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- 13501: The Disadvantages of the South During The Civil War
- ... powerful. The North was at an advantage having an organized, powerful, popular leader. Lincoln believed in the Union and was not going to let it fall apart on his watch. What made Lincoln such a great leader for the North? Edmund Wilson in his essay, “The Union as Religious Mysticism,” said it nicely. “Lincoln himself came to see the conflict in a more and more religious light, but beyond that, there ...
- 13502: Macbeth - Independence And Failure
- ... must use others to reach for independence. Macbeth needs this strength: It [Macbeth] hurls a universe against a man, and if the universe that strikes is more impressive than the man who is stricken, as great as his size and gaunt as his soul may be he will fall. (Van Doren 217) According to Macbeth's ideas of independence and of strength, he is neither independent nor strong. He feels the ...
- 13503: John F. Kennedy
- ... politics. Kennedy's both grand fathers had been active in politics. His father was a self-made millionaire. He served as first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kennedy's family called him jack. He and his older brother Joe were strong rivals. Jack was quiet and often shy, but held his owns in ...
- 13504: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
- ... of his most famous books 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This book combines adventure, suspense and mystery throwing in a few pieces of information about life under the sea. The book begins with some great suspense, it begins with a boat chasing a giant monster that has destroyed some huge unsinkable ships. Every time they get close to this monster a giant stream of water shoots hundreds of feet into ...
- 13505: Macbeth - Downfall Of Macbeth
- ... immediately writes Lady Macbeth. "'They met me in the day of success; and I / have learned by the perfectest report, they have more in / them than mortal knowledge." (I, v. 1-3). He obviously has great faith in the witches' words. Later on, the apparitions, called by the witches, influence Macbeth by making him believe he is invincible. "Rebellion's head, rise never, till the wood / Of Birnam rise, and our ...
- 13506: Macbeth - Downfall Of Macbeth
- ... he have heared the witches' prophecies. Banquo noted with surprise: Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? Macbeth is afraid and feels guilty after he receives great predictions of becoming thane of Cawdor and king! The only explanation is that witches guess his own thoughts and catch him thinking about such an evil thing as killing Duncan. Another evidence to support the ...
- 13507: Macbeth - Downfall Of A Hero
- ... gone to England. Macbeth goes to visit the three witches. He asks them questions and three ghosts give him the answers: "beware Macduff, laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born, Great Birnam Wood…shall come…" (IV, I) Macbeth feels that he does not have to fear any man, because all men are born from women, and trees cannot walk. He also asked the apparitions if Banquo ...
- 13508: 80s
- ... s. Today, we are the ones who sing along with Bruce Springstein and The Bangles perfectly and have no idea why. We recite lines with the Ghostbusters and still look to The Goonies for a great adventure. We flip through T.V. stations and stop at The A Team and Knight Rider and Fame and laugh with The Cosby Show and Family Ties and Punky Brewster and what you talkin' 'bout ...
- 13509: Macbeth - Character Changes In Macbeth
- ... is still a tragic hero because he reveals to us that he is suffering a living hell, without the blessing of sleep "that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care". His punishment is as great as his crimes. At the end Macbeth does not run away or kill himself. Although Macbeth knows that he is doomed, he fights Macduff to the end, showing he is still courageous and physically brave ...
- 13510: Macbeth - Blood In Macbeth
- ... because he is so shook up that he only can stare at his hands. He wants his blood that is on his hands which is full of his sickness and his nervousness off, "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / clean from my hand?" Macbeth answers his own question saying that this sickness and nervousness on his hands will not go away but it will make the ocean red ...
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