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- 741: Hamlet And Comic Relief
- ... say that Polonius is lower than the lowest of the low. Hamlet goes on to belittle Polonius some more. He says that to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man pick d out of ten thousand (2.2.194), and then says what Polonius probably thinks is a very crazy thing: For if the sun breeds maggots in a dead / dog, being a god kissing carrion Have ... natural expression of a particular emotion Puns are justifiable because they intensify the passion and thereby move the action of the drama (185-86). The passion is intensified by puns precisely because puns happen in day-to-day situations. Real people use puns when they are confused, irritated, or scared. Hamlet takes on the appearance of a real person, thus increasing the passion of the play. Punning is a reflex since English ...
- 742: Creative Writing: Heroz
- ... Arrow making was not only a boring job but a very tedious one. This story is about how the magic arrow makers turned their mundane jobs into valuable and rewarding ones through self empowerment. One day 3 of the workers, Art Halegiver (the shaft turner), Mac (the head shaper) and Wendy (the wand waver) were having lunch and while discussing their individual jobs, realized how unhappy they were with their jobs ... in order for the workers to do better. So he insisted that his Dukes do something to remedy this situation or it would be "off with your heads". Meanwhile, the dragons kept coming. So one day while Art, Mac and Wendy were discussing the change in attitudes around Tower Two, Art started complaining that it was everyone else's fault as to why everyone was unhappy yet when Mac and Wendy ... and produced more and more arrows and when they checked in with one another to check on progress, Mac asked Art how many arrow shafts he had produced and asked Wendy how many wands she'd waved and realized they didn't know because they failed to keep track of their progress. Then they agreed to set goals for themselves so they could measure their workload. So they began a ...
- 743: The 1960's
- ... supporter (Ascher 36). Black unity and white support continued to grow. In 1962, with the first large-scale public protest against racial discrimination, Martin Luther King, jr. gave a dramatic and inspirational speech in Washington, D.C. after a long march of thousands to the capital (King 189). The possibility of riot and bloodshed was always there, but the marchers took that chance so that they could accept the responsibilities of ... oratory that was catching, dramatic, and inspirational (King 4) "I have a dream," King cried out. The crowd began cheering, but king, never pausing, brought silence as he continued, "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." (King 18) Everyone agreed the march ... Reverend King announced that as a “matter of conscience and in an attempt to arouse the deepest concern of the nation,” he was “compelled” to lead another march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The four-day, 54-mile march started on the afternoon of Sunday, March 21, 1965, with some 3500 marchers led by two Nobel prizewinner, the Rev. Martin Luther King, jr. and Ralph Bunche, then U.N. under ...
- 744: Lord Bryon Research Paper 10 P
- ... was born in 1788 and died at the early age of thirty-six in the year 1824. His handsome face, riotous living and many love affairs made Byron the most talked-of man of his day. H was known as a romantic, fascinating figure to his fellow Englishmen. In our current century his reputation has dwindled to merely being known as a poet. His childhood was colorful to say the least ... Scotland to England. The boy fell in love with the ghostly halls and spacious grounds of Newstead Abbey, which had been presented to the Byron’s by Henry VIII, and he and his mother li d in the run down estate for a while. While in England growing up his was sent to a private school in Nottingham, where his clubfoot was doctored by a quack named Lavender. He suffered abuse while there, from both the painful tortures of Dr. Lavender d the unnatural affection of the school nurse by the name of May Grey. He was subjected to mistreatment by her through drunkenness, beatings, neglect, and sexual liberties. This abuse was not stopped early enough ...
- 745: The Watergate Scandal
- ... The Washington Post published a small story. In this story the reporters stated that five men had been arrested breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. The headquarters was located in a Washington, D.C., building complex called Watergate. These burglars were carrying enough equipment to wiretap telephones and take pictures of papers. The Washington Post had two reporters who researched deep into the story. There names were Carl ... Massachusetts. Congress, however, remained under Democratic control. On January of 1973, two months after Nixon had won the presidential election, the misdeeds of Watergate began to surface. The Watergate burglars went on trial in Washington D.C.., courtroom. James McCord, one of the burglars , gave shocking evidence. A former CIA agent who had led the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, McCord worked for the Nixon re- election campaign ... people, the public felt that it was very gripping and made them distraught A official told the court that Nixon had tape-recorded all the conversations on tape. Nixon had hoped these tapes would one day be used by historians to document the triumph of his term, instead they were used to prove that he was guilty. The president refused to release the tapes, claiming the executive privilege gave him ...
- 746: Carvers Cathedral
- ... of is “ What a pitiful life this woman must have led. Imagine a woman who could never see herself as she was seen in the eyes of her loved one. A woman who could on day after day and never see the smallest compliment from her beloved. A woman whose husband could never read the expression on her face, be it misery or something better”. (Page 100). But the blind man had sight ... serious eating. The blind man had right away located his foods; he knew just where everything was on his plate. I watched with admiration as he used his knife and fork on the meat. He’d cut two pieces of meat, fork the meat into his mouth, and then go all out for the scalloped potatoes, the beans next, and then he’d tear off a hunk of buttered bread ...
