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- 8711: Ivan The Terrible
- ... paraded before him. He chose Anastasia, the daughter of a minor noble, and their marriage proved to be a very close one. Ivan had huge ambitions for his new Imperial dynasty. He launched a holy war against Russia's traditional enemy, the Tartars. Showing no mercy to these Muslim people Ivan's conquest of Kazan, and later Astrakhan and Siberia, gave birth to a sixteenth century personality cult glorifying him as ... as well. Ivan would give detailed orders about the executions, using biblically inspired tortures to reconstruct the sufferings of hell. More than 3,000 people were killed in Ivan's attack on Novgorod during Livonian War. In a fit of rage, Ivan struck his son and heir dead with his staff. Mad with sorrow and guilt, he had a dramatic volte face, posthumously forgiving all those he'd executed and paying ... as the monk Jonah and buried in his monk's habit. In the hope of finding ultimate forgiveness. After note Ivan's achievements were many. He forced Russia into Europe. The prolonged and unsuccessful Livonian War overextended the state's resources and helped bring Russia to the verge of economic collapse. These factors, together with Tatar incursions, resulted in the depopulation of a number of Russian provinces by the time ...
- 8712: Pythagoras
- Pythagoras Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) must have been one of the world's greatest men, but he wrote nothing, and it is hard to say how much of the doctrine we know as Pythagorean is due to the founder of the society and how much is later ... the other hand, few schools have shown so much capacity for progress and for adapting themselves to new conditions. Pythagoras started from the cosmical system of Anaximenes. Aristotle tells us that the Pythagoreans represented the world as inhaling 'air' form the boundless mass outside it, and this 'air' is identified with 'the unlimited'. When, however, we come to the process by which things are developed out of the 'unlimited', we observe ... and low in music. Musical tuning and health are alike means arising from the application of Limit to the Unlimited. It was natural for Pythagoras to look for something of the same kind in the world at large. Briefly stated, the doctrine of Pythagoras was that all things are numbers. In certain fundamental cases, the early Pythagoreans represented numbers and explained their properties by means of dots arranged in certain ' ...
- 8713: The Joy Luck Club Essay
- ... that doesn't exactly take a scientist to see. From the beginning of the novel, we hear Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II, where "we feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. And each week, we could hope to be lucky. That hope was our only joy." (p. 12) Really ...
- 8714: Tennessee Williams
- Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams is acknowledged as one of the greatest American dramatists of the post-World War II era. His stature is based almost entirely upon works he completed during the first half of his career. William’s lyrical style and his thematic concerns are distinctive in American theatre. The majority of ...
- 8715: The Crucible: Issues
- ... that religion can be an important part of anyones life, but these people took it to the maximum and kept on going. God was these peoples life. Beyond that was the endless void of the world that they hadnt experienced. Personally I feel that many of the people in this play had an inner sense of shame and guilt among them but nobody could express it because of the fear of ... So throughout this play many different aspects of life are touched on and explored in a new way. I think that the question of truth lies beneath everyone in our everyday lives. Truth drives this world into corners of endless walls with no way out. You can see this by the actions of the people of Salem. They didn’t know the truth and it scared them to the point that it didn’t matter what happened. As long as they could have something to portray as the truth they felt better. By doing this they only caused confusion and disruption in a world already filled with enough problems of its own. I really feel that I’ve learned something from this book and that it teaches a valuable lesson as well as an interesting story.
- 8716: Getting A College Education
- ... I feel that you have to fight to succeed this day and age. My fight is on for me to go on to college. I want to go to college more than anything in the world. The reason it is so important to me is I would like to be the first one to graduate from college in my family. I could then be a better role model for my younger ... to medical school and to become a psychiatrist. I have always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. I enjoy working with people, and I would love to heal the world one person at a time. Mental illness is such a problem in our country that I feel there should be more people to work with the mind. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and neurologists are people who are ... and soul to do. Then I can be the best that I can be for myself, my son, and my family. Once I have completed my college education, I will be on top of the world.
- 8717: Sister Helen Prejean
- Sister Helen Prejean Sister Helen Prejean has been forced to learn many lessons about the real world since her move from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was raised in a family who attempted to be strong and affectionate. Sister Helen Prejean lived comfortably in a two-story home and attended Catholic schools and ... them (7-8). As she talks about this she seems surprised that things like this actually occur. She then meets Patrick Sonnier, a death row inmate. Through him she is once again thrown into a world that she is unfamiliar with but she quickly learns all about the legal system and all of its inequities. She would probably agree with the saying, “Capital punishment means them without the capital get the ... his or her life is frozen and put on public display. From that moment on that is what they are forever known for and sums up who they are or have ever been to the world, despite whatever good deeds they have done in the past. Also, many of the people who have committed criminal acts have not known the comfortable life that most others take for granted. Many have ...
- 8718: Jackie Robinson
- ... friends were thinking about careers in the NFL, but for Jackie it was almost impossible because the NFL was as white as the Major Leagues. Now most people know that from 1939 to 1945 Word War II was going on, and therefore Jackie was aware that he’d soon be drafted into the military. It happened on April 3, 1942 Robinson was enrolled or "inducted" into the army, fort Riley in ... had to put up with lots of abuse. But he was the best he could be. In conclusion I would like to quote Jackie by saying: "I was a black man in a white mans world. I never had it made."
- 8719: William Shakespeare
- ... to Stratford in 1613 where he wrote many of his excellent plays. There are many reasons as to why William Shakespeare is so famous. He is generally considered to be both the greatest dramatist the world has ever known as well as the finest poet who has written in the English language. Many reasons can be given for Shakespeare's enormous appeal. His fame basically is from his great understanding of ... nature, Shakespeare had a vast knowledge of a variety of subjects. These subjects include music, law, Bible, stage, art, politics, history, hunting, and sports. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part of our speech. Shakespeare's plays and poems have become a required ... love, heroism, comedy, and tragedy have helped shape the attitudes of millions of people. His portrayal of historical figures and events have influenced our thinking more than what has been written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My ...
- 8720: A Streetcar Named Desire
- In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, one of the main characters had the misconception that she was living in a world different than that of reality and this contributed to the central theme that hiding one's true self can hurt everyone involved. Blanche DuBois was introduced as the refined sister of Stella Kowalski, whom she ... onto Stanley's friend Mitch, but the reality she was hiding was slowly revealed. Blanche liked boys, she liked men and she liked sex, and these infatuations caused her to fall victim to the fantasy world she had created. The annihilation of Blanche's fallacies developed strong themes of deception and its consequences, of emotions and the outcome of suppressing them, and of illusion versus reality. Stanley researched her background and ... desperation, and this was no longer a secret. The external conflict experienced between Blanche and Stanley represented the inner struggle she faced in dealing with the truth. Learning that she could not live in this world of brutal realism, Blanche tried to hide herself in several instances. When she dated Mitch, she would only agree to evening meetings and even at home she insisted on keeping the light bulbs covered ...
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