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- 1451: Liberalism and Freedom
- ... reassemble society and educate citizens in the responsibility of leading an intelligent, meaningful life (Gerstle, 1994). At this time the world was facing many changes, among these are the industrial revolution and world war one. John Dewey elaborates on the feeling of the time in the following quotation: "The fact of change has been so continual and so intense that it overwhelms our minds. We are bewildered by the spectacle of ... of man's character replaced the "unrealistic" optimistic view, human natur e has since become less relevant in liberal thought. In an attempt to explain the new "irrational" tendencies of man, liberal thinkers such as John Dewey sought some of the answers in the study of humans from a scientific standpoint (Gerstle,1994). Psychiatry and Psychology offered answers in instinct, habit and other new observations of the human manner of thinking ... of Liberalism; Westview Press, Boulder, CO. 1978 Beiner, Ronald: What's the Matter With Liberlism? University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1992 De Tocqueville, Alexis: Democracy in America; Penguin Books Ltd., Middlesex, England, 1984 Dewey, John: Liberalism and Social Action; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935 Dietze, Gottfried: Liberalism Proper and Proper Liberalism, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1985 Dunbar, Leslie: Reclaiming Liberalism, WW Norton & Co., New York, ...
- 1452: Tragic Triumph
- ... tragedy as a work of literature in which a character divided within the self makes choices, bears the consequences of those choices, gains a new awareness, and suffers victory in defeat. As you will see, John Proctor is a perfect protagonist. The main choice which Proctor must make is simple enough to recognize: lie about his participation in witchcraft or proclaim his innocence and be hanged; however, the actual process of ... find it much more fitting that Miller excludes the most disparaging part of the play and instead instills in our minds the positive side. Elizabeth plants the seed of this thought when she proclaims of John, He have his goodness now (143). This statement creates perfect balance in the conclusion of the play, allowing the reader to experience the full psychological weight of the Salem Witch Trials while permitting the presentation ... alluded to, although the taint of lechery prevented any confirmation of our suspicions. Proctor finally admits it both to us and to himself in saying, I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor (144). Although it is uncertain whether characters such as Hale ever reached this same point of awareness, it is encouraging to know that Miller s goal in revealing his main theme can be ...
- 1453: King Henry Iv
- Henry IV was born in April 1367 and was the only son of John of Gaunt, the son of Edward III, and Blanche, the daughter of Henry Grismond, Duke of Lancaster. Known as Henry of Bolingbroke after his birthplace in Lincolnshire, he was made a knight of the Garter ... by battle. Both men were banished from the realm. Norfolk for life and Henry for 10 years with a proviso that he would be allowed to inherit from his father. But on the death of John of Gaunt in 1399, the Lancastrian estates were confiscated by the King, and Henry decided to return, seemingly to claim his promised inheritance. Taking advantage of the King s absence in Ireland, Henry landed on ... an active supporter of the Orthodox Church against the Lollards, and in 1401 De heretico comburendo, one of the most important medieval statues, was passed. In 1402 he married Joan of Navarre, the widow of John V, Duke of Brittany, who survived him without issue. In the north the Percy family rose against the King, but Henry defeated them in July 1403 at Shrewsbury and the following year at Dartmouth. ...
- 1454: Leda And The Swan
- ... when the tender-hearted Leda had given protection to the swan, he had his way with her" (346). Leda is innocent and unassuming. Her attacker disguises himself and deceptively targets her. In World Literature Criticism, John Lucas says, "Yeats is writing here about the violence of entering history, and about how all, even the most innocent, are caught up in it" (4110). Leda is of the utmost innocence, and by not ... s actions, and even the divine Zeus must pay the price for his crime on the lowly Leda. "Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet composed mainly of binary oppositions that reveal its meaning. As John Lucas says, "The rape of Leda becomes, in [Yeats] imagination, an instance of the ways in which violence is both intoxicating and terrible" (4110). Although blessed with such wondrous features, Zeus is still controlled by ... Mythology. Lebanon: The American University of Beirut, 1977. Johnsen, William. Yeats and Postmodernism. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1991. Kuehn, Robert E. "Yeats." Contemporary Literature Criticism. Ed. Dedria Bryfronski. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1979. 284. Lucas, John. "Yeats." World Literature Criticism. Ed. James P. Draper. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1992. 4110. Magill, Frank N. ed. Critical Survey of Poetry. Pasedena: Salem Press, 1992. "The Swan and Leda." On-line. Internet. July, 1996. ...
