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- 12161: Eli Whitney
- ... Land was so cheap that tobacco planters never bothered to reclaim the soil by crop rotation -- they simply found new land farther west. The other crops -- rice, indigo, corn, and some wheat -- made for no great wealth. Slaves cost something, not only to buy but to maintain, and some Southern planters thought that conditions had reached a point where a slave's labor no longer paid for his care. Eli Whitney ...
- 12162: The Prince and the Pauper
- ... upon the mock king's head. Twain writes, "At this impressive moment, a startling apparition intruded upon the scene---an apparition observed by none in the absorbed multitude, until it suddenly appeared, moving up the great central aisle. It was a boy, bare headed, ill shod, and clothed in course plebeian garments that were falling to rags. He raised his hand with a solemnity which ill comported with his soiled and ...
- 12163: Coral Reefs 3
- ... are formed out in the middle of the ocean by volcanic subsidence, while fringing and barrier reefs form near continents. Florida contains both of these kinds of reefs, not as far offshore as Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but not terribly close either. Most are eight to eleven kilometres (five to seven miles) offshore. All three kinds of reefs can have associations, called patch reefs, which are small, shallow-water clusters ...
- 12164: Macbeth: The Symbol of Blood
- ... to them as "bloody cousins" A final way, and perhaps the most vivid use of the symbol blood, is of the theme of guilt. First Macbeth hints at his guilt when he says "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?", meaning that he wondered if he would ever be able to forget the dastardly deed that he had committed. Then the ghost of Banquo, all ...
- 12165: Ella Baker
- ... word for a person who passes on skill to a younger generation. It is a fitting description of Ella Baker's legacy. graduating from Shaw University, she moved to New York City just before the Depression of 1929. There she became active in various causes. She worked briefly with the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and then worked to end discrimination in organized labor through the NAACP. Ella was very involved with ...
- 12166: Hamlet: Character Traits
- ... come to any good. He wants to express his true feelings to his mother, but since it will hurt her, he must be silent for the time being. This shows us that he has a great and deep love for his mother. He will not say or do anything to hurt her, even though what she is doing is wrong. Hamlet is also a brave and daring character. There are several ...
- 12167: Hamlet: Contrast Between Laertes and Hamlet
- ... for Ophelia during her funeral were he fought with Hamlet. Hamlet and Laertes are similar in the way they associate with their families. Laertes highly respects and loves his father Polonius. Similarly, Hamlet holds a great respect for his dead father(Hamlet compares his father to a sun god "Hyperion"). After the death of their fathers, Hamlet and Laertes strive to seek revenge on the assassins. Hamlet and Laertes exhibit domineering ...
- 12168: Hamlet: Scene Summaries
- ... pirated. They promised to return him to Denmark for the exchange of a favour. Scene VI[ Claudius uses Laertes as a tool to kill Hamlet. Claudius lies and tricks Laertes so that Laertes would establish great anger and frustration towards Hamlet. Then they both plan to kill Hamlet my means of a sword fight (poison at the end of Laertes' sword) and a poisoned drink. Laertes is then informed that Ophelia ...
- 12169: Hamlet's Character
- ... he postpones the murder of Claudius, beginning on line 570 he acknowledges his lack of action. This also shows that Hamlet does not really want to kill the king and that he will go to great lengths to postpone his duty. In fact, Hamlet reveals to us about his unwillingness to kill Claudius early in the play. In act one, scene five, line 189 he says "O cursed spite,/That ever ...
- 12170: Emily Dickinson
- ... outside, creating in her a more simple heart. She believes that once a person is alone from the world they are separated from the corruption. Miss Dickinson made this choice to deal with her own depression in this way. Miss Dickinson may have been very psychologically disturbed, but the impact she has left on our society is amazing. No other poet could compare with the deep emotion that is so carefully ...
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