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- 4601: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- ... called Scottish Chaucerians. For the Renaissance, he was the English Homer. Edmund Spenser paid tribute to him as his master; many of the plays of William Shakespeare show thorough assimilation of Chaucer's comic spirit. John Dryden, who modernized several of the Canterbury tales, called Chaucer the father of English poetry. Since the founding of the Chaucer Society in England in 1868, which led to the first reliable editions of his ...
- 4602: Billy Budd
- ... had previously been among those minor ship's companies of the merchant marine"(14). It is here, on the Indomitable that Billy says good-bye to his rights. It is here, also, that Billy meets John Claggart, the master-at-arms. A man "in whom was the mania of an evil nature, not engendered by vicious training or corrupting books or licentious living but born with him and innate, in short ...
- 4603: Thomas Jefferson
- ... and protested the enactment of the Alien and Sedition Acts by writing The Kentucky Resolutions. In 1800, the Republicans nominated Jefferson for president and Aaron Burr (A Buh. hahaha) for vice-president. Federalists had nominated John Adams for president and Charles Pinckney for vice-president. Federalists claimed that Jefferson was a revolutionary, an anarchist, and an unbeliever. Jefferson won the presidency by receiving 73 electoral votes (Adams received 65). Supporters celebrated ...
- 4604: Uncle Tom's Cabin: An Analysis
- ... slaves are sensitive to the problem. Mr. Shelby, for instance, is not contented by the idea but enjoys the benefits out of what he deems necessity. The inherent problem of slavery is again stated when John Van Trompe is being described. His worn appearance is attributed to the workings of a system equally bad for oppressor and oppressed,(Stowe 105). The novel also demonstrates the absurdities and contradictions of slavery. For ...
- 4605: Meth
- ... high school seniors had used it. That's an increase of 2.7% since 1990. 8 out of 10 people who try Meth will become addicted. Famous people who have done Meth include- Chris Farley, John Belushi, and Mick Jagger. The cost of doing Meth is very high too. A user can spend up to $100 a day. And sometimes, spending $400-$500 to support an addiction is not unusual. The ...
- 4606: Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The
- ... who was doing what was morally right, not for the fame that would eventually accompany it. In fact, he didn't want to write the Declaration to begin with. In 1776, the song "Not Me, John" shows how Jefferson was pushed into doing it, despite the fact that he would have actually rather gone home to see his wife. When nobody else would do it, he acquiesced and agreed to write ...
- 4607: Themes in Larsen's Passing
- ... the color line---back into Harlem (black) society. Her daughter, Margery, is the only thing holding her back. Meanwhile, Brian and Clare's relationship is developing. Irene realizes that if Clare were free of Mr. John Bellew, she might pursue Brian. What "if he divorced her--if Claire were free--?" (187). The thought terrifies Irene, in part because she might lose Brian to Claire, but more importantly she would lose her ...
- 4608: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... technique, and his music marks the culmination of the Baroque polyphonic style. Important Works Sacred music includes over 200 church cantatas, the Easter and Christmas oratorios, the two great Passions of St Mathew and St John, and the Mass in B minor. Orchestral music includes his six Brandenburg Concertos, other concertos for clavier and for violin, and four orchestral suites. Bach's keyboard music for clavier and for organ is of ...
- 4609: Henry VIII
- ... Church , he was going to make some changes. He had all the bibles translated into English. He then had all the people take an oath for this law. But Sir Thomas More and, then Cardinal, John Fisher wouldn't accept the religious supremacy of the English monarch, so they were then executed. These changes gradually led to the formation of the Church of England. In 1536, Henry accused his second wife ...
- 4610: Stoker and Rice's Books About Vampires
- ... native soil loaded into crates along with his coffin loaded onto a ship. After they arrive he has them taken to another castle he has chosen. The vampire hunters, Proffesor Abraham Van Helsing and Doctor John Seward find where the crates were delivered to. after plotting their course they proceed to find the castle and destroy Dracula while he was sleeping in his coffin. Rice's vampires seem to be more ...
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