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- 3781: Elvis Presley
- ... the last minute tour details and relaxed with family and staff. He retires to his master suit around 7:00 AM to rest for his evening flight. By late morning, Elvis Presley was dead. His death has been officially attributed to heart failure, a likely result of his chronic overuse of prescription barbiturates. In conclusion, we can see that Elvis Presley marks the difference in the style of the music, and ... renowned as an early pioneer of Rock & Roll music. His music, movies and daunting presence has made him an American icon and an international superstar. However he sold more records in the year following his death than in any previous year in his life. He is more popular today than ever and is sill perhaps the biggest selling artist in the world.
- 3782: 1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
- ... World War II. The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are afraid of having bad thoughts about the government of Oceania, a crime punishable by death. By employing literary devices such as diction, foreshadowing, and symbolism, Orwell composes a novel "1984" which proves to be a gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism. Orwell wrote 1984 as a political ... them as Party loyalty." Orwell uses relationships to represent another element of the ordinary life which the totalitarinistic government, "The Party," takes away. For a woman to make love to a man was punishable by death. The act of sexual intercourse was seen merely as a physical action that was necessary at given intervals. Orwell infers that sex, part of everyday life, is controlled and pleasure, desire, along with feelings are ...
- 3783: Separation And Survival In
- ... for the journey south, and were sold separately; when Northup encountered Eliza later, he described her as "still mourning her children.... sunk beneath the weight of an excessive grief," and still later, informed of her death, ascribed it to her enslaved state and the loss of her children. Northup grieved for his own family, of course. From his first days as a slave, in the slave pen in Washington, "thoughts of ... from me would have placed hundreds of my fellow-bondsmen in an attitude of defiance. Without arms or ammunition, or even with them I saw such a step would result in certain defeat, disaster and death, and always raised my voice against it." Rebellion as a survival strategy had only worked for him when combined with negotiation. There is one further theme that runs throughout Twelve Years A Slave: a response ...
- 3784: Salem Witch Trials
- By: Animal4783 Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witchcraft trials in Massachusetts during 1692 resulted in nineteen innocent men and women being hanged, one man pressed to death, and in the deaths of more than seventeen who died in jail. It all began at the end of 1691 when a few girls in the town began to experiment with magic by gathering around ... were tortured until they "confessed" that they were guilty. One form of torture was the accused would be pressed by a heavy weight until they confessed. Giles Corey, husband of Martha Corey, was pressed to death when he refused say that he was involved with the Devil, and that he was, in fact, guilty. One form of torture, though, was even more absurd. The witch's head would be forced underwater ...
- 3785: Wuthering Heights Summary
- ... to leave. Cathy finally escapes and runs home, straight into her father’s room. He dies happy having seen her, and thinking that Linton will take care of her. The lawyer appears after Edgar’s death, confessing that he has been taking orders from Heathcliff. Heathcliff comes and takes Cathy back to the Heights, after severely beating Linton for letting her escape. He says that he is going to rent the ... alone. Heathcliff stopped eating, but told Nelly that he was happy. He reminded her of the specific instructions for his burial, and died the next night. Hareton was the only one who mourned Heathcliff’s death. Nelly says that many people have sworn to have seen Heathcliff’s spirit walking on the moors, sometimes with Catherine’s. Mr. Lockwood leaves just as Cathy and Hareton return from a walk in the ...
- 3786: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- ... the giants of world literature. His writing ranged from fairy tales, to psychological novels, to political and historical novels, and to something completely unique and different such as Faust. Goethe was born shortly after the death of the Pope, on August 28, 1749 in Frankfurt am Main to a middle class family. His mother had many connections because she was a daughter of the mayor. Young Goethe was brought up having ... a university, but would have more gladly read classics at another university. After ten years he was invited by Duke Karl August to come to Weimar (this city would be his actual home until his death there on March 22, 1832). He was already a good lawyer and had written the novel Werther. His work in Weimar caused him to observe the natural world around him and led him towards science ...
- 3787: J.P. Morgan
- ... that, " J.P. Morgan lost no prestige through his appearance…On the contrary, his willingness as a witness and his evident sincerity and frankness seem to have created a distinctly favorable impression. After Morgan's death in 1913, he was tributed in a great fashion by the same reporters that once scolded him for his greed. Tributes centered on his "rugged honesty and rock-ribbed integrity." Theodore Roosevelt praised his "sincerity ... of a strong economy. Pierpont built America with more in mind than that of personal financial gain. His inspiring industrial genius shadowed whatever greedy impulses he acted on. A critic of Morgan said after his death, "Never again will conditions of government make it possible for any financier to bestride the country like a Colossus…having greater force, greater character, greater intellect and greater vitality than any other man on Wall ...
- 3788: Symbolism In Lord of the Flies
- ... have fun than worry about anything else. The threat of being killed clearly foreshadows the ending of Simon's life. [Chapters 1-4 · Chapters 5-8 · Chapters 9-12] Chapter 9: A View to a Death A violent storm is raging on the island, while Simon finally wakes up from his faint. He staggers towards the beach to tell the other boys about his ordeal. Piggy and Ralph already decided to ... s willingness to come along for what he believes is right, and his standing up and speaking out shows that he has gained greater courage and confidence since the beginning of the novel. His tragic death and the shattering of the conch represents the disappearance of some of the last remnants of democracy. With Samneric taken under Jack's control, Ralph is the only one left with the waning sense of ...
- 3789: JFK
- ... to ban discrimination in places of business; to speed up desegregation of public schools; and to end discrimination in the hiring of workers on federal construction projects. On Nov. 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot to death in Dallas, Texas, the fourth United States president to die by an assassin's bullet. The state funeral of President Kennedy was watched on television by millions around the world. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. During his time as President, JFK had to make difficult decisions. Many of the hardest choices concerned the relationship between our nation and the Soviet Union. President Kennedy's death caused enormous sadness and grief among all Americans. Most people still remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news of the murder. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered ...
- 3790: Carol Causs
- ... Gauss's long involvement with the field of astronomy.On October ninth, 1805 Gauss was married to Johana Ostoff. Although Gauss lived a happy personal life for the first time, he was shattered by the death of his benefactor, The Duke of Brunswick, who was killed fighting for the Prussian army. In 1807 Gauss left Brunswick to take up the position of director of the Gottingen observatory. This was a time ... the public the existence of such a geometry. The period of time from 1817 to 1832 was a particularly hard time for Gauss. He took in his sick mother, who stayed with him until her death twenty-two years later. At the same time he was in a dispute with his wife and her family about whether they should move to Berlin, where Gauss had been offered a job. Minna, his ...
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