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- 1391: Ancient Egyptian Religion As S
- ... to a close. The local government had allotted a period of two weeks for the expedition to take place, and the thirteenth day is now in its peak. The search for the tomb of the great king Menes has, thus far, been a complete failure. The archeologist begins to feel a bit queasy, realizing his sudden failure; however, a cavalcade of shouts suddenly penetrates the intensely hot air. He strains his ... so long ago. ³Could this be it,² the archeologist asks himself, still in awe over the pale stone that his eyes now gaze upon. It seems almost impossible that the tracks of a culture so great could be covered by such an inadequate foe as time. But even now as he gazes upon the tomb in success, the archeologist sees no culture behind these artifacts; he merely sees the makings of ... and sometimes enormous, works of architecture. One of the main reasons for today¹s knowledge about these edifices is the fact that many of them are still towering over Egypt. This is due to the great care that the Ancient Egyptian populace took in constructing the temples, tombs, and halls of their period. In addition, these people were most definitely skilled in building techniques, the arts, and mathematics. ³In construction, ...
- 1392: The Tempest: Review
- Why is it that people fawn Shakespeare and have unreasonably high regard for his works, including The Tempest, and label them as "immortal classics"? Indeed Shakespeare's works had great significance in the evolution of English literature, but these works, including The Tempest are mostly devoid of significance and literary value in the present day. One can expect to gain little educational benefit of the ... early seventeeth century England. At this period of history and country the English language was quite different from what it is today in many ways. First, standard, formal vocabulary was different at this time. An great expample is found in the line "...you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!" (act 1 sc. 1, p. 9). In this line, the word incharitable is the modern equivalent of the word uncharitable. The standard dictionary word ... heavy and outlandish that it becomes extrodinarily difficult to interpret and causes the words to fall into chaotic ambiguity. In fact, it is not unreasonable to define the language of the text as sophistry. A great example of heavy metaphor in The Tempest is the line "O heaven , O earth, bear witness to this sound, / and crown what I profess with kind event / If I speak true; if hollowly, invert / ...
- 1393: International Relations Of Asia
- ... there was none of "the sharp structural clarity of Europe," no drawing of a line, no Iron Curtain; rather, there existed a more complex web of international relations, because of the physical presence of three great powers: the Soviet Union, China and Japan. And from 1945 onwards, another great power, the United States, took up a permanent political and military residence in the region. These four major powers have dominated the East Asia region both during the Cold War and continue to do so ... a new kind of triangle, the Sino-Soviet-US triangle. "Normally triangles are not thought of as a stable form in social or political relationships nor as a stabilizing influence within a larger setting. The great post-war exception was the Soviet-US-Japan triangle. Relationships among the three countries scarcely changed, apart from fluctuations in US-Soviet and US-Japanese relations from time to time. Its immobility may have ...
- 1394: Hemmingway
- Hemmingway’s Influence Ernest Hemmingway is one of the greatest writers of all time. Like many great authors he was influenced by the world in which he lived. The environment that surrounded him influenced Hemmingway. These included such things as serving in the war and living in post war areas where people went to forget about the war. Another influence on his writings was his hobbies. He loved the great outdoors. He spent a lot of his time deep sea fishing and enjoying bull fighting. These influences had an impact on Hemmingway and they were expressed in his writing. Ernest Hemmingway was born in Oak ... Hemmingway also fell in love with his nurse and her name was also Agnes. Next Hemmingway puts himself in the boy’s shoes. After Hemmingway he had been shot he realized war was not a great place to be and didn’t want to go back. The in the story say “we only knew that there was the war, but we were not going there any more” (Another 67). In ...
- 1395: Ben Franklin’s Involvement in the Age of Reason
- ... s Almanac which involved aphorisms such as “both visitors and fish stink after three days.” He is just being practical and saying not by saying do not overstay one’s welcome time. This involved a great deal of thought. A little imagination may have played a role in that too. Speaking of imagination, what about all of the useful inventions that Franklin came up with? They helped out many desperate Americans ... had problems back in Boston, his original hometown, with his brother, and had to leave only to obtain personal liberty. This was esplained in greater detail in his book called The Autobiography. It was a great book that told about all the rough times and all of the great prosperous times that he went through. This man was a good man who cared about all around liberty, whether it be personal or political, it did not matter. Benjamin Franklin contributed a great deal ...
