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- 2121: The Mayor Of Casterbridge And
- ... is not her real father. In the following plot sequence, his secret from the first episode is revealed and he loses Lucetta to Farfrae and his status begins to dwindle. Consequently, he loses his business, house, and his furniture to his friend turned nemesis. Then, upon the arrival of Newson, he fears that he is going to lose Elizabeth-Jane, who is all he has left. During the final segment, he ... all further tragedy. Clym's mother, being one of the women who dislikes Eustacia greatly, is upset with her son, thinking Eustacia has put a spell on him, and ultimately throws Clym out of her house. Further, Eustacia begins to have relations with Damon Wildeve. All of these events lead to Mrs. Yeobright's death as she sees Eustacia with Wildeve and collapses from the sadness of witnessing this. In the ...
- 2122: Emily Dickinson: Life and Her Works
- ... much education was very rare.1 Emily Dickinson was a very mysterious person as she got older she became more and more reclusive too the point that by her thirties, she would not leave her house and would withdraw from visitors. Emily was known to give fruit and treats to children by lowering them out her window in a basket with a rope to avoid actually seeing them face to face ... passed the fields of Gazing Grain- We passed the Setting Sun Or rather- He passed Us- The Dews drew quivering and chill- For only Gossamer, my Gown- My Tippet- only Tulle- We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground The Roof was a Scarcely visible- The Cornice-in the Ground- Since then- tis Centuries-and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads ...
- 2123: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... Poe, an actress. Poe also had a sister. At age three Poe was orphaned when he father disappeared one night and never returned and his mother died of tuberculosis. Poe then went to a foster house where he was adopted by John and Fanny Allen. Poe then at age six moved to England where he attended private schools. As a teen Poe was very gifted in foreign language. He wrote some ... expected John to pay of his debts. John would not pay of the debts and made John work as a clerk at his firm to pay them off. In 1827 Poe moved out of Johns house. In a letter to John Poe wrote, "I have heard you say when you little thought I was listening and therefor must have said it in ear that you had no affection for me" (letters ...
- 2124: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... worked in the Navy Pay Office. Through his work there, he met Elizabeth and eventually married her. By 1821, when Charles was four months old, John Dickens could no longer afford the rent on his house. John Dickens loved to entertain his friends with drinks and conversation. Throughout his life, he was very short of money and in debt. He often had to borrow money to pay off the debt and ... This novel was inspired by his childhood and was the first of his novels to be written entirely from the first person (Huffam). In Dickens' late period, he wrote four more books. They were Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), Great Expectations (1861), and his last novel to be completely finished, Our Mutual Friend (1865) (Huffam). His last works, were A Tale of Two Cities (1859), The Uncommercial Traveler (1861), and ...
- 2125: To Rent Or Not To Rent
- ... part of town and move out of their rented home. On the other hand, if a person owns their home, they either have to deal with the unfavorable changes in the neighborhood or put their house up for sale. Hopefully they can sell their house in thirty days but most likely not; if they are real lucky they might even break even. Home owners may think they have a piece of the American Dream . That is okay; let them think ...
- 2126: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... the last line. It falls flat, even metrically, because it is dictated not by real feeling but by deference to orthodox doctrine"(Spiller 64). The same process occurs in "Verses upon the burning of our house" one of her group of poems expressing domestic matters and affections. For the pioneer Colonists, home was a refuge from the often harsh, new environment. For Anne Bradstreet, the burning of her home and belongings ... pitying elements. Instead, Bradstreet uses the personal loss to reconcile it with her belief in the wisdom of God's will. There are two homes referred to in the poem, "my dwelling place," and the "house on high erect/Fram'd by that mighty Architect." In the poem, Bradstreet states that both homes are God's. The first five stanzas of the poem relate the pleasant objects--a trunk, a chest ...
- 2127: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... he was on the outside looking in. Much like a person watching television or a director directing a picture. Reading was also a part of Hitchcock's life from a young age. The novels Bleak House and Robinson Crusoe were two that stuck with him over the years. He also really enjoyed Edgar Allan Poe, stating that "Very likely it's because I was so taken by the Poe stories that ... abilities make a reader believe, much like Hitchcock himself (DeWitt 249). The Birds begins in San Francisco where Mitch Brenner meets Melanie Daniels. She has a crush on him and decides to visit him weekend house. Melanie arrives in town, where all the birds have already begun to gather. The birds behave strangely, and cause the people to be threatened. The birds attack all over Bodega Bay, seemingly unprovoked. In one ...
- 2128: Michelangelo Buonarroti
- ... age. Michelangelo went to study with Domenico Ghirlandago, who taught him about painting. He then went on to work with Donatello to learn about sculpture. Between the years of 1490-1492 Michelangelo lived in the house of Lorenzo de' Medici and was influenced by Neoplatonic thought. Some of Michelangelo's early painting showed the influence of Giotto and Masaccio. Also many of his early sculptures show the influence of Donatello (Columbia ... though he was unhappy with the outcome of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the ceiling turned out to be magnificent List Of Works Cited De Tolnay, Charles. The Art and Thought of Michelangelo. New York: Random House, 1964 Janson, H.W. History of Art. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Liebert, Robert S MD. Michelangelo, A Psychoanalytic Study of His Life and Images. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Michelangelo. Concise Columbia ...
- 2129: Lyndon Johnson
- ... always talked to tourists and met reporters informally. He entertained many distinguished guests at his ranch in Texas. Also, Lyndon and his wife Claudia (Lady Bird) Johnson held formal and informal dances at the white house. His presidency left added a lot in the history books. If it were not for his leadership and ideas, many parts of society today would not exist.(Peter Lisagor, 148-152) "We have suffered a ... and train companies over work rules the companies announced new rules that resulted in a union strike. Johnson arranged a fifteen-day delay of the strike and put company and union leaders in a White House room and under pressure from Johnson the dispute was settled in only twelve days.(Peter Lisagor, 149) During his first full term he used even more policies and passed even more laws. In May 1964 ...
- 2130: Muddy Waters
- ... guitar and Sonny Simms playing the violin. They would play some Saturday nights in downtown Clarksdale and others he would sell fried fish on nights. And other nights he would watch the greats like Son House, Robert Johnson and Charlie Patton were great musical influences on Waters. The main influence on Waters was Son House, although Waters style of play was more similar to that of Robert Johnson. Muddy Waters was first recognized by word of mouth. Alan Lomax of The Library of Congress went to Clarksdale to record Robert ...
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