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- 591: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... love between him and Annable Lee. It is odd that a love poem would be underlied by death, but the reasoning is unveiled with the study of Poe. Poe s history included a sadly large collection of dying women in his life. First came his mother, Elizabeth Poe, later followed by Jane Standard, Frances Allan, and Virginia Clemm. All these women ... corpse like mask from the figure, he is untentated by any tangible form. Simultaneously comes the realization that the figure has brought with it the Red Death.. Poe took the history of the black plague and personified it. The masked figure represents the plague that spares no one. Poe may have been influenced by Mary Shelley s novel The Last Man ... some praise was found, it was usually in the context of motivational words to keep him going, and not in sincere admiration for his works.22 Poe s personal family history may have had a strong influence on his melancholy being that would cause him to write as he did. By the age of six, his biological father had disappeared ...
- 592: Movie Review: Gone With The Wind and Glory
- Movie Review: Gone With The Wind and Glory The Civil War, a violent, bloody memory in the history of the United States, and in the minds of the countless number of people that it changed. Civil War, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is a time when a country ... civil un-arrest. Word’s seem so unable to describe the actual events, the actual blood and the actual tears that were spilled during this dark time period in American history. No matter how many books, novels or textbooks are read, the only way to come even remotely close to reliving this dark time in American history is through movies. Movies such as Gone with the Wind and Glory, provide a realistic and historically accurate representation of events that took place during the Civil War and ...
- 593: Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will: A Work of Art
- ... like anything labelled great must first accomplish certain goals which include excellence in and impact of content and form Although Triumph of the Will is nearly great, its content and history cripple the art, demoting it to a great technical film and as an example of flawed talent. Triumph of the Will, though eloquent and innovative, fails to attain the status ... s artistic ability. Riefenstahl’s personal film-making ambition and creativity not only lent credibility to the film but helped advance one of the most evil ideologies in earth’s history. An artist may want the audience to view the work unemotionally or without knowing the artist’s emotional state, but an emotional connection should form with either the artist or ... in the guise of pageantry. Her film-making background and talent, unfortunately, became useful tools in boosting German morale in continuing their deadly, illogical regime. Her background and Germany’s history should not be separated from her work, as other works gain from knowledge of other such relevant things. I also find it hard to believe that she was not ...
- 594: Napoleon 3
- Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte is considered to be one of the greatest conquers and captains of modern times. In history perhaps no one person has ever aroused so many intense opposite emotions. Perhaps no one had ever claimed as much of the admiration, fear, and hatred of all men as ... young child and they continued throughout his life. He had many accomplishments and many defeats that affect the world in which we live. Napoleon plays a very big part in history. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, at Ajaccio, in Corsica. His parents were Charles Marie Bonaparte and Marie-Letizia Ramolino who also lived in Corsica.. Although Corsica was ... enemy and once again preparations for war started. On June 16, Napoleon and his troops defeated Blucher. On June 18, Napoleon attacked Wellington at Waterloo. This battle is one of history s most famous. Many charges were made by thousands of men and just when it seemed like the British forces were losing, Blucher s troops came in and joined ...
- 595: Stephen Hawking
- ... somehow been missed by the Pope. In 1982, he was faced with the fees of his daughter’s schooling so he decided to write his now famous book, A Brief History in Time. While in Switzerland, after he finished a first draft of the book, he developed pneumonia and had to undergo a lifesaving surgery which cost him his voice. He ... as a computer voice but rather the voice of his father. In 1986, Hawking met with the Pope again. He was admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Science. A Brief History In Time was meant to explain the basic ideas of laws that govern the universe. Hawking’s said that “Equations are necessary if you are doing accounting but they are ... only the most recent in a long list of scientists who have wrestled with the question of God and have entered discussions with others of their theories and findings. The history goes back to Galileo and the Catholic church. It appears that the battle will continue for quite some time. He may have different opinions when it comes to God ...
