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- 321: Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety"
- ... of the city not on the basis of personality content, but on that of the surroundings of which he thinks so lowly (Nelson 122). The fifth stage is reached when the group sights "the big house" while riding on a trolley. Rosetta, with her false past as an outline, references the house to one in which she was imaginarily reared, and to which she shall return. During her visitation to the house, Quant and the others analyze the house's exterior. Quant comments on the house's appearance: "The facade has a lifeless look." The house is compared to a human being, with its "book-lined ...
- 322: The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Oppression
- ... in The Yellow Wallpaper portrays a woman oppressed by male dominance in the 19th century, and eventually giving up her sanity for her freedom. One of the most common symbols connected with women is the house. Usually the house represents a woman’s self-expression, however, in this story, the house represents a prison in which the narrator is trapped. The house is not her house. She refers to it in the introduction as “a haunted house…. Still I proudly declare that there is something ...
- 323: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- ... military parade which preceded the unveiling. Then there was Remington’s last work, a “Cowboy” of large-scale, which turns out to be actually facing West. Further up the river, we hit Mount Pleasant, a house worth stopping to notice the woodwork, furniture, and the style of the Georgian 18- century home. Then came another manor by the name of Woodford. Woodford was owned by prominent Philadelphians. Of which included, Will ... member of Ben Franklin’s scholarly group and David Franks- signer of Non- Importation Agreement of 1765. The main appeal here in the Georgian rooms, is the Naomi Wood collection of American antiques. The next house was Sweetbriar, built by Samuel Breck. It is an elegant Federal-style house--- a showplace of the nation’s capital. Just back of Woodford, lay Strawberry Mansion, the largest of the houses in the park owned by Charles Thomson. He was known as the “Sam Adams of ...
- 324: Dolly Madison
- ... family of several children to Quaker parents, John Payne and Mary Coles. She spent her childhood in Scotchtown, Virginia. "The Paynes were well connected and sufficiently prosperous, small planters in Hanover County."1 The Quaker house forbade festivity, shunned amusement and frowned upon the world's vanities. After a preliminary visit to Philadelphia, John Payne returned to Hanover County to dispose of his property and free his slaves and in July ... contend against John Todd. "Dolly had the ability to accept whatever fate might have to offer and make the very best of it."2 They were married on January 7, 1790, at the Friends' Meeting House on Pine Street. In the summer of 1793 there came the yellow plague. Dolly was struggling with her children along the crowded road to Gray's Ferry, one of the panic driven throngs escaping from ... came staggering out at last to Gray's Ferry. She recovered to find herself a widow at twenty-five, and executrix of her husband's will. In the fall Dolly returned to her mother's house, which was now a boarding house. At all events, the Senator from New York, Colonel Aaron Burr, lodged at the Madison Lodging House. He told everyone about the pretty widow Todd. He finally told ...
- 325: Jane Eyre 2
- ... which greatly affect her life. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. She then goes to live at Lowood School. From Lowood Jane proceeds on to Thornfield Hall. She then advances on to Moor House. Finally, Jane reaches her final home at Ferndean. All of this happens within two decades and the novel is told in first person, which is Jane Eyre. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. While at Gateshead, Jane is treated unfairly and is punished for things she did not do. After the death of Jane s parents, her uncle, Mr. Reed brought Jane into his house. On her uncle s deathbed Mrs. Reed promises to treat Jane like one of her own children. Jane s aunt, Mrs. Reed, does not like Jane and has a very hard time doing this. She ... Jane for saving his life and he then seems to become closer to her. Rochester and Jane then begin to pay special attention to each other until the time that he leaves to attend a house party. After three days Rochester returns, but he returns with many rich and wealthy people. These people were at Thornfield Hall for a house party that was going to be hosted by Rochester. Among ...
- 326: Us Presidents 30-42
- ... time defending his party. His relations with Congress were unhappy, but he coped with scandal by prosecuting offenders, and, thanks to that, his integrity, and his self-possession, he retrieved public confidence in the White House. He gained enough control over the Republican Party to be nominated for president in June 1924. Coolidge also gained enough of the people's confidence to be easily elected over his major opposition, John W ... when the stock market crashed on Oct. 29, 1929, left from 12 to 14 million Americans unemployed before the end of Hoover's term. In the 1930 congressional elections the weak Democratic minority in the House of Representatives became a majority, and the Republican majority in the senate dwindled to a plurality of one. Hoover believed that aid to the hungry and the deserving unemployed should come from local governments in ... the Democratic national convention opened in Chicago in June 1932, Roosevelt stood out as the most dynamic and imaginative contender for the presidential nomination. Despite these assets, FDR faced formidable opposition at the convention, from House Speaker John Nance Garner of Texas; former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker of Ohio, a potential compromise choice; and former Governor Smith, who still cherished ambitions of his own. For three ballots Roosevelt ...
- 327: Fire And Ice - Compared To 4 Other Poems
- ... living mite. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza of "A Considerable Speck" is AABBCCDADEEFGFGHH, but there is no pattern throughout the poem (Silberner 99). Next I would like to tell you about is "Ghost House". It is an remarkably descriptive poem illustrating an aged, haunted house. The imagery in this poem is marvelous. This poem allows the reader to see the house as if he were standing on the front porch. You can picture an old decrepit house, covered with vines and wild raspberries. There is a dying tree in the front yard, with only one ...
- 328: Kurt Vonnegut Sarcasm And Blac
- ... playing music like his father who he never wanted to become (Vonnegut Welcome 55-69). Another example of this is in More Stately Mansions. This is about how a lady is obsessed on the way house should look. She continually has suggestions for her neighbors. One would think that her house would be great. That’s false, she has no money nor does her husband, but she has her house planned out perfectly, from catalogues and magazines, for when they come across money. One day she becomes sick and goes to the hospital for a month and her husband receives money. He spends the ...
- 329: Personal Writing: You Need New Shingles On The Roof If You Want New Kitchen Cabinets
- ... and then they run out from behind the camera and take care of all of the hard to do tasks that good ole' Bob never tells you about. Seemingly harmless projects to fix up your house can have terrible consequences that lay waiting for the poor and unsuspecting handyman. They are usually a great deal more involved than what you may have bargained for. Around September in 1995, my wife was watching Bob on television. He was installing a new set of kitchen cabinets in an old house. Well, she decided that I needed to do the same thing because it was a very simple and non time consuming project. She said that Bob did it in thirty minutes and so could I ... failed to see it. The next day I took my ten pound hammer and began tearing out the old cabinets. I was having a pretty good time beating up all of this wood in my house with this hammer. It was fun until I realized that the cabinets were actually part of the wall and now I was going to have to rip out the whole wall. I said to ...
- 330: Jane Eyre 2
- ... which greatly affect her life. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. She then goes to live at Lowood School. From Lowood Jane proceeds on to Thornfield Hall. She then advances on to Moor House. Finally, Jane reaches her final home at Ferndean. All of this happens within two decades and the novel is told in first person, which is Jane Eyre. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. While at Gateshead, Jane is treated unfairly and is punished for things she did not do. After the death of Jane s parents, her uncle, Mr. Reed brought Jane into his house. On her uncle s deathbed Mrs. Reed promises to treat Jane like one of her own children. Jane s aunt, Mrs. Reed, does not like Jane and has a very hard time doing this. She ... Jane for saving his life and he then seems to become closer to her. Rochester and Jane then begin to pay special attention to each other until the time that he leaves to attend a house party. After three days Rochester returns, but he returns with many rich and wealthy people. These people were at Thornfield Hall for a house party that was going to be hosted by Rochester. Among ...
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