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- 9911: The Awakening 4
- ... The Awakening, uses the plot, characters, setting, and the themes in order to get your point of view across to the reader. Each one of these elements makes the story easier to understand through Chopin s use of them. The plot is needed in order for it just to make sense. The characters give the story a personal feeling, the setting lets you imagine the events happening in your head as ... him that she has never felt before in her entire life, not even for her husband that she thought she loved. When Robert goes away, she misses him dearly and begins to change her life s priorities, such as not staying home on Tuesdays as most women did and were expected to do so. She also changes her mindset away from trying to get the world s approval and just does what makes her happy at that time. She does things such as moving into a smaller house while her husband is away to show this. She even states in the ...
- 9912: Analysis of Masaccio's "The Holy Trinity" and "Grunewald's "The Isenheim Altarpiece"
- Analysis of Masaccio's "The Holy Trinity" and "Grunewald's "The Isenheim Altarpiece" The Holy Trinity by Masaccio was done in approximately 1428. It is a superb example of Masaccio's use of space and perspective. It consists of two levels of unequal height. Christ is represented on the top half, in a covered, barrel-vaulted chapel. On one side of him is the Virgin ...
- 9913: Ernest Hemingway
- ... him because of their shared interest in hunting and fishing. These activities would later come up in his books. He was educated at Oak Park High School, where his first writings where in the school's magazine. His mom liked to spend money and spent too much, creating problems between her and her husband. Then, the Great Depression worsened their financial problems. By 1928 Dr. Hemingway was in a terrible financial state, and killed himself. The act of suicide was repeated by two of Ernest's siblings, and later himself. When he was 18 he was put on a mentorship with the Kansas City Star. It is said that much of his writing style was learned there. Later in his life ... married her on September 3, 1921. Later that year he went to France as a correspondent for the Toronto Star. InFrance he made friend with several expatriates, such as Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. Hemingway's first wife, Elizabeth left him because of his interest in other women. She took their son with her. On January 27, 1927 he married Pauline Pfeiffer. At this point in his life he spent ...
- 9914: Galileo Galilei
- ... fall more quickly than lighter ones.” (4:2) In order to prove Aristotle wrong, Galileo would perform an experiment. “It was at Pisa, of course, that the famous leaning tower might well have suggested Galileo's most famous experiment.” (4:1) “What the leaning tower of Pisa type of experiment demonstrates, when actually performed, is that Aristotle was wrong, and that no matter what the difference in weight, two heavy objects ... they fall, especially when time elapsed would only have been a matter of seconds-and nothing like the stop watch or any other convenient device-had been invented yet? (4:3) Another one of Galileo's famous experiments were his experiments with the inclined plane. His observations were performed on balls moving along an angled, grooved board or “inclined plane”.He observed that as the tilt decreased and/or the length ... to measure the amount of time elapsed. “One method he used was to measure the amount of water that would pour through a spout during the period of measurement.” (1:2) Later on in Galileo's life he would invent an “astronomical clock” from information gathered from his pendulum experiment, where “observations of the oscillations of a swinging lamp in the cathedral of Pisa led him to the discovery of ...
- 9915: Roland
- ... of the main characters, as well as the names and details given about their war-horses and weapons, were important to a society that was constantly in a state-of-battle readiness, such as Roland's was. Beyond the battle scenes, Roland is true to the era in its portrayal of vassalage between a lord and his liegeman. In her introduction, Dorothy L. Sayers defines vassalage as "a personal bond of ... the army, Roland refuses because it is more appropriate, for the greater good of the community, that the army guards the emperor. Likewise, at the death of his nephew, Charlemagne is bound to avenge Roland's death. It is the responsibility of both the vassal and the lord to provide, among other things, this defense and revenge for one another. Loyalty and love play a definitive role in this early medieval period. It is important to give these to one's friends, lord, and community. However, the love of a woman is not significant here. The romantic love between man and woman is not a trait of the early medieval society; that is to come ...
