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  • William Wudnt

    William Wudnt

    William Wundt is known as the Father of Modern Psychology. He Created The First ever school for psychology and also did many experiments in his time as a psychologist. William Wundt was born in Baden Germany in August of 1832. At The age of nine years old Wundt was sent off to a boarding school, And at the age of 19 he went to a university. At The University William studied medicine, although he

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: Jon
  • Examine Shakespeare’s Treatment of Relationships in Romeo and Juliet

    Examine Shakespeare’s Treatment of Relationships in Romeo and Juliet

    Examine Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. In this essay I will be examining William Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire and was alive during the Elizabethan era. He was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language. He wrote at least thirty seven plays and also wrote poems. His plays were comedies, histories and tragedies

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters, 1909-1914

    Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters, 1909-1914

    Any reader even peripherally interested in the work and life of Ezra Pound will take delight in Omar Pound and A. Walton Litz's masterful selection and editing of Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters, 1909-1914. To hear the authentic voices of the letters is to meet again but anew the youthful Pound. The facts of Pound's growth as an artist and critic during these years are not altered, but a new perception of the

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    Essay Length: 688 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Top
  • Vincent William Vah Gogh

    Vincent William Vah Gogh

    Insanity of an Artist Vincent William Vah Gogh , currently a world known artist , lead a depressing life and only sold 1 painting during his lifetime . He was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot Zundert, Netherlands. The Van Gogh’s family consist of Theodorus Van Gogh (The father) ,Anna Cornelia Carbentus (The mother) ,Theo Van Gogh (The younger brother) ,Elizabeth Van Gogh (The sister),and finally Vincent Van Gogh (The older brother) .Van

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    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare

    Introduction Shakespeare was a very exciting man who had a very interesting life. Surprisingly for the world's greatest playwright, there is actually very little about Shakespeare's life. Few details have come from church records, land titles and the written opinions of others. Very little is known about Shakespeare, the best playwright of all time. Background Information Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 1564, in Stratford, England. The date is not a hundred percent accurate due

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    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Discuss Tennessee Williams’ Use of Symbolism in “the Glass Menagerie”

    Discuss Tennessee Williams’ Use of Symbolism in “the Glass Menagerie”

    Discuss Tennessee Williams’ use of symbolism in “The Glass Menagerie” Tennessee Williams’ memory play “The Glass Menagerie describes three separate characters, their dreams and the realities they face in a changing world. The play is set in an apartment in st Louis during the American depression. The Glass Menagerie exposes the lost dreams of a southern family and their desperate struggle to escape reality. The play “The glass menagerie” itself is a symbol Williams uses

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Parody to Shakespear’s Sililoquy

    Parody to Shakespear’s Sililoquy

    “To e-mail, or not to e-mail...” To e-mail, or not to e-mail: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The spam and Junk mails of outrageous contact list Or to take arms against a sea of viruses And by opposing delete them? To e-mail, to reply No more; and by a Forward say we begin The Junk mails and the thousands of natural Spam That the inbox is heir to,

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    Essay Length: 253 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • William Grant Still - African American Composer and Pioneer

    William Grant Still - African American Composer and Pioneer

    William Grant Still, African American Composer and Pioneer William Grant Still has been dubbed the “Dean of African American Composers.” However to put such a limiting title on such a great composer does not do justice to exemplifying the greatness of his work. William Grant Still composed pieces that touched people of all races, not just African Americans. He wrote symphonies, ballets, children’s songs, and operas. In addition to his compositional accomplishments, he was a

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

    Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

    Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was considered a pioneer in radical heart surgery and in the establishment of Provident Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He was one of seven children. Growing up, at the age of 17, Williams worked part-time in a barbershop while he was living with one of his sisters. Williams received his preparatory and college education in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He

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    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Edward
  • Dona Nobis Pacem: Vaughan Williams

    Dona Nobis Pacem: Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem When Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was asked by the Huddersfield Choral Society to write a piece in celebration of their centennial in 1937, he produced a powerful plea for peace in Dona Nobis Pacem. The outlook of renewed war in Europe was all too real with the rise of Nazism and Fascism, with civil war in Spain and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, and was of huge concern to those

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    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Endless Circle in William Faulkner's Barn Burning

    The Endless Circle in William Faulkner's Barn Burning

    The Endless Circle in William Faulkner's Barn Burning William Faulkner's short story “Barn Burning” is the tale of a southern man forced into a role by society. “Barn Burning” takes place in the post Civil War South where a mans place in society is derived by their actions during the war. Ab Snopse, a man who served both the North and the South, is plagued with his non-allegiance and failure to accept authority. When Ab

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    Essay Length: 649 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Hamlet by William Shakesphere

    Hamlet by William Shakesphere

    << In the play Hamlet by William Shakesphere, the main character, Hamlet, has a high level of intelligence. In Denmark, Hamlet is the son of the king who had recently passed away, and the queen who betrayed her husband to marry Hamlet's uncle soon after his death. Hamlet is hurt and uproared by his mother's betrayal and his uncle's rise to become king. He has an extraordinary understanding and comprehension of others and himself.

