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- 10031: The First Crusade
- ... universal Church and establish the supremacy of Rome. In 1095, at the Council of Clermont in southern France, "Urban II challenged Christians to take up their weapons against the infidels and participate in a holy war and recapture the Holy Land" (Spielvogel,p344). Pope Urban II addressed the French telling them of the horrors imposed on the Holy Land. He told them all of the destruction and desecration of churches, and ... saw a more materialistic goal. They saw victory in the Holy Land as a chance to benefit themselves. They felt they could gain territories, wealth or a title. The Crusade was not only a " Holy War." By 1097, the noble warriors from Western Europe had reached the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. When the Byzantine Emperor Alexius saw the amount of crusading soldiers he was not entirely accepting. He was unsure of ...
- 10032: The Sound of A Voice
- ... man’s life than the women would be left alone again and not have any love in her life. She constantly begs the man for his companionship. She talks about all the sounds in the world and how they keep her happy. We find that everyone believes she is a witch and wants to kill her. The woman is desperately trying to reach out to someone. She needs to be loved ... gives up trying to make herself happy and find love. She knows that she is a prisoner just as the flowers and the flute. They too are seeking to reach out to someone. However, the world is cold and negligent. Everyone’s ignorance drives her to finally hang herself. Only then does the man discover the true meaning of the need of love when he enters a lonely dark room. The ...
- 10033: Walter Whitman
- ... its merit. In the 1856 edition Whitman printed Emerson's letter of praise, which called the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom yet contributed to American literature." Early in the American Civil War Whitman learned that his brother George was wounded and in a hospital in Washington, D.C. He found George nearly recovered but saw other soldiers badly in need of care. He stayed in Washington as a government clerk and also served as a hospital volunteer. Inspired by the suffering he saw, he wrote the volume of poetry called 'Drum-Taps', published in 1865. After the war Whitman's books began to sell well, and he contributed several articles to magazines. In 1873 he fell ill, suffering the first of several paralytic attacks. He remained an invalid for the rest of his ...
- 10034: A Man For All Seasons
- ... decided to give up his Lord Chancellorship, which was due solely to the submission of the bishops in Convocation. More defends his decision to Norfolk by saying that the submission "isn't 'Reformation'; [but] is war against the Church!...Our King...has declared war on the Pope - because the Pope will not declare that our Queen is not his wife." (Bolt 52). He again remains constant in not conveying his own opinion on this matter. More also states his ...
- 10035: Isaiah 10:1-6 The Hebrews Prophets: Isaiah & Amos
- Isaiah 10:1-6 The Hebrews Prophets: Isaiah & Amos World History 1500 Journal Entry Personal View "Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees , to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people ... can feel for the poor, though sometimes I feel like saying get a damn job. I have learned it is not that easy. Mentally they just cannot do it, it's like living in a world without work. What is one to do, just live? So am I depriving the poor of what they need? All these questions have to have answers and rest, someday I believe they will be answered ...
- 10036: Mary Shelley’s Self-help Guide to Life
- ... and decided to create his own, feeling that "no father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as [Victor] should deserve" (39) the gratitude of his creation. Victor completely secludes himself from the world when in the process of creating the monster. This seclusion nearly drives him insane: he states, "I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me" (41). The loneliness caused ... ironic because the objective of it was to construct a partner in life. The monster is also agonized by the necessity of friendship. As he is first neglected by Victor and the society of the world, he is driven to hate the human race. He is originally a kind, compassionate creature, but is driven to abhorrence and vengeance because of his insurmountable loneliness. He claims, "I was benevolent; my soul glowed ...
- 10037: Exile And Pain In Three Elegiac Poems
- ... or home. During the Anglo Saxon period, exile caused a great amount of pain and grief. The theme is shown to have put great sadness into literature of this time period. The majority of the world's literature from the past contains the theme of exile. The Wife of Lament is another perfect example of literature with exile, and was written by an unknown author. The most striking example of exile ... greatly to me is this passage; "No man sheltered on the quiet fairness of earth can feel how wretched I was, drifting through winter on an ice-cold sea, whirled in sorrow, alone in a world blown clear of love, hung with icicles." This man may not have been exiled in the same way that the others had been, however his life was full of misery and nothing seemed right for ...
- 10038: Oedipus Rex: Fate
- ... to die. Shepherd: "I was told to get rid of it… It was said the boy would kill his own father."(Oedipus Rex,62) Iocaste: "But this child had not been 3 days in this world before the King had pierced the babies ankles and left him to die on a lonely mountain side."(Oedipus Rex, 37) These lines powerfully demonstrate the fear of fate held by Iocaste and Laios, such ... and prophets, and heed their word even though he could not avoid his fate. Queen Iocaste believes that fate is preset and cannot be changed as supported by this quote, "Why should anyone in this world be afraid because fate rules us anyway…" (Oedipus Rex, 49) There are other instances in the text where she refers to this idea but the previous quote is very clear and concise. Oedipus on the ...
- 10039: Chrsanthemums
- ... unheard of, where water was plentiful and the air sprinkled with the sweet smell of fruit blossoms. A time when simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. Elisa Allen is at a point in her life where she has begun to realize that her energy and creative drive far exceed what life has offered her. Her husband, Henry Allen, is a well ... valley in a panoramic view, then moves closer to focus Elisa working in her garden. Throughout the story, the perspective shifts from Elisa’s narrow and cramped domain, to the entire ranch, and to the world beyond. In a final transformation, Elisa’s shock is thrown back by an image of multiple confinement, as she is enclosed by a wagon, surrounded by her seat and hidden within a coat that covers ...
- 10040: The Jungle
- ... a handful of change. Jurgis becomes enraged, and pounces on the man. Jurgis gets arrested again for battery and lands in jail. With the assistance of Jack Duane he drifts into crime and the corrupt world of politics. Jurgis make himself available now as an assistant to a robber or to a political boss rigging elections. Ironically, under these evil conditions, he discovers a new confidence and a talent for management ... Business ultimately, deviously, controls government and the courts for its own benefit. In order to foster its corruption of politics, Big Business needs and thrives on crime and ultimately works in alliance with the criminal world. Capitalist democracy is therefore a fraud, a contradiction in terms. There can be no true democracy in a society controlled by one class with hereditary economic power. Turn-of-the-century immigrants to America were ...
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