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Charles V World Biography
1,126 words
No one knows exactly when the Italian artist,
Tiziano Vecellio, was born. Over the centuries,
there has been a great deal of confusion
concerning the date, due to a misprint in his
biography by sixteenth century art historian,
Giorgio Vasari. Vasari recorded the date as 1480,
but the progress of Tiziano Vecellio's work, as
well as other documented sources, announce his
date of birth to be sometime between 1488 and
1490. (Magill 2310) The place of his birth was
Piece de Care, in the Alps north of...
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English Language First Woman
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[... ] a Devil on't the Woman damns the Poet. --
Aphra Behn, Preface to The Lucky Chance Aphra Behn
(1640 - 1689) was not the first woman writer;
neither was she the only woman writer of her day.
But Aphra Behn holds the singular distinction of
being the first professional woman writer in the
English language. That's right, ladies -- Aphra
Behn was the first woman writer who did it for
money. It was a natural choice for this young
woman, a recent spy for the crown and a widow at
the age of 26, t...
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Road Less Traveled End Of The Poem
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... ing that was obviously not for everyone
because it seemed that the majority of people too
the other path therefore he calls it "the road
less traveled by" (Leary, 75). The fact that the
traveler took this path over the more popular,
secure one indicates the type of personality he
has, one that does not want to necessarily follow
the crowd bu do more of what has never been done,
what is new and different. "And both that morning
equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black. "
The leaves had...
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Worked Hard Ten Years
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In the city of Aceh in what is now known as the
island of Sumatera, Indonesia there was an
ambitious and vain man named Abu Hasan who worked
hard to become a wealthy and important
businessman. However the one thing that continued
to elude him was to gain fame and importance in
Unfortunately Abu Hasan's wife was not what you
would call a social butterfly and in her husbands
eyes was the reason for him not gaining his
expected place in society. "I divorce you. I
divorce you. I divorce you. " Abu H...
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Anglo Saxon One Example
816 words
The Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf is the most important
work of Old English literature. The epic tells the
story of a hero, a prince named Beowulf, who helps
rid the Danes of the monster Grendel and tells of
his heroic acts fighting Grendel's mother and a
Dragon. Throughout the epic, the Anglo-Saxon story
teller uses many elements to build depth to the
characters. Just a few of the important character
elements in Beowulf are Wealth & Honor, Biblical,
and Man vs. Wild themes. Many of the characters
in...
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Beowulf Had A Lot Beowulf Anger Grendel
412 words
Beowulf had a lot of anger in his battles. He used
the rush of energy to conquer his most horrid
opponents. I will show a few things in these
paragraphs. Beowulf's anger helped in his battles,
hurt him in his battles, and fueled him to fight
the battles. His anger is a source of winning and
losing. Anger is one of the most provocative
emotions there is. Anger can be used to help or to
hurt. Beowulf did not like injustice. For this
reason, he always fought the monster that
terrorized people. He a...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Number Of People
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Performance-enhancing drugs are a topic in todays
society which is currently under hot debate.
Performance-enhancing drugs are substances which
are used to stimulate certain areas of the body to
make an athlete excel in a certain event. The most
common form of performance-enhancing drugs are
called steroids. According to Hank Newer in his
book Steroids, steroids are... compounds that are
necessary for the well-being of many living
creatures, including human beings. These include
sex hormones, bi...
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Grendel Mother Beowulf Hero
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Beowulf is portrayed as the hero of the epic poem
Beowulf (c 1200), although he is in reality the
villain. Throughout the poem the poet, who is
unknown, believes Beowulf to be a hero because of
his strength and loyalty to his people. However,
his pursuit for heroic status was so dominating
that it motivated his jealousy, selfishness and
greed. Beowulf is a tale about a boastful soldier
whose motive in life is purely self-beneficial; he
exploits the vulnerability of Grendel, Grendel's
mother and ...
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Encarta 98 Encyclopedia Back To Jamestown Lucille
1,146 words
... in the entertainment world. She even tried
using stage names, she encouraged people to call
her Montana. No matter what she called herself,
Lucille could get no further than auditions. She
supported herself by getting part-time jobs
selling theatrical cosmetics at Greys drugstore
and clerking at Woolworths. Lucille even
considered becoming a beautician, but she didnt
have the money to take the course required to get
a license. During this time she lived with a
family in Washington Heights wh...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Food And Water
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A Comp arizona: Sumerian and Hebrew Views of the
Afterlife For centuries religion has been a
significant and intricate part of human societies.
