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- 3161: Robert Frost
- ... in his later years? Throughout the life of Robert Frost, many different kinds of struggles where manifested in his life that hampered his every thought. Some say that Frost went from a bright and sunny day to a dreary night. But even with all of the animosities that plagued his life, Robert Frost evolved to become one of America s greatest poets. Frost s poems were not respected in the United ... repeats, Good fences make good neighbor, and seems satiation with his simple premise; however, Frost insists upon looking more deeply into the maker of the rationale for wall building. Before I built a wall I d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out. Frost feels that if he and his neighbor must spend time each spring repairing the wall, there must be something there is that doesn ...
- 3162: Richard The Iii
- ... to kill the other. From Richard s opening soliloquy from the beginning of the play he tells us: And if King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false and treacherous, This day should Clarence closely be mew'd up, About a prophecy, which says that 'G' Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be.(I,I, ) And this is where King Edward the IV comes up with the assumption that their brother(George ...
- 3163: Robert E. Lee
- ... adopted son of George Washington. After Martha's death Custis left Mount Vernon and used his inheritance to build Arlington in 1778. Arlington was set on a hill over looking the Potomac river and Washington D.C. (NPS Arlington House). Custis had only one daughter, Mary Anna Randolph. Mary had been pampered and petted throughout her life. Lee's Courtship with Mary soon turned serious, before long they were thinking of ... land battle in the Western Hemisphere, Gettysburg. The Army of Northern Virginia led by Lee, and the Army of the Potomac led by General George Meade, hammered each other for three days. On the 3rd day of battle General Lee hoping to end the war ordered the great frontal assault popularly known as Pickett's Charge. The attack was a huge failure (Brinkley 405). Lee blamed only himself. For the next ...
- 3164: Octavian Augustus
- ... with provincial governors and army commanders. Octavian had by now changed the government exactly to his liking. He knew that his system would remain strong for many years to come. When Octavian died in A.D. 14, his achievements seemed remarkable, and they would only become more remarkable as time passed. One thing Octavian had not prepared well for was who would succeed the emperor. Octavian had adopted his stepson Tiberius ... 1969). Claudius was successful in managing the government but his personal life was marred with unstable marriages. ClaudiusΉ son, Nero, was the next to succeed and his reign was disastrous. A devastating fire in A.D. 64 was rumored to have been started by the emperor simply so he could win praise for rebuilding the city. When Nero committed suicide in A.D. 68, it brought an end to Octavian's line (Nardo 1994). The empire, however, was far from finished. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, who won the support of many troops soon emerged as the next emperor ( ...
- 3165: Neil Postman
- ... must always be skeptical. He urges teachers of all subjects to break free from traditional teachings as well as linguistical tyranny His first principle regards the process of definition. As I sit in an every day classroom I notice several things. Many, if not all student simply nod their heads while a teacher explains, be it a theory in Math, or a formula in Science. Not once have I encountered a ... conducting experiments. Postman calls for the art of question asking to be infused with the current school curriculum, because to often students do not ask questions. When a student arrives at school on the first day they often notice many changes. Although welcome, these changes sometimes make a student wonder why he or she was not asked if they would prefer them. This is the perfect example of how one phrases ... story, or trying to increase the appeal of consumer goods. Postman wants reification to be taught in school so students may see the inner workings of it. Reification is a very potent thing in every day life, and the study of reification in school is an admirable thing. Students should be made wary of advertising gimmicks.
- 3166: Mozart 2
- ... either in person or by name.' The pieces are matched in excellence in Mozart's chamber music output only by his String Quintets, outstanding among which are those in C, K515, G minor, K516 and D, K593. Also in 178 Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte collaborated on the first of a series of operatic masterpieces. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) was begun that year and performed in 1786 ... von Walsegg, who wished to pass off the work as his own.) Mozart did not live to finish the Requiem. He became ill in autumn 1791 and died on December 5; his burial the next day was attended only by a gravedigger. Rumours that Mozart had been poisoned abounded in Vienna after his death, many suggesting that rival composer Antonio Salieri was responsible. Many now believe a heart weakened by bouts ...
- 3167: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." (503) Dr. King tells the listener not to give up under pressure but to persevere because the day will come when King's dream is recognized. Dr. King's dream is " a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls ... speech is not as important today as when it was written in 1963; but it still serves as an important reminder. King's argument is limited to a small audience in a sense but in day-to-day living comes into racial prejudice, either given or taken. Dr. King's speech had to be on a level for the common people to completely understand it. He does this by relating himself with ...
- 3168: Langston Huges
- ... more vague in the way Hughes chooses to states his dream. The poem opens by stating: To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening Beneath a tall tree While night comes on gently, Dark like me-- Tat is my dream! (Variations lines 1-9) Here Hughes is stating how he wishes he could be free without a care in the world. He wishes to whirl and dance (Variations line 3) meaning to do as he wishes and not to be controlled as a slave. The White day (Variations line 4) is the daytime in which slaves must work. When he states Night ... Dark like me (Variations line 8) he is welcoming the night. Because it is the time when he is not ... second half of this poem is just a restatement of the first. Except it is louder and more emotional. Hughes states: To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, Till the quick day is done. Rest at pale evening... A tall, slim tree... Night coming tenderly Black like me. (Variations lines 10-17) The second half of this poem starts exactly like the first. However, it grows ...
- 3169: King Arthur 3
- ... historian, during the twelfth century, the legendary 'king of England' has been the source of inspiration for kings, poets, artists and dreamers alike. The most famous work is probably Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, completed around 1470, and published in many abridged and complete versions. Malory's work contains in one the legend that had been continually added to over the years by many different writers who introduced ... that of a Celtic god who was said to lay sleeping in a cave on a remote Western Island. This god had once ruled over a peaceful and happy kingdom, but had been overthrown. One day he would rise again and return to rule. There are stories of this ilk that explicitly name Arthur, such as the Wizard of Alderley edge, in which Merlin the magician guards Arthur and his knights ...
- 3170: Henry Charles Carey
- ... in his native city and state through his voice and pen. Which were very active in all matters of public interest, he exerted considerable influence on public opinion and some on the economists of his day. Through his life, in the years of 1825, 1857, and 1859 he traveled to Europe where he met with John Stuart Mill, Covour, Humbolt Liebig, Chevalier, Ferrarra, and Bergfall. With some of them Carey had ... the benefit of one. Protection, in the eyes of Carey, would assist to free agriculture from the burdens of the costs of transportation from the producers to the consumers. Unfortunately, Carey did not see the day when countries would adopt this policy, but no longer then three decades after his death Great Britian and other leading countries of the world would have implemented it. So looking back Carey had two main ... really the same, although their apparent and temporary interests differ. It is explained best by this mutual cooperation existing between workers and capitalists. Assume that a worker, using an axe, cuts more wood in a day than he can in a month without it. Suppose the capitalist who lends the workers the axe charges him three-fourths of his product for its use; the worker will still be better off ...
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