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- 3991: Ceasar
- ... five years of command voted to him by coming to a fresh agreement with Pompey and Crassus at Luca. The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar’s personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces by deputies. Pompey’s own attachment to Caesar was broken when Caesar’s daughter Julia to whom Pompey had been ... senators like Cicero on account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar’s military dominance was established beyond the possibility of successful challenge, the senate gave him a profusion of personal honors which were out of keeping with Roman tradition, reflecting as they did the extravagant distinctions accorded earlier to the Hellenistic kings. The month of July was named after Caesar and his statue was placed ...
- 3992: Into The Forest
- ... the box. They searched frantically to find more, they found some but it taught them a lesson about surviving on what they have and not to take things for granted. Nell is character that is writing the logs in the novel. As she does this we, the audience, find that she appears to be a deep thinker and more academic than Eva who is more practical. This can be seen throughout ... see that Eva has a different personality. She appears to be much more self-assured than Nell is. In there own way they seem to be very focused; Nell on here reading, study, learning and writing, and Eva on her ballet. Although they have these different interests, they are simular in a way, because they are both are striving to achieve something and to make a name for themselves, Nell with ...
- 3993: Kurt Cobain: Biography
- ... back and never paid for the lesson I guess I still owe that guy the $6 or whatever it was. I didn't go back because once you know the power chords you can start writing your own songs." Kurt's mother remarried in May of 1984 to Pat O'Connor and one year later in May of 1985 Kurt would drop out of high school at the age of 17 ... and this was expressed by many of his fellow musicians including Eddy Vedder of Pearl Jam and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. Eddy had to say "I feel bad that Kurt's not still writing songs because he was brilliant and that guy could emotionally twang my heart-strings. Every song he wrote spoke to me." Dave Grohl and Pat Smear, who had been a late edition for In Utero ...
- 3994: The Christian Gospels
- ... a specific region with a specific purpose. That would explain the distinct differences in the tones that they are written. Another theory emphasizes the use of a common text as a point of reference in writing these Gospels. In scientific terms, this would explain the similarity in the sayings and teachings that appear throughout all the Gospels, both Biblical and Gnostic. Together, these two beliefs form a basis for a number ... to a Christianity that's moving farther and farther away from Jewish tradition. And in fact it's seeing Jewish tradition often as actually hostile to the Christian movement (White163). The main point of this writing is to show the clear rift that has formed between the two forms of Judaism and in fact, the separation of Christianity from Judaism. The best example of this is John s telling of the ...
- 3995: Emperor Constantine I
- ... Milan which allowed full freedom for Christians to practice their faith. The edict made Christianity equal to the religion of the Roman Empire. The Edict of Milan also ordered the return of all church and personal property that had been taken during past persecutions of Christians. Constantine now gave imperial property to the church including the Lateran in Rome. On this site, one of the great cathedrals of Rome, St. John ... s enemies were not so fortunate. Some say that Constantine was successful because he had three sons and was able to leave the empire to them as his successors. Unfortunately, this was a political and personal failure for Constantine because he did not make any plans or name anyone to be emperor after him. Constantine actually had four sons. His eldest son, Crispus, was murdered by order of the Emperor. Constantine ...
- 3996: Roswell
- ... or experimental balloon...I've seen rockets... sent up at the White Sands Testing Grounds. It definitely was not part of an aircraft or missile or rocket." Under hypnosis Jesse Marcel Jr. said “that the writing on the I beams had writing on them that was purple, strange had different Geometric shapes. Was it covered up successfully? W.W “Mac” Brazel who was escorted by three military officers to the Roswell Daily Record (a newspaper and broadcasting ...
- 3997: Poetry Analysis: Holmes' Old Ironsides
- ... all of the other things that are happening around the poem. He talks about the winds and the water when setting the mood. This poem was written in order to save the mighty ship in writing this poem he accomplished two things. That was he saved the ship from its end and it made his poem an masterpiece. As you can see Oliver Wendell Holmes Old Ironsides was not only a ... such a way that people like me 100 years later can still see the point that he is trying to show us. This was one of the things that the Fireside poets were known for, writing in such a manner that the common man could understand it. The poem Old Ironsides was truly a great poem that made Holmes a star and also fits him with the other Fireside poets.
- 3998: Macbeth The Witches Role
- ... greatness is promised thee." Meaning that she will be queen. This shows that he wants his wife to be aware of what now, it seems, is owed to her, and we can tell, that by writing her this letter, and by reading it's content, that Macbeth completely trust the witches. Also, in the letter Macbeth calls his wife his "dearest partner of greatness." This and the fact that he is writing the letter so as she can be part of the glory of everything that's happening to him, gives across an element of affection. We are now introduced for the first time to Lady Macbeth ...
- 3999: I Am A Man (The Elephant Man)
- ... quest for love and stability, John not only finds a balance in his life, he discovers people who love him and he uncovers a love that he has for himself. People everyday, are excluded from personal happiness because of this rudeness and the majority of mankind does not think twice about centering out someone who is physically challenged. People should not be looked upon as less of a person because they ... quest for love and stability, John not only finds a balance in his life, he discovers people who love him and he uncovers a love that he has for himself. People everyday, are excluded from personal happiness because of this rudeness and the majority of mankind does not think twice about centering out someone who is physically challenged. People should not be looked upon as less of a person because they ...
- 4000: Ludwig van Beethoven
- ... Hiligenstadt where he wrote the symphony (Schmit, 35). The second symphony is a work noted for sunny and optimistic tone (Tames, 15). Beethoven's third symphony, made in 1803, is the one where he started writing his style which was quite recognizably his own, rather than based on a previous composer (Tames, 16). The third symphony, originally called Bonaparte, was named after Napoleon Bonaparte. Later, Beethoven changed the name to "Sinfonia ... grows upward, and I hear and see the picture as a whole take shape and stand before me as though cast in a single piece, so that all that is left is the work of writing it down" (Tames, 25). He performed the ninth at the Kärntenerthor Theater. When he directed the performance his back was to the audience (Thompson, 41). When the audience went wild, the alto soloist had to ...
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