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- 6601: Igor Stravinsky
- ... some important changes happened in his music. He abandoned the Russian features of his earlier style and the adapted to a neoclassical expression. Shortly after the war, Stravinsky's and Diaghilev were reunited. He started writing for ballets again, but in 1929, Diaghilev died, and his ballet company folded. However, Stravinsky's composition of ballet scores did not come to an end with Diaghilev's death. In the late 1920s, a ...
- 6602: The Crucible: Background Notes
- ... was well regarded as an excellent American writer. In fact some critics consider him as having the most serious attempt to gain as much attention as the Greek and Elizabethan writers did. His talent of writing began to exceed standards set by other american writers, and this allowed him to become a two time winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. His awards did not distract him from his ...
- 6603: Kurt Vonnegut's "The Lie": Portrayal of A Moral Society
- ... institution is. It is totally opposite of reality, in which the rich do get special favors. Vonnegut's portrayal of how society should work is very moralistic and noble. He makes fun of reality by writing a story about a perfect school that abides by the highest values. He uses Sylvia to say what really happens and Dr. Remenzel to show to show the idealistic. Kurt Vonnegut mocks our reality in ...
- 6604: The Presidents' Decisions During The Civil War
- ... to thereby convince the border states to unite with the South. The Charleston Mercury indicated the great importance of the fort and the ensuing battle in this article. This belief was further reinforced by a writing by Edmund Ruffin who stated that a battle, most likely referring to that at Fort Sumter, would persuade the remaining undecided states to join with the Confederacy. Lincoln and Davis eventually came to standpoints which ...
- 6605: Irene Joliot-curie
- ... After successfully defending her thesis in March, 1925, she became a Doctor of Science. She turned down all offers of teachi9ng positions to continue her studies in polonium, and to continue as her mother's personal assistant. Frederic Joliot was born in Paris on March 19, 1900, was educated at the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry in Paris and the University of Paris. He visited the Institute in December, 1924 ...
- 6606: Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov is a very talented writer. Isaac focuses on the intensity of his novels and short stories. Suspense is one of the things he focuses on when writing short stories such as "Marooned off Vesta." "Marooned off Vesta is a story of triumph and intelligence. This story shows what can happen if you put your mind to it"(Corke). Isaac Asimov, of Jewish ...
- 6607: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... man was from.(Tindall 466) "Scalawags" were Republicans native to the South that had opposed secession.(Trelease 107) They were reviled as the "merest trash that could be collected in a civilized community, of no personal credit of social responsibility."(Tindall 467) Their characters ranged from honest to dishonest, from intelligent to stupid, from the crass opportunists who indulge d in corruption to the distinguished figures.(Trelease 107) James A. Longstreet ...
- 6608: Isadora Duncan
- ... though she knew they would not all become professional dancers, she felt that a feeling of rhythm and freedom of movement were important for one to have. She was the first to ever express her personal emotions in her public dancing. She always wore revealing clothes, often whatever she could find around her house. If you ever see a young child on a stage twirling and leaping to the words of ...
- 6609: Report on "The Liar"
- ... his brother who he probably feels some sort of resentment towards his brother because his mother wants James to be like him. The purpose of this story is that we all find comfort in some personal way. Everybody is different, for James it was lying, for other's it is something else. But we also use them for different purposes and James' purpose was for the wrong reason.
- 6610: A Comparison of the Women of Wharton and Deledda
- ... between these stories' characters, and the gamut ran between the female personae. Published in 1911, Ethan Frome is considered one of the best contemporary short novels of its time. Ethan Frome illuminated Wharton's familiar writing style with a spark of imagination. In this story, as I expressed in the opening paragraph, lie two women. The first is Zenobia Frome, or Zeena for short. In her late twenties, she suffers from ...
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