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- 1261: Edgar Allan Poe 3
- ... Edgar Allan Poe's magnificent style of writing, he provided the world with some of the most mystifying poems and short stories. Although not appreciated during his time, Poe has gained considerable recognition after his death. James Russel Lowell stated, in a book by Louis Broussard, "He combines in a very remarkable manner two faculties which are seldom found united: a power of influencing the mind of the reader by the ... was in the early stages of tuberculosis. This disease, tuberculosis, had taken Edgar s father, brother, and all of the women he ever loved. Virginia died of tuberculosis on January 30, 1847. After Virginia s death, Poe had been offered a job on the New York Review. When he had arrived in the city his job seemed to have evaporated in the Panic of 1837, which turned out to be one ... Poe whispered, Lord Help my poor soul, and died forty years old (Wright 35). When Poe died he was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard where his grandparents and brother, Henry, were buried. After Poe s death Nathaniel Parker Willis said, Poe is no more. He died at Baltimore on Sunday last, in the fortieth year of his age. He was a man of genius and a poet of remarkable power. ...
- 1262: The Fortunate Pilgrim
- ... as a young child. Together they had three children; Lorenzo, Octavia, and Vincenzo. Just as Lucia Santa began to care deeply about her husband, he was killed in an accident at work. After her husbands death she had to raise her two young children alone and give birth to a fatherless child. After her husbands death many of the other women on the street offered Lucia Santa help, but soon after the pity and condolences they turned their backs on her, except for one, Zia Louche. As a pregnant widow Lucia ... was too sick mentally and physically for Bellvue and had to be sent to Pilgrim State Hospital for the insane. Frank Corbo spent seven years there before he took his own life. After Franks death Lucia Santa was honest in her feelings about his death, it was as if a great burden had been lifted from her and her childrens lives. During those seven years, Lucia Santas ...
- 1263: Ham Vs. Laertes
- ... Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, and with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loused out of hell. (II, i, 82-84). When Laertes learns of the death of Ophelia, shock and sadness overcome Laertes, similarly, Hamlet is shocked and sad over Ophelia's death. Hamlet and Laertes are so deeply disturbed at the death of Ophelia they jump into her grave and fight each other. Although Hamlet and Laertes both despised each other, both Hamlet and Laertes loved Ophelia. Hamlet was infatuated with Ophelia, which was obvious during ...
- 1264: Charlemagne
- ... All three, in addition to the political unification, believed that the church should be reformed and reorganized under the Pope, which helped their rise to power as the Carolingian Dynasty. (Holmes 74) Upon Pepin's death in 768, Charlemagne and his brother, Carloman, each inherited half of the Frankish kingdom. Pepin, in the Merovingian tradition of the time, split his kingdom between his two sons. Three years later Carloman died and ... leaders if they would not convert to Christianity and appointed new ones, usually someone with high position in the Church. Those people who refused to convert or be baptized in the church were put to death. (Holmes 75) The Church played a vital role in the kingdom of Charlemagne. It gave a sense of stability to Charlemagne's rule, and he in turn provided stability in the Church. The people conquered ... link between the subject and the king. But more important still, anyone who broke it became guilty not only of infidelitas but also of perjury; if his infidelity was not great enough to attract the death penalty, he could still be condemned to lose his right hand as a perjurer, and what was more, in religious terms he had placed himself in a state of mortal sin." (Ganshoff 113) The ...
- 1265: Ancient Egyptians and the Norsemen: Creating the Past
- ... cultures from which they came. The Ancient Egyptians had a very interesting background and culture which led to very interesting myths. In Ancient Egypt the father was the head of the family, and upon his death the son stepped into the head position. Due to a loose culture the women had almost as many rights as men. Women could own land, buy and sell goods, make a will, and obtain a ... main transportation route. Many main capitals formed along the Nile because of its importance to farming and transportation. Along with many other developments, Ancient Egypt was one of the first cultures to emphasize life after death. The Egyptians religion permeated their whole life - socially, politically, and economically (Casson 71). They believed they could enjoy life after death, and that led to much preparation for death and burial including the construction of pyramids and great tombs. Since the Egyptians believed that dead bodies had to be prepared for their next life, they ...
