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- 811: Was Shakespeare Really Shakesp
- The Truth William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564, the oldest son of John Shakespeare. His father, a glove maker, trader, and landowner, married Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowner of Wilmcote. William Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway in November, 1582, and six months later their daughter, Susanna ... Queen's Chamber paid "William Kempe William Shakespeare & Richarde Burbage servants to the Lord Chamberleyne" for performances at court in Greenwich on 26 and 27 Dec of the previous year, and on 13 March 1602, John Manningham of the Middle Temple recorded in his diary a racy anecdote about Richard Burbage and William Shakespeare. Now I will give you some written history. In a deed of trust dated 10 October 1601 by Nicholas Brend to John Bodley, legally tightening up the control of Bodley of the Globe, the theater is described as being tenanted by "Richard Burbage and William Shakspeare gentlemen." In a deed of sale of John Collet's ...
- 812: The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: Proctor and Dimmesdale's Sacrifices
- ... Dimmesdale's Sacrifices In many works of literature, a character makes a sacrifice that can affect his life in order to achieve something more important. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor sacrifices his life, while in the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn, the character Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, sacrifices his reputation. Both characters, Proctor and Dimmesdale, respectively, gained something more important than their life and reputation. In order to redeem himself from the sins he has made, John Proctor sacrificed his life. Before he was hanged, Elizabeth, his wife, was asked to get him to confess that he was practicing witchcraft. During their conversation, John revealed that it wasn't so important for him to lie in order to keep himself alive because he believed that if he died, he wouldn't die saintly. However, when they gave him ...
- 813: Killer Angels 2
- ... history. The historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg, as seen in Killer Angels, provides the facts of the battle as seen through the eyes of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joshua Chamberlain, James Longstreet, and John Buford. The feelings and inner-thoughts of each General and the conditions of the battle are seen, heard, and felt by the reader in the historical account. Shaara takes historical license with letters, the words ... the Battle of Gettysburg specifically, in Killer Angels conveys the attitude to toward war, attitude towards the Civil War, and cause for fighting the war of General Robert E. Lee, Joshua Chamberlain, James Longstreet, and John Buford. General Robert E. Lee gained stoic and legendary status as the heart and soul of the South in the Civil War, but many did not know his reasons and feelings for fighting the war ... to. He feels a great remorse and shame in fighting the men that he used to lead. He had a great love for battle and the army, but the Civil War has tarnished that. General John Buford may just be the reason the North won the Battle of Gettysburg. With his grit and determination he holds down the whole Rebel army until reinforcements arrive. Buford is a stoic and mild- ...
- 814: Fate in Romeo and Juliet
- ... to stay true to the cloth that causes her death. Act 5, Scene 2 introduces the event that is perhaps viewed as the greatest indicator of fate in the play. The scene starts with Friar John entering to see Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence is happy to see that his aide has returned, but is soon disappointed to learn that the letter to Romeo that he sent with the aide did not make it because Friar John had taken up added duties along the way and had been suspected of becoming ill. When Friar John tells that he went to visit the sick first (V, II, 7-12), Friar Laurence realizes the grave consequences of what may happen. As a result of Romeo not getting the Friar's letter, ...
- 815: Dizzy Gelespie
- ... small portions of the music that people take and sample with in a new song. Jazz and its historical figures have mistreated and forgotten by today's society. One of the figure most forgotten is John Birks Gillespie, known to the jazz world as "Dizzy" Gillespie. "Dizzy" Gillespie was a trumpet player, composer, bandleader and politician of mostly the early 40's to mid 50's. This was a time period ... Gillespie. Gillespie was one of the chief innovators of this new style of music as well as an important figure to all musicians to follow him and international figure for the United States.(Kerfeld, 137) John Birks was born in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917. The young prodigy was first introduced to music by his father, a weekend bandleader. Gillespie's father was not as talented as John was to become, he relied on a more stable income as mason around their home ~own. Four years after his fathers death, when Birks was 14, he began learning the trombone and trumpet without ...
