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- 4061: Walt Whitman 2
- ... in retrospect to the death of one of our nation s greatest leaders, Abraham Lincoln (Whitman, 2). This act of violence was just an outcome of the war. A young man by the name of John Wilkes Booth killed one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States after the war just as something to revolt about due to the loss by the South. It s hard to ...
- 4062: William James
- ... popular thinking, he challenged it and made people believe what he thought was right. He made discoveries which will forever change the field of psychology and have inspired famous people in the sciences such as: John Dewey and Albert Einstein. These men had both used James s theories and benefited greatly from them.
- 4063: William Lyon Mackenzie
- ... mother-Elizabeth. ("Mackenzie" 1976: 407) This exceptional horrid flaw in his character was carried on into his career later on as a mayor. Mackenzie was named Toronto's first mayor by his fellow councillors, defeating John Rolph. As mayor, Mackenzie was both head of council and chief magistrate for Toronto. ("Mackenzie" 1976: 500) However, despite his definite influence on the city, he could not gain the support of the public. ("Mackenzie ...
- 4064: Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid"
- ... the play. The play was well directed, acted, and produced and the audience response was tremendous- I was quite surprised that there wasn't a standing ovation. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Moliere; "The Imaginary Invalid"; translated by John Wood in 1959; Published by Penguin Classics. 2. Knutson, Harold. MOLIERE: An Archetypal Approach. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1976.
- 4065: William Tecumseh Sherman
- ... s disposal. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, had little faith in Johnston's ability to oppose Sherman and on July 17, 1864, Davis relieves Johnston of his command and replaces him with the aggressive John B. Hood. Hood was even more unsuccessful in stopping Sherman's armies. Finally on September 1, 1864, Sherman's troops captured the city of Atlanta, but not before Hood destroyed the railroad yards. Sherman declared ...
- 4066: Joshua Larwence Chamberlin
- ... Brewer, Maine. Maine is the northern most state on the Atlantic coast of the continental United States. I grew up on a 100-acre farm, the oldest of five children. I had three brothers: Horace, John, and Thomas and one sister Sarah. My mother, Sarah Dupee Brastow Chamberlain, was a woman of great wit, a gentle but firm hand, and strong Christian faith. My father, Joshua Jr., was a strict but ...
- 4067: The Civil War
- ... And so the Civil War was over. Yet even the ending of the war did not bring real peace. On Good Friday, April 14, 11 days after Union troops had entered Richmond, an actor named John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln as the President watched a play from his box in Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. The one man who might have brought about a just peace was dead. The Civil ...
- 4068: "An Inspector Calls": Issues and Priestly's Viewpoint
- ... way. I think the most important speech in the whole play is as follows: "Inspector- Just remember this. One Eva Smith has gone but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, with what we think, say, and do. We don't live alone ...
- 4069: The Theater of Dionysus
- ... in religion, as the theater would never have come about if it weren't for the worship of Dionysus by the Athenians Bibliography 1) Powell, Anton, Ancient Greece. Facts on File, Inc., 1989. 2) Onians, John, Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age. Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1979. 3) Mills, Dorothy, The Book of the Ancient Greeks. G.P Putnam's Sons, 1977. 4) Skipp, Victor, Out of the Ancient World ...
- 4070: Ben-Hur
- ... Wallace's goal is to instill the belief of Christ into his audience. He wanted to defend Christianity and religions as a whole during the period in which he wrote. As has been noted by John Tebbel, the last two decades of the 1800's were a time when the great prophets of the American church were being replaced by the scientific theorists and theories of the day. Principle among these ...
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