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- 1481: Oedipus Rex
- ... or themes of the play when they serve as the defining climax of the story. When the misconception is stopped Oedipus sees that you cannot escape or change your past, but you can still do great things even if you have been evil or immoral in your life. When Oedipus was born it was prophesied that he would kill his father and marry his mother. His father naturally feared this and ... country he is banished and he and his daughter Antigone leave Thebes. He later dies in exile at a shrine of Apollo in Colonus. Before he leaves Thebes however he states that he will do great things before he dies the horrible death he believes is reserved for him. He speaks with great hubris in the end of the play when he tells Creon to care for his daughters and tells of the things he will do before he dies. This, being able to still accomplish great ...
- 1482: A Plan In The Making The Const
- ... was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began In May of 1787. I will first discuss John P. Roche s views on the framing of the Constitution. He begins talking about the Founding Fathers. He called great democratic politicians. He says that even though they were great politicians, they had to proceed with caution. This was because they did not want to upset the public. They needed to keep the people s interest in concern at all times. Roche said that the ... being that people did not want a government that was like Britain s. With this entire situation going on, how were the representatives going to form a new government? Roche says that the Constitutionalists had great success in convincing all the other representatives that change was needed and necessary. After this, the majority of the representatives felt the need to not revise the Articles of Confederation, but to make a ...
- 1483: Huck Finn
- ... this page, it would seem as though Huck Finn was a boy who was a killer and one with no conscience, but it is mearly describing a boy who was in the beginning of a great adventure, yet to take place. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," takes place during a period in a young boys life, when he is trying to find out who he really is and trying to find ... white people and while there is no excuse for this practice, Mr. Twain is simply creating an atmosphere that was true to the books time period in which it was taking place. One of the great black novelists, Ralph Ellison, noted how Twain allows the character, Jim, to be portrayed with "dignity and human capacity" in this novel. Ellison goes on to say, "Huckleberry Finn knew, as did Mark Twain, that ... impervious to a joke, even when told by as consummate a master of the art of narration as Mark Twain. For all these the book will be dreary, flat, stale and unprofitable. But for the great body of readers it will furnish much hearty, wholesome laughter." Mark Twain did not write this novel to portray black people in a negative light. He painstakingly sought out the truths as to how ...
- 1484: Thomas Jefferson
- ... of politics. He loved liberty in every form, and he worked for freedom of speech, press, religion, and other civil liberties. Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States and best remembered as a great president and as the author of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson's interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia Capital ... and French. In 1760, at the age of sixteen, he entered the college St. William and Mary at Williamsburg. There, young Jefferson met two men, William Small and Judge George Wythe, who would have a great influence on him. Small was a professor of mathematics at the college. Small introduced his "...eager young disciple...(Worldbook)" to Wythe, one of the most experienced lawyers in the province. Through Small and Wythe, Jefferson ... distrust of organized religion. His views resembled the views of the Unitarians. After finishing college in 1762, Jefferson studied law with George Wythe. "He watched with concern as tension grew between the American Colonies and Great Britain (Nardo 136)". In 1765, Jefferson heard Patrick Henry give his famous speech against the Stamp Act, he saw it stir up the people. In 1767, Jefferson was admitted to the bar. He practiced ...
- 1485: 1775-1900: The History of the Buffalo Soldier
- 1775-1900: The History of the Buffalo Soldier Throughout American history, Afro-Americans have had to decide whether they belonged in the United States or if they should go elsewhere. Slavery no doubtfully had a great impact upon their decisions. However, despite their troubles African Americans have made a grand contribution and a great impact on our armed forces since the Revolutionary War. The Afro-American has fought against its country's wars, and they have also fought the war within their country to gain the right to fight and freedom. America's first war, its war for independence from Great Britain was a great accomplishment. This achievement could not have been performed if not for the black soldiers in the armies. "The first American to shed blood in the revolution that freed America from ...
