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3101: Cantebury Tales: ... taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, joined a community of monks. Their lives were spent in communal worship, devotional reading, prayer and manual labor all under the authority of the abbot of the monastic house. Particular monks often had particular jobs- the cellarer or the infirmarer for example, and these like every aspect of monastic life were laid down in the 'Rule'. Monks were nearly always of noble extraction (one ... integral part of the local community -- it probably owned most of the farming land in the area- and the fortunes of the people in any area were bound up with the spirituality of its monastic house. The monks were on the front line of the spiritual battle-it was they who did battle in prayer for their community, who warded off devils and demons and who prayed tirelessly for the salvation ...

3102: Beloved: ... has happened prior to the novel and movie’s opening. Mr. Garner purchases a 13-year old black slave girl named Sethe in order to assist his wife by doing the routine jobs around the house. Sethe is the only female slave owned by Mr. Garner who has five other male slaves – three Pauls, Halle, and Sixo. Sethe marries Halle and gives birth to four children. While she is pregnant with ... kill her toddler, later known as “Beloved”. At the novel and films opening, which takes place after slavery has been abolished, the entire family is tortured by the ghost of the baby girl haunting the house, and the Black Community has turned their back on Sethe for her seemingly horrendous actions. Observations The character Sethe is presented as a former slave woman who chooses to kill her baby girl rather than ...

3103: Causes Of Civil War: ... union from the Louisiana Purchase and will give impications on the status of slavery west of the Mississippi. If Missouri enter the union as a free state, then the North will get control of the House of Representatives because they would have more representatives. If Missouri enter the union as slave, the South will get control over the House. Henry Clay saw this issue cause a huge tension between the North and South, so he came up with the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise stated that any states above the latitude of 36 30 ...

3104: Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball: ... was largely because of Babe Ruth. Attendance was getting so monstrous that the Yankees built a new stadium because so many people wanted to see "The Babe". The stadium has been simply known as "The House that Ruth Built" (Babe Ruth Museum 3). The first attendance for the house that Ruth built was a complete sell out with extra people in standing room only. Now the media was paying more attention to baseball as well. Baseball was on the radio and in the papers ...

3105: Causes Of Civil War: ... union from the Louisiana Purchase and will give impications on the status of slavery west of the Mississippi. If Missouri enter the union as a free state, then the North will get control of the House of Representatives because they would have more representatives. If Missouri enter the union as slave, the South will get control over the House. Henry Clay saw this issue cause a huge tension between the North and South, so he came up with the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise stated that any states above the latitude of 36 30 ...

3106: Greece 3: ... percentage comparison of Greece is that about 30% of Greece’s total population live in Athens. The metropolitan area of Thessaloniki takes up about 7% of Greece’s population. The physical regions and areas that house the most people are situated around the coastlines and interior plains. The areas that house the least amount of people are on the Aegean Islands and in the mountainous regions. The growth rate of Greece is only 0.43% and the percent of males and females in Greece are as ...

3107: Prohibition in the 1920's: ... the U.S. has been illegal ever since the prohibition movement successfully persuaded Congress to ratify the eighteenth amendment,three years ago. Mr. John Krause, an antiprohibitionist, is presenting this speech to the U.S. House of Representatives in order to convince them to abolish prohibition. Prohibition Somewhere in the Bible it says,” If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off.” I used to think this point of view was ... more (financial) trouble than it is worth. “It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country.” This quote from U.S House Representative Fiorella LaGuardia, summarizes how ineffective the amendment on prohibition has been. The inefficiency of the prohibition movement is making a mockery out of the U.S. Government. At least one million quarts of liquor ...

3108: Tom Sawyer: ... with the teachers things. Becky finds Tom to be very noble. Summer is coming near. Injun Joe is still at large and Tom and Huck are searching for treasure. While searching near an old ghost house one night the two boys over hear Injun Joe talking about some loot that he hid. The boys are determined to find it . As an end of the year celebration, Tom’s whole class goes ... also very adventurous and loves to go hunting for treasure with Huck. This feeling suddenly came upon Tom one day. Tom got Huck and the went to search for treasure by the old abandoned ghost house. Tom often uses his creative imagination to get out of punishment from his Aunt Polly. Tom could make up lies like nobody else. He was very slick. Tom would use his adventures to escape the ...

3109: Causes of the Great Depression: ... 24). In addition, "tourist homes" (hotels and motels) opened up everywhere. With such a wealthy upper-class many luxury hotels were needed. In 1924 alone, hotels such as the Mayflower (Washington D.C.), the Parker House (Boston), The Palmer House (Chicago), and the Peabody (Memphis) opened their doors(end note 25). Lastly, and possibly most importantly, the construction industry benefited tremendously from the automobile. With the growing number of cars, there was a big demand ...

3110: Godesses,whores,wives,and Slav: ... the city who had parents that were citizens. To remain a citizen, a woman had to either marry a citizen or not marry at all. There were also slave women. Slave women worked around the house and most male slaves were sent to work and die in the mines. Woman slaves were wet nurses, housekeepers and baby-sitters. Women slaves were also subject to sexual relations with the man of the house. A free man could have sexual intercourse with his wife, his slaves, and with other males without fear of punishment. A woman, on the other hand, could only have sexual intercourse with her husband. From ...

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