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- 201: George Bush Biography
- ... S. senate, but was defeated by Democrat Ralph Yarborough. Two years later, Bush ran and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which he had for two terms. In 1970 however, President Nixon encouraged him to try the Senate again which he did. Unfortunately he was defeated by Democrat Lloyd Bentsen. After Bush's loss in the senate election, President Nixon appointed him as the U.S. ambassador to the UN. When Nixon was re-elected in 1972, he then bumped up Bush to being the chairman of the Republican National Committee. A year later, the Watergate Scandal incident took place which lead to Nixon's resignation ...
- 202: Kant: Goodness
- ... his, the South, he was not just playing God, but his will was forcing him to be God to judge the "infidels". I think the best poem I can relate to Kant's philosophy is "Richard Cory". Richard Cory didn't have good will, that was his downfall. You can't tell a whole lot from his personal life from the poem, but you can always assume that he didn't have good ... at his "good" actions, intentions, etc. from the poem. He was a pillar of society, looked at as the model of goodness. This is exactly the people's mistake. I believe that the people killed Richard Cory by not looking inward for goodness; by saying: " Well, if Richard Cory does that, if I do that, I'll be good like him". This put him on a pedestal, like the hunger ...
- 203: Tragic Knowledge, Comedic Idiocy
- ... via the lower class parts. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, a comedy, Shakespeare portrays the craftsmen as unenlightened and merry individuals who just serve as entertainment for the ruling classes, while the servants in Richard II, a tragedy, often know more than the aristocracy which often leads them to be cynical. Shakespeare changes the role of the commoners between genres, as exemplified in these two works. Shakespearean comedies end with ... and so he will go home thinking if the craftsmen acted foolishly and walked away, just acting normally will lead to better things. If A Midsummer Night's Dream showed that ignorance leads to bliss, Richard II shows that knowledge will lead to downfall or despair. Richard had three servants: Bushy. Bagot, and Green. These three were just lowly workers; they held no lands or titles; they were never involved in policy-changing decisions. These three servants knew everything that was ...
- 204: James Baldwin
- ... a boy being carried by his father. While in New York, he is a drummer achieving minimal fame. He soon becomes friends with a wide variety of people. First, there is Vivaldo Moore, Cass and Richard Selinksi. Eric, the last member of the group, is an actor from a well off Alabama family. Rufus seems to be the character that Baldwin portrays his own frustration and feelings through. Rufus acts out ... two together to see if they can achieve love. After Rufus’ suicide, she goes to back to the South and his committed into a mental hospital. The next pair of characters in the story are Richard and Cass. They seem to be the template of a normal perfect family. Both are white coming from good backgrounds. Cass is a New England debutante and Richard is a writer. Vivaldo and Ida are the next two character that were friends with Rufus. Vivaldo, a white Italian, was a struggling, unpublished writer. Vivaldo was one of Rufus’ best friends prior to ...
- 205: David Garrick
- ... of the descriptions of the passions should be varied according to the individual being portrayed (Stone and Kahrl 37). Quin’s older school of acting made little distinction between a Brutus, a Hamlet, or a Richard III. All of these characters would be portrayed using the universal motions and thus expressing the characters in much the same manner. One of Garrick’s peers wrote of his versatility saying "The thing that strikes me above all others is the variety in your acting, and your being so totally a different man in Lear, from what you are in Richard…" (Cole and Chinoy 132). It was Garrick’s use of exaggerated characterization to individualize a character which made him famous. Garrick’s lively and very physical portrayal of character was noted by many of the great actors of the day. Richard Chamberlin wrote in his memoirs of the time when Garrick met Quin in Rowe’s The Fair Penitent (1746): But when, after long and eager expectations, I beheld little Garrick, young and light, and ...
- 206: "Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"
- ... April, the same day of his death and St. George's Day, but this is more because of the coincidence than based on fact. Gilbert Shakespeare was born in 1566, Anne was born in 1571, Richard in 1574, and Edmund in 1580. This made William the eldest. Little is known about William's childhood. He was educated for free at the local grammar school, and learned Latin and a little bit ... the outdoors as a teenager, and was known to go on long walks in the country. He met Anne Hathaway when he was seventeen, probably on one of those walks. She was the daughter of Richard Hathaway and lived at Hewland's Farm, now known as Anne Hathaway's Cottage. Anne was also about 8 years older than William, an unheard of thing in the English countryside. Yet they decided to ... Prince of Denmark Henry IV (two parts) Henry V Henry VI (three parts) Henry VIII Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love's Labors Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Much Ado about Nothing Othello Pericles Richard I Richard II Richard III Romeo and Juliet The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest The Winter's Tale Timon of ...
