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- 921: Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis
- ... Shelley tries to gain transcendence, for he shows that his thoughts, like the "winged seeds" (7) are trapped. The West Wind acts as a driving force for change and rejuvenation in the human and natural world. Shelley views winter not just as last phase of vegetation but as the last phase of life in the individual, the imagination, civilization and religion. Being set in Autumn, Shelley observes the changing of the ... see that Shelley can only reach his sublime by having the wind carry his "dead thoughts" (63) which through an apocalyptic destruction, will lead to a rejuvenation of the imagination, the individual and the natural world. Shelley begins his poem by addressing the "Wild West Wind" (1). He quickly introduces the theme of death and compares the dead leaves to "ghosts" (3). The imagery of "Pestilence-stricken multitudes" makes the reader ... only problem is that they lay "cold and low" or unnourished or not elevated. He likens this with a feeling of being trapped. The important word is "seeds" for it shows that even in death, new life will grow out of the "grave." The phrase "winged seeds" also brings images of religions, angels, and/or souls that continue to create new life. Heavenly images are confirmed by his use of ...
- 922: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... Anne Hutchinson was. Hutchinson (1591-1643) emigrated to Boston in 1634 and preached a doctrine of salvation through intuitive apprehension of grace rather than by works, and attacked the rigid moral and legal codes of New England Puritanism. Anne Bradstreet accepted the tenets of Puritanism and was a very religious person. Anti-Puritan themes are, however, to be found in her poetry in terms of her religious doubts, her expression of ... to expect something more from their husbands than mere duty(Morison 9-11). Puritanism hampered artistic and intellectual activity banning three forms in which the English excelled: drama, religious music, and erotic poetry(Morison 12). New England was founded at a time when almost everyone who could read at all, read poetry, and many attempted to write it. Poetry in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, like other manifestations of intellectual life in the 17th Century, was dominated by religion. Early New England verse was religious both in motive and expression, and for the most part was didactic(Morison 216-217). Anne Bradstreet was one of the two poets of early New England (Michael Wigglesworth was ...
- 923: Thornton Wilder
- ... 1919 (Unger 356). Wilder spent a year as a resident of the American Academy at Rome, where he began writing The Cabala. Back in the United States he taught French at Lawrenceville High School in New Jersey from 1921-1928 and began doing graduate work at Princeton, where he took his Master of Arts degree in 1926. The Cabala was issued as a novel that year, but was largely ignored by the critics. "Although over-age when America entered World War II, Wilder sought military assignment...and served in Air Force Intelligence in the United States, North Africa and Italy" (Block and Shedd 959). America's involvement in World War II changed Wilder's perspective. "He had too clear an idea of man's limited possibilities..." (Papajewski 109). Wilder wrote, "When you're at war you think about a better life; when you' ...
- 924: Diverse Cultures In The Foundi
- The colonies of the New World were formed by a very diverse group of people. The colonists had personal reasons for settling in America. Socially, politically, and religiously they all differed. I will explain their backgrounds on each and then tie ... the first born men in the family. They were the younger brothers who had no inheritance and wanted to create their own estates for themselves and their families. Another group of people came to the world as indentured servants. In fact, this accounted for three-fourths of the emigrants in the 17th century. They offered their services to someone for usually five to seven years in exchange for transportation to ...
- 925: Depression
- ... had approximately two million unemployed people, with prices falling and a national deficit of one hundred and seventy million pounds plus a thirty-five million pounds in payment to the United states for support in World war I. Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald and his government, a group called the "National Coalition Government of Conservatives, Labourites and Liberals", stated several ideas which together would cause a solution to the falling financial and ... the country, giving them rights upon the soil and, finally, giving to industry vigilance, activity and adventure to enable it to carry on its production and back up this production by marketing." The prospect of new industrial cities and new industries would be encouraging for the nation as the problems of overcrowded slums, unemployment and cheap prices would likely take a turn around form the negative down-spin of the past few years. In ...
