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- 12141: Late Anglo-saxon Period Kings
- ... the Good. Sweyn died in 1014 and Aethelred reclaimed the English crown for another 2 years before his death at the age of 48 in 1016. Following the death of Aethelred, there was a bloody war of succession expected to take place between Sweyn’s son, Cnut, and Edmund II, Aethelred’s son. This war, didn’t take place, however, simply because Cnut figured he could made do with Denmark and Norway. As a reminder to the English, though, he showed a typical Viking lack of mercy by having the ...
- 12142: Prison Alternative
- ... of that of incarceration, depending on the degree of supervision necessary. If we initiate this form of justice for the lesser offender, our prisons will have the vacancies to incarcerate the Jeffery Dahmers of the world in prison for life. Jack Kemp, author of Crime and Punishment in Modern America said, "The idea that a burglar should return stolen goods, pay for damage to the house he broke into and pay ... system, and believe that it is an effective form of punishment for the criminal. Some people say that criminals can live decent, civilized lives in prison and graduate to decent civilized lives in the free world. How can criminals live civilized lives in an environment that only offers them discord and mild forms of anarchy? Most inmates learn little of value during their confinement behind bars, mostly because they adapt to ...
- 12143: Pro Choice Among Women
- ... account of the wrongness of killing is correct because it explains why we believe that killing is one of the worst of crimes.”(141) Would it also be wrong to place an individual in the world that is handicapped, deformed, or otherwise incompetent? Abortion is an inexpensive procedure to prevent this from occurring. If a woman knows that the fetus will more than likely not have a “FLO”, then she is ... life followers tend to direct the woman towards adoption services, or orphanages. To Pro-life believers, the cost of adoption is incomparable to the cost a life. If finances decide bringing a child into the world, then Pro-life activists believe there is no reason not to fulfill a pregnancy. They will raise funds, or incorporate funding from the government to support an infant that can not be raised by the ...
- 12144: Romeo And Juliet - Fate
- ... that we have a curse in having her Out on her, hilding! (III, vi, lines 162-169) Little does he know, that he is totally wrong. God ( representing fate), send Juliet to stop the ageless war. It is not "a curse in having her", but rather a blessing, which shall prove to be a tragic one indeed. The most fate driven event in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, must be ... boys from the tow families rant and make jokes about each others’ masters and reveal the one of the major conflicts of the play. Fate is the driving force, that is set to stop the war between the two houses, therefore it is important to understand what is the motive behind Romeo and Juliet’s deaths from the prospective of fate. Many times in the play the two families have to ...
- 12145: John Dryden
- ... it s indecency because the Restoration was a time of change. He was also a master of writing the heroic rhymed couplets. They were extravagant and full of pageantry. One of his later tragedies, the World Well Lost, was written in blank verse and was considered one of his greatest plays and one of the masterpieces of the Restoration tragedy. Throughout his career he wrote several occasional poems, which celebrated particular ... nearing death, Dryden wrote his last published works. He at the age of 69, died in 1700. Though he died his works will always remain alive and studied by students and scholars all over the world. Works Consulted Abrams, M.H. The Norton Anthology: English Literature. Sixth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (pgs. 1786-1788) Dryden, John, Microsoft® Encarta® 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation.
- 12146: Analysis of Frost's "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
- ... do not need anyone else. "I have in me so much nearer home/ To scare myself with my own desert places". The speaker was starting to realize that he had shut himself off to the world. He recognized that this winter place was like his life. He had let depression and loneliness creep into his life and totally take over like the snow had crept up on the plain and silently ... can be positive or negative it just depends on the state of the mind. Loneliness can be very depressing or it can be a time to collect your thoughts without the pressures of the outside world crashing down. Winter is the perfect season to reflect upon when expressing solitude. Winter can make everything seem dead. It can be a very depressing time of year. Snow covers everything living and the cold ...
- 12147: John F. Kennedy 2
- ... lovely children. Although he did live a great life, in the peak of his presidency his life was put to an end. As the nation joined and mourned his death, people from all over the world gathered at the funeral in Washington D.C. to pay their respects. Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin expressed the world's sense of loss when he said that "a flame went out for those who had hoped for a just peaceful and better life." President Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia ...
- 12148: When The Legends Die
- ... have been both hopelessly demoralized and wrongly persecuted; because of this, their culture as a whole is suffering greatly. It is a shame to see such a once prosperous culture become insignificant in today's world. To understand what this once great culture consisted of, first one has to obtain a basic grasp of some of the ideals that were practiced by Native Americans. Philosophy of life, importance of nature, and ... not overburdening it, it would actually be much more productive than trying to force it. The Native Americans have always followed this sort-of guideline to life. I believe this is the area where the World as a whole could benefit so much by just taking into account some of the many perspectives Native Americans took on nature. In the novel, this is clearly seen in the end when Tom once ...
- 12149: Global Cultures
- ... educators should go about teaching culture occurs. The article starts out by giving a definition of what is meant by culture and the different aspects of culture. The The author spends significant time discussing the World Culture Model, which could be a very useful tool to a teacher that is developing a unit on culture or just incorporating aspects of culture into the classroom. The model that is presented can be ... as I see it is that if people as a culture learn to look at others cultures and just try to understand them it will be much easier to accept differences in the cultures. The World Culture Model presented in this article could be a very valuable tool to any teacher, no matter what content area they teach in. The model as I see it is an effective visual tool that ...
- 12150: Walt Disney
- ... was a huge success after all of the problems were worked out. Before Walt’s death on December 15, 1966, from lung cancer, Walt started working on a new theme park in Florida called Disney World, which opened in 1971. Unfortunately, Walt was unable to see its completion. The Disney Company started to become more than just the Disney Company a long time ago, “Disney boldly diversified into television, commercials, music ... said that "Integration is the key word around here, we don't do anything in one line without giving a thought to its likely profitability in our other lines” (America). Today “Disney may be the world’s number two entertainment company behind Time Warner” (Streisand 45). The Walt Disney Company now owns such companies as Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, The Kansas City Star, ABC Entertainment, and ESPN, while also owning several ...
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