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- 12421: Robert E. Lee 2
- ... barrage of federal artillery and musket fire (Clark 130). The attack is known as Pickett s Charge. Although the Confederate troops breached Meade s first line of defense, the strain on the Confederates proved too great, and they fell back, having lost over three-fourths of their force(Clark 155). With the repulse of Pickett s Charge, the Battle of Gettysburg was virtually over. On the night of July 4, Lee ...
- 12422: Odysseus Portrayed As A Hero Who Uses Brains
- ... s a combination of Odysseus’ humanity, brawn and consistency to his craft that makes him a full dimensional hero, opposed to the one dimensional hero of The Iliad. In The Iliad, Achilles exemplifies being a great warrior in his return to the battle field. While driving the Trojans back, he comes across Scamander, the river god. Scamander pleads with Achilles to stop dumping bodies in his river. Achilles takes his plead ...
- 12423: Rosa Parks
- ... scenes of critical events in the civil rights movement and learning aspects of America's history. Among her accomplishments include NAACP's Spingarn Medal and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. She truly is a great role model for todays African Americans.
- 12424: Beowulf: The Epic Hero
- ... swaying spear/Grendel’s head to the gold-decked hall.”( l. 1108-1112) This quotation shows Beowulf’s amazing physical strength, a key trait of an epic hero. Beowulf possesses chivalry through honor. Beowulf shows great respect toward the Geat King and honors him with all of his heart. When the king dies, Beowulf is asked to assume the throne. With Beowulf’s chivalry, he declines because the King’s son ...
- 12425: Richard Nixon 2
- ... prominent politician in the mid 1900 s. His solid upbringing and vicious campaign tactics led to many political wins. It also led to many political enemies. Much of the public thought of him as a great American president until his down fall in March of 1973. I think that Richard Nixon was a good president, but in the end went to far. Richard Nixon grew up in a small town in ...
- 12426: Biology Heat Loss Practical Write Up
- ... the same trend. As time passes heat is lost at a steady rate. This may not be true for lower temperature readings, however within the limits of this experiment it is impossible to predict any great variation away from the stated trend. The graphs show fair results, however places where error occurred are obvious as the graphs gradient changes because the decrease in rate was less than what was the norm ...
- 12427: The Iliad
- ... was dealt out shares of the loot and a woman. The woman King Agamemnon was awarded was the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo. Chryses came to the tents of the Grecians bringing a great ransom and asked for his daughter, Chrysies, back. Agamemnon ignored his pleas and sent him away. Chryses left and went down to the ocean and prayed to Apollo to avenge his tears. Apollo heard his ...
- 12428: Robert Boyle
- ... experimental scientist.(Sootin pp.37-38) He continued at Oxford and received an Honored M.D., and later was accepted to be a member of the Royal Society, a big scientific group. It was a great honor to be a part of that scientific group.(Salzberg p.161) Arguably, Robert Boyle is most famous for Boyle's Law. Boyles's Law, in formula form, is Pressure x volume = a constant. Boyle ...
- 12429: Roger Williams
- ... Queries of Highest Consideration, an argument for complete separation of church and state; The Hireling Ministry None of Christ's; and George Fox Digg'd Out of His Burrowes, a polemic against Quaker teachings. Of great personal charm and unquestioned integrity, Williams was admired even by those who, like both the elder and the younger John Winthrop, abhorred his liberal ideas.
- 12430: The Color Purple: Nettie
- ... For the first time in her life, Nettie met a man who, not only wanted her to learn, but also had the benefit of "a wonderful marriage" (139) based on friendship and understanding. To her great disillusionment, the situation in Africa was appalling. In some cases, the discrimination was greater than that in the United States. In the Olinka tribe they believed, "the husband had life and death power over the ...
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