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- 9531: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... raise their masters, in the shapes of Bears and Snakes and Fires, but the House of Christians, where our God has had his constant Worship, have undergone the Annoyance of Evil spirits. Go tell the world, What Prays can do beyond all Devils and Witches, and What it is that these Monsters love to do; and through the Demons in the Audience of several standers-by threatned much disgrace to thy ... was mostly the hatred exhibited towards her by the Putnam family. She was against Samuel Parris as Reverend of the Salem Town Church, while the Putnam family was his friend, and her husband was at war with the Putnam family estate over some land. Rebecca exuded a saint-like presence over the dark days of the witch-hunt. After her accusation, thirty-nine of the most prominent leaders of the community ...
- 9532: David Koresh And The Davidians
- ... the Davidian movement, a splinter group of Seventh-Day Adventists founded by Adventist leader Victor Houteff in Los Angeles, California, in 1934. Houteff retained the traditional Adventist belief that the apocalypse (the end of the world) and the Second Coming of Christ were imminent and would be preceded by catastrophes and war. Houteff also taught that the kingdom of ancient Israelite monarch David—hence the term Davidian—would be reestablished in Palestine. After splitting from the Adventists, Houteff led his followers from Los Angeles to Waco, where ...
- 9533: The Evolution Of British Poetr
- ... the same time, they introduced wild and exciting topics. The poems demonstrate not a love for people, but rather a love for ones country and nature, we see little in nature that is ours. (The World is too Much with Us, L. 3) Romantics delighted in the supernatural and mysteries. Using ones imagination to invoke a sense of excitement, The sea blooms and the oozy woods (Ode to the West Wind ... their minds wander instead of their bodies. This fact truly separates this era from the rest. The romantic way of life has become so sought after that entertainment is the number one moneymaker in the world today. What is the reason for all this change? Sometimes change is a direct result of boredom. However, in the case of British poetry, change was sparked be people s rebellion. A pattern arises from ... and imaginative twist. They spoke to intelligent people about supernatural things. Throughout the evolution of British poetry, several changes are seen that greatly effect the way we read and view all that is in this world today. That evolution provides a model that has been repeated over and over again whether it is political change or clothing style change. They all have one thing in common, one era rebels against ...
- 9534: Beloved By Toni Morisson
- ... for years. The topic of slavery continues to be a vital part of the American consciousness today, in addition, slavery as an institution was a part of American culture as a whole until the Civil War, and its repercussions on race relations are still being felt today. The genre of the survivor's tale is one way that contemporary authors can depict and discuss this formative American experience. ‘Beloved’ is the ... But it's not. Places, places are still there. If a house burns down, it's gone, but the picture of it-stays, and not just in my re-memory, but out there, in the world. What I remember is a picture floating around outside my head. I mean, even if I don't think it, even if I die, the picture of what I did, or knew, or saw is ...
- 9535: Beloved - Internal Conflicts
- ... her dead infant sister haunted the house, causing troubles wherever she could and constantly making mischief. Needless to say, Denver did not have the strong background often needed to make a successful go in the world. Yet she did make an attempt, until finally beaten down and forced into a self-imposed exile by an innocent question by a young boy, "Is it true your ma killed your baby sister?" that ... forced to stay inside and live a lonely life, brightened only when Beloved finally appeared. And when Beloved eventually became a detrimental force in Denver and Sethe's life, Denver was forced to enter the world and society. And her meek and gracious nature gained her immediate acceptance. "It didn't stop them from caring whether she ate and it didn't stop the pleasure they took in her soft 'Thank ... and throughout the rest of her life, she still was never able to forgive herself. The guilt that she felt was unbearable. And Beloved was merely an extension of that guilt, incorporated into the real world and a way for Sethe to subconsciously torture herself while providing a constant reminder of the crime itself. When Paul D. "forced" the spirit away, it came back in a fleshly form to cause ...
- 9536: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
- ... brought upon by the speaker’s death. Onlookers surround the dead body and seem to be looking for clues to what may eventually await them when it is their turn to pass onto another possible world. In stanza three the speaker is preparing for a journey into an afterlife that may lie ahead. Dickinson writes, "I willed my keepsakes, signed away what portion of me I could make assignable, - and then ... to have the possessions that most living people deem necessary and leaves them behind as her soul comes closer to it’s fate. The speaker is getting ready to make this transition to the next world but then the fly reappears and puts a halt to this alteration. The final stanza of this poem includes the lines, "With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, between the light and me; and then the windows ... The fourth line mentions the sun at a time in which the dying years of the speaker’s life are revisited. This stanza also suggests that despite the speaker dying, life still continues in the world. The last stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" is the most important of the poem. It writes, "Since then ‘t is centuries; but each feels shorter than the day I first ...
- 9537: The Roaring Twenties: A Time of Great Advancement and Excitement
- ... Advancement and Excitement The 1920s was a time of great advancement and excitement for America. Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge reigned during this decade which was later nicknamed the Roaring Twenties. Wilson lead us out of World War I, while Harding and Coolidge directed us onward and upward. Lifestyles became more luxurious, and entertainment became more popular. In 1928, Henry Ford manufactured a new car, the Model A, which was more luxurious than ...
- 9538: Descarte 2
- ... because this conclusion is quite dubious on the grounds that the only thing he need is the existence of himself. But even if he evoke this being as the cause of the existence of the world, then the being only need to be as powerful as it takes to produce the world. Moreover, the argument also gave the impression that the properties of a God seem to surpass what is required to explain the world around us. Furthermore, Locke tried to connect his theory with the existence with God. He says that he "has reason to rely" on the testimony of the senses. He thinks that since God has ...
- 9539: Discrimination Against Women
- ... and exacerbated by the existence of discrimination in the family, in the community and in the workplace. While causes and consequences may vary from country to country, not only in Hong Kong but over the world, discrimination against women is widespread. From the Discrimination Against Women: The Convention And The Committee Fact Sheet No.22, the term "discrimination against women" shall mean any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis ... survival of stereotypes and of traditional cultural and religious practices and beliefs detrimental to women. Women always don't have the same human right as men. In this society, a number of countries throughout the world, women are denied their basis legal rights, including the right to vote and the right to own property. Many countries discriminate against female nationals who marry foreigners. Foreign wives of male nationals may be permitted to acquire their husband's nationality, but foreign husbands of female nationals are not granted the same right. There are very few places in the world where women are denied a formal right to education. In many countries, parents do not expect their daughters to have careers outside the home. Consequently, girl-children are encouraged to leave school after completing ...
- 9540: Descartes Knowledge
- ... any time we can only say that the experience of the apple is certain in our minds. So we are thinking things which are constantly having experiences of what we think is reality or the world without. These experiences are what define the outside world, if in fact there is an outside world to us. Descartes says that all of these things aren’t learnt but that we know them a priori or without experience. Descartes gives the example of a ball of wax. When this ball ...
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