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- 16241: How Athens Took Over The Leade
- ... significance to the year 479 BC to be marked as the beginning of the Classical Greek period. At the other side, the year 479 BC does not represent a vital turning-point in politics. Sparta’s control over her allies was still unbroken. After the Greeks’ triumph on Plataea, when the fear of the Persian invasion decreased, the idea of the united Greeks started diminishing. Phthonos (envy) was what characterised the ... be dangerous in case of a new invasion. The possible invaders could use fortified cities as their military bases, as the Persians did during just finished war (I, 90-92). Thucydides was suspicious to Sparta’s reasons for disagreement about fortification of Athens. Themistocoles, Athenian general, went to Sparta to silence their doubts. His plan was to hide the truth about the walls as long as Athenians finished them (I, 90). He even gave orders to the Athenians not to allow Sparta’s delegates to come back until the work of rebuilding the walls was done. When the walls were finally built he step out and confessed what Athenians have done, informing Spartans that Athens was now ...
- 16242: B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology
- ... such as eating when we are hungry and sleeping when we are tired. Early Life Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1904 to William Arthur and Grace Madge Skinner. Skinner’s home was a warm and stable place. He lived in the house he was born in until he went off to college. Skinner also had a younger brother named Edmond James Skinner, born November 6 ... never really fit into the campus life and he was not much of a sportsman. He said “my shins were cracked in ice hockey and better players bounced basketballs off my cranium” (Boring, 1967). Skinner’s freshman year did not turn out to be what he expected. He felt that the college was pushing him around with unnecessary requirements, such as daily chapel and physical education. Skinner’s college life became better as the years went on. He was very comfortable with college life by his senior year. Skinner turned out to be quite the joker in college. He and a friend ...
- 16243: New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America
- ... and rye crop. A large portion of the Indian population was depleted when the Europeans brought with them diseases such as smallpox, measles, cholera, typhus, and yellow-fever. The Indians had disease, only they weren’t of this magnitude and did not have such a devastating effect of the Indian population. The Indians were familiar with medical problems such as malnutrition, anemia, intestinal infections, dental problems, respiratory infections, tuberculosis and syphilis ... sickness there was a plant that could cure it, thus Indian doctors applied their vast knowledge of the healing properties of the plants to cure these illness. The Indians and Europeans having encountered each other’s diseases had no alternative but to share information on cures, however some Europeans mainly the British were quite hesitant to use the remedies of the Indians because according to their ministers the Indians’ healing methods was the work of the Devil. Though both groups of people encountered diseases the Indians by far suffered the greatest loses. When the Indians got hit by the diseases they didn’t just lose a few of their members more often than not they lost more than half of their tribe, and as one epidemic left another one shortly followed, never allowing the population to fully ...
- 16244: Love In Much Ado About Nothing
- ... about it from his or her own point of view. There are two love relationships developing throughout the plot. The reader witnesses "love from the first sight" between Claudio and Hero, and laughs at Beatrice's scorns and attitude towards Benedick. However, as the plot develops, these relationships develop too. Although they change, there is one thing that remains constant - the contrast between these relationships. "Love may grow soft or even rotten (Claudio's "rotten orange" at the altar is more nearly a description of himself at the moment than it is of Hero), or, at the other extreme, it may harden into a shell of pride," writes Harold ... and Hero seem to be love and to be perfectly created for each other. Nice and sweet Hero conqueres the romantic heart of young Claudio. Everybody thinks they made the cutest couple together, and Hero's father, Leonato, happily blesses his daughter. The other couple, Beatrice and Benedick, seem to be the enemies for life. They are the center of fights and jokes. They argue and scorn each other all ...
- 16245: Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- ... Canadian and a Roman Catholic, he was chosen leader of the Liberal party in 1887. Nine years later he became prime minister. He was knighted in 1897. "Build up Canada" were the watchwords of Laurier's government. Laurier was loyal to Great Britain, sent Canadian volunteers to help in the Boer War, established a tariff favorable to British goods, and worked to strengthen the ties between the two countries. But he saw the British Empire as a worldwide alliance of free and equal nations, and he opposed every attempt to limit Canada's freedom. Laurier's liberal immigration policy brought hundreds of thousands of settlers to the western provinces. He reduced postal rates, promoted the building of railroads needed for national expansion, and appointed a commission to regulate railroad rates. ...