- 816: Black Like Me
- Black Like Me Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin is a Multicultural story set in the south around the late 1950's in first person point of view about John Griffin in 1959 in the deep south of the east coast, who is a novelist that decides to get his skin temporarily darkened medically to black. What Griffin hopes to achieve is enough information about the relationships between blacks and whites to write a book about it.The overall main obstacle is society, and the racial divide in the south with the whites. John begins his journey in New Orleans where he gets his first taste of what it is like to be black. He meets a shoeshiner named Sterling Williams who gives Griffin friendship, and the opportunity ...
- 817: Poe's Literary Vengence
- ... seem to be based upon his tumultuous relationship with his stepfather. Grolier's Encyclopedia tells us Poe like his stepfather was an orphan at an early age. It also tells us Poe was reared by John and Frances Allan. He left the country for his early childhood schooling and returned to the United States in 1820. Grolier's says in 1827, he was estranged by his stepfather because Poe refused to ... of the story. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge" (149). This line reflects Poe's despise of his estranging stepfather John Allan. This estrangement forced Poe to make decisions about his life that he would not have had to consider at such and early age. Fortunato was a wealthy man who was admired in his community ... insult. For his gold I had no desire." (Charters 597). Poe seems to be talking about his father inversely, wishing that this was how his father had treated him. It was not the case, though. John Allan had wronged Edgar and had insulted him. His estrangement of Edgar is proof of the wronging and insult he gave to Edgar. The other two lines are how Poe wished he felt about ...
- 818: Much Ado About Nothing
- ... part in some disguise" (1.1.305) in order to woo Hero for Claudio. At the masquerade party, while Don Pedro is dancing with Hero in hopes of wooing her for Claudio, Borachio and Don John encounter Claudio and try to convince him that Don Pedro is only wooing Hero for himself: "Signor, you are very near my brother in his love. / He is enamored on Hero" (2.1.155-6). After Borachio and Don Johns diabolical scheme seems to work, Claudio soliloquizes the audience with maxims of truth. He talks about friendship always being "constant" (2.1.167) except when it comes to love. After Don Pedro finishes dancing ... Hero, he comes to tell Claudio the good news that he has wooed Hero and she will accept his hand in marriage; he is ecstatic and is nearly left speechless. It is here that Don Johns plan goes awry and his contingency plan comes into play. Don John devises a plan to trick Don Pedro and Claudio into seeing Borachio and Margaret pretending to be Hero and her secret ...
- 819: Crucible Character Analysis On
- Character Analysis of John Proctor During the mid 1950s, Senator Joe McCarthy led a campaign to expose alleged Communists in the State Department. Many called it a witch-hunt. In Arthur Millers play, The Crucible, the small town of Salem is engulfed in hysteria due to the accusations of children that many of the townspeople partook in witchcraft. Among the accused is John Proctor, a strong, steadfast farmer. Proctor is the tragic hero of the story. Even though he tries to become a hero but ends up being one of the accused. Proctor tries to remain a tragic ... wife hands! We must go and over throw the court, he says... [Proctor] wake me every night, his eyes were like coals and his fingers claw my neck and I sign, I sign
(119). Thus John Proctor fails in trying to rescue his wife from the clutches of the false accusers, instead he falls pray to them. Proctor establishes that the children are lying in court with respect to their ...
- 820: The War at Gettysburg
- ... a lot of people involved in The War at Gettysburg. Major Joseph Hooker had 115,000 men in his army. Major Robert E. Lee had only 70,000 Confederate men in his army. Brig. General John Buford had opnly 4,000 men in his section of the confederate army. 9,000 of the Union died, 5,000 of the men scattered, and some 40,000 of the men held the ridge ... of the army people. Union: The Army of the potomac Major General George Meade; Commanding Major General Joseph Hooker; Previous Commander Maj.Gen. Abner Doubleday Maj.Gen. Winfield Hancock Maj.Gen. Oliver Howard Maj.Gen. John Reynolds Maj.Gen. John Sedgwick Maj.Gen. Daniel Sickles Brig.Gen.John Buford Brig.Gen.Henry Hunt Brig.Gen.Gouverneur Warren Col. Arthur Devereux Lt. Alonzo Cushing Major General Ulysses S. Grant commanding at Vicksburg Confederate The Army ...
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