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- 13571: Korea 2
- ... what are the evolving challenges it has had to face? What are its prospects of continued economic success in the increasingly globalised world economy? The rapid growth and development in the newly industrialising economies (NIE’s) in recent decades has been nothing short of spectacular. Now among the world’s most dynamic industrialised economies, the NIE’s of Singapore, Taiwan Hong Kong, and South Korea which will be the focus, stand as perhaps the best examples of successful economic development. The economic development of South Korea, which has been among the ...
- 13572: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln An Annotated Bibliography of Presidential Assassinations 1. Lorant, Stefan, Abraham Lincoln. New York, Harper And Brothers., 1957. pp. 240-273. This section of the book talks about President Lincoln's Assassination. President Lincoln did not feel that anyone would ever want to kill him. Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. He was going to see a play at Ford's Theatre. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth had been planning this conspiracy for a long time. This assassination was one of many attempted ones by Booth and his fellow conspirators. Booth had carved a hole in Lincoln's box so that he could observe him during the play. Booth jumped into the box and shot Lincoln in the head with a derringer. Lincoln was carried over to The Peterson House across the ...
- 13573: Karl Marx 2
- ... May 5th, 1818 in Trier. Although he had three other siblings, all sisters, he was the favorite child to his father, Heinrich. His mother, a Dutch Jewess named Henrietta Pressburg, had no interest in Karl's intellectual side during his life. His father was a Jewish lawyer, and before his death in 1838, converted his family to Christianity to preserve his job with the Prussian State. When Heinrich's mother died, he no longer felt he had an obligation to his religion, thus helping him in the decision in turning to Christianity. Karl's childhood was a happy and carefree one. His parents had a good relationship and it helps set Karl in the right direction. "His splendid natural gifts' awakened in his father the hope that they ...
- 13574: Arlo Guthrie
- ... He attended a private high school in Stockbridge, Mass. and dropped out of a college in Montana. In 1967, at twenty years old, he appeared at the Newport Folk Festival. He performed the song "Alice's Restaurant", the song propelled him to instant fame. That song became the anthem of a generation (Official Oughtabiography). "Alice's Restaurant" protested the draft and the Vietnam War. The lyrics of this song probably make no sense whatsoever, but there is a very long story behind it. The original version of the song is over eighteen minutes long, when done with the original story. This is a shorter version. You can get anything you want... at Alice's Restaurant, exceptin' Alice You can get anything you want... at Alice's Restaurant Walk right in it's around the back Just a half-a-mile from the railroad track Oh... You can get ...
- 13575: Antigone Greek Ideals
- Antigone - Analysis of Greek Ideals In Ancient Greece, new ideals surfaced as answers to life's complicated questions. These new beliefs were centered around the expanding field of science. Man was focused on more than the Gods or heavenly concerns. A government that was ruled by the people was suggested as ... They both based their actions on their beliefs of what is right and wrong. The conflict arose when the ideals that backed up their actions clashed with each other, making it contradiction between morals. Antigone's side of the conflict held a much more heavenly approach, as opposed to the mundane road that Creon chose to follow. Antigone feels that Creon is disregarding the laws of heaven through his edict. After she is captured and brought to Creon, she tells him "I do not think your edicts strong enough to overrule the unwritten unalterable laws of God and heaven, you being only a man." Antigone's staunch opinion is one that supports the Gods and the laws of heaven. Her reasoning is set by her belief that if someone is not given a proper burial, that person would not be ...
- 13576: You Should Really Read This Poem
- ... period was a time when things were very different from today. This period produced some unique literature. Beowulf is an epic poem written during this time. An anonymous author wrote Beowulf during the mid-700's. It is a good reflection of the literature of this period. As your best friend, I know that you enjoy reading literature from different eras, so I highly recommend that you read Beowulf. One reason ... There are things in the story that you would never expect to happen in our world such as a pool with "‘A flame in the water'" (l. 877). This is how Hrothgar describes the ketta's pool as having fiery things in it. These components of are some of the things that will help you to want to keep reading Beowulf. Another element of the story is the characters, who are ... to you, the reader, that she is evil. And as everyone knows, we love to read about bad things; they are exciting. An additional role that keeps us entertained is Grendel. He is the ketta's son. He is also a zombie that lives in dark, wet places and he is evil. Grendel being evil makes him that much more enthralling to read about. He is jealous of the human' ...
- 13577: The Monkey's Paw
- The Monkey's Paw The mystery of the Monkey's Paw is a cleverly thought out short story. This story had three main parts. These parts were the first wish, the second wish, and the third wish. The first wish was the only tragic wish ... seat nearest the fire, and after several glasses of whiskey he began to talk. He talked about some of his war experiences, and then of India. His last story was about a magical mummified monkey's paw. The sergeant-major tells the family that the old dried out monkey's paw has a spell put on it by an old fakir. The story continues and then Mr.White and the ...
- 13578: Analysis Of King Lear With MLA
- ... play, Shakespeare clearly asserts that human nature is either entirely good, or entirely evil. Some characters experience a transformative phase, where by some trial or ordeal their nature is profoundly changed. We shall examine Shakespeare’s stand on human nature in King Lear by looking at specific characters in the play: Cordelia who is wholly good, Edmund who is wholly evil, and Lear whose nature is transformed by the realization of ... proclaim their love for him in the grandest possible fashion. Cordelia finds that she is unable to show her love with mere words: Cordelia (aside) What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent (23). Cordelia’s nature is such that she is unable to engage in even so forgivable a deception as to satisfy an old king’s vanity and pride. Cordelia (aside) Then poor Cordelia! And yet not so, since I am sure my love’s More ponderous than my tongue (23). Cordelia clearly loves her father, and yet realizes that ...
- 13579: Poe's Poetic Imagery in "The Raven"
- Poe's Poetic Imagery in "The Raven" Edgar Alan Poe's "The Raven" (1845) tells the tale of a man lamenting his deceased mistress, Lenore. Through symbolism, and poetic language, Poe creates imagery, which takes us on a haunting journey. As narration begins, it is a ... the first verse, and "December" in the second verse. Both midnight and December symbolize an end of something, and the anticipation of a transition to occur. The midnight in December could possibly be New Year's eve, a date with which most connect transition. With Poe's extensive vocabulary, he is qualified to bestow an ancient and poetic language in "The Raven" which eloquently depicts a surreal yet romantic picture ...
- 13580: Simone Martini
- ... the 14th centuries and is thought of to be a pupil of Duccio. It is known he died August 4, 1344 in Avignon. “If we are to believe Vasari, who tells us that on Simone's tomb there was an epitaph stating that he had died at the age of sixty, then the artist must have been born around 1284” (Kren). He lived most of his life in Sienna (where he was born) and Tuscany, later he spent time in Avignon, where he perished. Simone Martini is remembered for the continuance of the techniques and “the sophisticated colour harmonies implicit in Duccio‘s” work yet assembled an individual style of his own to be recognized and remembered(Kren). “He developed the use of outline for the sake of linear rhythm” and later incorporated a gothic spirituality in his work (Kren). The Maesta, one of Simone’s first commissioned works for the Palazzo Pubblico’s Council Chamber in Siena, successfully solved the techniques for indicating three-dimensional space. “ Simone unites the composition through the subtle relation of interweaving diagonals, and diagonally ...
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