- 926: A Short Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
- A Short Biography Of Benjamin Franklin When one takes a look at the world in which he currently lives, he sees it as being normal since it is so slow in changing. When an historian looks at the present, he sees the effects of many events and many profound people. Benjamin Franklin is one of these people. His participation in so many different fields changed the world immensely. He was a noted politician as well as respected scholar. He was an important inventor and scientist. Particularly interesting is his impact on the scientific world. Benjamin Franklin was a modest man who had had many jobs in his lifetime. This may help explain his large array of inventions and new methods of working various jobs. He did everything from ...
- 927: George Patton
- ... sword drill. The latter studies helped him become the U.S. Army's Master of the Sword when he was assigned to teach the use of the blade to fellow officers. Patton, also designed a new U. S cavalry saber the M1913 and authored a training manual for its use, the Army's Saber Regulations 1914. Patton's future fame as a general was based on his emphasis on aggressive attack ... offensive. He also eliminated the parry manoeuvre from his manual since he thought it made the user too vulnerable to attack. These activities kept Patton busy, but he wanted to go to war, so when World War I started in 1914, Patton asked permission to serve with the French cavalry, but the War Department turned him down. In 1915 Lt. Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where ... the expeditionary force, Patton killed General Cardenas, the head of Villa's bodyguard, and another Villista using the single-action Colt he had purchased in March, 1915. This revolver would become a Patton trademark during World War II. As a result of this action, Patton was promoted to first lieutenant. He also added two notches to his revolver, notches which he would later show to the King and Queen of ...
- 928: Eisenhower 2
- ... 21 1953. "Plenty of worries and difficult problems. But today [just seems] like a continuation of all I've been doing since July of 1941-even before that. To Eisenhower the political game was a new experience, but all the demands of the presidency were very familiar. As Supreme Allied commander and Army Chief of Staff, Eisenhower developed beliefs and ways of doing things that would shape his presidency. During the ... come through a painful period of trial and disillusionment since the victory of 1945," President Eisenhower told the American people on February 2 1953 in his first state of the union message. Instead of "a world of peace and cooperation," Americans inhabited "a world of turmoil" created by "the calculated pressures of aggressive communism." Eisenhower stated that the "one clear lesson" was that the United States needed "a new, positive foreign policy," one that took the initiative from ...
- 929: China
- ... holds that strict adherence to proper behavior actually leads to correct thinking. " Accompanying Nationalism and Sinocentrism was rebellion and unrest. Twenty-four historic dynasties followed a common pattern of development. At the beginning of a new dynasty, a period of national unity under virtuous and benevolent rule flourished and usually was accompanied by intellectual excitement. A Mid-Cycle did exist where a period of mediocre rule was present, implying corruption and ... remedies. Rebellion or invasion would insue sending the country spiralling. The Sinocentric and Nationalist approach China maintained during the Industrial Revolution resulted in the innablity to reap its benefits at an early stage. The Sinocentric world view the government applied not only hindered the success the Industrial Revolution had to offer, it also blinded its own views of the growing powers in the West. " China had once considered itself the center of the world and in it's long history....Since the Opium War in 1840, however, China was increasigly forced to retreat by the superiority of the Western powers. " Sinocentrism and Nationalism are issues in Chinam that ...
- 930: General George S. Patton
- ... sword drill. The latter studies helped him become the U.S. Army's Master of the Sword when he was assigned to teach the use of the blade to fellow officers. Patton, also designed a new U. S cavalry saber the M1913 and authored a training manual for its use, the Army's Saber Regulations 1914. Patton's future fame as a general was based on his emphasis on aggressive attack ... offensive. He also eliminated the parry manoeuvre from his manual since he thought it made the user too vulnerable to attack. These activities kept Patton busy, but he wanted to go to war, so when World War I started in 1914, Patton asked permission to serve with the French cavalry, but the War Department turned him down. In 1915 Lt. Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where ... the expeditionary force, Patton killed General Cardenas, the head of Villa's bodyguard, and another Villista using the single-action Colt he had purchased in March, 1915. This revolver would become a Patton trademark during World War II. As a result of this action, Patton was promoted to first lieutenant. He also added two notches to his revolver, notches which he would later show to the King and Queen of ...
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