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- 3421: Arthur Miller and "The Crucible"
- ... The Last Yankee produced and published; National Medal of the Arts awarded. 1994 Broken Glass produced and published. Biographical note Arthur Miller was raised in a prosperous Jewish family in New York City. During the Depression, the family faced financial ruin and Miller worked in various manual labor jobs. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 where he began to distinguish himself as a playwright. Due to an old ... a theme that would occupy Miller in his more important works--the fate of the individual in society. Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 and established Miller's reputation as a great American dramatist. It portrays the tragedy of the common man who loses his integrity due to social and economic pressures. The Crucible in 1953 explored this theme in the context of the 1692 Salem witch ...
- 3422: The Sea Dogs... Puppets in a Political War
- ... was knighted though was not because of heroics, but because, “...a fair share of the immense booty he brought back to England passed quietly into royal hands” (Cochran 29). Hawkins and Raleigh also accomplished many great achievements. Raleigh was knighted as well, but even this and many other great feats, are still over shadowed by Drake's clever and bold pirating. But, if you look at the big picture, these sea dogs were just puppets in a political war between England and Spain. Elizabeth ... one of their ports. But the destruction was not why they enjoyed pirating. Sea dogs enjoyed pirating for one main reason: it was a fruitful opportunity. In this line of business you could make a great deal of money depending on how many ships you were able to hit. And the money that we are talking about isn't small peanuts. The amount we are referring to would now be ...
- 3423: King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions
- ... man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one expects, a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. This untimely abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events ... reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters as a form of reward to his test of love. "Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn, And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters (Since now we will divest us both of rule ... I, Sc i, Ln 47-53) This is the first and most significant of the many sins that he makes in this play. By abdicating his throne to fuel his ego he is disrupts the great chain of being which states that the King must not challenge the position that God has given him. This undermining of God's authority results in chaos that tears apart Lear's world. Leaving ...
- 3424: Diaghilev
- ... Just after the peak of the Ballets Russes success, Diaghilev took sick and tragically died in 1929. His company fell apart and it s former members took to different routes. With this, however, came many great new dance companies. Former student George Balanchine emigrated to the United States and founded the New York City Ballet, Ninette de Valois, Anton Dolin, and Alicia Markova went on to dance in London and Serge ... across Europe and North and South America, finally settling in Monte-Carlo, Monaco from 1922 to 1929. However, when Diaghilev tragically died in 1929, the company was stopped. The Diaghilev Ballets turned in to a great organization which was glamorous, exciting, and extremely different. Though a great risk was taken, many times, the audiences could not get enough, however, when Diaghilev presented a ballet, it was because it was what he envisioned, and had nothing to do with what the public ...
- 3425: Greek Myths
- ... man in the world." Odysseus, son of Procris and Cephalus of the Royal House of Athens, played a major role in the Trojan War. However, the legends of Odysseus do not begin until after the great war. At the end of the war he was separated from the rest of the Greek armies and was forced to wander for ten years until he was reunited with his family. His journeys in those ten years were very similar to Jason's journey in his search for the Golden Fleece. Also, in the course of Odysseus' adventures, he proved himself to be not only a great hero but also a cunning and resourceful man, worthy of the title the most cunning man in the world. There are many similarities between the adventures of Jason and those of Odysseus'. Both heroes proved ... Muses were the goddesses who inspired artists. From this we can learn that they loved beauty. This is why they are used in this poem. They, like Apollo, are here to show us Adonis's great beauty. Due to the fact that Adonis is so beautiful, the Muses, patron of the artists, yearn to make their home on Adonis's tongue in order to surround themselves with his radiance. These ...
