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- 5901: A Rose For Emily
- ... did she have the know-how to do this, after all those years of her father’s past actions? It also sounds as if the townspeople thought Emily was above the law because of her high-class stature. Now since the passing of her father she may be like them, a middle class working person. Unfortunately, for Emily she became home bound. She didn’t socialize much except for having her manservant Tobe visit to do some chores and go to the store for her. Faulkner depicts Emily and her family as a high social class. Emily did carry her self with dignity and people gave her that respect, based from fear of what Emily could do to them. Emily was a strong willed person especially when she went ...
- 5902: A Room With A View
- The Subtle Heroine A Room with a View, by Edward Morgan Foster, presents the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young woman belonging to English "high society." Foster places this young maiden in a state of conflict between the snobbery of her class, the "suitable and traditional" views and advice offered by various family members and friends, and her true heart ... Lucy, gives her the strength to begin her strength to overcome convention in favor of passion, and lights the fire of her transformation. Next, Foster brilliantly introduces the character of Cecil Vyse, a "medieval" and high standing Englishman who, while is an acceptable suitor, really only sees Lucy as another pretty possession by his side. Cecil’s most important function ironically enough, is to serve as a "mirror" for Lucy. For ...
- 5903: Statistics
- ... from +1 to -1. A correlation of +1 means that there is a perfect positive linear relationship between variables. The scatterplot shown on this page depicts such a relationship. It is a positive relationship because high scores on the X-axis are associated with high scores on the Y-axis. Probability What is the probability that a card drawn at random from a deck of cards will be an ace? Since of the 52 cards in the deck, 4 are ...
- 5904: Pyramids
- ... 2/5 feet. The middle pyramid was built by Khafre, the fourth of the eight kings of the 4th dynasty; the structure measures 707 3/4 feet on each side and was originally 471 feet high. The southernmost and last pyramid to be built was that of Menkaure the sixth king of the 4th dynasty. Each side measures 356 1/2 feet and the structure's completed height was 218 feet ... the Great Sphinx. Carved out of a knoll of rock, the Sphinx has the facial features of King Khafre, but the body of a recumbent lion; it is approximately 240 feet long and 66 feet high. The sphinx guards Khafu's vallytemple and causeway. Around 2465 B.C.- halfway through the Old Kingdom-pyramids suddenly became less important. No one knows why, but many scholars have suggested that after Khufu's ...
- 5905: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... most frequently depicted conflict is that between Walter and his sister Beneatha. Walter wants nothing more than to be a wealthy entrepreneur that can provide for his family, while Beneatha plans to go to medical school and become a doctor. Both characters are opposed to the others’ dreams. This opposition creates serious conflict within the Younger household, and specifically among Walter, Beneatha, and Mama. During the course of the play, conflicts ... friends and buy a liquor store. However, furthermore, Mama will not allow him to spend obtained insurance check for 10,000 dollars, and instead plans to give most of her money to Beneatha for medical school. Walter, in a way, is jealous of his sister, for she will be able to fulfill her dreams of becoming a doctor. He, however, will have to keep living a monotonous life, not being able ...
- 5906: Samuel Coleridge's "Frost at Midnight"
- ... my low-burnt fire." In this first paragraph, Coleridge is talking about winter and how everything is peaceful and there is "extreme silentness." In the second paragraph, Coleridge begins reminiscing about a certain day in school, when he was fairly young, "How oft, at school, with most believing mind…have I gazed upon the bars." At first, it appears he was very happy, "So sweetly, that they stirred and haunted me with a wild pleasure…" But as this paragraph progresses ...
- 5907: "He Is More Than A Hero": The Love of Lesbos
- ... He Is More Than A Hero" by Sappho shows that Ancient Greek culture valued of love. The Greek society regarded love as an important, vivarent emotion. "He Is More Than A Hero" accurately depicts the high amount of respect Greek people displayed for feelings of love. The speaker in the poem loved so much, she held her love's mate in the highest respect. He was godlike to her. "He is ... it. It was a serious issue that wasn't taken light at heart. It caused real emotional and often times physical harm. From the insights the poet gives, it's clear Greek people held love high in society.
- 5908: Middle Ages Economy
- ... loans to European monarchs to finance wars. The use of mercenary armies and field artillery increased the costs of mounting military operations. To finance these activities, rulers were often willing to repay loans at extremely high rates of interest sometimes as high as 45 to 60 percent. Yet if they were unable to repay the loans, they simply did not. Most of the bank failures of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance were the result of large ...
- 5909: Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station"
- ... feature. The cans which "softly say: /ESSO--SO--SO--SO" create a wind- like blowing effect from the mouth. Each SO allows for a sort of visual metaphor to be seen-- cars or the personified "high-strung automobiles" as they pass on by. Not only are [oi] and [ow] sounds effectively used in this poem to create a unique tone but so is the use of the cacophony [k] sound. In ... in disarray and turmoil there can be that small part in us that still searches for hope and normalcy. We each need a "comfy" filling station. And although judgmental onlookers, or as Bishop writes the "high-strung automobiles", may only want to see the dirtiness of an individual character, a family or situation, they need to realize that if they look deep enough, light will shine through. "Somebody loves us all ...
- 5910: Blackness
- ... may not be true and he yet lives to sustain the cause for which he was willing to die" (The Papers of Jefferson Davis, 1995, p 135). Jefferson Davis held Albert Sydney Johnston is such high esteem that he was known to say he "would have gladly turned the presidency over to him if he had had the power" and that he was "the only man he could lean on with ... Never, till the Union is restored. If we do not whip you with the men we have, we will bring more (New Orleans, Times-Picayune, 1862). Though the price of battle at Pittsburg Landing was high for both sides, it was only the beginning of the destructiveness that lay ahead. Bibliography WORKS CITED Primary Sources Crist, Lynda Lasswell 1995. The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Louisiana State University Press. Volume VIII. Moore ...
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