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- 1201: Macbeth Responsible For His Ow
- To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow Macbeth. Act V, Scene V, Lines ... his crown, Macbeth decides to rid himself of Banquo and his son in order to secure his future. "There is none but he whose being I do fear; and under him my genius is rebuk'd" (3.1.54-56) Banquo's mysterious disappearance is soon solved when his bloody ghost attends the banquet, and Macbeth inadvertently reveals his part in the deed. This causes the thanes and lords to ...
- 1202: Jimi Hendrix
- ... by Bob Dylan, about whom Hendrix said: “Sometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. I felt like “Watchtower” was something I’d written but could never get together. I often feel that way about Dylan” (Fairchild, “Electric Ladyland 20). “All Along the Watchtower” is a protest song, pure and simple. During this period of the late 1960 ... The Band of Gypsies was outasite as far as I’m concerned. It was just...going through head changes is what it was, I really couldn’t tell – I don’t know.... And here I’d been fighting the biggest war I ever fought. In my life. Inside, you know? “ (Burks 42). Hendrix got together with The Experience midway through 1970, but they never recorded another album (Burks 40). The Band ... him was because his band included two other white members. Through the filter of history, though, the praise that Hendrix has been given has been both color- blind (as far as his influence on modern-day rock musicians) and based on his ethnicity (when he is praised as a blues and R&B guitarist). The evolution of the albums of Jimi Hendrix was influenced by multiple occurrences: his early affinity ...
- 1203: Frederick Douglass
- ... obey order. Luckily for Frederick he was picked to be Daniel Lloyd's friend, the youngest son of the plantation's owner. Frederick also found a friend in Lucretia Auld, the master's daughter. One day in 1826 Lucretia told Frederick that he was being sent to live with her brother-in-law, Hugh Auld, who managed a ship building company in Baltimore. When Frederick got to the Auld home his ... B. Hayes, was signed in Douglass was given the ceremonial position of marshal for Washington, DC. He enjoyed this post that had a large staff responsible for the overseeing the criminal justice system in Washington D.C. As he got older Douglass settled down doing fewer speeches each year and concentrated on being Marshall. This was until he was appointed to the post of recorder of deeds for Washington, D.C., after the election of 1880. He held the job for 5 years over seeing the department that made records of property sales for the capital. This job left him time to write. He ...
- 1204: Quarry Hill
- ... 1:00am, I think I'm going to go to bed now." I was getting bored with the silence, and Tom wasn't going to move into his hilarious mood, so I figured that I'd get some rest for once. Tom and Rudy got in their respective cars, said some final words to each other, and then the silence was killed by the roar of the '79 Camero's big block 350 engine. I casually walked into the house, shut and locked the door, turned off the lights, and went to bed. The next day I was awakened by the telephone. I rolled over, sat up, and answered. "Hey, Tom and I are coming down now." It was Rudy, his voice was lower than normal, so I could tell that ... realized that I was carrying my bathing suit and towel, and asked Rudy where his were. "In my backpack, I've got enough room if you want to put yours in as well." "Yeah, that'd be cool, I don't want to carry it." Rudy opened his green backpack and I stuffed my stuff into it. "Hey, Tom, you're not gonna swim?" Tom shook his head and said " ...
- 1205: The Adventures and Maturing of Huckleberry Finn
- ... takes Huck to his shack, where Huck is locked up like a captive. Huck enjoys the lazy days there, but has to escape before he gets killed in one of Pap's drunken rages. One day, while Pap is gone, Huck devises a plan to make it look likes he's been murdered by robbers and escapes to Jackson's Island. On the island, he discovers Jim has also run away ... a hairy breas', it's a sign dat you's a-gwyne to be rich. Yes; en I's rich now, come to look at it. I owns mysef, en I's wuth eight hund'd dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn't want no mo'." This makes Huck think about life, freedom, and what it really means to be rich. By the end of the novel, Huck ... find somebody that does, and a good deed ain't ever forgot." Huck respected his father, even if he didn't always like him. "It was kind of lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day, smoking and fishing, and no books nor study." It's easy to see that Huck enjoyed his father's way of life better than the civilized life of the widow, but he later learned ...
