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- 2771: Ernest Hemingway
- ... the importance of appearances, especially in public. Dr. Hemingway invented surgical forceps for which he would not accept money. He believed that one should not profit from something important for the good of mankind. Ernest's father, a man of high ideals, was very strict and censored the books he allowed his children to read. He forbad Ernest's sister from studying ballet for it was coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed her perception of the world as beautiful. She hated dirty diapers, upset stomachs, and cleaning house; they ...
- 2772: Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909
- ... interest in natural history and military affairs. On October 27, 1880 he married Alice Hathaway Lee. His happy marriage ended when Alice died on February 14, 1884 following the birth of their daughter, Alice. Roosevelt's mother died on the same day. When his wife Alice died, he was already serving his third term in the New York State Assembly. First elected at the age of 23, he rose rapidly in influence as the leader of a minority of reform-minded Republicans. After Alice's death, Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he slowly got over the loss of his wife as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game, and even capturing an outlaw. He returned east in the fall of 1886 to run for mayor of New York against Congressman Abram S. Hewitt and the economist Henry George. Hewitt, a Democrat, won easily with Roosevelt finishing a poor third. Roosevelt then married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow, in London. Edith was an intelligent and cultivated, ...
- 2773: Cleopatra
- ... seventeen at the time and her brother Ptolemy Xlll, which was twelve, were married because of the terms of her fathers will. They then ruled Egypt together. In the third year of their reign Ptolemy’s advisers told him that he should rule Egypt by himself. So, because of this he drove Cleopatra into exile. Cleopatra then escaped to Syria. She then returned with an army. Ptolemy sent an army to ... meet with her. At this point, Julius Caesar of Rome arrived in pursuit of an enemy, who was seeking help from Ptolemy. Cleopatra had to roll herself up in a rug so that she wouldn’t get killed while entering Egypt. If she hadn’t hidden herself she would have been killed. When she unrolled herself in front of Caesar he fell in love with her right away.Caesar had to choose which of the Egyptian rulers to help ...
- 2774: Rocking The Boat
- ... to the best interests of others. While these choices may seem irrational, selfish, and poorly contemplated from the outside, on the inside there are simply no other options. Paradoxically, the protagonists in both Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain sacrifice what is precious to them to preserve their emotional and spiritual survival. Chopin’s Edna Pontillier forfeits a comfortable role and style of life in order to maintain her emotional integrity and independence. Set in the late Victorian Era, characterized by a rigid repression of women’s independence, ...
- 2775: Jane Eyre - Nature
- ... Jane Eyre," and comments on both the human relationship with the outdoors and human nature. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines "nature" as "1. the phenomena of the physical world as a whole . . . 2. a thing's essential qualities; a person's or animal's innate character . . . 4. vital force, functions, or needs." We will see how "Jane Eyre" comments on all of these. Several natural themes run through the novel, one of which is the image of a ...
- 2776: A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel
- A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel The lees in wine are the dregs and sediment at the bottom, the part that nobody drinks. In Laurence's The Stone Angel, Murray F. Lees is an insurance salesman, who admits that those in his profession are considered the dregs of society. Despite being the kind of person Hagar Shipley would normally have dismissed as boring and annoying, he is actually a representation of atonement. Hagar's atonement starts with developing an understanding of religion and blame, and becomes obvious with purgation. When Hagar is finished with her conversation with Mr. Lees she has atoned for the miseries that have plagued ...
- 2777: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- ... the importance of appearances, especially in public. Dr. Hemingway invented surgical forceps for which he would not accept money. He believed that one should not profit from something important for the good of mankind. Ernest's father, a man of high ideals, was very strict and censored the books he allowed his children to read. He forbad Ernest's sister from studying ballet for it was coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed her perception of the world as beautiful. She hated dirty diapers, upset stomachs, and cleaning house; they ...
- 2778: A Doll's House: Theme of Emancipation of A Woman
- A Doll's House: Theme of Emancipation of A Woman In reading Ibsen's A Doll's House today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one hundred years ago. Its theme, the emancipation of a woman, makes it seem almost ...
- 2779: Pragmatism Vs. Idealism (a Man
- ... He gave it to Rich, for he knew the type of person Rich was, and gave the woman an impeccably correct judgment. Not surprisingly, the goblet was later used against him but due to More’s actions, it held little substance. More’s trust in the law was his trust in society; his desperate sheltering beneath the forms of the law was his determination to remain in the shelter of society. To him the law was a forest ... arrives, More warns him of the rising in Yorkshire, thus proving his loyalty to the King and protecting himself. On Chapuys’ second arrival, he offers More a letter from the King of Spain, he doesn’t lay a finger on it, for then he will be allying with the enemy. He further goes on to show it to Alice and everyone else that the seal has not been broken, thus ...
- 2780: The Tragedy Of Hamlet
- ... on his sword, and like them Hamlet dies by getting cut with a poison tipped sword. But that is not all that is needed to consider a play a tragedy, and sometimes a hero doesn't even need to die. Not every play in which a Hero dies is considered a tragedy. There are more elements needed to label a play one. Probably the most important element is an amount of free will. In every tragedy, the characters must displays some. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny, then the hero's death can't be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that it could. Hamlet's death could have been avoided many times. Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did ...
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