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  • Analysis of Robert Zemeckis - Contact

    Analysis of Robert Zemeckis - Contact

    The Warner Bros. movie Contact, based on the novel by famous Astronomer Carl Sagan, is a fascinating journey through the human mind and attempts to answer the question that humans have been asking since the dawn of time "Are we alone in the Universe?" The movie describes with amazing accuracy the lives of astronomers and researchers who work for the SETI program and other similar projects that explore the possibilities of receiving extra terrestrial radio

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    Submitted: December 6, 2008 By: Steve
  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee "They say you had to see him to believe that a man so fine could exist. He was handsome. He was clever. He was brave. He was gentle. He was generous and charming, noble and modest, admired and beloved. He had never failed at anything in his upright soldier's life. He was born a winner, this Robert E. Lee. Except for once. In the greatest contest of his life, in a war

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    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Robert Charles Burke

    Robert Charles Burke

    5 January 2002 ROBERT C. BURKE PFC Robert Charles Burke on 7 November 1949 in Monticello, Illinois and enlisted in the Marine Corps from Chicago, Illinois. The Marine died on 17 May 1968 in the Southern Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam (South). He received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. PFC Burke was serving as a

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    Essay Length: 476 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • Thomas Robert Malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus is one of the most controversial figures in the history of economics. He achieved fame chiefly from the population doctrine that is now closely linked with his name. Contrary to the late-eighteenth-century views that it was possible to improve people's living standards, Malthus held that any such improvements would cause the population to grow and thereby reverse these gains. Malthus also sparked controversy with his contemporaries on issues of methodology (by arguing

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    Submitted: February 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Robert Frost's Use of Nature

    Robert Frost's Use of Nature

    Robert frost has many themes in his poetry. One of the main themes that is always repeated, is nature. He always discusses how beautiful nature is or how destructive it can be. Frost always discusses nature in his poems. First, in the poem Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening there is a lot of nature expresses. Frost s very first sentence already talks about the woods. whose woods these are I think I

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • My Last Duchess - Robert Browning

    My Last Duchess - Robert Browning

    My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning, is an example of a dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is a kind of narrative poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose replies are not given in the poem. The Duke is speaking to an envoy about his fisrt wife who is apparently dead. From what he is telling him, one can conclude that he is arrogant, domineering, and very insecure about his relationship.

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    Essay Length: 684 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Boyles Law Apparatus

    Boyles Law Apparatus

    Abstract The objective of this lab was to determine the relationship (if any), between the pressure and volume of a gas given the temperature and # of molecules remained constant. Using the Boyle’s law apparatus, and textbooks to demonstrate pressure it was concluded that there was a relationship between pressure and volume. However, the relationship was not a direct relationship, and it was determined that the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportioned.

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Tommy
  • "the Astronomer’s Wife" by Kay Boyle

    "the Astronomer’s Wife" by Kay Boyle

    Analysis of The Astronomer's Wife In the "Astronomer's Wife" by Kay Boyle, something as simple as a conversation with a plumber about a stopped elbow is enough to trigger an awakening in Mrs. Katherine Ames. When Mrs. Ames realized that the plumber was talking about something she understood (the stopped elbow), she realized that her marital problems were not the result of a division betwwen the sexes; instead, she realized that some men, like the

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    Essay Length: 818 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Analysis of Robert Frost's “nothing Gold Can Stay”

    Analysis of Robert Frost's “nothing Gold Can Stay”

    Robert Frost has a fine talent for putting words into poetry. Words which are normally simplistic spur to life when he combines them into a whimsical poetic masterpiece. His “Nothing Gold Can Stay” poem is no exception. Although short, it drives home a deep point and meaning. Life is such a fragile thing and most of it is taken for granted. The finest, most precious time in life generally passes in what could be the

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Barbie - Barbara Millicent Roberts

    Barbie - Barbara Millicent Roberts

    Barbara Millicent Roberts, or more popularly known to the world as “Barbie" was was introduced at the American Toy Fair in New York City in February of 1959 by Ruth and Elliot Handler, founders of Mattel Toys. Ruth originally thought of the idea while her daughter, Barbara, was playing with paper dolls. She realized that as her daughter grew older and began to imitate adult conversations and the world around her, she needed a three-dimensional

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    Essay Length: 1,054 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Victor
  • Robert Frost - Home Burial

    Robert Frost - Home Burial

    Robert Frost’s “Home Burial” is a tragic poem which presents an engrossing, intensely empathetic scenario as it deals with the lack of communication between husband and wife on the loss of their first child which is slowly leading to a breakdown of their marriage as they are incapable of sharing their grief. Written in colloquial language and including a variety of emotions from isolation to anger to bitterness, the poem is intensely analyzed narrative that

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Stenly
  • William Faulkner & Robert Frost

    William Faulkner & Robert Frost

    Essay #1: William Faulkner & Robert Frost William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily is about a poor and unfortunate woman, named Emily, who leads a very personal and lonely life. The theme and story revolves around the secret life of Emily Grierson. The story takes place in the South and reflects the attitudes and lifestyle of the old South. The story begins by the new governor of Jefferson sending a deputation to Emily's home to

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Abandonment and Singularity in Robert Frost’s Poetry

