedipus asked the ... to blame for the judgement being poured out upon the country. The sin so hidden from Oedipus’ and the peoples’ eyes was quite visible to Teiresias. What Teiresias lacked in his ability to see the world, he made up for in being able to see a person’s heart - a skill that nearly cost him his life after a lengthy argument with Oedipus. Yet what distinguishes Teiresias from the others ...
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