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- 341: The Sedition Act of 1798
- ... stability of the nation.Political parties or factions were considered evil as "Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the ... 1798. The Republicans debated against the bills for about a month, but the Federalist had the votes. A background of fear helped keep the public silent and perhaps somewhat approving to the loss of some personal freedoms, as nobody wanted to be accused as a Jacobean. In May of 1778, President Adams declared a day of prayer and fasting. Many thought that the Jacobeans were going to use that day to ... against the Sedition bill. The Aoura was the leading Republican publication and Benjamin Bache was its editor. Baches ability to get the story out caused much consternation among Federalist. Harrison Gray Otis said that Baches' writing influenced even intelligent people, "What can you expect from the gaping and promiscuous crowd who delight to swallow calumny..?" The Federalist needed the Sedition bill to shut down the Republican presses and Bache played ...
- 342: The Life and Times of Peter Straub
- ... He then graced the University of Wisconsin, and left with an honors degree in English, and one year later a Masters Degree at Columbia University. Even with his distinguished English degrees, he felt actual writing was beyond him even though actual writing was truly his forte. Soon after receiving his degree in English, Peter married Susan Bitker, and took a job teaching English at his old school, which had only recently been renamed University School of Milwaukee. Fearing he would turn into a chalk-laden drone, he packed is bags and moved to Dublin, Ireland to work on a Doctorate, and eventually start writing seriously. During his 3 years in Dublin, he read many poems in poetry houses, and did readings with his new friend Thomas Tessier. Peter Straub also published two small books of poetry, Ishmael and ...
- 343: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style of Writing
- Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style of Writing Two authors best who typify a Romantic style of writing are Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both authors identify their characters through the use of creative symbolism, colorful metaphors, and the use of the supernatural in their works. Like many authors of the seventeenth century Poe and Hawthorne stretched Realism beyond the edge of reality thereby developing a style of writing which today is commonly refer to as Romanticism. The use of the short story format in both "The Black Cat" and "Young Goodman Brown" evokes an allegorical use of the English language to stun ...
- 344: Mark Twain 4
- ... known as Mark Twain, became the first man of any importance ever to be born west of the Mississippi River. He has become an icon as the American writer. This is because his way of writing cannot be simulated by Europeans or anyone else, due to the fact that the western setting of America creates a whole new atmosphere and style of writing. Mark Twain is a classic American writer that acquired fame by using satire, writing with single-minded use of words, and by writing the way that most people think and speak. Twain writes with single-minded use of words, which is understood to be plain and simple, yet ...
- 345: ... character of Hamlet in any way, we probably will never know. Some scholars have suggested that the approaching death of Shakespeare's father (he died in 1601) was another emotional shock that contributed to the writing of Hamlet, the hero of which is driven by the thought of his father's sufferings after death. This is only speculation, of course. What we do know is that Shakespeare retired from the theater ... stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. - The inscription had led to speculation that manuscripts of unpublished works were buried with Shakespeare or that the grave may in fact be empty because the writing attributed to him was produced by other hands. (A few scholars have argued that contemporaries like Francis Bacon wrote plays attributed to Shakespeare, but this notion is generally discredited.) The rhyme is a final mystery ...
- 346: How to Find A Writing Topic Problem-Solution Essays
- How to Find A Writing Topic Problem-Solution Essays Have you ever received a problem-solution essay where you cannot think of anything to write? Although many of the forty million students in America go through this at one time or another, don't despair! There are several systematic ways to find a writing topic. Some topics take no research at all. Let's look at a few of them. First, the local newspaper may contain some interesting articles. The newspaper can be used as a utility to the writing process. Problems will present themselves in many newspaper articles. Articles will most likely contain many facts and quotations about a certain problem making the subject easily researchable in a short time. People must be ...
- 347: Personal Seat Licenses
- ... has grown dramatically over the past decade. As the pressure rises on intercollegiate athletic programs to raise as much money as possible, universities have been depending increasingly on high-cost amenities such as luxury boxes, personal seat licenses and club seating. Luxury seating includes special skyboxes usually purchased by corporations at premium prices and another level of more expensive seating often referred to as club seats. Club seat ticket holders often ... including a wait staff. Luxury seating alone is a tremendous moneymaker and is the second most important revenue stream for sports franchises behind television revenues. The most talked about of the three has become the personal seat license. Personal seat licenses are a relatively new revenue source. They give fans the right to buy a season ticket or specialty seating such as club seats. PSLs offer the holder a series of amenities ...
- 348: Personal Identity
- Personal Identity Personal Identity can be broken down into three areas: 1.) Body 2.) Memory and 3.) Soul. In John Perry's "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" these composing aspects of personal identity are discussed at length. In the reading and class discussions the body was defined clearly as a part of one's person, even alluded to ...
- 349: Personal Identity
- Personal Identity 8th March, 1997 Dear Diary Today in class we had a brief discussion of what personal identity is. I didn't get a chance to speak out my thoughts and opinions so I felt like to share it with you. Personal identity is what I see myself as, positively or negatively. It could be argued but most people think they are at what called the "Good" side even though he is a brutal killer. Word ...
- 350: The Challenge of Writing An Essay
- The Challenge of Writing An Essay Here I have the challenge of writing an essay. It is one of the things that I dread the most in life. Many times I have been asked to write an essay for English class, and each time I despise it. Yet it has proved to be an invaluable skill, as I am writing one now. Some of the many things that I have learned from writing essays and other projects are time management, open-mindedness, and taking time to relax. "You should have done this weeks ago. ...
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