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- 4171: Not So Hidden Agendas: Wilfred Owen and His Early Editors
- ... have passed since the War, among its final victims, took Wilfred Owen, and ten since the choice edition of his poems by his friend Siegfried Sassoon revealed to lovers of poetry and the humanities how great a glory had departed (Blunden 3). Sassoon wanted to show this "glory" in its raw form, and like Sassoon, Blunden felt that the poems needed more critical attention. Unlike Sassoon, Blunden was not a friend ... and self-examination caused by the war, Wilfred Owen, who so vividly portrayed the horrors of war, became one of the most read of the war poets. The demand for Owen's poetry was so great that between 1931 and 1963 Blunden's edition of Owen's poems was reprinted nine times. Sassoon and Blunden had succeeded in what they were trying to do; Owen became known and popular as a ... in 1963, did for the generation of World War II what Blunden's edition did for the previous generation: it showed the truth about war. With the perception that there was a lack of a great Second World War poet emerging from the most recent war, there was a demand for an updated edition of Owen's poems. There was also a critical need for a new edition; after all, ...
- 4172: Native Son And Black Boy
- ... Bigger into the kitchen and gives him food. She comments that Mr. Dalton gives money to "colored" schools, and she mentions that, though his wife had millions when he married her, he also made a great deal of money in real estate after the marriage." Peggy trys to convince Bigger that her husband is a good man always trying to help people like him, I thought this was just a stupid ... Even though his environment shapes who he is and they way he feels, he cant control his environment because of the color of his skin. Because he is black he is forced into poverty and depression and there's nothing that he can do about it. He cant be white and have it easy, he cant get a good job even if he was the best on qualified for it, there ...
- 4173: Tyndale And The Bible
- ... while the established Church could make no real case against a Bible in the vernacular, it could rest on its massive authority and mutter threateningly about tendentious comment - and Tyndale's New Testament carried a great deal of comment. Tunstall (predictably) and Archbishop Warham denounced it; so did Thomas More, who was against every manifestation of Luther's Reformation. Wolsey demanded Tyndale's arrest as a heretic. Tyndale went into hiding ... Old Testament books Joshua to the Second Book of Chronicles. In the year of Tyndale's death his New Testament in English was actually printed in England and before long other scholars were hurrying the great work to completion. The climate of reform had helped the matter along and Henry VIII encouraged it. Tyndale returned to Greek and Hebrew sources for his English Bible and his sharp, lucid English style set ... accessible to all men. He even coined new phrases, what means that he tried to find equivalencies in the TL, English, in order to make it easier. There is no doubt that this is his great achievement, his language, his style, they differ so much from the translations of the Bible known at that time. Tyndale said "I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our ...
- 4174: Indian Imperialism
- Britian was the most powerful country at the time of its empire in India. Between 1850 to 1890, Great Britian had a very powerful control over the world. Expanding from, fromerly known, United Kingdom to China and from China to the North America's maybe South America. It had terrotories between these land masses ... with British counterparts was not serious (coarse goods). During the inter-war period of 1914 - 39, it was in the production of consumer goods for mass market within India, mainly due to war tariffs and depression. Finally the last decade of British rule from 1939-47, brought another phase - the production of capital goods for the domestic market. It started with factories and the mining of natural resources, but it eventually ...
- 4175: White Bay Power Station
- ... item are important and require protection. In broad terms the places that are likely to be significant are those, which help an understanding of the past and enrich the present. These will be of a great value to the future generations. The significance of the place is measured in terms of its aesthetic, historic, scientific and social values. Assessing the cultural significance of an industrial site is often contentious. The preliminary ... and water activities at Rozelle Bay, White Bay and Black Wattle Bay · Proximity to the entertainment and commercial activities of Darling Harbour and Pyrmont Based on the assets of the site it can be a great real estate opportunity for the developers and can be a financial gain to the owners (Pacific Power) as well as the Government in terms of revenue and profits. Seeing the potential the opportunities that may ... no use now. To give the site a useful and practically viable relook we need to study the present situations in economic, sociological and urban design scenarios and a fresh study will be of a great help. It is also worth noting the observation by the architects that redevelopment of the site will also need a broad rezoning of the area. The Port and industry cannot accommodate these proposals. It ...
