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- 3271: Joseph Haydn
- ... regarded as one of the greatest composers of the classical period. He is often called the father of both the symphony and the string quartet, and he founded what is known as the Viennese classical school, which consisted of himself, his friend, Wolfgang Mozart, and his pupil, Ludwig van Beethoven. During his lifetime, he produced a mind-boggling amount of music. He lived from the end of the baroque period to ... brother, Michael, was the source of this inaccuracy. Supposedly, Michael didn't want it said that his big brother came into this world as an April Fool. At age seven, young Joseph entered the choir school at St. Steven's Cathedral in Vienna, where he was to remain for the next nine years. During his early years, he became interested in composing music, but he had no formal training until his ...
- 3272: Medieval Morality Plays
- ... example, the earliest know morality play, "Pride of Life", has many lost parts to it. (Warren 2). Another morality play, entitled "Creed", is also now lost. (2). The earliest known English morality play, "Lord s Prayer", which was written in the late 14th century, has been lost. (2). Fortunately enough, there is a guild in York, England which is devoted to keeping the "Lord s Prayer" going. (2).One of the most known morality plays, "Everyman", was once regarded as lost, but another copy has been found. This particular play was about the Christians need to confront morality and judgement. (1 ...
- 3273: Mayor Of Casterbridge 3
- ... impoverished Henchard because he appeared 'far from attractive to a woman's eye, ruled as that is so largely by the superfices of things'. Similarly when Giles Winterborne meets Grace Melbury on her return from school she is perceived as manifesting the same 'weakness' and Giles wryly observes to himself that 'external phenomena' such as clothes or appearance 'may have great influence upon feminine opinion of a man's worth, so ... brothers and sisters'; the once poor Lucetta Templeman has just been elevated, as the attractive consort of Donald Farfrae, to the position of first lady of Casterbridge; Grace Melbur y has just returned from finishing school where she has been transformed from wood merchant's daughter to a 'finished lady'. Clearly every female character is different and each performs a different role in the novel in which she appears and in ...
- 3274: The Color Purple: Nettie
- ... If he accuses one of his wives of witchcraft or infidelity, she can be killed." (172) Additionally, a woman's life is centered on her husband -- responding to his every whim and desire. However, the school attendance dilemma was a direct example of male dominance. Initially, Olivia was the only girl in the school and when the question was brought about why the Olinka girls didn't attend a mother answered, "a girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something.” (162) It was pointed ...
- 3275: Robert Frost And His Life
- ... speech. His poetry is thus both traditional and experimental, regional and universal. After his father's death in 1885, when young Frost was 11, the family left California and settled in Massachusetts. Frost attended high school in that state, entered Dartmouth College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taughtschool and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Elinor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence (Mass.) High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next ten years he wrote (but rarely published) poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire ...
- 3276: William Carlos Williams
- ... and profound use of contemporary language and environment was truly a poetic voice in contemporary America. Williams was born to a British businessman and a French-Puertorican mother in 1883. He attended the Horace Mann School in New York and later graduated from Pennsylvania University Medical School. After opening his private practice Williams began his career as both a respected Pediatrician and as a prolific writer and poet. While attending the University of Pennsylvania Williams became close friends with Ezra Pound. Though ...
- 3277: Munros Trademarks
- ... trademarks is her ambivalent presentation of characters. Choose three characters from the novel and show how they support this claim. Whenever I find myself thinking about the years I spent in junior high and high school the memory of my grade eight-math class stands out. Math was never my favorite subject; therefore, I never really enjoyed math class. I remember clearly the first day I set my foot in my ... this book with ambivalent characteristics was Naomi. Naomi was a good friend to Del and included her in activities but she was also manipulative indecisive. For instance Del really enjoyed going to library everyday after school but it was exactly opposite with Naomi; so many books weighed on her, making her feel oppressed and suspicious. So Del always said that: To keep Naomi quite, while I looked at books, I would ...
- 3278: Beer
- ... killing themselves by their own excretions. Therefore fermented drinks had a natural maximum proof. (Vallee 83) The Arab method spread to Europe, and distillation of wine to produce spirits started around AD 1100. The medical school at Salerno, Italy, was an important center for the exchange of thoughts and theories relating to chemicals and medicines. Combining traditional alcoholic drinks of beer and wine, which had low alcohol concentration and positive nutritional ... as a brewer when I going to college because the hours a very flexible. Portland brewing has many brewers that come in at different hours of the day, which would be good while going to school. Works Cited Aging of Beer. Jackson, Paul. 29 October 1999. http://Alabev.com/beeraging.html Alabev. John Fife. 20 October 1999. http://www.Alabev.com Bowman, Fredrick L. Personal Interview. 1 October 1999. Buhner, Steven ...
- 3279: Madame Bovary 2
- ... trademarks is her ambivalent presentation of characters. Choose three characters from the novel and show how they support this claim. Whenever I find myself thinking about the years I spent in junior high and high school the memory of my grade eight-math class stands out. Math was never my favorite subject; therefore, I never really enjoyed math class. I remember clearly the first day I set my foot in my ... this book with ambivalent characteristics was Naomi. Naomi was a good friend to Del and included her in activities but she was also manipulative indecisive. For instance Del really enjoyed going to library everyday after school but it was exactly opposite with Naomi; so many books weighed on her, making her feel oppressed and suspicious. So Del always said that: To keep Naomi quite, while I looked at books, I would ...
- 3280: Simpsons Vs Wells
- ... encounter with Reverend Lovejoy illustrates his despair: HOMER. It s times like this I wish I were a religious man. LOVEJOY. {running down the street} It s all over, people! We don t have a prayer . (Swartzwelder 14) Lovejoy s loss of faith serves as a reminder that weak or false faith offers little solace. His comments betray a fundamental despair, as he believes that not even prayer, and therefore, God can save the townspeople. Thus, both Wells and The Simpsons reproach an unwarranted faith in religion by showing the folly of those who should display the deepest and truest faith the clergy ...
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