- 1455: The Yellow Wallpaper
- ... the wallpaper is a central symbol of the repercussions a woman faces in the care of a man. The narrator, being female, is suffering from a "temporary depression". She states right from the beginning that "John is a physician, and perhaps--(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)-- perhaps that is the one reason I ... blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by daylight! I always lock the door when I creep by daylight. I can't do it at night, for I know John would suspect something at once." This shows the narrator seeing herself in the woman and when she sees the woman creeping outside, she sees herself. When she creeps outside she locks the door. She is ... free of the paper but does not want to let her go. The woman is her sanity; "I don't want to go out, and I don't want to have anybody come in, till John comes. I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find. If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her!" ...
- 1456: Oliver Cromwell
- ... it again for 11 years. (Gaunt, 1996) During this time, country gentlemen like Cromwell became annoyed. The Cromwell family was one of a mass of angry gentry who belonged to the political nation: for example, John Hampden, a wealthy squire who brought a case against the king over the levying of ship money, was Cromwell's cousin. Then in 1640 Cromwell was elected a member of the Parliament for the borough ... them by preaching and extemporaneous prayer. Though he grieved over taxes, monopolies, and other such impositions on the people, it was his religion that made him oppose the King's government. In November 1641 when John Pym and his friends presented to King Charles I "Grand Remonstrance," which consisted of over 200 clauses, among which was one censuring the bishops "and the corrupt part of the clergy in support of their ... of his own weakness. He sought moderate courses and also wanted to end the naval war begun against the Dutch in 1652. When in December 1653, after a coup d'etat planned by Major General John Lambert and other officers, the majority of the Assembly of Saints surrendered power into Cromwell's hands, he decided reluctantly that Providence had chosen him to rule. As commander in chief appointed by Parliament, ...
- 1457: Affirmative Action
- Affirmative Action Affirmative Action as defined by the Meriam Webster's Dictionary is an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women. In 1961 John F.Kennedy issued an executive order calling for Affirmative Action as a means to promote equal opportunity for racial minorities, in hiring by federal contractors. This was the first official use of the term by the Federal ...
- 1458: Political Morality
- ... that time. Specifically, the Church of England headed by the king. Puritan leaders led their followers to a place where they could express their religion with no fear of other faiths. One such leader was John Winthrop. John Winthrop was a powerful Puritan governor in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. He believed that this was a calling from God for him to lead the new religious experiment-a covenant with God to built ... on the evils of technology. While a citizen is entitled to free speech and press, threatening murder is not such an option. There must be limits set. In colonial times these limitations were set by John Winthrop. Total obedience was required and disobedience was not tolerated; therefore, Williams and Hutchinson were banished. I understand the reasoning behind his motives, but his limits were set too low. There was no room ...
- 1459: A Reflection On Herman Melville's Accomplishments
- ... A Companion to Melville Studies). The novel The Confidence Man was really the last good novel Melville was to write until his dying days. Melville would continue to write poems, such as Clarel, Battle-Pieces, John Marr, and Timoleon, but had no real great accomplishments. Melville was to slowly die out until he finished one last manuscript, which occupied the final months of life. This manuscript was that of Billy Budd ... William Sloane Associates, 1950. Bloom, Harold. Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. New York, New Haven, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Budd, Louis J.; & Cody, Edwin H. On Melville. Durham, & London: Duke University Press., 1988. Deedy, John. "Where Melville Wrote." The New York Times, (April 25, 1976). Funke, Luis. "The Theater: 'Billy Budd.' " The New York Times, (Feb. 28, 1959). (Unknown). "Herman Melville." The New York Times, (Oct. 2, 1891). Lidman, David ... Herman Melville & Moby Dick." The New York Times, (Jan. 18, 1970). McSweeney, Kerry. Moby-dick. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. Miller, James E. Jr. A Readers Guide to Herman Melville. New York: Octagon Books, 1980. Murry, John Middleton. "Herman Melville, Who Could Not Surpass Him Self." The New York Times, (June 13, 1926).
- 1460: Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
- ... were, at the time ascribed, to most people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison, transported the previous ideas of f undamental liberties from the great libertarians around the world, such as John Lilburne, John Locke, William Walwyn and John Milton. Madison and other previous libertarians of his time were transposed into seventeen different rights which were to be secured to all those in the United States. These seventeen civil liberties were compressed into ...
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