    Abandonment and Singularity in Robert Frost’s Poetry

    “One is the Loneliest Number” or “Does Zero Count?” Abandonment and Singularity in Robert Frost’s “The Census- Taker” Robert Frost’s approach to human isolation is always an interesting exploration. His poem of desertion and neglect paired with eternal hopefulness ignite the reader in his poem “The Census-Taker.” All of the elements of a Frost poem are in this particular poem. “The Census-Taker” must be from an earlier time in Frost’s career because the poem is

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Robert Frost

    Robert Frost

    Biography of Robert Frost Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) Robert Lee Frost, b. San Francisco, Mar. 26, 1874, d. Boston, Jan. 29, 1963, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with rural New England, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditional - he often said, in a dig at arch rival Carl Sandburg,

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: David
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Born on the Isle of Wight in 1635, Robert Hooke was a sickly child who was diagnosed with small pox when he was very young, doctors did not expect him to live past his toddler years. His constant sickness forced him to stay inside and because of this he could not go to school. He was instead, home schooled by his father, John Hooke. In his spare time he practiced taking apart and putting together

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • A Red, Red Rose Is a Poem Written by Robert Burns, During 1796, the Year of His Death

    A Red, Red Rose Is a Poem Written by Robert Burns, During 1796, the Year of His Death

    A Red, Red Rose is a poem written by Robert Burns, during 1796, the year of his death. The poem consists of four stanzas; each one four lines long. The first stanza has an exact rhyme at the end of the second and fourth lines -- June and tune. The repetition of "O, my luve" in the first stanza conjures up the idea that his love is different from other men. His woman is so

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Robert Frost-Farmer, Teacher, and Poet

    Robert Frost-Farmer, Teacher, and Poet

    Julie Brown Eng 113 Y. Latif March 4, 2002 Robert Frost-Farmer, Teacher, and Poet Robert Lee Frost was not only a great poet, he was also a farmer and teacher to many. He was born March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. He was the son of a politician named William Prescott Frost, Jr., and a schoolteacher named Isabelle Moodie. Frost’s father passed away on May 5, 1885 when Frost was eleven, leaving his

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Paul Roberts - How to Say Nothing in 500 Words

    Paul Roberts - How to Say Nothing in 500 Words

    Attempt to Say Nothing in 0 Words An English class has rarely been a subject that majority of students be apt to love. There are always quite a few assignments to write and as the years of education increases, the assignments are needed to be in more standardized and complicated requirements. Essays are no longer written in single sentences, paragraphs, or short summaries about yourself, or something interesting, in my point of view. It will

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Robert Frost - How Physical Journeys Can Lead to Change

    Robert Frost - How Physical Journeys Can Lead to Change

    Physical journeys are a part of life the travelers can be changed spiritually, mentally and emotionally as they become aware of themselves and the world around them. The 3 texts the show the physical journeys lead to a greater understanding are a poem by Robert Frost "The Road Not Taken", a play called "Away" by Michael Gow and a cartoon entitled "You and Me" by Michael Leunig. 'The Road Not Taken' by Frost portrays the

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: regina
  • The Impacts of Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Impacts of Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Impacts of Robert Louis Stevenson The life and novels of Robert Louis Stevenson have impacted the world’s culture, literature, and entertainment. Many things that many people take for granted came from the life and novels of Robert Louis Stevenson. He has had an impact on the entertainment industry such as movies, hotels, toys, and even casinos named after his work. Many of the entertainment items were originated after his death by people buying marketing

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Treasure Island - a Mirror of Robert Louis Stevenson's Childhood?

    Treasure Island - a Mirror of Robert Louis Stevenson's Childhood?

    Treasure Island - A Mirror of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Childhood? Often there can be seen many parallels between a writer’s life and experiences and his or her works. A biographical approach to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is not easy, as at first sight the characters don’t have much in common with the author and up to the time the story was written, Stevenson hadn’t visited the West Indies or other exotic places. But there

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Artur
  • Robert Altman’s the Long Goodbye as a Genre Revisionist Film

    Robert Altman’s the Long Goodbye as a Genre Revisionist Film

    "Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye attempts to do a very interesting thing. It tries to be all genre and no story… It makes no serious effort to reproduce the Raymond Chandler detective novel… it just takes all the characters out of that novel and lets them stew together in something that feels like a private-eye movie." ---ROGER EBERT (REVIEW) The period of American cinema between 1965 and 19 produced many films that almost completely restructured

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: David
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton is one of the greatest inventors that have ever lived. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1765, Fulton was of Irish decent. His mother and father came from Kilkenny, Ireland in the early 18th century and settled in Little Britain Township in Lancaster. They were very poor, so Robert’s education was not the most formal. He spent his early twenties as an artist, painting mainly portraits and landscapes. Fulton went to

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Bobby Vinton Was Born Stanley Robert Vinton in Canonsburg

    Bobby Vinton Was Born Stanley Robert Vinton in Canonsburg

    Bobby Vinton was born Stanley Robert Vinton in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania April 16, 1935. He has a polish background. He came out in the early 1960’s as a pop idol. Many people adored him and many teens idolized him. At the age of 16 in high school he played the trumpet and then after a while he agreed to become the lead singer in his band. He and his band had many performances in clubs and

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Jon
  • Thomas Robert Malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus was born in 1766 in Dorking, just south of London to Daniel and Henrietta Malthus. Malthus was of a prosperous family. He was the second son of Daniel Malthus, a supporter of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume. He had seven siblings, one brother and six sisters. At a young age, Malthus was impressed and greatly influenced by the ideas of Rousseau and Hume. His father, along with various tutors, educated him before

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Wendy

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