- 3426: The Romanovs
- ... when the time came. I do not know why but for some reason Russians during that time preferred male as a ruler of the country, even though there were successful female-emperors before. Katherine the Great is one of them. Russians are very religious people. However, they also have faith in magicians. As a Russian citizen I have to admit that many Russians do believe in these people who supposedly have ... saying that he wasn't assassinated but he died because his brain swelled up, because Caplan, the lady who assassinated him, was half blind and she could not possibly have shot Lenin from such a great distance. Nowadays, Russians believe that Bolsheviks were evil people, who were against religion. After they killed the Tsar they started to destroy Russian culture. They destroyed churches and went around to the houses and took ... though he was a bad guy. I think, it could be better if Romanovs were never murdered and one of their offspring was an Emperor right now in Russia, it could be kind of like Great Britain today. If Lenin never came up with slogan " People of all countries come united", may be there was no USSR. If there was no USSR there was nothing to collapse. If countries like ...
- 3427: Falstaff and King Henry: Similar Characters
- ... by Shakespeare in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways. While Falstaff seems to be able to accept himself for what he is, the King appears to be tied up in his image as a great ruler, and thus will never admit to being anything less than great. The characters of Falstaff and the King at first seem to be diametrically opposed opposites in terms of personality, yet they share many common traits. Falstaff is a thief; he admits to being a robber ... behavior to suit the occasion, such as when he is dealing with Hotspur and the opposing Vassals and when he deals with Hal at the royal court. Both Falstaff and the King live,to a great extent, by the sharpness of their minds: Falstaff as a criminal, and the King as a politician. Another similar facet of these two characters is their view of bravery. Both the King and Falstaff ...
- 3428: Emile Durkheim
- Emile Durkheim There have been many people that have contribution to sociology, Emile Durkheim was one of these people. His theories made great and big changes, which brought many controversies into sociology. He used scientific methods to approach the study of society and social groups (Dickey, est. al; 1876; 394). Emile Durkheim was a French social scientist and ... has more freedom of movement. This solidarity resembles that which we observe among the higher animals. Each organ, in effect, has its special physiognomy, its autonomy. In addition, the unity of the organism is as great as the individuation of the parts is more marked. Because of this analogy, we propose to call the solidarity, which is due to the division of labor, organic. In conclusion, Durkheim once said, “Every member ... a mystic substance. From it come whatever powers he has and his social position. So he has a vital interest in intact and in keeping it in a state of perpetual youth,” therefore, he made great contribution to sociology and that is why he is going to keep on being one of the fathers of sociology.
- 3429: Jimi Hendrix
- ... his woman won’t love him any more, he says “I know her sister will.” With “Red House,” Jimi extended his identity in relation to pop culture to include not only rock star status, but great musician -- both blues and otherwise -- as well. In a 1967 Rolling Stone article titled “Hendrix and Clapton,” Jon Landau states: “He [Jimi Hendrix] is... a great guitarist and a brilliant arranger. On ‘Red House,’ the only straight blues he recorded,... he establishes himself as an absolute master of that musical form” (18). Another Hendrix tune from Are You Experienced? was “Purple ... his bandmates in and surrounded by Indian imagery, to which Jimi responded: “The three of us had nothing to do with that Axis cover. When I first saw the that design I thought, ‘It’s great, they have an Indian painting about us, but maybe we should have an American Indian’” (Fairchild, “Axis: Bold As Love” 5). Axis: Bold As Love marks a more obvious return to Hendrix’ Native American ...
- 3430: Total Quality Management In Construction
- ... atmosphere of responsibility must be created toward the customer for whatever product is produced or service is rendered (fig.3, below). 2. Barrier Removal It is inevitable that change will be resisted. In fact, a great deal of effort in quality management is expended in overcoming such resistance, usually by allowing change to come from individuals directly involved, rather from management. The whole idea of continuous improvement leads to continuous change ... interactions are essential to buildup comfort and ease among the group. It will provide a sense of team work and it is vital to have small talk among the team. VIII. Nonverbal. Humans infer a great deal of information from nonverbal clues. This non verbal clues includes body language as well as things as dress for success. Psychologists believe that nonverbal clues lead to "gut feels" about how to interact with ... understand and separate assessable causes from chance causes. Assessable causes have distinct reasons for there existence, while chance causes are those causes that we have no control over. 5.Continuous Improvement Unlike innovation, which require great resources, and no small amount of serendipity, continuous improvement is easier to manage and utilize everyone's talent. Japanese companies have used this idea for some time, and call this approach kaizen. This idea ...
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