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    Submitted: June 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • As You like It - Shakespeare

    As You like It - Shakespeare

    Jacques soliloquy in Shakespeare “As You Like It” is all about the stages of life. In the soliloquy he states that everyone goes through seven stages from infancy to old age. Jacques states that there are seven stages, he does not talk about unexpected death. There are several situations in life that determine a persons fate such as accidents, illnesses, and birth defects which prevent you from reaching the next stage of life. The first

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    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: regina
  • William Butler Yeats

    William Butler Yeats

    Born in Dublin in the year 1865, William Butler Yeats would go on to become universally recognized by his peers as the greatest poet of this century writing in the English language. This recognition would come as early as 1828, a decade before his death with the publication of arguably his finest volume, The Tower (Fraser, 207). The son of one time attorney and later well known painter John Butler Yeats, W.B. Yeats was of

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Edward
  • William Billy Mitchell: A Prominent Figure of American Aviation

    William Billy Mitchell: A Prominent Figure of American Aviation

    William Billy Mitchell was an important figure to the United States because of his persistent support of military aircraft . In fact, he insisted that the U.S. army provide a separate division dedicated specifically to aircraft , which would later become the U.S. Air Force. However, planes were mostly contraptions made of wood, wire, and cloth (Waller 3). Given that airplanes were small and weak at his time, Mitchell’s ideas were both doubted and rejected.

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Andrew
  • “things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe Vs.“the Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats

    “things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe Vs.“the Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats

    “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe vs. “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats When comparing the novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe and William butler Yeats poem “The Second Coming”, at first there seem to be no similarities except for the phrase “things fall apart” which is used in both. But as one closely examinee the reasons why both authors use this sentence, one realizes that both of them try to show a

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Shakespeare's Writings

    Shakespeare's Writings

    Shakespeare’s Writings William Shakespeare used many different writing styles in order to capture the minds and hearts of his audience. He wrote thirty eight plays (Boyce 119), two narratives (Boyce 294), and 154 sonnets (Boyce 607). In order to do his writing, Shakespeare had to put his mind, body, and soul into his work. Shakespeare wrote three different types of genres, comedies, histories, and tragedies. “A comedy is a drama that provokes laughter at human

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    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Jack
  • William Carlos Williams

    William Carlos Williams

    William Carlos Williams poems are greatly influenced by the imagery involved throughout them. The forms of the poems help to convey the themes of each, as well as highlighting their major points. The four poems I’m going to look at are “The Red Wheelbarrow”, “Portrait of a Lady”, “Danse Russe”, and “This Is Just To Say”. Each of these poems has specific examples of William Carlos Williams use of imagery and form. The poem “The

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    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: regina
  • Shakespeare in Love

    Shakespeare in Love

    Shakespeare in Love is an outstanding piece of romantic comedy and a perfect combination of art and life. It is rare to see a film in which the performances, writing, narrative structure, direction, humor, and production design perfectly work out together. Regenerating the history and illustration of Master Shakespeare’s remarkable life doesn’t seem to be easy at all, but the film writer manages to create such a spectacular dramatic piece. His ability in producing dialogs,

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    Submitted: June 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Shakespeare's Play Othello

    Shakespeare's Play Othello

    In ShakespeareЎЇs play Ў°OthelloЎ±, the character Iago is the main driving force in the play, who manipulates others to do things in a way he wants and benefits him, and moves him closer toward his goals. Iago is smart. He is an expert judge of people and their characters and uses this to his advantage. But his plans and hatred toward Othello, Cassio and Desdemona eventually lead to a tragic ending in the play. In

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    Submitted: June 8, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Shakespeare's Comparison of Sonnets 9 and 14 and the Play Macbeth to Show Natural Vs.Unnatural and Light Vs.Darkness

    Shakespeare's Comparison of Sonnets 9 and 14 and the Play Macbeth to Show Natural Vs.Unnatural and Light Vs.Darkness

    SHAKESPEARE’S COMPARISON OF SONNETS 9 AND 14 AND THE PLAY MACBETH TO SHOW NATURAL VS. UNNATURAL AND LIGHT VS. DARKNESS” Two of the most memorable themes that apply well when in context of Macbeth are, “Natural vs. Unnatural.” and “Light vs. Darkness.” these themes are declare during the play Macbeth and Shakespeare’s sonnets, which could have meant many things, In relation to the play and sonnets. This meaning is known to be in the play

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Jon
  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare

    Introduction: Shakespeare is a very good writer one his first play was the Midsummer night’s dream written in the mid-1950s. It was one of the most popular plays in the 1600s the romantic comedy of the Athenians lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest Oberon, Titania, Puck and Titanias fairy servants First fairy, Peaseblossom, Cobweb,

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: regina
  • Shakespeare’s Star Crossed Lovers

    Shakespeare’s Star Crossed Lovers

    In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, Juliet’s own happiness is put on hold due to her parents authority and the lack of control children had in the sixteenth century. John W. Draper’s excerpt “Shakespeare’s Star-Crossed Lovers” also supports my outlook on how Juliet’s life is being controlled by her parents. Juliet is a thirteen year old Capulet who’s family is in a lifelong feud with her love interest’s family, Romeo, a

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    Submitted: June 10, 2010 By: Steve
  • Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18

    Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18

    In “Sonnet 18,” Shakespeare shows his audience that his love will be preserved through his “eternal lines” of poetry by comparing his love and poetry with a summer’s day. Shakespeare then uses personification to emphasize these comparisons and make his theme clearer to his audience. Shakespeare also uses repetition of single words and ideas throughout the sonnet in order to stress the theme that his love and poetry are eternal, unlike other aspects of the

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    Submitted: June 10, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • William Wordsworth Outline

    William Wordsworth Outline

    Thesis: Through the use of different elements of poetry like imagery and tone, Wordsworth created inspirational works depictry humanity and nature as dependant on one another. I. Intro to his life (Bio) A. Wordsworth's early life 1. Early life in Cumberland 2. Stay in France B. Wordsworth's Works. 1. Publication of first poems 2. Poems of the middle Period. 3. Changes in Philosophy. 4. Poems of 1802 5. The Prelude. Zacarias 2 C. Later

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    Submitted: June 15, 2010 By: Sandra

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