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- 3391: Benito Mussolini and His Impact on World War 2
- ... 21 years. He had gone through a lot with the people of Italy. All in all they did not like Mussolini. During the mid summer of 1943, many, many supporters turned on him with a great passion. Sicily was being overrun by Allied armies. Italy’s’ economy went straight downhill from here. The Grand Council of the Facist party, a rubber- stamp assembly that had not met for three and a ... held tightly to his legs. These pictures showed a spot where they could land their planes. When Skorzeny and his 90 men swept silently down on the lodge in 12 gliders, they discovered to their great dismay that the meadow had a rapid drop off at its end. “It was much like a platform for a ski jump,” Skorenzy later said. He ordered his pilot to make a “ vertical landing” which ... northern part of Italy the same month. Mussolini attempted to flee to Austria. Near the town of Dongo his truck convoy was ambushed by partisans. The Duce was dressed as a German soldier, in a great coat and a steel helmet, but this expensive leather boots gave him away. The partisans took him to a farmhouse. He was then joined by his mistress, Claretta Petacci. Clarette had begged to reunite ...
- 3392: Bob Marley
- ... titled ³Bob Marley¹s bibliography² says: He has become a semi-religous icon whose work in promoting peace, justice and brotherhood nearly outweighed the brilliance of his wonderful music.I feel Bob Marley is a great man who was not appreciated enough for all of his work in making the world a better place. Marley had such a talented voice he used it to create harmony within himself and with the ... realized reality and what was going to happen to him. An internet source titled ³thirdfield² writes these lyrics by Marley: ³ One bright morning when my work is over I will fly home¹² Marley was a great ambassador to the world preaching unity and justice for all. He wanted everyone to get along without violence. Not many people can measure the importance of Bob Marley to his people of Jamaica. He gave them an identity and a way to express. Them self.Bob Marley was a great man who was not only idolized by his country but by others who wanted to achieve freedom as well. He wore the ring of the Ethiopian empire and if not the world. His goal ...
- 3393: Drew Barrymore
- ... acting career began in 1982 when she was cast as "Gertie" in Steven Spielberg’s science-fiction movie "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial." This movie was one of the most popular films of all time. This great achievement pushed Barrymore to stardom and was now known as a "Child Star". Throughout the 80’s she worked steadily, appearing in more films and T.V movies. This young star grew up in a ... too young or too old for the role. She was quoted on saying, "People wouldn’t touch me; they just thought I was some loser drug addict." Drew Barrymore had many accomplishments. Some of these great achievements took a lot of work for Drew. In 1992 she took control of her career and resurfaced, appearing in 5 new films. In 1993 she took on another role in the ABC-TV movie ... to Jeremy Thomas a bar owner. The relationship between them both did not work out fore long, soon after they were divorced. Now she lives in California, and is in the midst of continuing a great career in acting.
- 3394: Bonnie And Clyde
- Bonnie and Clyde Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker burst upon the American Southwest in the Great Depression year of 1932. At the time of Clyde s first involvement with a murder, people paid little attention to the event. He was just another violent hoodlum in a nation with a growing list of ...
- 3395: Andrew Jackson
- ... Senator Eaton, John Branch, John M. Berrien and Samuel D. Ingham were all men appointed cleverly by Jackson that did their job superbly under him. In foreign affairs, Jackson scored two diplomatic triumphs, one with Great Britain and one with France. These triumphs ended the long-standing disputes with those countries. Since the end of the American Revolution, Great Britain had restricted and sometimes barred American trade with British ports in the West Indies. All U.S. presidents had tried, using both diplomacy and retaliation, to regain free access to this prosperous overseas market ... succeeded in getting a treaty that opened American ports to British shipping in exchange for similar rights in the British West Indies. During the Napoleonic Wars, France had pillaged American ships trading with its enemy Great Britain even though the U.S. was neutral in that conflict. In 1831 Jackson got France to agree to pay damages to American ships. But, by 1834 the first two installments had not been ...