- 1206: Patterns In Hemingway And Camu
- ... two texts. In A Farewell to Arms, for example, what exactly do the pronouns refer to in this famous passage? I tried to tell about the night and the difference between the night and the day and how the night was better unless the day was very clean and cold and I could not tell it; as I cannot tell it now. But if you have had it you know. He had not had it but he understood that I ... stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world. And finding it so much like myself, in fact so fraternal, I realized that I'd been happy, and that I was still hap- py. For the final consummation and for me to feel less lonely, my last wish was that there should be a crowd of spectators at my ...
- 1207: Vietnam: The War We Should Hav
- ... to soldiers, were a few of the toils U.S. soldiers had to deal with. Also on the tactics side, the entire U.S. offensive consisted of a myriad of 'search and destroy' missions. S & D missions involved a patrol, (usually 10-35 soldiers), going out of the base and finding (then killing) the enemy. Unfortunately, the booby traps placed by the VC and the fact that they knew the land and could hide, meant the S & D missions were like throwing soldiers away. In fact, more U.S. soldiers were killed from booby traps than any other cause of death in Vietnam. Weapons were another problem in Vietnam. Again going back to ... American warfare. Other difficulties with weapons were rampant. The M-16, a revolutionary new infantry rifle, was prone to frequent jams as well as water damage. And in a country when it rains almost every day, that wasn't good news. Also, U.S. commanders underestimated the power of the Viet Cong's weapons, thinking that they only had muskets and bolt-action rifles. But since the Chinese and Russians ...
- 1208: Political Process of Early 1800’s
- ... Process of Early 1800’s In The early 1800’s, the political process took drastic changes. Before, it was only “the wealthy and aristocratic white males who had say in the election of our president” (D boals) but that soon changed. In this essay, I will address three major issues. The voting bracket, the process of voting, and nominating the candidates who were to run. Before this change in government policy ... did not own enough land but felt that they deserved a voice in the election of their president. After all, “the president was not to serve only the rich, but every American citizen.” (Once again, D Boals) Only a few western states, like Ohio, allowed a greater voting bracket before 1816. African Americans even after the changes were only allowed to vote in a few northern states, women were not allowed ... as well. It was not however until the 1832 election that all of the major parties held their conventions before the election to choose which candidates they would endorse. This tradition continues to this very day. As you can see, the early 1800’s were a time of great political advancement for our contr. It was not yet perfect, as women and African Americans were not yet allowed to vote, ...
- 1209: British Through
- ... always has the resources to order whatever it may be. In Casino Royale, he encourages one of the girls with to ignor e the column of prices during a dinner. She complies saying "Well, I'd like to start with caviar and then have a plain grilled rognon de veau with pommes souffles. And then I'd like to have fra ises des bois with a lot of cream"1. He then orders some expensive food for himself. To explai n for this he says "You must forgive me. I take a ... from being lost. He prevents this from happening with the assistance of Pussy Galore. Even though the American agents are aware of Goldfinger's plan, they leave it up t o Bond to save the day which he does. Later on, the President of the U.S. wanted to thank him b ut Goldfinger gets in the way along with Oddjob. The American couldn't save their own gold on ...
- 1210: I Was With ______ When ......
- ... in the seat was lennie. I couldn't reckognize him at first but after i saw his scar on his right arm and then i reckognized immediatly. He started to talk, " Ah.. I knew you'd come. You must be wondering how you got here.. Or maybe how i got here, I can tell you this much. 1 minute back at the ranch during your period means 1 year over here. I've been here for 7 years believe or not. I'm no longer the crazy idiot who keeps on petting rabbits all day long.... That dosen't matter now. You must work for me now. You will be one of my many servants that will serve me. Hhahaha. ". Seizing the opportunity i pulled the good- luck rock i ... dollars for the operation, I said i had no money and they said well we won't heal him. I thought quickly and said he'll die. The doctor said many people get killed every day or sent to his death by lennie. I was going to ask who was lennie. But he left. Luckily though this doctor that saved you said he designed a new type of Umm... " Robotic ...
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