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- 5531: King Arthur
- ... given number of years and in them were noted events of outstanding importance. In the annals were two dates regarding Arthur. The first date is disputed: It is put as either 499 or 518 A.D. The first entry reads: Battle of Badon, in which Arthur carried the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights and the Britons were victors (Jenkins 28). The ... three thousand years after Arthur (Alcock 18). Though Nennius's documents are more widely known, the earliest historical reference referring to an Arthur is Life of Columba. It is written by Adomnan around 700 A.D. Adomnan wrote about an Arthur who is the son of Aedan mac Gabrain, King of Dalriada. This Arthur is a warrior who dies (before his father, never giving him the chance to become king) fighting ...
- 5532: Mesmerism And The Enlightenmen
- ... Parisian society. The Enlightenment brought about a surge in scientific interest and since the fluids than man intellectuals believed in were invisible it left "every philosopher at the liberty to make it whatever he please[d] (16)". At the beginning of Mesmer's career there was an explosion of scientific interest. Experiments in hot air balloons, flying and even walking on water were no longer considered ridiculous. Not only that, anyone ... Mesmer had abandoned the original flight against depotism in the academmic world so they began their own fight that expanded into a "larger battle against political despotism(79)". For their cause Kornmann and Bergasse commandeered d'Epremesnil, Duport, and Lafayette. The convocation of the Estate General in July 1788 initiated a large wave of political pamphleteering. Bergasse used mesmerism as a weapon against the aristocracy and elite literary and scientific societes ...
- 5533: Far From The Madding Crowd
- ... him, but she obstinately refused. After Troy disappeared, being presumed dead, Boldwood saw this as his big chance to win back Bathsheba, his obsession for her reaching a peak. Up until six months before Christmas Day, he pestered her, urging her to accept that she was a widow and now free to marry him. When she said that she would think about it until the day she agreed to give her decision, he steered well clear of her, feeling that being in the way more could affect the outcome of her decision. Unknown to her, he was making secret wedding plans ...
- 5534: Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead
- ... historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and virtually overnight, youth culture was imbued with a new spirit and sense of identity. Gracia understood the group's promise after seeing its first film, A Hard Day's Night. As a result, the folky purism of Mother McCree's all-acoustic form began to seem rather limited and uninteresting to Garcia and many of the other band members, and before long the ... was a free concert featuring the Rolling Stones. Following either the example or the suggestion of the Grateful Dead, the Stones hired the Hell's Angels as a security force. It proved to be a day of horrific violence. The Angels battered numerous people, usually for no reason, and in the evening, as the Stones performed, the bikers stabbed a black guy to death in front of the stage. The record ...
- 5535: The Black Cat: What Goes Around Comes Around
- ... reader about a forthcoming story that will test the boundaries of reality and fiction. The author asserts his belief of the activities described in the story when he states to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul(80). Poe describes his affectionate temperament of his character when he writes my tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions(80 ... gigantic cat and there was a rope around the animals neck,"(82) leading the readers to join the madness and believe that this was the same cat that Poe had savagely destroyed earlier that same day. The author describes his need to replace the animal in order to feel peace and after doing so, he finds himself once again feeling a abhorrence toward the animal. He writes "but gradually-very gradually ...
- 5536: The Pearl: Summary
- ... satisfy Juana, who announces that if the doctor will not come to the village, then they will go to his house. But the doctor refuses to treat Coyotito because Kino is too poor. Later that day, while Kino and Juana are fishing in the Gulf, Kino finds an enormous pearl and cries out in joy. He believes the pearl will make him rich and enable him to provide security for his family. But Kino discovers otherwise. The pearl stirs envy in the villagers, and that night Kino is attacked in his hut by a thief. The following day, he tries to sell the pearl to buyers in town, but he is offered only a small amount of money for it. The buyers all work for the same man. They know the pearl is ...
- 5537: Monsters Point Of View
- ... reason for survival. This man is simply known as the "monster". In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a brilliant student by the name of Victor Frankenstein follows his ambition of creating life in order to one day find a cure for death. Frankenstein states that he wanted to "in process of time renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption" (36). From the ambition of wanting to save lives, Frankenstein decides to create a being from a lifeless matter in hopes of one day being able to enhance ones lifeline. But upon creating life, Frankenstein becomes horrified by his creation, and flees from the anguish and fear he feels from the monster. Frankenstein abandons his creation, therefore shunning the ...
- 5538: The Life Story of Nikita Khrushchev
- ... fairy tale. A humble young peasant boy, born to a world of famine and poverty with 100 million peasants just like him, works and fights his way up the political ladder of Russia to one day become its most powerful force, simultaneously holding the offices of Premier of the U.S.S.R. and First Secretary of the Communist Party. It seems incredible, but it should be remembered that Nikita Khrushchev ... Leninist views. He married again, this time to a schoolteacher named Nina Petrovna, and, at the age 31, encountered the first of a series of very rapid steps to the supreme position he would one day hold as Premier of the U.S.S.R. In 1925, Khrushchev was appointed to his first full-time and very important Party position, Party Secretary of Petrovsko, a district of about 400 square miles ...
- 5539: Themes Of Death And Desire In
- ... s sexual desires started to take the form of nymphomania, she entertained sailors at the Flamingo, and developed a penchant for adolescent boys. This desire in the form of "the 17 year-old boy- she'd gotten mixed up with!" caused her to lose her job teaching. As Stanley found, her promiscuity was well known in her local area, and this has caused her great deal of damage. In attempting to ... class. This is shown by the repugnance she feels for her modest surroundings. It is also evident in her class snobbery, the way she dismisses the friendly help from Eunice, "what I meant was I'd like to be left alone." (scene 1). This is also seen when she calls Stanley a "Polack!", "he tells her off in a jingoistic speech their New York audiences in 1947 applauded."10 This is ...
- 5540: Teenage Love
- ... Further more, I would just like people to have an open mind about teenagers and their feelings. Not only to love but also to everything else that a teenage kid has to deal with in day to day life. A better understanding with the next generation can create better understanding with adults on children.
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