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- 2071: Gregory Efimovich Rasputin
- ... mad monk and his involvement within the Alexandra Palace in Tsarkoe, Selo I was really moved by the turn of events; that lead to the overthrow of the Russian imperial system, the dethronement of the House of Romanov and the assassination of the Imperial Family. The mad monk was in the highest circles of St. Petersburg society, and captured the attention of the higher clergymen of the Russian Empire. The monk ... be dead. After the death of Rasputin Nicholas lost his throne, and some of the Romanov cousins were killed by a Bolshevik firing squad. The Tsars family , and their staff were imprisoned in a house in Ekatinburg. On July 16, 1918 The Tsar , Aleaxandra, their fourteen year old son, their four daughters, and staff members were taken into a half cellar room and killed by a Bolshevik secret police firing ...
- 2072: The Mountain And The Valley
- ... talking abpout the nature surrounding the town. This gives the reader a very good mental picture of where the story is taking place. The writer describes in detail the way the area looks around the house. He describes the climate as very cold and dreary:"Rain had taken the first snow on the fields. The the sudden cold had come" (8). This is showing the reader that the world around the house was at rest, in a winter sleep. Ellen is introduced to us as she is working on her rug. We learn that the rug is made from torn clothes. "They were good rugs. All the ...
- 2073: The Moral Evolution Of Pip
- ... so profound that Pip, reacting out of fear, robs Mrs. Joe. In response to this, Pip feels guilty, which begets more fear, as demonstrated through his vivid imagination: "But I ran no further than the house door, for there I ran head foremost into a party of soldiers with their muskets: one of whom held out a pair of handcuffs to me, saying, 'Here you are, look sharp, come on!"' (Ch ... s fear of authority is further shown in his response to Mrs. Joe. The fear of being misunderstood and also of physical abuse leads Pip to lie about his encounter with Miss Havisham at Satis House.Pip feels guilty and confesses to Joe. To change into a true gentleman, Pip will first have to mature and develop a proper sense of morals rather than act out of guilt and fear. Pip ...
- 2074: Death Of Pol Pot
- ... persistent malaria. Particpants steeped up to crude microphones to humiliate and denounce the fallen strongman. There was a debate within the leadership on whether to kill him,cut him off medical care or give hime house arrest until his final days. In the end Pol Pot was sentenceed to live the rest of his life under house arrest.His fate is one piece of the complicated puzzle that is cambodian politics today said, one of the British newspaper ( www.newshour.com pg 5 April 15 1998 ). Pol Pot died April 15 1998 ...
- 2075: John Grisham
- ... on the veranda with Renee, his wife of eighteen years. He also loves watching his two children, son, Ty, age fourteen, and daughter, Shea, age twelve. The Grisham family lives in a 204-year-old house on 100 acres outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. The grounds include tennis courts, swimming pool, croquet courts, horse stables, a full-time house keeper and maintaince man, and a private jet. Grisham swears, "We still think of ourselves as normal people" and defines normal as coaching his kid's Little League teams, teaching Sunday School, going on mission ...
- 2076: Aristotles The Poetics
- ... sets a true course yet may strike upon the blind and sudden reefs of disaster. But if before such a time, fear throw overboard some precious thing of cargo, with deliberate cast, not all the house, laboring with weight of ruin, shall go down. (36) Page 4 This passage is backtracking to the beginning of the play when it the reader is told that to appease the gods, Agamemnon sacrificed his ... is not the only time that the foreshadowing of Agamemnon's death is show to the audience. There is a double meaning behind Clytaemestra's words when she says: "Let there spring up into the house he never hoped to see, where Justice leads him in, a crimson path" (32). Clytaemestra is describing both the death of Iphigeneia and foreshadowing the murder of Agamemnon. The "crimson path" is the blood that ...
- 2077: Joan of Arc As A Leader
- ... enough to have sins to confess-that the village priest would sometimes pretend to scold her. (Williams,1963,16) Joans life drastically changed at age twelve, she was in the garden of her parent's house and all of the sudden there was a great glare of light. It was on her right from the direction of the town church. The Archangel Michael appeared to her from this light, and spoke ... in Orleans threw the city into a furor. Within days Joan's personality won the hearts of the people living in the city of Orleans. Bands of armed citizens jammed the narrow streets around the house where she was staying .Their enthusiasm was tumultuous as they clamored for her to lead them out against the English troops, and (Lightbody,1961,152) the towns people searching for a savior did not doubt ...
- 2078: Analysis Of Morality And Accountability In Legal Study Case
- ... Tampa, Florida is in an uproar, and has demanded that Plasma International's licenses to practice business be revoked. One of the company's founders, Sol Levin, has already been called into testify before the House Subcommittee on Medical Standards regarding Plasma International's "sale of blood for profit." Some of the issues hotly debated include the moral abuses of the naive African persons, the "exorbitant" profit netted, and the company ... hand, they are not considering the fact that different standards exist in other areas, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Profit has driven and will continue to drive other companies. The investigation by the House Subcommittee should be dismissed; Plasma International has capitalized on a fledgling concept, and should not be penalized for it. The majority of the population benefits from their work, and they are following ethical procedures.
- 2079: The Human Comedy
- ... these trials, Homer is forced to mature. How he matures is a result of facing the challenges. Two very import themes that help homer mature are family and death. Homer represents the men of the house because he works and earns money for the family. For example, he goes to school until three o clock, then goes to work until midnight. Going to school and working is very hard but it ... appearance. Finally, Homer said, Any work that has to be done around here, men can do. Girls belong in homes, taking care of men. (Pg. 157) Homer is rewarded for being the man of the house by getting love and shelter from his family. Love is needed from the family to keep Homer supporting the family. Homer becomes mature by working, but looses his one and only childhood. Death is a ...
- 2080: The Maturing of Achilles
- ... line in Book 1 summarizes the attitude of Peleus Achilles towards war and man. Rage---Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters souls, but made their bodies carrion, feast for the dogs and birds
In the beginning of the Illiad Achilles was known as a ruthless and unstoppable killing force, and he lived up to this description. The people that he did not send to the House of Death he would take them to the holds of his ship. These people were either kept as slaves or were ransomed off to their families for large sums of treasure. Achilles was known to ...
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