- 1266: Hamlet Revenge Essay
- ... and Hamlet, however, used force to accomplish their revenge. The lack of thought used in exacting their revenge led to the deaths of both Laertes and Hamlet. When Laertes found out about his father's death, he immediately returned home and confronted the king with accusations of the murder of his father. When Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet was responsible for his father's death, he decides to kill Hamlet to avenge the death of his father. He and King Claudius concoct a plot to kill Hamlet by having Laertes duel with Hamlet and using a poisoned sword. However, they had not thought that something could have gone ...
- 1267: Roland
- ... fealty to his Uncle Charlemagne. When Charlemagne offers him half the army, Roland refuses because it is more appropriate, for the greater good of the community, that the army guards the emperor. Likewise, at the death of his nephew, Charlemagne is bound to avenge Roland's death. It is the responsibility of both the vassal and the lord to provide, among other things, this defense and revenge for one another. Loyalty and love play a definitive role in this early medieval period ... on, the writer shows the treachery of Ganelon, including the significance of this betrayal by the loss of the great Peers of Francia. The end of the poem completes Charlemagne's revenge of Roland's death when, for his treason, Ganelon must suffer death. However, the kings obligation is not easily accomplished because the nobles of his realm wish to have Ganelon go free instead of face Pinabel, Ganelon's " ...
- 1268: Hamlet: Hamlet Defeated By His Own Flaws
- ... mother. The last and most noted flaw of Hamlet's was him being misled by the Ghost and engaging in his plan of madness. The first of Hamlets flaws is the killing of Polonius. The death of Polonius was an accident that shouldn't have happened. Hamlet believed the person behind the drapery was indeed Claudius. After Hamlet draws his rapier, runs it through the drapes, and kills Polonius. He asks? "Is it the King?" He then he is drawn into a heated conversation with his mother, Gertrude, over the short wait after old king Hamlets death for her to remarry. He says "Almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry his brother". The major effect of his killing of, Polonius, was indeed his death. This ignited Laertes' revenge on Hamlet which resulted in Hamlet's death. Just as the killing of Polonious was a tragic flaw of Hamlets, so was the killing of Claudius. This flaw of Hamlets ...
- 1269: Et Tu Brute? Caesar Sputtere
- Et tu Brute? Caesar sputtered before falling into the darkness known as death. But this was not the end of Caesar however. Caesar returns to this world as a shade or ghost form. In fact, in this form he exerts more influence over Brutus than he ever did ... in plays and stories. Revenge was a way of life, an every day belief of the ancient times. In ancient times, the times of the Greeks and Romans to be precise, the inhabitants believed that death was most certainly not the end. As a matter of fact, many of these people built entire religions around the prospect of life after death, such as the Greeks and the Romans. A strong belief of the Greeks was that the ghost or shade was so extremely powerful that many a time the murderer would mutilate his victim to ...
- 1270: Stalin: Did his Rule Benefit Russian Society and the Russian People?
- ... was banished to Siberia six times between the years 1903 and 1917. Each time, he escaped easily, except the last, when he was released because of the February revolution (Lewis 19; Marrin 24). After the death of his first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze, Joseph became more cold and tough. He gave the child that his wife bore him to her parents and even chose a new name for himself, Stalin, the Man ... Bolsheviks. Stalin became general secretary of the Bolshevik party's Central Committee. He was also the commissar of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate and the commissar of nationalities (McKay 927; Treadgold 205). After Lenin's, death Stalin gained power by allying himself with the moderates to fight off his rival, Leon Trotsky, who was a radical and another member of the Central Committee. Stalin expelled Trotsky and suppressed his radical followers ... or poor peasants against them offering the bedniaks the kulaks castles and machinery. Then, Stalin had the rest of the kulaks either killed or exiled to the northern or eastern regions of the country. The death toll recorded in the anti-kulak campaign is between three and ten million killed (Treadgold 268; Dmytryshyn 168; Lewis 63). Many peasants killed their cattle, pigs, and horses; destroyed the farm implements; and either ...
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