- 1396: Michelangelo
- ... Sculpture was Michelangelo’s main goal and the love of his life. Since his art portrayed both optimism and pessimism, Michelangelo was in touch with his positive and negative sides, showing that he had a great and stable personality. Michelangelo’s artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it’s natural state. Michelangelo Buonarroti was called to Rome in 1505 by Pope Julius II to create for him ... and the other religious leaders. Michelangelo portrayed life as it is, even with it’s troubles. Michelangelo wanted to express his own artistic ideas. The most puzzling thing about Michelangelo’s ceiling design is the great number of seemingly irrelevant nude figures that he included in his gigantic fresco. Four youths frame most of the Genesis scenes. We know from historical records that various church officials objected to the many nudes ... nude humans, he is suggesting the unfinished human; each of us is born nude with a mind and a body, in Neoplatonic thought, with the power to be our own shapers. Michelangelo has a very great personality for his time. In Rome, in 1536, Michelangelo was at work on the Last Judgment for the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, which he finished in 1541. The largest fresco of the ...
- 1397: Iliad By Homer
- The essay of Iliad, Homer finds a great tool in the simile. Just by opening the book in a random place the reader is undoubtedly faced with one, or within a few pages. Homer seems to use everyday activities, at least for the ... of his personal views, ashappens with modern day political "spin". These views that Homer might be trying to get across might be trying to favor Troy. It could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things were heard about the Greeks mettle in war, and that Homer is attempting to balance the scales a bit by romanticizing the Trojan peoples, especially Hector, and bringing to light the lesser-heard tales ... a wood." The cicadas song and the "tree in a wood" cast memories of repose and relaxation, rest and peace, which are then injected into the "delicate" elders. Later in Book Five, there is a great dichotomy of similes. First, Hera comes down "flying like turtle doves in eagerness to help the Argives." followed by a scene surrounding Diomedes where his men are "fighting like lions or wild boars." Both ...
- 1398: Ark
- The Story of Noah's Ark In Judeo-Christian mythology, one of the best recognized stories from the Old Testament is the story of Noah and the Ark, and how they survived God’s great flood. This story is a common one throughout many mid-east cultures, both past and present. The most notable of these is in the ancient Mesopotamian mythology, with the story of Utnapishtim and his story ... for the plant of everlasting life. Here we have a first hand account of the flood, by one of the sole survivors of the flood, the tale itself is found in an epic of a great king, which wasn’t exactly revered as a sacred book in the Mesopotamian culture, but was still treated with a great deal of respect. This is quite from the ancient Hebrew account of the flood. In the Old Testament, it is presumably Moses who is telling the story of Noah in the book of Genesis. ...
- 1399: The Changing of the America Through Literature
- The Changing of the America Through Literature The authors of these two novels, Mark Twain with The Adventures or Huckleberry Finn and F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Great Gatsby, both used their stories to try and get the reader to reflect upon themselves and the time period they were discussing. They were both trying to deal with the problems occurring in their own ... to go just to get a few dollars in their pocket? Twain wanted to show the hurt that greedy people caused others, and make them see what it was really doing to the world. The Great Gatsby is very similar to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in several ways. Even though the two novels were written 74 years apart they still had to deal with many of the same situations. America ... their own thing and there is a lot of drug and alcohol abuse. F. Scott Fitzgerald discussed the effects of greed, superficiality, senseless violence and to an extent, racism had on the people in The Great Gatsby. Even though the slaves had been freed from emancipation, they still were not looked upon as equal. Fitzgerald does mention a few times about a well-dressed Negro man, but they are basically ...
- 1400: Biography of Genghis Khan
- Biography of Genghis Khan The old world had many great leaders. Alexander the Great, Hannibal and even Julius Caesar met with struggle on their rise to power. Perhaps Genghis Khan was the most significant of all these rulers. To prove that Genghis Khan was the greatest ruler, we must ... unique way of promotion. Genghis felt that the best way to gain a loyal following was to promote people on the basis of achievement and not within the family. This did not only inspire a great deal of loyalty but it also made his army better and actually raised the morale of his soldiers. Every soldier gave their life to Genghis and one hundred percent of their effort because no ...
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