- 1486: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe ... himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes and disregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January, 1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields , and in each one he made a reputation that would give any man a high place in literary history. Poe wrote great short stories, famous not only in his own country, but all over the world (Robinson V)." "Hawthorne, Irving, Balzac, Bierce, Crane, Hemingway and other writers have given us memorable short stories; but none has ...
- 1487: History of the World
- ... the world--from the first civilizations to the present--is based largely on what has been written down by peoples through the ages. The development of agriculture about 9,000 B.C. brought about a great revolution in human life. Prehistoric people who learned to farm no longer had to roam in search of food. Instead, they could settle in one place. Some of their settlements grew to become the world ... civilization, groups of people with distinctive customs and languages emerged. In time, some peoples, such as the Romans, gained power over others and built huge empires. Some of these empires flourished for centuries before collapsing. Great religions and later science and scholarship developed as people wondered about the meaning of human life and the mysteries of nature. About 500 years ago, one civilization--that of western Europe--started to exert a powerful influence throughout the world. The Europeans began to make great advances in learning and the arts, and they came to surpass the rest of the world in scientific and technological achievements. The nations of Europe sent explorers and military forces to distant lands. They ...
- 1488: T.S. Elliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and Alain Locke's "The New Negro
- ... Locke in "The New Negro". Elliot and Locke use different definitions of the word "tradition" and address a different group of people in their particular works. Elliot uses the word tradition to speak of the great body of literature that has been produced in and around Europe as he addresses critics and artists. Locke uses tradition to define how Negro Americans have been viewed by white Americans, and by themselves, as ... at all related to anything that has been done before, and it must instead be something entirely new to be good. This misconception was especially destructive because it caused people to ignore the influence of great writers of the past upon contemporary ones. Elliot states that "
in critical writing we tend to look for what is original in a piece of work if we like it, so therefore do not pay ... true artist is conscious of his debt to his intellectual ancestors. Elliot reasonably sees history, and therefore the history of art, as a continuos flow. However, when something new is introduced into the body of great art, that body is necessarily changed. According to Elliot, "Whoever has approved this idea of order, of the form of European, of English Literature will not find it preposterous that the past should be ...
- 1489: Mexico
- ... of constitutional changes granting legal status to religious institutions and allowing parochial schools. Protestants represent a small but growing minority in Mexico. Language The prevailing and official language is Spanish, which is spoken by the great majority of the population. Native American languages number about 13, with many different dialects, the chief of which is Nahuatl (see Native American Languages), or Aztec. Other major dialects include Maya, spoken in the Yucatαn ... coffee, silver, internal combustion engines, motor vehicles, cotton, and consumer electronics. The country's chief imports were metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, automobile parts for assembly and repair, and aircraft. The great bulk of Mexico's trade is with the United States, which purchases about two-thirds of its exports and provides the same amount of its imports. Other leading customers for Mexico's products are Japan ... Toltec, migrated from the north and in the 10th century established an empire in the Valley of Mexico. They founded the cities of Tula and Tulancingo (north of present-day Mexico City) and developed a great civilization still evidenced by the ruins of magnificent buildings and monuments. The Aztec Empire In the 11th century the Toltec were vanquished and dispersed by the Chichimeca, who took over the Toltec civilization. A ...
- 1490: The Use of Planes and Tanks in WWI
- The Use of Planes and Tanks in WWI This paper will support the statement The statement of planes and tanks in World War I. The planes and tanks in World War I were a great help to soldiers. The airplanes were used for battles in the air, the planes had gun specially mounted on them. The tanks were also a great use, they were used for attacks and for breaking through other countries lines. The Developments of Planes in World War I. Although the first airplanes were not very maneuverable or fast, they sometimes engaged in ... Fokkers was the person who would improve this invention. Anthony perfected Garros system of firing through the arc of the propeller. In less than forty-eight hours, the Dutch aeronautical engineer and manufacturer of that great line of German fighter planes improved considerably on Garros Invention. Now that Fokker had this perfected, he roamed the skies virtually unopposed. Another plane that helped out in World War One was Nieuport 11 ...
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