- 207: Maya Angelou 3
- The readings from "Graduation Day" by: Maya Angelou and "On Becoming A Chicano" by: Richard Rodriguez were different but they the same point across. They were of different cultures, race, and time era, and they both overcame adversity to excel in their schooling. Maya Angelou excelled greatly in what at that time was great for her services. She praised by her family, friends, and teachers for her excellent grades in all of her studies. Richard Rodriguez had what seemed to be a rocky start. He was slow to learn because he knew little English in school that is until the grammar-school nuns visited his parents and convinced them to speak in English. At these parts in time they both had come to a realization: Maya realized role of her culture and race provided for society, and Richard was slowly drifting away from his family and culture to where he was shunned by Hispanics and Euro-Americans. Further along in their lives, Maya Angelou continued to work the same horrible, backbreaking, labors ...
- 208: The Theory of Evolution
- ... much of the scientific community, evolution is not a reasonable theory. Present day evolutionary theory states that "long ago microscopic life must somehow have arisen spontaneously from nonliving matter” (Life 38). In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins discusses how the earth had a "primitive atmosphere" made of water, ammonia, methane, and carbon dioxide. Various forms of energy broke down these primary components, and formed amino acids. Eventually, these amino acids drifted ... assume that somehow, these molecules get the energy that they need, form a protein, and get back in the water before they are destroyed. Will the body of water accommodate the forming of life? Chemist Richard Dickerson said: "It is therefore hard to see how polymerization [forming larger molecules out of simpler molecules] could have proceeded in the aqueous environment of the primitive ocean, since the presence of water favors depolymerization ... The Evolution of a Theory.” The Star Johannesburg 20 Apr. 1982. Calbreath, Donald F. “The Editor’s Page.” American Laboratory Nov. 1980. Darwin, Charles. The Illustrated Origin Of Species. London: Rainbird Publishing Group, 1979. Dawkins, Richard The Selfish Gene. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Dickerson, Richard E. "Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life." Scientific American Sept. 1978. Eady, Maitland A. The Missing Link. Time Life Books, New York: ...
- 209: Japan: A Changing Society
- ... political ideas have changed shape with our Democratic model which we've passed onto them. Japan is learning that the West has some rich ideas that it had been ignoring for centuries. Footnotes 1 Miller, Richard J. and Katoh, Lynn. Japan, p.31. 2 Greene, Carol. Enchantment of the World, Japan, p.60. 3 Reischauer, Edwin O. The United States and Japan, p.160. 4 Pitts, Forrest R. Japan. p.46. 5 p.48. 6 Miller, Richard J. and Katoh, Lynn. Japan, p.67. 7 p.50. 8 p.31. 9 Reischauer, Edwin O. The United States and Japan, p.181. 10 p.204. 11 p.215. 12 Greene, Carol. Enchantment of ... the World, Japan, p.71. 13 Reischauer, Edwin O. The United States and Japan, p.187. 14 Greene, Carol. Enchantment of the World, Japan, p.70. 15 Pitts, Forrest R. Japan. p.122. 16 Miller, Richard J. and Katoh, Lynn. Japan, p.32. 17 Greene, Carol. Enchantment of the World, Japan, p.70. 18 Davidson, Judith. Japan - Where East Meets West, p.74. 19 p.99. 20 p.111. 21 ...
- 210: William Shakespeare
- ... more frequently than those of any other contemporary dramatist. It is known that he risked losing royal favor only once, in 1599, when his company performed the play of the deposing and killing of King Richard II at the request of a group of conspirators against Elizabeth. In the subsequent inquiry, Shakespeare's company was absolved of complicity in the conspiracy. After about 1608, Shakespeare's dramatic production lessened and it ... dramatizing the English civil strife of the 15th century are possibly Shakespeare's earliest dramatic works (see England: The Lancastrian and Yorkist Kings). These plays, Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III (1590?-1592?) and Richard III (1593?), deal with evil resulting from weak leadership and from national disunity fostered for selfish ends. The four-play cycle closes with the death of Richard III and the ascent to the throne of Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, to which Elizabeth belonged. In style and structure, these plays are related partly to medieval drama and partly ...
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