- 9916: Cuban Revolution
- ... It was the leaders of the nation who reaped profit from this dependance, and it was the leaders of the nation who insisted on keeping the nation the way it was. By the mid 1950's, however, the middle class had expanded to 33% of the population. Democracy, as we know it, broke down: the large middle class did not assert democratic leadership, there was no social militancy in the working ... Batista could no longer legitimize his regime . Failure in the elections of 1954 showed the discontent of the people, and failure in communications with the United States illustrated its discontent. Finally, opposing forces confronted Batista's power: there were street protests, confrontations with the police, assault, sabotage, and urban violence. This began the revolution in Cuba. America, with its stubborn ideas and misjudgements of character, forced Castro to turn to the ... and not overly concerned with abstract of philosophical matters" (p. 55). Why, then, did the United States impress nit-picky ideals like "there should not be communists in the Army or in labor", or "Cuba's approach to the Batista trials is totally unacceptable, too casual, too nonchalant" on this "forming" leader? Castro was like an inexperienced murderer with a gun in his hand: any rustle in the background could ...
- 9917: King Lear: Main Issues
- ... to shake all care and business of our age." The division of the kingdom marks his first misduty of kingship - perseverance. This failure to be consistent as a king later leads his own downfall. Lear's rashness and stubbornness are also portrayed in the opening scene. As Kent tries to advise Lear of his initial mistake, Lear denies the fault and tells Kent "out of my sight", which itself is a contradiction, as Lear does not have any 'sight' to see Kent's view and to understand the true extent of his decision to divide the kingdom. In the same scene, Lear also show the audience his failure to be a father, by using irrelevant judgements to divide ... I love you according to my bond." To hear this, Lear praises Gonerill and Regan by reward of land, but punishes Cordelia by "disclaim my paternal care, property and propinquity of blood." This demonstrates Lear's lack of understanding as a father, his inability to see his daughters' inner thoughts and intentions. However, through the mental suffering of Lear later in the play, Acts III and IV, he comes to ...
- 9918: Bacon’s Rebellion
- Bacon’s Rebellion Governor Berkeley, the man in charge of running Virginia in the representation of the interests of the Virginia Company had total control of this colony since he was there and the Virginia company was in England. Due to Having this power for more than thirty years was able to dominate all of the colony’s politics. Due to having this power he was able to dominate the fur trade with the Native Americans through the security of a monopoly, the power of giving the most prestigious land to his personal ... Virginia in hope of owning land. This hope could not have been fulfilled without violent clashes amongst themselves or with the Indians Berkley, tired of holding office and fed up[ with the problems of Virginia’s politics states How miserable that Man is that Governs a people where six parts of seaven at least are poore Endebted Discontented and Armed”. He states that of all the people in Virginia the ...
- 9919: Touch Wood: Rene
- Touch Wood: Rene "Touch Wood" is based on the author's own life when she was growing as a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Renée and her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed. No one expected anything ... war with Germany is announced on the radio. The Germans wanted to annex Alsace and forced the Jews to leave. France was split into two zones- the Free Zone and the German occupied zone. Renée's father chose for them to move to Paris, because it is a big city where he can find work, and also because Renée¹s mother has childhood friends there. So, Renée, her parents, her two younger sisters, and their blind grandmother move into a crowded apartment in the German-occupied zone. Renée was disappointed in Paris when she ...
- 9920: Hurston's "Sweat": Women Overcoming Domestic Violence
- Hurston's "Sweat": Women Overcoming Domestic Violence Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” is a short story about the struggles and hardships in the life of an African American woman living in the south. The short story talked about the treatment of women in these times. Many ... of today need that same encouragement to stand up from themselves and put an end to the physical and mental abuse. Another issue in the short story deals with adultery. Sykes is sleeping behind Delia’s back with a lady named Bertha. He parades her around town and rubs it in Delia face that he has another woman. This treatment of women happens a lot today. A lot women stay ...
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