"In the time of Greatness"
Birth Date. William Shakespeare, surely the world's most performed and admired playwright, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. According to the records of Stratford's Holy Trinity Church, he was baptized on April 26. Since it wa....

A Biography of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
A Biography of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois To the many who admired him, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was, by strong-willed dedication and intellectual perseverance, an assailant of inequality and a guardian of liberty. A herald of Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism (Hynes), he pa....

Adolf Hitler
ADOLF HITLER AND NAZISM Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria (www.). His father died when he was thirteen, but, unlike most boys his age, Hitler did not try to find work, or work harder at school. Adolf dreamed of becoming an artist (Shirer, Rise and Fall 6)....

Benjamin Franklin-Scientist and Inventor
Benjamin Franklin has influenced American technology, and indirectly, lifestyles by using his proficiencies and intelligence to conduct numerous experiments, arrive at theories, and produce several inventions. Franklin's scientific and analytical mind enabled him to generate many long lasting achie....

Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (1914-1986), A Biography Bernard Malamud was the finest short story writer produced by Jewish culture in America, and was, indeed, one of the classic American writers of short fiction. The five collections of short stories he published in his lifetime---The Magic....

Cleopatra Biography
Cleopatra was a woman of great skill, intellect, and wit. Through these character traits, Cleopatra was able to become a very effective and powerful leader of Ancient Egypt, but not many know the whole story of Cleopatra's life. Often distorted through Hollywood, Cleopatra is sought out by moviegoer....

Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Great Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald emerged during the 1920s Jazz Age in American culture. Fitzgerald was a glittering hero of the Roaring Twenties where he experienced the highs and lows of a society that celebrated moral decline and set a corrupt background ....

Life of Chinua Achebe
Prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe's satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. In 1990 Achebe was paralyzed from the....

Medicines and Treatments Provided by the Roman Army
Credit for great medical discoveries which led to the increase in life expectancy and survival rates among the brave soldiers in Ancient Rome can be given to historians and philosophers who went to great lengths to learn and record their remedies. Centuries ago, in a time of plague and bloodshed, ....

Multiple Layers of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was an accomplished, but troubled poet and writer. She spent her life writing about her childhood, emotions, and experiences. She was very successful in her career, for she won the Pulitzer prize in 1982 (Wagner-Martin 246). She lived a troubled life full of sorrow, disappointment, and ....

Opposite But the Same: Thomas More and King Henry VIII
Opposite But the Same: Thomas More and King Henry VIII Andrew Yates EN102/008 Professor Tangerini 13 December 2006 Yates 2 During the time of the two men in question, there were numerous variables that influenced both King Henry VIII and Thomas Mores th....

Spinsterhood in Nineteenth Century America
Reflecting on her single life, Catharine Sedgwick wrote in her diary: "I certainly think a happy marriage the happiest condition of human life ... [I]t is the high opinion of its capabilities which has perhaps kept me from adventuring in it."(n1) This entry epitomizes the seemingly paradoxical conne....

The Atomic Bomb
"Then a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky . Mr. Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun. John Hersey, from Hiroshima, pp8 On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United Sta....

The Graduate: Depiction of Alienation Through Song
In 1967, Mike Nichols directed one of the most popular films of the time, The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. The film linked the gap between the generations, the alienation of man from his surroundings, and the power of popular music by matching up the screenplay with a number....

The Life and Works of Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was a nationally renowned poet, biographer, lecturer, journalist, and folksinger. He won two Pulitzer prizes for his poetry works and his biography of Abraham Lincoln. He was known as the peoples poet and he passionately wrote for the everyday working person. Carl Sandburg w....

Three Economistis
T h r e e E c o n o m i s t s Three very important economists were Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. Each was a highly original thinker, who developed economic theories that were put into practice and affected the world's economies for generations. Karl Marx born in Trie....

To what extent was Stalin responsible for the purges between 1932 and 1939
To what Extent was Stalin Responsible for the Purges between 1932 and 1939? Abstract The essay discusses Stalins responsibility of the purges between 1932 and 1939. The first part of the essay will briefly assess Lenins legacy on Stalins terror mechanism. This is followed by the....

Umoufia Culture in Things Fall Apart Vs. Multicultural Canada
Chinua Achebe understands that Africa has both complex and dynamic societies. This continent is not primitive, simple or backwards as stereotypically perceived by many people all over the world. Scholars believe that it is this understanding of human society, that makes Achebes 1959 novel, Things ....

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