- 4176: Volcanos
- ... Tephra consists of volcanic dust, volcanic ash, and volcanic bombs, (from smallest to largest size particle). Volcanic dust consists of particles less than one one-hundredth inch in diameter. Volcanic dust can be carried for great distances. In 1883, the eruption of Krakatau in Indonesia shot dust 17 miles into the air. The dust was carried around the Earth several times and produced brilliant red sunsets in many parts of the ... name that is conceived because they look like the shields of ancient German warriors. The lava that flows from shield volcanoes is usually only one to ten meters thick, but the lava may extend for great distances away from the vent. The volcanoes of Hawaii and Iceland are typical shield volcanoes. Magma with high gas contents and high viscosities are usually more explosive than the lava that flows from shield volcanoes ... room as close as two miles to the surface. The magma room that is formed is the reservoir from which volcanic materials erupt. The Eruption The gas-filled lava in the reservoir is now under great pressure from the weight of the solid rock around it. the pressure causes the gas to blast or melt a channel in a fractured or weakened part of the rock. The magma now moves ...
- 4177: Othello - Iago
- ... to go missing in Cassio's quarters and personally beguiling Othello's mind into thinking Desdemona is cuckolding him. Obviously without these events (so remarkably planned by Iago), the plot would never have developed. With great skill, Iago is able to arrange a conversation between Cassio and Bianca and carefully position Othello so that he thinks Cassio is discussing his wife. 'Oh, dear Cassio! As it were. His gestures import it ... exploits Cassio's weak tongue for liquor and uses Cassio's reputation as being a womaniser to his own advantage. Iago also realises the importance of reputation to Cassio and turns this against him to great success. Iago also takes advantage of Othello's 'free and open nature'. 'I trust thee Iago', Othello says. This unquestioned 'trust' is carefully abused by Iago to plant the seeds of destruction in his mind ... Iago asks Othello. Iago's perceptive nature goes hand in hand with his persuasive language of reluctance in order to successfully corrupt Othello. This is most brilliantly seen in Act 3 sn iii. Iago, with great precision uses repetition and hesitant language to convince Othello of his wife infidelity. 'By heaven, thou echoest me as if there were some monster in thy fought too hideous to be shown'. Iago successfully ...
- 4178: Farmers' Discontent in the 1800s
- ... to dispose of surplus crop. Finally, years of drought in the midwest and the downward spiral of business in the 1890's devastated many of the nation's farmers. As a result of the agricultural depression, many farm groups, most notably the Populist Party, arose to fight what farmers saw as the reasons for the decline in agriculture. During the last twenty years of the nineteenth century, many farmers in the ... consumers. James B. Weaver, the Populist party's presidential candidate in the 1892 election, summed up the feelings of many Americans of the period in his work, A Call to Action: An Interpretation of the Great Uprising. He wrote, "It is clear that trusts are...in conflict with the Common law. They are monopolies organized to destroy competition and restrain trade.... Once they secure control of a given line, they are ...
- 4179: Problems Caused By Air Pollution
- ... to cause respiratory diseases, cancer, and other serious illnesses" (12). Air pollution not only threatens the health and life of humans but also causes damage to the environment (Gay 13). First, air pollution causes a great deal of health problems. Wanting clean air is a good reason because air that is polluted can damage human health (Edelson 25). In the United States many health problems have occurred because of air pollution ... pollution are not easily calculated," according to Edelson, "an alarming related statistic is that between 1970 and 1986, deaths in the United States from chronic lung disease rose 36%" (35). Air pollution has cost a great deal of money on health care in the United States. In terms of health care and lost productivity, the costs of air pollution in the United States alone have been estimated at more than $100 billion (Edelson 35). Another cost air pollution has caused is human life, which is incalculable (Edelson 35). Air pollution causes many health problems that lead to death. Also, air pollution causes a great deal of damage to the environment and property. Lot of air pollution creates acid rain, which deteriorates things. Acid rain began to emerge as a serious problem in the late 1960's, when a ...
- 4180: Risen From The Ashes Of Earthl
- Behind every great painting, symphony, piece of literature, or other artwork there hides a powerful emotion that fuels the artist from start to completion. When we look at a painting, we are not just seeing colored pigment suspended ... Many times that reading drove our eyes together and turned our faces pale; but one point alone was the one that overpowered us. When we read that the yearned-for-smile was kissed by so great a lover, he, who will never be separated from me, kissed my mouth all trembling. Galeotto was the book and he who wrote it: that day we read there no further." While one spirit said ... his resolution; what a poet, philosopher, and partisan has to confess is something else again, nor do we care greatly whether it be a true confession" (94). The Divine Comedy represents the evolution of a great poet and philosopher. In it, Dante the pilgrim metaphorically and symbolically encounters challenges that the real Dante has faced. The Comedy is much more than just a poem: it is an autobiography and memoir ...
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