- 596: Personal Writing: If I could Meet Three People, I Would Meet....
- Personal Writing: If I could Meet Three People, I Would Meet.... The dead people might left something useful for you. People in the history could keep us from doing something wrong that they had done. In generations, people improved so much because of those individuals in the past gave us experience, so, we don't go to the wrong directions again. There are some people in history I wanted to thanks. If I were given a time machine, I would travel in time to meet Marco Polo, Galileo Galilei, and Muhammad Ali. The first person I would ... Marco Polo. His discoveries effect the communication between Asia and Europe. The first reason I wanted to meet him because he is one of the most famous travelers in the history. He had written a book called "The Travels of Marco Polo" which later became the first accurate guideline of Asia in Europe. The second reason is that he improved ...
- 597: Literature And Its Affect On S
- Literature and its Affect on Society All throughout American history, literature has played an important role in the shaping of the nation's culture and ideology. Having an extremely influential past, literature indirectly affects the television world that has swept ... literature has dramatically dominated the minds and hearts of an ever-changing American culture. Some of the earliest forms of literature are the myths that have been passed down through history. Myths directly represent the culture and time period from which they were born (Bercovitch and Jehlen 70). Ideological meanings can be assigned to history through the myths that evolved from a particular society. Present day politics has its roots in the mythology that was passed down through Greek and Roman culture. The myth ...
- 598: Temagami
- Temagami Table of Contents Introduction 2 The History of the Forest 2 The Forests of Canada 3 Part One: The History of the Logger 5 The Canadian Forestry Industry 5 The Ontario Forestry Industry 7 Part Two: Forest Conservation in Ontario 8 Political Activity 8 Temagami 9 Part Three: The Temagami ... means that we [must] exercise caution, and special concern for natural values in the face of such uncertainty and respect the 'precautionary principal'." - Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, 1991 The History of the Forest Forests have long been recognized as having vast power, both through their potential and how it has been viewed by humans, as well as through their ...
- 599: Global Warming
- ... to 340 ppb. Mean global temperature (circles) plotted relative to oC on right. Vertical dashed-line at 1995, horizontal dotted line at maximum CO2 concentration and global temperature over human history before 1990. Filled and open symbols same as in Fig. 1. Projections in short-term future are based upon continuation at current growth rates. (Data measured from graphs in Gribbin ... centigrade scale on the right. The vertical dashed-line is the same as that in Figure 1. The horizontal dotted-line is the highest CO2 concentration and temperature in human history before 1990. Greenhouse-gas concentrations and MGT in the short-term future are based upon continuation at the current growth rates. This will be justified in another context below. Figure ... Over the previous 200,000 years, the ecosystem was dominated by ice-ages. Projected MGT in 2025 (1.7, Fig. 2) is about 17oC, 1.5oC higher than in human history prior to 1990. POPULATION AND GLOBAL TEMPERATURE We have seen in Figures 1 and 2 that recent population, atmospheric greenhouse- gas concentrations and MGT have grown exponentially over about ...
- 600: Human Evolution
- ... to changes in hominine behavior. Over time, stone tools and other artifacts became increasingly numerous and sophisticated. Archaeological sites, too, show more intense occupation in later phases of human biological history. In addition, the geographic areas occupied by our ancestors expanded during the course of human evolution. Earliest known from eastern and southern Africa, they began to move into the tropical ... even by flowers. Modern Humans Although the evolutionary appearance of biologically modern peoples did not dramatically change the basic pattern of adaptation that had characterized the earlier stages of human history, some innovations did take place. In addition to the first appearance of the great cave art of France and Spain See CAVE DWELLERS, some anthropologists have argued that it was ... human language originated, a development that would have had profound implications for all aspects of human activity. About 10,000 years ago, one of the most important events in human history took place—plants were domesticated, and soon after, animals as well. This agricultural revolution set the stage for the events in human history that eventually led to civilization. Modern ...
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