- 3396: The Development of Desire
- ... holds a deed he does not want to fulfill. Before the night is long, the maiden is attacked and pleas for help from Lancelot who thinks: God what can I do? The object of my great pursuit is no one less than the Queen Guinevere. Having embarked on this quest for her, I must follow have the heart of a hare. If cowardice gives me her heart and I follow her ... Lancelot has for what he believes is right by God, although he knows by saving her will only mean that he will still have to sleep with her, which he replies “The object of my great pursuit is no less than Queen Guinevere” (155). Yet his feelings of honor takes hold and he goes on to save the lady of the castle, and feels horrible for his hesitation. This sense of ... and I wish it to be fatal (de Troye 165), at this he attempts to commit suicide, and fails. This act is completely out of love for Guinevere for which he believes is over. The “great pursuit” (155) for Guinevere, he believes is over, so to than will his life perish, for his life was nothing without her there. Yet, the passion he displays is nothing short of amazing, to ...
- 3397: Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Tragic Hero
- ... the All-Scholastic Championship game in front of thousands of people. Willy couldn't be prouder of his two popular sons who at the time had everything going for them and seemed destined to live great, important lives, much more so than the "liked, but not well liked" boy next door, Bernard. Willy's dependency on the "drug" is becoming greater by the hour, at this rate, he cannot remain sane ... memories. The way he overuses his vivid imagination is sad because the only thing it's good for is enabling Willy to go through one more day of his piteous life, full of bitterness, confusion, depression, false hopefulness, and a feeling of love which he is trying very hard to express to his sons who seem reluctant to accept it.
- 3398: The Theater of Dionysus
- ... Europe's first theater, and stood immediately below the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was originally built in the late 5th century B.C. The theater was an outdoor auditorium in the shape of a great semicircle on the slope of the Acropolis, with rows of seats on which about eighteen thousand spectators could comfortably seat. The front rows consisted of marble chairs, and were the only seats in the theater ... told during one performance. The chorus, although less important, still set the atmosphere for the play, and as well gave the audience a time of relief from a tragedy. The Festival of Dionysus was a great dramatic one that was held during March and April inside the theater. Three poets were chosen every year, and each wrote a series of three tragedies based on some well-known Greek legend. Originally, admission ... of approval or disapproval by their applause, or lack thereof. The legends and traditions from which most of the Greek plays took their plots were well known to the Athenians. They were stories honoring some great event or explaining some religious observance. These legends were chosen by the different dramatists, each of whom brought forth a different side of the story to enforce some particular lesson he wished to teach ...
- 3399: Christopher Marlowe
- ... about his life, aside from his writings. He led an adventurous and dissolute life. Earlier playwrights concentrated on comedy, while Marlowe worked on tragedy, and advanced it considerably as a dramatic medium. By uncovering the great possibilities for strength and variety of expression in blank verse, Marlowe helped to establish the verse as the predominant form in the English drama. His first successful play, Tamburlaine the Great, was divided into two sections, parts one and two. It appeared that originally Marlowe intended to only write the first part. However, the popularity of the first part motivated him to create a second part. It was produced at Rose Theatre from 1587 to 1588, and published by R. Jhones in 1590. The ambition-maddened hero, in Tamburlaine the Great, was a shepherd, who desired the crown, luxury and power. However, his conquests were damaged by his absurdity. Tamburlaine marked the birth of the Shakespearean drama. The following lines from Tamburlaine illustrate Marlowe s ...
- 3400: The Role of Minor Conspirators
- ... the omens were purely coincidental which he did by interpreting Calpurnia's dream with a double meaning, “Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, in which so many smiling Romans bathed, signifies that from you great Rome shall suck reviving blood, and that great men shall press for tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.” (JC. II. ii. 85-90). Decius successfully executed his role in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of Caesar. Another very influential minor conspirator was ... the tragedy of Julius Caesar it has been shown that although a minor character, or conspirator in this case, may seem insignificant, they oftentimes have roles that greatly affect the decisions of major characters. All great literature has a theme or idea that can be applied to all people or society, and the concept of unseen supporting forces behind important people is an excellent example of that rule. The minor ...
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