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- 14531: Alzheimer
- The Care It Takes Taking care of an elderly person can be a difficult thing to, do especially when they have a disease called Alzheimer's. According to the Encarta Encyclopedia, "Alzheimer's is a disease marked by progressive loss of mental capacity." This is the exact problem that the Grandfather, Michael McMahon, has in the story Grand Opening. It is not easy living with someone who has Alzheimer's. The novel shows many examples of how hard it is to live with someone with the disease and all of the extra care you have to put forth. A person who has Alzheimer's ...
- 14532: Two Views On The Confederate Flag’s Controversial Issue
- Two Views On The Confederate Flag’s Controversial Issue The Confederate Battle Flag has been the object of significant controversy during the past several years. Proponents of the flag argue that it has its place in history and should be held in ... due other icons of importance to our past. In April of 1861, Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard led his Army of Northern Virginia into battle at Manassas, Virginia against the forces of the U.S. Army of the Potomac. History would later note that this was the first major conflict of the American Civil War. The battle was unique in many respects. It came complete with spectators who carried picnic ... who were fighting for General Beauregard. To add to the confusion, both sides had flags that strongly resembled one another. Neither army could, at a distance, distinguish the Red, White and Blue of the Union's Stars and Stripes from the Confederacy's Stars and Bars (which had been patterned after the flag of the original thirteen American Colonies). All these similarities, and the need to establish some unique identity, ...
- 14533: The Battle of Waterloo
- ... escaped from Elba and returned to France. There, many veterans of his former campaigns flocked to his standard, and on March 20, 1815, he again ascended the throne. The Congress of Vienna, alarmed by Napoleon’s return to power, had reacted quickly to the crisis. On March 17, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia each agreed to contribute 150,000 troops to an invasion force to be assembled in Belgium neat ... July 14, 1815, Napoleon, moving with the utmost speed and secrecy, reached the Franco-Belgian border with 124,000 of his troops. Another 56,000 men were left behind in secondary or supporting positions. Napoleon’s grand strategy for the coming campaign was typically audacious. Facing him beyond the Belgian border were two separate allied armies. The larger army, a force of 116,000 Prussians and Saxons, led by the Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blòcher, was based at Namur. Advance elements of Blòcher’s army were stationed as far west as the towns of Gilly and Charleroi. A force of 93,000 British, Dutch, and German troops was based at Brussels, with an outpost in the village of ...
- 14534: The Tempest - Barbarism Versus
- In Shakespeare’s play, "The Tempest," an underlying theme of barbarism versus civilization appears. Shakespeare creates characters that exemplify symbols of nature or nurture. The symbolism of the characters is derived from their actions. These actions show Shakespeare’s view of the uncivilized and the civilized, as well as help the reader develop his own opinion of each side. In this whimsical play, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, after being supplanted of his ... the representation of the wild; the side that is usually looked down upon. Although from his repulsive behavior, Caliban can be viewed as a detestable beast of nature, it can be reasonably inferred that Shakespeare’s intent was to make Caliban a sympathetic character. During the first encounter, Caliban comes across very bestial and immoral. While approaching Caliban’s cave, Prospero derogatorily says, "…[he] never/Yields us kind answer," meaning ...
- 14535: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
- Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird There is no doubt that Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a moving story of racial injustice in the South as well as a touching coming-of-age story. The courtroom scene demonstrates the depth of the bigotry in the area ... vents around her with far too much objectivity. As she analyzes the situations affecting her and her family, she seems too wise in the ways of the world, much like an adult in a child’s mind rather than an adult reminiscing about childhood. For example, Scout’s revelation at the end of the novel. while she was standing on the Radley porch, was clearly beyond a child’s capability. ...
