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- 511: The Red Book and the Power Structure of Communist China
- ... Temples, restaurants, and all signs of old values were ransacked by the Red Guard youths. The Cultural revolution put middle school and high school students in charge of the nation and like a version of Lord of the Flies the nation fell into anarchy and paralysis The Cultural Revolution also lead to changes within the structure of the communist party. Before the Cultural Revolution Liu Shaoqi was Mao Zedong's designated successor, but during ...
- 512: Tennyson as a Victorian
- ... poems. The new poems included "Morte d' Arthur," and "The Two Voices of Sin" and other poems that revealed a strange naive quality such as "The May Queen," "Lady Clara Vere de Vere," and "The Lord of Burleigh." The new volume was not received well publically. But the grant to him at this time, by the prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, helped stop his worries in financial matters. In 1847 he ... the Victorian Age. It is now also recognized that the realistic and comic aspects of Tennyson's work are more important than they were thought to be during the period of the reaction against him. Lord Alfred Tennyson also tried to be very dramatic in such poems as Queen Mary, but his success was only moderate. He only showed signs of growing more frustrated and resentment at the religious, moral, and ... Victorian century was a era of change and confusion. England improved itself for the people and it's government. The writers of the time were supposed to be indicative for answering questions and for guidance. Lord Alfred Tennyson was a man who changed the way people thought about literature and poets. He has also influenced many writers of books, TV shows, and movies in the plots of stories.
- 513: T.S. Eliot
- ... appear like a sinister swollen river, threatening to overwhelm him. There are similarities here with the experiences of the Psalmist in the Old Testament, who often felt trapped, surround by threatening enemies: e.g. O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; Many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. Psalm 3 Eliots The Hollow Men finishes with some of his ... a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.. A Song for Simeon is also spoken by an old man. It too starts with a reference to a winter: Lord, the Romans hyacinths are blooming in the bowls and The winter sun creeps by the snow hills; The stubborn season has made a stand.. In this poem, Eliot confines his comments on things of ... who were forever changed by it. Eliot structures A Song For Simeon around lines from the prayer spoken by the temple priest Simeon as recorded in the Bible in Luke Ch.2 v 29-32: Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; for my eyes have seen thy salvation
.. Simeon too was a witness. He was not present at the birthplace but he witnessed ...
- 514: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 and was chosen as one of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress, but before he left for Philadelphia, he was asked by the Virginia Assembly to reply to Lord North's message of peace, proposing that Parliament would not try to tax the settlers if they would tax themselves. Jefferson's "Reply to Lord North" was more moderate that the Summary View. Instead of agreeing with Lord North, Jefferson insisted that a government had been set up for the Americans and not for the British. The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by Jefferson in June 1776. Congress felt that the ...
- 515: Chivalry
- ... Almost all origins of the word meant horseman. Warfare was not an option in the medieval period and the knight was the most crutial part. The knight's ability, and the military strength of the lord or king were nessesary for their survival. A knight was loyal to his king even though he was not always a member of his personal court. He was also loyal to his lord or landowner. Most of all, he was loyal to God, as all Christian knights were. A Christian knight had virtues of fidelity, piety, loyalty and devotion to God. However, some knights did not live this ... the first few years of his life in care of the women in his family. At the age of 7 years old, a child of noble birth would be placed in the castle of a lord or govenor. This is where the training for knighthood began. As a page, the boy would be tutored in Latin and French, but he devoted most of his time to physical exersice, and duties. ...
- 516: Comparison Of Job And Odysseus
- ... was no room for any expression of agency on his part. Job s statement at the end of chapter one suggests that Job, maybe, did not want to be attributed with very much agency: the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord (verse 21). Job has, if this is possible, an even lesser degree of agency after Satan afflicts him with sores. Before this, though he suffered great loss, he still maintained the ability to direct ...
- 517: Chivalry
- ... Almost all origins of the word meant horseman. Warfare was not an option in the medieval period and the knight was the most crutial part. The knight's ability, and the military strength of the lord or king were nessesary for their survival. A knight was loyal to his king even though he was not always a member of his personal court. He was also loyal to his lord or landowner. Most of all, he was loyal to God, as all Christian knights were. A Christian knight had virtues of fidelity, piety, loyalty and devotion to God. However, some knights did not live this ... the first few years of his life in care of the women in his family. At the age of 7 years old, a child of noble birth would be placed in the castle of a lord or govenor. This is where the training for knighthood began. As a page, the boy would be tutored in Latin and French, but he devoted most of his time to physical exersice, and duties. ...
- 518: Censorship of Books: Freedom of What?
- ... say he was reprimanded for his actions and justice was served. Does this mean Go Ask Alice was returned back on the book shelves where it belonged? Hardly. Not only was that book banned, but Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men, and Catcher in The Rye were banned too, all of which are known to be literary classics. It was the beginning of the school year in the fall of 1994, when ...
- 519: Beowulf - Significance Of Scyl
- ... reader recalls Scefing was also described as a noble king, the pieces and reasoning of the previously digressive tangent rapidly falls into place. Then Scyld departed at the destined hour, that powerful man sought the Lord s protection. His own close companions carried him down to the sea, as he, lord of the Danes, had asked while he could still speak (BEO 26-30). This is the exact sequence of events which happens to Beowulf, his destined hour being the fatal wound inflicted by the dragon ... 49-50), and true to the consistency of the forewarnings, some 3000 lines later, Beowulf s men are portrayed mingled with weeping the heart s cup overflowed; they mourned their loss, the death of their lord. (BEO 3139-3142). It is in this way through Scefing that the poet of Beowulf constructs a subconscious omen of all that will happen to Beowulf. Though it may seem unattached and displaced to ...
- 520: The Importance of Insects
- ... the Earth's crucial ecology. One of the insects' most crucial roles in our lives is as a pollinator. A great number of plants and orchard fruits are dependent almost solely upon bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles and wasps for pollination. Without any insects, these plants would all die, as would the most of the living Earth. Insects, primarily bees, gather pollen as food for themselves, but in doing so, great ... and 4.5 million pounds of wax each year. Worldwide, the value of honey crops is about $240 million a year. Insects also are food for millions of organisms. Certain insects such as the Caddis flies are alone eaten by thousands of species. They live in fresh water streams and lakes and are devoured by any type of frog, bird or fish you can imagine. This flies external anatomy is the basis for most common lures and baits for anglers. Insects are worth more than you and any 200 million friends of yours.
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