- 16246: All Quiet On The Western Front
- Erich Remarque s All Quiet on the Western Front is not about men, but of German soldiers and their hardships during World War I and how their attitudes changed throughout the war. We believe in such things no ... however, the soldiers discover the trauma of war. They discover that it is a waste of time and their hopes and dreams of their life fly further and further away. The remains of Paul Baumer's company had moved behind the German front lines for a short rest at the beginning of the novel. After Behm became Paul's first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the military. While they taught that duty to one s country is the ...
- 16247: A Horseman In The Sky
- ... I could picture the scene very accurately. He explained that the sun was shining, and that it was autumn. Because it was autumn it was not too hot or too cold. He also described Carter’s location very well. From what I read Carter was on a cliff like thing, and was asleep in brush. He was well hidden. The author also describes the time period (war time) very well. He ... armies tried to sneak up on each other, and also described how loyal the men were to the army they were in. He showed this when Carter saw the man on the horse. Carter didn’t shoot the man (probably because it was his father) but he did shoot the horse (which ended up killing the man on the horse). If Carter would have put his emotions before his duty, he would have gotten hundreds, maybe even thousands of Union soldiers killed, do he did the only thing he could. He shot the horse. I didn’t learn too much from this story, because I already had known things about the Civil War. I did learn a few things though. I learned that a man from the south could join the ...
- 16248: Casablanca
- ... main difference is that the anti-hero is driven by passion and the hero is driven by reason. This prominent difference is evident in their political beliefs, their relationships with Ilsa, and in the director's portrayal of their inner feelings. Rick Blane and Victor Lazlo are individuals with very strong political beliefs. Even though both characters demonstrate that they have an interest in politics, they have different driving forces within them that bring forth their interests. In Rick's case, he exhibits an interest in politics that is centered around his feelings for the woman he loves. For example, when Rick was together with Ilsa in Paris he was very ambitious with his political ... in politics to please others. Another aspect of Rick and Victor that displays their anti-hero and hero characteristics is their relationship with Ilsa. Each has a different kind of love for Ilsa. In Rick's case, he loves Ilsa passionately and treats her like an equal. They once were very close and cared greatly for each other. Their love is very evident in all the scenes that were focusing ...
- 16249: Black And Yellow Perils In Col
- ... the realisation that early colonial beliefs that tropical climates could render women infertile were wrong, and partially due to logistical necessity, but was justified with reference to the 'yellow peril'; "The panic in the 1920's over fertility levels, depopulation and labour requirements was articulated around issues of morality". As Imperial power approached its zenith, and the disparity between the levels of male and female colonial population began to diminish, the concern of white men's susceptibility to seduction by black women took on some significance. This was for a variety of reasons, notably the increased importance of the stable white Imperial family, and the recognition of the fact that with ... sexuality animalised them, and thus served to confirm the theories of racial science which legitimised the presence of their European conquerors, who saw themselves as civilising the 'dark continent' . This coincides with theories that women's sexuality was evolutionary inferior to men's, and the concept of colonial women's vulnerability to sexual assault from black men re-confirms male superiority. Thus European men were able to use the 'black ...
- 16250: Manatees
- ... large diet can also be a disadvantage. With the amount of vegetation in manatee habitats decreasing tremendously, the manatees are in danger of starving to extinction. The underwater plants do not survive because of man's harmful deeds such as pollution, erosion caused by deforestation, and draining wetlands for the building of coastal homes. Since the 1970's, in Tampa Bay alone, eighty percent of sea-grass beds have vanished due to these causes (O'Shea 68). Manatees can also be silly and clumsy at times, they have very bad eyesight and do ... believed that an ancient god was deceived and trapped by a tapir, a horse-like animal. The tapir then subjected the god to attack by piranhas. In revenge, the god turned one of the tapir's daughters to live forever in the water as a manatee (O'Shea 68). The manatees' heritage can also be traced by its name. For instance, their mammalian order, Sirenia, is given that name because ...
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