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- 1371: "Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"
- ... any sort of romantic relationship. My reasoning is that Shakespeare visited Anne at different times when the theaters in London were closed, and did not just leave her completely, and when he bought a new house, she moved there. Also, in his will, Shakespeare left Anne his second best bed with the furniture. No one knows for sure what is implied by the "second best bed" but another man in English ... Shakespeare probably did not act in any plays after he joined Lord Chamberlain's company. In 1596, while Shakespeare was in London, his son Hamnet died. A year later, Shakespeare bought New Place, an important house in Stratford, and Anne went to live there. A woman called The Dark Lady was referred to in some of Shakespeare's sonnets, which were probably written in the 1590's. Shakespeare obviously had an ... London. Or possibly he had an urge to spend the last years of his life with his family, whom he had neglected for so many years. In 1613, he bought the former Blackfriars Monastery gate house. During that year, he began writing again. He wrote Henry VIII and some other less known plays with a man called John Fletcher who worked with the company. During the first performance of that ...
- 1372: The Metamorphosis -
- ... that people in society have of AIDS is interacting with someone who has the virus. Gregor experienced this same fear of interaction. This fear is most noticeable when Grete is playing the violin for the house guests. Gregor walks in to the living room and, after seeing Gregor, the house guests become upset because of the "disgusting conditions" (240) of the family. Another similarity between Gregor's illness and AIDS is that there is no cure. Both Gregor and AIDS victims have to live knowing that they cannot change the way they are, which makes them indifferent towards their appearance. By revealing himself to the house guests, Gregor demonstrates this indifference and offends the guests. Both Gregor and AIDS victims learn to live with the many limitations set forth by society. However, these limitations can be overwhelming and extremely exhausting ...
- 1373: Social Reform In Charles Dicke
- ... 56, ch. 7). These horrific conditions do not keep Oliver down, but foster a need for growth inside him. Pip also is forced to live in conditions that are unattractive and unappealing. Miss Havisham s house is often made to sound depressing, old, and lonely. Many of the objects within the house had not been touched or moved in many years. Cobwebs were clearly visible, as well as an abundance of dust, and even the wedding dress, which Miss Havisham constantly wore, had turned yellow with age. Pip was forced to live in this lonely house that had been a product of an evil society. This left Pip wanting to change, he was unwilling to become like the place he had grown up in. Another similarity between the two novels ...
- 1374: Saint John Bosco
- ... boys could receive a real education, not just a religion class. He was appointed chaplain of St. Philomena's Hospice for girls. John did not really like his job so he resigned and opened a house for boys, where he helped boys that he saw on the streets, and brought them to the house where he fed them, clothed them, and sheltered them. Then he started his own religious order of 17 priests and brothers, they were called the Salesians in 1859, after St. Francis de Sales. He then ... street when she needs help when she is outside, I go over and help her. Most of Bosco's life was to help young boys that were on the street, and brought them into his house and took care of him, and I will also try to help young boys and girls when ever I can. Bibliography The Book of Saints By:Victor Hoagland Copyright 1986 The Regina Press Formingdale, ...
- 1375: The Great Gatsby 14
- ... West Egg is to find his lost love, Daisy. But once he learns that Nick is Daisy s cousin, having it his way he influences Jordan to ask Nick to have Daisy over to his house for tea so that he could meet Daisy again. You can also see here how Gatsby is a little shy and instead of just asking Nick or Daisy himself, he asks Jordan. In preparation for the meeting, Nick plans to lighten up the looks of the house for Daisy but since Gatsby insists on having it his way, Nick lets Gatsby decorate his house and have his own landscaper mow the lawn so everything would meet up to Gatsby s standards. But these are just minor examples of how Gatsby always gets what he wants next to what ...
- 1376: Courage Shown In The Book To K
- ... Maycomb would defend him. Atticus stood up for what he believed in, and did the right thing. Also, Jem shows a lot of courage throughout the novel. He was the one that touched Boo s house and also went to his house late at night to go to the Radley s house. He also read for one of the meanest people in Maycomb, Mrs. Dubose. Even though it was a punishment to make him read to her, he could have been miserable about it. After a ...
- 1377: Firearms; Vital Tools for Self Defense or Deadly Killers?
- ... crime would drop if more citizens owned, carried and knew how to use guns. One such case involved eleven - year old Jason Green of Houston, Texas. Home alone one night, he heard noises in the house. Arming himself with his father's shotgun he investigated and caught a burglar in the act. Just then his mother pulled up outside in the family car. Fearing the burglar might harm his mother Jason fired. His mother reacted by bursting into the house and firing her revolver. Hit by bullets from both guns the burglar died. Jason's mother, like Jason, was defending her house against an intruder. There are about 645,000 defensive uses of handguns each year, according to Gary Kleck, a professor at Florida State University. He bases his figure on several surveys on handgun use, ...
- 1378: Raisin In The Sun
- ... the family to stop suffering and "never moving forwards". Mama wanted Travis to have his own room, and by this she sacrificed her own personal room for that by sharing with Beneatha in the new house. She was sick and tired of this anguish the family received. Her dream was to see her family stop having distress and be in a higher class and to be basically be happy. In the ... to get out of this rut they were in and head to somewhere big. Once Mama got the money, it took a little time but she had her mind set, she went and bought a house. She felt it would be the best thing to benefit everyone in the household. She ignored the racial lines the would prevent the normal black people from even thinking of moving in that type area and pursued her dream, her dream house. Once the "welcoming committee" showed up, Mama was luckily not there, she understood that difficulty would lie ahead, but she didn’t care. Not much would stop her from her dream, not even losing ...
- 1379: My Antiona
- ... responsibilities that her father had and growing up for her changed in a matter of seconds. She could not join her fellow classmates in school because she had to tend to the work around the house. She became the head of the house. After time, the Shimerdas had a new log home built for them by the neighbors. The family continued to get their necessary items from outside sources and started to build a new life. Later, the Burdens moved to a town called Black Hawk. They now lived further away from the Shimerdas. Mrs. Burden gets Antonia a temporary job helping their neighbors around the house. Antonia learned English much faster and Jim met many new people. This is where we meet Lena. Lena was a Norwegian girl who later becomes a dressmaker, but distracted men with her flirtatious act ...
- 1380: The Death Of Ivan Illych
- ... above his former position. After obtaining this position, he returned to the country and his marriage life improved immensely. Ivan then proceeded to the province to which they were moving to attempt to locate a house. He found one which suited his tastes perfectly. Ivan turned his attention towards furnishing his house. He searched for all the things which give his house an air of aristocracy and yet not too snobbish. While showing an upholsterer how he wanted the drapes hung, Ivan fell and nearly caught himself but unfortunately managed to hit himself in the side ...
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