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- 14801: The History of Linen Manufacturing
- The History of Linen Manufacturing The manufacture of linen was an established industry before the Union but flourished into, in Hamilton's words, "Scotland's premier industry" within the next 100 years. To say that the Union was the cause for this would be untrue. Though it did played a part in some aspects. To account for the rise of ... Treaty of Union £2000 per year was to be devoted to the coarse-woollen industry, for the next seven years. Also another £2000 was to be used for the encouragement of Scottish industry. It wasn't until 1726 that any of that money was to be seen. After petitioning the King, the Convention of Royal Burghs finally got to prepare plans for the use of the accumulated funds. Their plan ...
- 14802: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... American teller of mystery and suspense tales in the 19th century was a tormented artist. He struggled to become the accomplished author he is known as today. Poe is now acclaimed as one of America's greatest writers, but in his own unhappy lifetime, he struggled to make ends meet. When he was 17, Poe entered the University of Virginia. Allan, his step father, gave Poe only a small allowance, and ... the alcohol. Allan angrily withdrew Poe from school, and a few months later Poe left home. For the next four years Poe struggled to earn a living as a writer. He returned to Mrs. Clemm's home and submitted stories to magazines. His first success came in 1833, when he entered a short-story contest and won a prize of 50 dollars for the story "MS. Found in a Bottle." By ... was the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. He married his cousin Virginia, who was only 13, and Mrs. Clemm stayed with the couple. The Poes had no children. This success would not last. Poe's stories, poems, and criticism in the magazine, The Southern Literary Messenger soon attracted attention, and he looked for wider opportunities, not a good choice. From 1837 to 1839 he tried free-lance writing in ...
- 14803: Personal Essay: Classroom Observation
- ... the room it was empty, we had obviously beat the students back from the fire drill. This gave us time to look around. The kindergarten room was brightly decorated with lots of posters and student's art work. The kids were working on colors because there was a strip on top of the blackboard that had the colors and things we might see in that color. The student's desks were arranged in two rows, pushed together and facing each other. There were about twelve seats in each group, so there were about 24 students in the class. Apparently, the class had just been ... the school library when the fire drill went off, so when they came in they were still carrying their library books. The students were asked to take their seats and they did so quietly. Everyone's eyes were on Carrie and me. Mrs. Debolt asked us to introduce ourselves, which we did. She told the class that we were learning to be teachers and that we wanted to sit in ...
- 14804: The Fall of Macbeth
- ... play 'Macbeth’ include the forms of clothing, darkness, and blood. Each image is an important symbol in the play. Clothing, is a major and crucial part of ‘Macbeth’, Shakespeare purposely used it to reveal Macbeth’s true character. It is also used to show how Macbeth is seeking to hide his “disgraceful self” from his eyes and from others. Clothes in the play aren’t really clothes; the clothes that are being talked about are statures. Throughout the play Macbeth is represented symbolically as a person that wears robes that are not belonging to him, a person with an undeserved dignity. Macbeth is never comfortable with his clothes because of his conscious also because the clothes or stature aren’t belonging to him. In the play, Macbeth is named the Thane of Cawdor, these clothes were well and fit but because of his greed Macbeth had to look upon other peoples clothing, since in ...
- 14805: Nuclear Warfare
- ... what happened to the second generation: children born with severe informities such as sixteen fingers and three arms; children born with cancer; and children with mental and physical handicaps. The radiation of a bomb doesn’t always cause instant death, but it is a lingering experience. Japanese people, thought to be healthy, got cancer in later life, and had dis-formed children. Consequently, we must not be swayed by advocates urging ... associated with this potentially devastating power. The potential for human error causing a nuclear accident can be ascertained by considering the causes and effects of accidents that have already occurred. In 1952, at Chalk River’s Nuclear Reactor, four control pads were unintentionally removed, causing a partial meltdown of the reactor’s core. In 1957, a fire at the Windscale Pile No. 1 plant, just north of Liverpool, England, resulted in the contamination of 200 square miles of countryside when it was covered with radiation. In ...
- 14806: Following A Dream Toward Freedom
- ... extremely great. Blacks had to endure slavery and go through wars to achieve their freedoms. Woman had to live in silence while the world was run without their say. To overcome this they created woman's suffrage and woman's rights acts to finally allow them their freedoms. It is an extremely triumphant feeling to know the things they went through to give me the luxuries I have today. But what if they didn't? What if we were still having to fight wars for our freedoms? I often wonder what slavery would be like? Looking in todays society slavery is still the same nightmare it was then. People ...
- 14807: Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
- ... camps are Budy, Czechowitz, Glenwitz, Rajsko, and Furstenarube. The prisoners here were worked to the point of death. Trains transported people to the camps, and violently forced them off the train. All of the people's property was left on the train also. They prisoners were sent into two different lines, one for women and the other for men. The lines moved into the place were a procedure called Selektion took place. The ones who could work were not killed at this time, but the women, children, and others that couldn't work were gassed. The prisoners that were to work, had their clothes taken, heads shaved, got sterilized, and were given black and white striped clothes to wear. In the forced labor camps, the average lifetime was only a few months. Some of the prisoners that couldn't react or move became what was known as Muscleman. A dreaded part of camps was the Appell, or roll call. In this, prisoners were sent out into the cold night after a hard day ...
- 14808: The Development of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
- ... trust is measured by Juliets horror when it is betrayed. When Juliet is abandoned by both angry parents, and turning to the Nurse for comfort, is told to forget Romeo and marry Paris. She couldn*t believe her ears. Her bewildered "Speak*st thou from thy heart?" (III.v.134) This is answered almost casually by the Nurse "And from my soul too, or else beshrew them both". By now, Juliet ... is slowly forced into maturity by the series of disasters which have occured. She is now showing determination and courage to enable her to hide her anguish, and talk calmly with Paris at the Friar*s cell. Juliet is forced by a series of crises to grow up rapidly, and we can see her gathering strength to face each one. The pain of Romeo*s banishment is immediately succeeded by the horror of her father*s plans for another wedding. Juliets father, the Old Capulet, startled by the rebellion of Juliet who had been an obedient, beloved, and his ...
- 14809: Creative Writing: The Substitute
- Creative Writing: The Substitute "She's late." "I wonder where she is." "Don't know." "Oh wait, here comes someone." "Sorry I'm late but I had to um, do something." "Oh well lets just get inside it is cold out here." "Okay class my name is um… Miss Vanderbong." "Your teacher couldn't make it today, she… had an accident and couldn't come." She looked middle-aged with her dark black hair, bags under eyes as if she had gone without sleep for a couple days, ...
- 14810: Ernist Hemingway
- ... destruction to himself. This might accomplish nothing but the satisfaction of doing this and also has great risks. Finally he comes upon a painful experience with his hand which is in great pain and won't move. This is useful in the place where Christ loses his physical self and has less to deal with. On the third day, he recovers himself and returns to his home even though his only ... first it has a hunter vs. his prey. This hunter does respect th e prey. Throughout the book it has this series of events: encounter, battle, defeat, and respect for the prey. This is Hemmingway's `Code of Honor'. This part of the novel has to do with relationships between two characters. The first to discuss are Santiago and Manolin, Manolin being the small follower of the old man named Santiago ... rather than being lucky. The other relationship in this story has to do with Manolin and his parents. Manolin seems to be very rebellious against his parents, although he does submit to their demands. Santiago's greatest link to the village is the boy. Santiago may be poor in the story, yet is proud. This story when compared to being imaginative is good, but in real life is somewhat of ...
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