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- 3981: Rasputin: The Man, The Mystery
- ... moments, then suddenly became alert and asked the prince to sing a son for him. The nervous prince did so and then ran upstairs to tell his fellow conspirators of that the poison had no effect. He then got a pistol and went downstairs, where Rasputin was looking at a piece of artwork. The prince asked Rasputin to take a closer look, then proceeded to shoot him point blank in the ...
- 3982: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." He believes that if you can see the intricacies and complexities of everyday life then you are very wise. "
prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft. It supposes dualism and not a unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then ...
- 3983: Paul L. Dunbar
- ... feels about this individual that he appears to be having trouble speaking with. He describes how fearless he was and now how timid he has grown. These types of poems would still have a lasting effect if they were given to Ladies of the 20th century. In conclusion Dunbar was important because his talent was at least equal to the pressure that his position as a representative of his race put ...
- 3984: Pablo Picasso
- ... marked a change from the Analytical Cubism of 1910-11, still linked to Cezanne, to the Synthetic Cubism of the years 1912-14, which replaced common, recognizable images of reality by signs whose raw sculptural effect increased the expressive while they decreased the symbolic value. "When I want to paint a cup," Picasso commented, "I will show you that it is round, but it may be that the general rhythm and ...
- 3985: Nicholas: The Last Tsar
- ... that Nicholas marry a princess from the House of Orleans. His decision was basely mainly on politics, as he was striving for an alliance between Russia and France. Alexander's suggestion did not have any effect on Nicholas, as he seemed certain to marry his childhood sweetheart, Alexandra. That day came in 1894, when Alexander was on his deathbed, suffering from a kidney disease that he had contracted in a train ...
- 3986: Neal Cassady
- ... and was instantly enamored. The young Jewish poet from Paterson, New Jersey saw Cassady as an ideal hero and mate. Their early sexual relationship and Cassady's later rejection of Ginsberg both had a significant effect on Ginsberg's writing. (Richman). Jack Kerouac (Sal) tells the story of when Dean (Neal) met Carlo (Allen Ginsberg) in On the Road, "Two keen minds that they are, they took to each other at ...
- 3987: Kurt Vonnegut
- ... fear of technology. Initially, the intention of the story is for the narrator to write about what the scientists who invented the atomic bomb were doing the day it was dropped on Hiroshima. To this effect, one of the scientists in the story said, "Science has now known sin," to which another replied, "What is sin?" (Vonnegut, Cradle, 21). The focus on technology quickly changes to a material called ice-nine ...
- 3988: Juan Gris
- ... rectangular table can only work to undermine the spectator's confidence that any information at all about the table has been provided. This opposition, long central to Picasso's still lives, Gris adapted to good effect in The Table, although in doing so he gave it a new burden of meaning: the metaphorical opposition between a realm of shadows and a realm filled with light. In 1921 The Open Window was ...
- 3989: Joseph Hyden
- ... and 1774. This was largely due to a movement in Western Europe's literature known as "Sturm und Drang", or "Storm and Stress", where emotional themes became increasingly important in literature. This movement had an effect on Haydn and his music, and he was particularly inventive in his search for new styles and forms. There are emotional and tragic elements in several of the symphonies that he wrote during this period ...
- 3990: John Steinbeck
- ... piece from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl that existed in California. It is about the migration of farm families, leaving their old towns to become "ghost towns." A bit of inventions came into effect during this time period. Technology was changing the way that Americans lived and worked. The player piano was invented in 1905. Henry Ford Model T in 1908. Everyone has heard of the Titanic right? Well ...
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