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- 1091: Chaucer 2
- ... apparent. Thus, with this confidence came a higher status for English literature. This was illustrated in 1399 when Henry IV laid claim to the British throne (Williams 4). He did not perform the ceremony in French, as had been done in the past, but in English. Geoffrey Chaucer played a major role in establishing the English language as a medium capable of the utmost artistic expression (Williams 4). Chaucer wrote in ... influences on Chaucer include the work of Virgil, Cicero, and Ovid, which were among his favorites, and many of which he read in their original languages. He also translated many major texts from Latin and French into English (Williams 1). An avid traveler, Chaucer visited Italy in 1373 and 1378. Here he discovered the poetry of Dante and Petrach (Anderson 85). He was very impressed by the work of these two ... much about the social system first hand (Anderson 84). From an early age, he held various positions in a royal household (Williams 1). While on a royal assignment in France, he was captured by the French army and ransomed by the king. Though his work took precedence over his writing, Chaucer's education in a social setting transcended into his writings (Williams 1). One might begin to think that Chaucer ...
- 1092: Casablanca Movie Review
- ... Rick if it means her husband being able to go. Likewise, Victor goes to Rick and asks him to take Elsa and flee if it means her safety. Rick then tricks both the German and French authorities and then gives the letters of transit to Elsa and Victor so that they may leave. Rick then reconciles with the French Captain. There are a few sub-plots. One being Rick and Elsa's affair in Paris France in WWII. Another sub-plot was the take of Moracca by the Germans. Another example of a sub ... the vampire change. Now what really hit me as similar in the movies was in the last scenes. In Casablanca, Rick has a few words with the Laslow's and told them to go, the French Captain was against it, but they let them go. The movie Casablanca was concluded by the two of them walking away with Rick saying "I think this is the begining of a beautiful friendship". ...
- 1093: Casablanca Movie Review
- ... Rick if it means her husband being able to go. Likewise, Victor goes to Rick and asks him to take Elsa and flee if it means her safety. Rick then tricks both the German and French authorities and then gives the letters of transit to Elsa and Victor so that they may leave. Rick then reconciles with the French Captain. There are a few sub-plots. One being Rick and Elsa's affair in Paris France in WWII. Another sub-plot was the take of Moracca by the Germans. Another example of a sub ... the vampire change. Now what really hit me as similar in the movies was in the last scenes. In Casablanca, Rick has a few words with the Laslow's and told them to go, the French Captain was against it, but they let them go. The movie Casablanca was concluded by the two of them walking away with Rick saying "I think this is the begining of a beautiful friendship". ...
- 1094: Mastery Of Epigram And The Aud
- ... To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag ... seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life that reminds one of the worst excesses of the French Revolution." I.33:625 Algernon: "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." I.34:644 Algernon: "The only way to behave to a woman is to make ...
- 1095: Mary Shelleys Frankenstein
- ... the monster reports that "this was indeed a godlike scene, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it" (p. 108). During the course of one year, he learns to understand, speak, read and write French, intending to use this knowledge to gain acceptance into society. He also finds three books, from which he gleans what knowledge he can about the world and about moral values, and the values he gains ... that none of the three books are in their original language: Milton's Paradise Lostis originallly in English, Plutarch's Lives in Latin and Goethe's Sorrows of Werter in German, but the monster finds French translations of all three. This is in accordance with everything else the monster ever learns, except for his experiences of beauty and ugliness, in that it is second-hand information. He learns French through a series of lessons meant for someone else; he has to rely on laboratory notes to understand what he is and where he comes from; he needs the books to learn what life ...
- 1096: Literature And Its Affect On S
- ... literature has had an enormous impact on colonial style, which influenced the newly born Americans and the Europeans still living in the old world. Writers of the eighteenth century had two primary legacies: the romantic revolution and the historical texts, which included histories, sermons, pamphlets, diaries, and biographies (Bercovitch and Jehlen 149). With the birth of a new nation evolved a new American literary history, and the words of Henry Adams ... the object was not extravagant or eccentric. One sought no absolute truth. One sought only a spool on which to wind the thread of history without breaking it (Bercovitch and Jehlen 145). The American literary revolution was strictly for expressing the feelings and ideals of a courageous people that were tired of confinement within the ideals of society. The authors that would be born out of the revolution would portray the hearts of the citizens; the popularity of literature grew because the message of it was for every man and the impact it had on society was greater than ever before. The ...
- 1097: Henry V 2
- ... could of easily disposed of them by not killing them, but decided not to for the safety of the kingdom. By doing this Henry is saying many things. He is sending a message to the French, advisors, lords, and petty men who will fight and die in the war; that this claim is not a mere threat, that he intends to fight it out, and so that they can take him seriously. Henry desperately needs the trust of everyone around him. If he does not have that trust, they will not untie successfully and be valiant against the French army. " Such and so finely bolted did'st though seem. And thus fall hath left a kind of blot to [mark the] full frought man and best endured" ( 61, act 2, scene 2, ll 143 ... as Falstaff did or Scroop or Bardolph. Because of Henry's decisions about his friends, and choosing not to have favoritism in his court, he became a better king and was successful at defeating the French.
- 1098: Heart Of Darkness
- ... of a ship to treat the general problems that obsessed him: How can society endure against all the destructive forces of the individual ego and the modern world and mostly, the clash between capitalism and revolution in colonized areas of the world. Conrad also wrote two absorbing novels about revolutionaries in Europe. Conrad was not particularly interested in character for its own sake. He was most interested in men who were ... of the old-fashioned virtues such as courage, fidelity, and discipline. Conrad was modern in realizing how enormously difficult it is for people to practice such virtues. Born and raised in an era of world revolution, Conrad certainly knew the effects any change could leave on a society or nation. He was influenced socially simply because he lived during this time. His influences were probably the strongest as a child when ... of the sanctions of their European social orders; they also have been alienated from their old tribal ways. Conrad does an excellent job in showing the results of colonization in the midst of the world revolution. I learned that this exploitation of the African people and their resources was just as it was in Europe and American during those colonizational years. It was simply another place in the world with ...
- 1099: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- ... and conscious. These privileged creatures of France possessed the vast majority of wealth and committed the most scandalous of acts against both their piers and those of lower social standing. It is little wonder a revolution was on the horizon. Even though Les Liaisons Dangereuses sold out within days of the initial publication in Paris (1782), it was considered a most abominable piece of trash and created an incredible uproar. De Laclos shocked his readers to new heights of intrigue and disgust. At one point, the French government actually banned the book. However, it continued to be read and discussed, and has thus endured as a most disturbing portrait of eighteenth century nobility.
- 1100: Henry V
- ... could of easily disposed of them by not killing them, but decided not to for the safety of the kingdom. By doing this Henry is saying many things. He is sending a message to the French, advisors, lords, and petty men who will fight and die in the war; that this claim is not a mere threat, that he intends to fight it out, and so that they can take him seriously. Henry desperately needs the trust of everyone around him. If he does not have that trust, they will not untie successfully and be valiant against the French army. " Such and so finely bolted did'st though seem. And thus fall hath left a kind of blot to [mark the] full frought man and best endured" ( 61, act 2, scene 2, ll 143 ... as Falstaff did or Scroop or Bardolph. Because of Henry's decisions about his friends, and choosing not to have favoritism in his court, he became a better king and was successful at defeating the French.
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