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- 24741: Pericles
- Pericles was born into the best families of Athens, both on his father's and mother's side. He received a good education from his teachers, including the philosopher Zeno. So adept was Zeno at sophistry that it was said Zeno could prove any proposition to be false. Pericles learned most from ... his day, both for style and content. The old men noted a striking resemblance to Pisistratus in the way Pericles looked and talked. Thucydides [not the historian], a noble and distinguished citizen, later took Cimon's place as Pericles' principal political opponent in Athens. When the king of Sparta asked Thucydides whether he or Pericles was the better wrestler, Thucydides said: "When I throw him and get the fall, he ...
- 24742: The Call Of The Wild
- The Call of the Wild Affection- The Call of the Wild is a book that gets you emotionally involved by getting you attached to Jon’s dog and their connection. From the beginning you can tell that Buck (Jon’s dog) takes a liking to Jon. He started out as a mean spirited dog but softens when he gets to know Jon. If you like touching stories, this book is just that. Bandwagon- If “everyone” does something, then most people want to join in. That’s exactly what Jon did in this book. He heard about all of the people traveling north to the Klondike for gold and he wanted to do the same. Many people follow the “pack” and ...
- 24743: The Minor Characters In Romeo And Juliet Have A Great Deal Of Influence Of The Destinies Of The Major Characters
- ... Another minor character thought to have shaped the destinies of Romeo and Juliet is Paris. In Act 3, Scene 5, Lady Capulet announces that Juliet is to marry Paris. "The County Paris, at Saint Peter's church, Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride." Juliet obviously refuses and goes to Friar Laurence for help. Friar Laurence devises a plan, which will prevent the marriage and reunite Romeo with Juliet. However ... deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Paris had not wished to be with Juliet, none of the following would have occurred. Friar Laurence gives a letter to Friar John to send to Romeo about Juliet's plans. But Friar John was unable to find Romeo. "Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection". This is another example of a minor character playing an important role. Balthasar brings Romeo the news of Juliet's `death'. Romeo then goes to Juliet's tomb and lays with her that night. He looks for an apothecary to sell him some poison, and succeeds. Had the apothecary refused to sell him the ...
- 24744: Tom Sawyer
- ... Injun Joe guilty. This is the climax of the story. After the trial ends, the man hunt for Injun Joe begins. Tom is treated like a hero, but feels bad knowing that he broke Huck's oath. Becky and Tom soon become friends again after Tom takes Becky's punishment at school for being careless with the teachers things. Becky finds Tom to be very noble. Summer is coming near. Injun Joe is still at large and Tom and Huck are searching for treasure ... an old ghost house one night the two boys over hear Injun Joe talking about some loot that he hid. The boys are determined to find it . As an end of the year celebration, Tom's whole class goes on a picnic and on a cave exploration near the wood outside of town. While in the caves Tom and Becky get lost. The whole town searches for them but they ...
- 24745: Captain Kidd
- ... Captain Kidd have made him the most famous of pirates. Acts of piracy were never definitely linked to him and some authorities now doubt that he was ever a pirate at all. In King William’s war between the English and the French, he became known as the bold captain of a privateer in the West Indies. Later, at the request of the governor of New York, Kidd was given two ... the captain set sail in the adventure Gallery for Madagascar, Malabar, and the Red Sea Regions. In August 1667, he made an unsuccessful attack on ships sailing with mocha coffee from Yemen, but later Kidd’s crew took several small ships. Kidd captured his most valuable prize, the Armenian ship Quedagh Merchant, in January 1698 and scuttled the unseaworthy Adventure Galley. When he reached the West Indies in April 1699, he ... was sufficient for a guilty verdict. Kidd was sentenced to be hung. After he was hung in London, some of the treasure was recovered from Gardiners Island off Long Island. This was Captain William Kidd’s farewell speech: My name was Captain Kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed, And so wickedly I did, God’s laws I did forbid, When I sailed, when I sailed I roam’d from ...
- 24746: Macbeth: Tragic Hero
- ... no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his ambition without problems. Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth, started to leave her in ignorance of his ... of nemesis is shown clearly at the end of the play when Macduff came back to murder Macbeth. Macbeth would never have guessed that Macduff would come back for revenge for the killing in Macduff's household. This nemesis shows an additional force beyond Macbeth's control. Because of Macbeth's strong beliefs in ambition and the witches, when he found out Macduff was not born of woman, and also found out the Birnam Wood had been seen moving, he ...
- 24747: Macbeth: Imagery
- ... are not his garments. Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth's new honours sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to someone else: New honours come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould, But with the aid ... darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of the night to establish the atmosphere. All of the remarkable scenes take place at night or in some dark spot; for instance, the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan, the murder of Banquo, and Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking, all occur at night. Darkness is the time when the traveller hastens to reach safety in his inn, when Banquo rides homeward to meet his assassins; furthermore, it is the time when ...
- 24748: Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- Mark Twain (1835-1910) A onetime printer and Mississippi River boat pilot, Mark Twain became one of America's greatest authors. His 'Tom Sawyer', 'Huckleberry Finn', and 'Life on the Mississippi' rank high on any list of great American books. Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on Nov. 30, 1835, in the small ... he began lecturing. He was soon on a tour of the Mediterranean and the Holy Land. From this came 'The Innocents Abroad', which made him famous. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon. She modified Twain's exaggerations, sometimes weakening his writings, sometimes actually making them more readable. Twain began turning out a new book every few years. William Dean Howells, editor of the Atlantic Monthly and a highly respected novelist, became ... his father, the loss of a daughter, and his bankruptcy. His short story, 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg', published in 1900, which showed greed at work in a small town, is an indication of Twain's dark side. The controversial 'Huckleberry Finn', which is periodically banned in schools or libraries because of alleged racial overtones, can be read by children, but it is not a child's book. It has ...
- 24749: The Symbol of Blood in Macbeth
- ... play and most times in reference to murder or treason. The first sinister reference to blood is in Act 2, Scene 1, when Macbeth sees the dagger floating in the air leading him to Duncan's room and he sees "on the blade and dudgeon gouts of blood", indicating that the knife has been visciously and violently stabbed into someone. The next reference, in Scene 2, is when Lady Macbeth smears ... This is another sinister and evil reference to blood, setting up the innocent servants of the king. Again, blood is referred to when Malcolm and Donaldbain are discussing what to do and Malcolm says : "there's daggers in men's smiles: the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe treason, murder and death. In Act 5, Scene 1 - ...
- 24750: Joan of Arc
- ... of five children to a farmer. Jacques Darc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of Domermy on the border of provinces of Champagne and Lorraine. Her childhood was spent attending her father's herds in the fields and learning religion and housekeeping skills from her mother. When Joan was about twelve years old, she began hearing "voices" of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret. Joan believed them ... her that it was her divine mission to free her country from England and help the dauphine gain the French throne ( Schlesinger 21 ). Then the voices told her to cut her hair, dress in man's clothes and to pick up the arms. By 1429, the English, with the help of their Burgundian allies, occupied Paris and all of France north of the Loire. The resistance was minimial due to the ... to a miraculous victory over the English. She continued fighting the enemy in other locations along the Loire ( Paine 211). Fear of troops under her leadership was so formidable that when she approached Lord Talbot's army at Patay, most of the English troops and Commander Sir John Fastolfe fled the battlefield ( Nolan 69). Although Lord Talbot stood his ground, he lost the battle and was captured along with a ...
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