- 747: Descartes 2
- ... an understanding of the intellectual background of the 17th century that provided the motivation for his work. We can discern three distinct influences on Descartes, three conflicting world-views that fought for prominence in his day. The first was what remained of the mediaeval scholastic philosophy, largely based on Aristotelian science and Christian theology. Descartes had been taught according to this outlook during his time at the Jesuit college La Flech ... Discourse on Method, Meditations and Principles of Philosophy trans. John Veitch. The Everyman's Library, 1995. Descartes, Ren_ The Philosophical Writings of Descartes volume I and II ed. and trans. John Cottingham, R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch. Cambridge, 1985. Frankfurt, Harry Demons, Dreamers and Madmen. Bobbs-Merrill, 1970. Curley, Edwin Descartes Against the Skeptics. Oxford, 1978. Vesey, Godfrey Descartes: Father of Modern Philosophy. Open University Press, 1971. Sorrell, Tom Descartes: Reason ... an understanding of the intellectual background of the 17th century that provided the motivation for his work. We can discern three distinct influences on Descartes, three conflicting world-views that fought for prominence in his day. The first was what remained of the mediaeval scholastic philosophy, largely based on Aristotelian science and Christian theology. Descartes had been taught according to this outlook during his time at the Jesuit college La ...
- 748: Canada- Facts And Figures
- ... until they are 15 or 16. To make it possible to fulfil this obligation, all non-private education through secondary (or "high") school is publicly funded. In Quebec, general and vocational colleges (CEGEPs, or Colleges d'enseignement général et professionnel) are also publicly funded and require only a minimal registration fee. Most other post-secondary schools, however, charge tuition fees. A provincial responsibility Unlike many other industrialized countries, Canada has no ... parliamentary committee, which is formally credited with the design. After lengthy debate, the new flag was adopted by Parliament. It officially became the national flag on February 15, 1965, now recognized as Canada's Flag Day. National Anthem O Canada was composed in 1880, with music by Calixa Lavallée and words by Judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier. In 1908, Robert Stanley Weir wrote the translation on which the present English lyric is ... in Canada. March 21 Campaign: "Racism: Stop It!" The March 21 Campaign is at the heart of the Multiculturalism Program's activities. This nationwide campaign is intended to make the public aware of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The March 21 campaign features a broad range of activities throughout the country, involving community groups, schools, school boards, colleges, universities, private companies, parliamentarians and media. The Mathieu ...
- 749: Biograhy of Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ... a random run-in with a weight room. "When I saw those animals climbing around…doing 20 chin-ups… and squatting 200 kilos [440 pounds]…snatching up 315…it outweighed by far everything that I'd seen on the soccer field" (Shaw 142). Schwarzenegger's infatuation with America further cemented his resolve. "…it was a very American sport, and I thought, 'If I do well, it could take me to America ... go…I began to work out, and from that moment on, my goals were clear!" (Flynn 18). Bodybuilding became an obsession to Schwarzenegger. He worked out seven days a week, at least three hours per day. When his parents tried to restrict his workouts to three days per week, a rebellious Schwarzenegger made a crude gym in his basement and worked out there. The gym in which Schwarzenegger trained in was ... was caught sneaking back into base. Schwarzenegger was released after serving some time in the stockade, and, ironically, praised by his officers for winning the contest. In fact, the military had him work out all day for the rest of his service so that he could represent the military as a bodybuilder. With his time in the Army complete, Schwarzenegger went on to win a string of titles in Europe, ...
- 750: Arianism
- Arianism A heresy which arose in the fourth century, and denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ. DOCTRINE First among the doctrinal disputes which troubled Christians after Constantine had recognized the Church in A.D. 313, and the parent of many more during some three centuries, Arianism occupies a large place in ecclesiastical history. It is not a modern form of unbelief, and therefore will appear strange in modern eyes ... chanted a hymn to Christ as God. But the question how the Son was related to the Father (Himself acknowledged on all hands to be the one Supreme Deity), gave rise, between the years A. D. 60 and 200, to number of Theosophic systems, called generally Gnosticism, and having for their authors Basilides, Valentinus, Tatian, and other Greek speculators. Though all of these visited Rome, they had no following in the ... could not but entail misunderstandings until they were cleared up. The adaptation of a vocabulary employed by Plato and Aristotle to Christian truth was a matter of time; it could not be done in a day; and when accomplished for the Greek it had to be undertaken for the Latin, which did not lend itself readily to necessary yet subtle distinctions. That disputes should spring up even among the orthodox ...
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