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- 391: Charles Manson
- ... again ordered his "Family" members to slay innocent people in his name and they gladly did so. It wasn't long before Manson and his followers were arrested for the savage murders. Manson carved an "X" into his head, that he later turned into a swastica, claiming that he "X'd" himself from our world. Many of his women quickly followed suit. Even when faced with the death penalty for the murders, Manson's followers still believed in and loved their leader. The murder trial ...
- 392: Life On Michelangelo
- ... the Medici gardens and shortly thereafter was invited into the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent. There he had an opportunity to converse with the younger Medicis, two of whom later became popes (Leo X and Clement VII). He also became acquainted with such humanists as Marsilio Ficino and the poet Angelo Poliziano, who were frequent visitors. Michelangelo produced at least two relief sculptures by the time he was 16 ... of the building on the exterior and for the final form of its dome. Michelangelo's Achievements During his long lifetime, Michelangelo was an intimate of princes and popes, from Lorenzo de' Medici to Leo X, Clement VIII, and Pius III, as well as cardinals, painters, and poets. Neither easy to get along with nor easy to understand, he expressed his view of himself and the world even more directly in ...
- 393: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... to use people only for his own pleasure, and maybe he wanted to think that he was like Henry who was a nicer person. In the book, Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Malcolm Cowley focuses on the symbolism of rain. He sees rain, a frequent occurrence in the book, as symbolizing disaster. He points out that, at the beginning of A Farewell to Arms, Henry talks about how ... Have and Have Not, Richard Gordon took his wife to "that dirty aborting horror". Catherine's death, in A Farewell to Arms, saves the author's hero from the hell of a complicated life. -- ENDNOTES . Malcolm Cowley, "Rain as Disaster", Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, pp.54-55 . Wyndham Lewis, "The Dumb Ox in Love and War", Twentieth Century Interpretations of A ...
- 394: Michelangelo, Renaissance Man
- ... intellectuals. Living in the Medici household, Michelangelo had access to the art collection. He also had the opportunity to converse with the younger Medici's. Two of the younger Medici's later became popes (Leo X and Clement VII). His patron Lorenzo died in 1492, and two years later when the Medici was temporarily expelled, Michelangelo fled Florence. Michelangelo made a brief visit to Venice and then went to Bologna. He ... earlier works of this nature were from the Hellenistic period of classical antiquity" (Encyclopedia Britannica, p.7). "Pope Julius II's death in 1513 cut off most of the funds for his tomb. Pope Leo X, his successor, a son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, had known Michelangelo since their boyhood's. He chiefly employed Michelangelo on projects in Florence linked to the glory of the Medici family rather than the papacy ...
- 395: The Prince
- ... Machiavelli from his station. The Medici family accused Machiavelli of participation in a conspiracy against them; they imprisoned him for a small time. After the election of Giovanni de Medici to the papacy as Leo X, they released Machiavelli. Machiavelli retired to a small farm in San Casciano, where he would write his arguments on politics. He began writing The Prince and his other lesser known work The Discourses in 1513 ... than those who come to power by the love of the people are. For the nobles think they are equal with the prince, but the people are his loving subjects, ready at his command. Chapter X introduces military affairs, especially military might as the measure of the strength of the state. Princes need to have strong armies and those who do not need strong defenses and abundant supplies. Machiavelli asserts that ...
- 396: Macbeth And Lady Macbeth
- ... historical facts from Scottish history, is a tale of murder, greed, corruption, violence, and treachery - all the things Shakespeare held near and dear to his heart. Enraged with King Duncan's announcement that his son, Malcolm, would be automatic successor to the thrown, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin entertaining murderous thoughts of taking over the Scottish Kingdom. This marked the beginning of their pitiful downfall from respected royalty to tormented tyrants ... At this point in the story, Macbeth takes a sinister turn, and now seems to be in full control of his and Lady Macbeth's dark future. The last scene of the tragedy involves Macduff, Malcolm, and their army fighting against Macbeth, who has killed Macduff's wife and son in cold blood. By this time in the story, Lady Macbeth is so ridded with guilt she is constantly rubbing her ...
- 397: Hypocrites In Huckleberry Finn
- ... a false knowledge of academics. When Huck asks one of the Grangerford sons to spell his name, The 13 yeah old son spells huck's false name "G-e-o-r-g-e J-a-x-o-n."(96) He misspells Jackson. The proper spelling is with c-k-s not an x. Earlier the young Grangerford mentioned the he went to school, it is apparent however that he is not as knowledgeable as he thought. The family with their many books and things, think that they are ...
- 398: Huck Finn: Essay On Each Chapt
- ... rains for so many days that the river floods. Huck and Jim take the canoe out from time to time to see what they can find. On one of their trips, they retrieve a 12 x 16-foot raft, well-built and sturdy. They bring it back to the island for possible use later. On another outing, they climb into the window of a two-story house that's floating by ... by telling us that Jim built a wigwam on the raft so they could keep their things dry, and he even built a fire when it rained. (Keep in mind that the raft is 12 x 16 feet, about as big as a large bedroom in many modern houses.) He gives us another of his quietly moving descriptions of living on the river, including a comment on seeing the city of ...
- 399: Fate In Macbeth
- ... the weird sisters use it to wreak havoc among the Scottish nobility, but many people throughout the play try to tempt fate. Macbeth does it, as does Lady Macbeth. Then, later in the play, even Malcolm, Macduff and the other revolutionaries try to alter fate. Fate can be many things to many different people. To those who believe that fate is an all-encompassing aspect of God, fate is merely an ... man, he would have never attained such arrogance as to claim that no one of natural birth could kill him. While this arrogance allowed him to fight with admirable courage at the early part of Malcolm's invasion, this same arrogance and human imperfection was again his downfall when he became terrified of MacDuff and lost the battle that resulted in his decapitation. While fate can be viewed as something that ...
- 400: Blood In Macbeth
- ... the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt". This is another sinister and wicked reference to blood, setting up the innocent servants of the king. Again, blood is referred to when Malcolm and Donaldbain are discussing what to do and Malcolm says: "there's daggers in men's smiles: the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe treason, murder, and ...
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