Some would say that religion is as important to
mankind as food and water. While food and water
keeps us going, religion provides a reason and
purpose for that life. In short, religion is mans
attempt to understand the world around them and
their place in it. Furthermore, religious values
maintain order and a code of how mankind should
behave among their...
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Acts Of Violence Violent Acts
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Television was invented as a means of providing
entertainment and began with shows such as "Leave
It To Beaver" and "Lassie." Throughout the years,
though, television, along with it's counterpart,
the movie, has evolved into perhaps one of the
most graphic displays of violence and is having a
large effect on the children of our society. It is
thought by many that television and movies are the
leading factor in the violence and aggression that
many children display in today's world. During the
pa...
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Kurt Cobain Courtney Love
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On April 9 th the world woke up to the news of
Kurt Cobain's suicide. Those who followed the
grudge music of Cobain's band, Nirvana, were
angry, but not surprised. With songs such as "I
Hate Myself and Want to Die" and constant
references to suicide and drugs, suicide was the
obvious explanation for his death. Kurt put it
best when he said, "I'm thought of as this pissy,
complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants
to kill himself all the time. " (Buzz) To many
people, Cobain just joined the...
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Rock And Roll Brian Epstein
775 words
The Beatles started as a small boy, rock and roll
band in high school. Brian Epstein discovered them
in 1964. They stayed as a strong group until 1968,
after that they started going down hill and the
group finally broke up in 1970. This band stood
out because their music was different from
everyone else. It was clean and fun; the group had
a lot of enthusiasm that influenced many teens. I
interviewed Deborah Santos, who was affected by
the break up of the Beatles. By 1965, the Beatles
got so big...
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Written Word Main Idea
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Comparison of
the Novel and the Movie. The Novel and the movie
differ in how they emphasize events that occur.
Things that hold great value in the novel dont
have much importance in the movie and vice versa.
Milan Kundrea wrote the novel, which was first
published in 1984. The movie was the work of
Philip Kaufman, the director, and Saul Zaentz, the
producer. Together they did a very respectable job
in representing the novel. The novel focused on
three relatio...
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Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales
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Geoffrey Chaucer led a busy official life, as an
esquire of the royal court, as the administrator
of the customs for the port of London, as a
participant in important diplomatic missions, and
in a variety of other official duties. Before
William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer was the
distinguished English poet, and still retains the
position as the most significant poet to write in
Middle English. Chaucer was born in 1342, but
historians are uncertain about his exact date of
birth. Geoffrey's wel...
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Victor Frankenstein Todays Society
962 words
The major theme in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is
the great emphasis placed on appearance and
acceptance in society. In modern society as well
as in the society of Frankenstein, people judge
one solely on their appearance. Social prejudice
is often founded on looks, whether it is the color
of ones skin, the clothes that one wears and even
the way a person carries himself or herself.
People make instant judgments based on these
social prejudices. This perception based on
appearance determines th...
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
654 words
Bob Dylan is the pre-eminent poet, lyricist, and
songwriter of his time. He re-energized the folk
music genre; brought new lyrical depth to rock and
roll and when he went electric he combined the
worlds of rock and roll and country. His lyrics
captured and defined the mood of a generation. Bob
Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman on May 24 th,
1941, in Minnesota. He learned to play the
harmonica and piano by the age of ten and taught
himself to play the guitar. Influenced by rock and
roll Dylan form ...
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Dead Poets Society Carpe Diem
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In the entire life cycle of a human being, teenage
stage is the fun, memorable, and some time the
wild part. In this teenage stage, the teenagers
experiment with everything without caring about
the consequences. For most people, the life prior
to the teenage stage is the most exciting part
because there are no worries; every thing is fun.
When the teenage life begins, most of their
behaviours change while adapting to various
habits. They follow good and bad behaviours as the
result of influences...
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Lot From This Project Learn A Lot Galileo
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I hope that I will learn a lot from this project.
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa on the 18 th of
February in 1564. His father, Vincenzo Galilei,
belonged to a noble family and had gained some
distinction as a musician and a mathematician. At
an early age, Galileo wanted to learn both
mathematical and mechanical types of things, but
his parents, wishing to turn him aside from
studies, which promised no important return,
steered him toward some sort of medical
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Bartleby The Scrivener Narrator Of The Story
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An anti- transcendentalist or not Melville, Herman
(1819 - 91), American novelist, a major literary
figure whose exploration of psychological and
metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20 th-century
literary concerns but whose works remained in
obscurity until the 1920 s, when his genius was
finally recognized. Melville was born August 1,
1819, in New York City, into a family that had
declined in the world. ? The Gansevoort's were
solid, stable, eminent, prosperous people; the
(Herman? s Father? s sid...
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