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- 511: A Consise History Of Germany
- ... started the Protestant Reformation. 1555 The Peace of Augsburg recognized the right of princes to choose Lutheranism or Catholicism for their lands. 1648 The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War. 1740 Frederick the Great became king of Prussia and began building Prussia into a great power. 1806 The Holy Roman Empire came to an end with the establishment of the Confederation of the Rhine. 1815 The German Confederation was formed at the Congress of Vienna. 1848 Revolutions swept across Germany ... 918 they chose the Saxon duke Henry I, the Fowler, a sober, practical soldier, who made peace with a rival king chosen by the Bavarians, defeated Magyars and Slavs, and regained Lorraine. Otto I, the Great At Henry's death in 936, the princes elected his son Otto I, who combined extraordinary forcefulness, dignity, and military prowess with great diplomatic skill and genuine religious faith. Determined to create a strong ...
- 512: Great Gatsby - Morals
- The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel, all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. They trade ... Gatsby who bases his whole life on buying love with wealth, and Daisy, who instead of marrying the man she truly loves, marries someone with wealth. The romance of money lures the characters in The Great Gatsby into surrendering their values, but in the end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). The first example of a character whose morals are destroyed is Myrtle. ...
- 513: The Themes of Great Gatsby
- The Themes of Great Gatsby A good novel has a number of themes. Throughout this book several appear. The following are important themes of The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is a novel about what happened to the American Dream in the 1920s, a period when the old values that gave substance to the dream had been corrupted by the pursuit of ...
- 514: Great Expectations: Symbolism
- Great Expectations: Symbolism In life, symbolism is present all around us. Whether it is in the clothes we wear, the things we do, or what we buy, everything has a meaning. Symbolism is also present in literature and it is shown in Charles Dickens Great Expectations. The symbols of isolation, manipulation, the tragic hero, and wanting to be someone else are seen throughout the book through the characters of Estella, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Pip. The character of Estella represents ... never forgot it!" [356]. He shows why he is a hero when he explains to Pip that he was the benefactor and the one responsible for making him a gentleman and helping him achieve his great expectations. "Yes, Pip, dear boy, I've made a gentleman on you! It's me wot done it!" [359-360]. After his death, however, Pip feels guilt and sadness when he learns what Magwitch ...
- 515: Gibbons
- ... in behaviors and ways of life. At one time, apes were classified as a single group of primates, but today most zoologists divide them into two distinct families: the lesser apes, or gibbons, and the great apes. Gibbons are similar to monkeys, with lithe, slender bodies and extremely agile movements. Gibbons spend all of their lives in trees, using their hands like hooks to swing arm-over-arm between branches. Known as brachiation, this method of locomotion is so fast that gibbons can easily overtake a person running on the forest floor. The great apes include the gorilla, the orangutan, and two species of chimpanzee: the common chimp and the bonobo (sometimes called the pygmy chimpanzee). Great apes are bigger than gibbons and also much less acrobatic. However, they are still good climbers. While orangutans spend most of their life in trees, where they use their long arms and dexterous hands ...
- 516: Alexander The Great
- Alexander the great essay Alexander the Great is one of the very few generals in history who never lost. His unbroken success is all the more amazing because the circumstances he faced varied widely and he often exposed himself recklessly in battle ... led his army back to Babylon, where, just 33 years old, he died of a sickness (or perhaps by poison) after a wild party. Alexander Lived From 356BC Until 323BC. Legend says that Alexander the Great was born on the same day as the temple of Artemis At Ephesus (One Of The Seven Wonders Of The Antient World) burned down. No one knows for sure, but it was definitely in ...
- 517: The Great Gatsby
- The Great Gatsby Doesnt it always seem as though rich and famous people, such as actors and actresses, are larger-than-life and virtually impossible to touch, almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby, set in two tremendously wealthy communities, East Egg and West Egg, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as a Romantic, larger-than-life, figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets ... his possessions and parties. He even builds his house directly across the bay and facing the Buchanans house. Gatsby is also likened to a chivalric knight. His outrageous car may be paralleled to a great white horse of a knight. His quest for Daisy is identical to the quest of medieval knights who sought the Holy Grail. At night he stands out in front of his house with his ...
- 518: Alexander The Great 2
- Alexander the Great, born in 256 BC in Pella, Macedonia, was the son of Philip of Macedon and Princess Olympiasof Epirus. As a young boy he was always fearless, strong, and eager to learn. He went on to ... parents best qualities. His father was an excellent general and organizer, while his mother was extremely intelligent.At the age of thirteen he became a pupil of Aristotle. It was Aristotle who inspired Alexander's great love for literature. Through his mentor Alexander learned the Greek ways of living and the ideals of Greek civilization.However, it was not all work and no play for the young Alexander. He spent a great deal of time participating in sports and daily exercise in order to develop a strong body. At a fairly young age Alexander was given many responsibilities. His father made him his ambassador to Athens ...
- 519: Great Expectations
- Great Expectations One of the most interesting and mysterious things that people question is infatuation and its relationship to love. Infatuation, which is really nothing but a big crush or obsession, is often termed as "false ... people have experienced in the past are compared with the present feelings they have and make it easier to determine if their present feelings are love or "false love." As Pip shows in Charles Dickens Great Expectations, a person can be passionate with anything and then later on fall in love with it. Infatuation is an experience that one can learn from and a desire that one wishes to acquire. In ... Dickens uses first person voice in his book to emphasize the tribulations that Pip is dealing with; it is easier to recognize the trials when the reader sees it through his eyes. "I had the great satisfaction of concluding that arrangement. It was the only good thing I had done and the only completed things I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations."(427) Dickens displays ...
- 520: The Great Gatsby: Nobody Is Really Happy
- The Great Gatsby: Nobody Is Really Happy The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a wonderful model to show that rich people do not live the great life that most people assume they do. Throughout the novel, many of the characters possess a good fortune and live rather extravagant lives. On the contrary, many times drinking, abuse, and adultery take place. ...
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