- 14536: Hrothgar the Old and Powerful King: A Closer Look at his Character
- Hrothgar the Old and Powerful King: A Closer Look at his Character Beowulf takes an especially interesting look at old age and its ramifications for kingship and heroism. The poem's two main characters, Beowulf and Hrothgar, have long been a study of contrast for scholars of the work, and of course it is Beowulf who emerges favorably from the comparison. Especially interesting is the comparison ... Hrothgar seems much like the grandfather in TV movies, who guards the women and children while the younger men go out to fight tornadoes, enemy soldiers, UFOs, or the popular pestilence of the day. Hrothgar's association is clearly not favorable to him, but how are we to interpret it? Is the poet deliberately undercutting Hrothgar's character? I would like to explore the poem's treatment of Hrothgar's old age, suggesting a possible interpretation of his character and touching on its significance to the values of the poem. I ...
- 14537: Pride And Prejudice Point Of V
- ... by Jane Austen, Elizabeth Bennett is the focal character, which causes the reader to feel closest to her. The reader can relate more easily to her feelings and actions, and given that all of Elizabeth’s opinions on large issues are known and understood, the reader tends to side with her. By making the story from the point of view of Elizabeth, Austen is able to take advantage of the closeness ... institution of marriage, and thus shows her own feeling that it is a mistake to marry for any other reason besides love. One way that she shows her feelings on matrimony is by using Elizabeth’s voice as her own to approve of some characters decisions about marriage. Elizabeth’s approval of certain characters shows Austen’s approval, and in this case, Elizabeth approves of the marriage between Jane and Bingley. Jane and Bingley show throughout the novel their genuine affection for one another, ...
- 14538: Women As Leaders
- ... Face A number of events have occurred over the last twenty-five years or so that have resulted in the rise of the female in the work-for-pay world. Beginning in the mid-1970's, women began going to business school and earning their Master's of Business Administration and, as a result, building on that education and gaining work experience (Nelton, 1999). The days of the one income family are over. Females need to be armed with a university or college degree to be a contributor to this century's model of the family unit and in this time of "education inflation", the demand for higher education is growing at a staggering rate. In the corporate sector, the generation of women who entered the ...
- 14539: Mark Antony
- ... by a group of Roman aristocrats led by Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Antony succeeded Caesar as ruler of Rome. But in 43 BC. Octavian, the grandnephew and adopted son of Caesar, Challenged Antony’s rule. In 42 BC. An army led by Antony and Octavian defeated the army of Brutus and Cassius Longinus in two battles at Philippi in Macedonia. Antony left Octavian in 37 B.C. , and soon ... C. to 50 B.C. He fought in Gaul serving under Julius Caesar. During the War between Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar in 48 B.C., Mark Antony lead the left wing of Caesar’s army at the Battle of Pharsalus. In 47 B.C. when Caesar was visiting Africa, Antony was left to govern Italy. Then in 44 B.C. the consulship was shared between Antony and Caesar. In ... senators that are said to have been killed during this time period. Then in 42 B.C., the senate passed a law that declared Julius Caesar a god. This helped Octavian because he used Caesar’s name. He could then call himself “divi filius”. Their first order of business was to kill Julius Caesar’s assassins. In 42 B.C. Antony and Octavian met Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius ...
- 14540: Analysis of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
- ... the speaker a ride to eternity. Throughout the poem, Dickinson develops her unusual interpretation of death and, by doing so, composes a poem full of imagery that is both unique and thought provoking. Through Dickinson's precise style of writing, effective use of literary elements, and vivid imagery, she creates a poem that can be interpreted in many different ways. The precise form that Dickinson uses throughout "Because" helps convey her ... unity and makes it easy to read. "I Could Not Stop for Death" gives the reader a feeling of forward movement through the second and third quatrain. For example, in line 5, Dickinson begins death's journey with a slow, forward movement, which can be seen as she writes, "We slowly drove-He knew no haste." The third quatrain seems to speed up as the trinity of death, immortality, and the ... form is when she ends the poem with a dash. Judith Farr believes that the dash seems to indicate that the poem is never ending, just as eternity is never ending (331). In conclusion, Dickinson's form helps the reader begin to comprehend the poem. Figurative language is one of the literary elements that Dickinson uses to help convey hidden messages to the reader. Alliteration is used several times throughout ...
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