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- 181: Separation And Survival In
- ... rather than a slave family he might have had to leave behind — with strategies of survival and plans for escape. Not only Northup's own story, but those of the slaves he met and lived with are included in his narrative,. especially in the first half, which details how Northup was transported from Washington to Richmond and finally to Louisiana, where he was sold to a planter in the Bayou ... Washington, D.C., a logical place to sell slaves, and that profitability no doubt was an inducement to kidnappers.) In Williams' slave pen in Washington, Northup met a man named Clemens Ray, who had long lived in Washington, and was "wholly overcome.... [at] leaving the friends and associations of his youth — every thing that was dear and precious to his heart — in all probability never to return." Later, in ... the axe lay, but was unable to loosen Tibeats' grip on the axe. Again Northup throttled him, almost to unconsciousness. Aware that "if [he] killed [Tibeats], [his] life must pay the forfeit — if [Tibeats] lived, [Northup's] life only would satisfy his vengeance," Northup threw him off the workbench, leapt a fence, and headed for the bayou, a runaway. Pursued by Tibeats, his companions, and their dogs, he headed ...
- 182: Scarlet Letter Critique
- ... confess his sin of adultery. If he admitted his sin, then people would have constantly harassed him for the rest of his life. Probably more so than they would others too since he had always lived under strict Puritan code other than that act of passion with Hester. The fact that the Puritans would humiliate him eroded his insides until he couldn t take it anymore. The Puritans lived by such a strict code that just one sin could ruin anyone s reputation. The stiff religious code that they lived by basically molded their lives. People just were not able to express themselves freely like they should have been able to. This is illustrated well when the Puritans celebrated one of their most important ...
- 183: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... strong influence on his melancholy being that would cause him to write as he did. By the age of six, his biological father had disappeared and left him deserted. His biological mother, whom he hardly lived with, died when Poe was only thirteen years old.23 Poe was sent to live with his foster parents, the Allans. He did not have the best relationship with the Allans. His eccentric and creative ... restlessness in Poe is itself ghost-like in its stirrings, drifting in an external world and by an act of the imagination attempting to subdue and exorcise that world from the mind. 31 Poe undoubtedly lived with a constantly troubled mind. He is said to have been so morbid of mind because he lived his life through eyes and a body that had already died. Poe is a man writhing in the mystery of his own undoing. He is a great dead soul progressing terribly down the long ...
- 184: Frank Liszt
- Franz Liszt was born on October 22, 1811 and lived until July 31, 1886. He was taught the piano by his father and then Czerny (Vienna, 1822-1823), making himself known as a remarkable concert artist by the age of 12. In Paris he studied ... whose influence effected Liszt. He eagerly transferred to the piano in original works and operatic fantasias. Meanwhile he gave lessons and began his stormy relationship (1833-1844) with the (married) Countess Marie d'Agoult. They lived in Switzerland and Italy and had three children. He gave concerts in Paris, maintaining his legendary reputation, and published some essays, but was active chiefly as a composer (Annees de pèlerinage). To help raise funds ... conducted new operas by Wagner, Berlioz and Verdi and, as the teacher of Hans von Bülow and others in the German avant-garde, became the figurehead of the 'New German school'. In 1861- 1869 he lived mainly in Rome, writing religious works taking minor orders in 1865; from 1870 he traveled regularly between Rome, Weimar and Budapest. He remained active as a teacher and performer to the end of his ...
- 185: Beowulf
- ... opposing characters and how they affected each other to the maximums of a continuum. When a force in acquired joy, the opposing force acquired sorrow. Whenever there was music in Herot, Grendel was affected. Grendel lived in the marshes, which was a hell on earth, and every time Herot sang and danced with pleasure and joy; Grendel lurked in the marshes with anger. Lines 2-4 explain his anger, "…In the darkness, growled in pain, impatient/ As day after day the music rang/ Loud in that hall…" The epic poem suggests that the population of Herot lived in happiness, and Grendel waited until his time came. Furthermore, as Grendel lived in his hell on earth, Herot was developing their society. One would believe that the music Herot was playing is not what he wanted to listen to during to his life in the marshes. ...
- 186: Joy Luck Club
- ... husband, St. Clair -- died at birth. She saw it as a punishment for her previous behavior. After leaving her first husband's house and returning home, she abandoned herself to whatever life offered her. She lived like a shadow, letting other people or events to decide for her. When she met St. Clair, she passively let him believe that she was from a poor family. Ying-Ying also let him think ... learned American ways and thought of herself as more suitable than her mother to American life. However, conversely, her mother saw the fragility of Lena's marriage and happiness. For all her life, Ying-Ying lived on a superficial level with St. Clair, her husband. Lena inherited this attitude from her mother. In St. Clair's family, they never had real communication. They only tried to be good to each other ... an attitude of "laissez-faire" like it is misunderstood sometimes, or a fatalistic way of thinking that induces people not to save a situation when there is still time. Lena was very peaceful when she lived with Harold. She let him do whatever he wanted to do, but he did not become the best of himself in this relationship, since she did not communicate to him all of her true ...
- 187: E. E. Cummings
- Anyone lived in a pretty how town anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) he sang his didn't he danced his did. Women and men(both little and small) cared for anyone not at all they ... express himself. These other quirks would include using desired capitalization rather than when appropriate, incorrect use of parenthesis and other puncuation, as well as incorrect use of grammar. In the analysis of the poems, Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town , Once like a Spark , Up into the Silence the Green as well as any other of Cummings poems, it necessary to remember that he is best understood when approached ...
- 188: Biography Of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... it would have bean quite possible for Poe to get a job. Before the year was over Poe had developed gambling debts exceeding 2,500 dollars (Moldavia). When Poe went back to Richmond where John lived for the summer he expected John to pay of his debts. John would not pay of the debts and made John work as a clerk at his firm to pay them off. In 1827 Poe ... In "The Raven" Poe talks a lot of loneliness. Poe suffered from loneliness and depression, both clinical and chemical. It is also said that Poe had a bust of Pallas over his door when he lived in New York city (The Raven). Poe also writes of imagining that there is someone at his door when he said, "Here I opened wide the door, darkness there and nothing more". This can be ... years. Despite so much time, people are still fascinated by his life and work. Many scholars actively explore and discuss his writings and the things that are known and unknown about his life. Although he lived only forty years, Poe's work is still important to us today. Bibliography Moran, Dr. John. A Defense of Poe--Life, Character, and Dying Declarations of the Poet. New York: William F. Bogher,1885. ...
- 189: Dickinson Vs. Whitman
- ... t associate with many people other than her family. In this essay I will be comparing Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Emily Dickinson's life differs greatly from the life of Walt Whitman, although they lived during the same time period. Walt Whitman published practically all his poetry during his lifetime, but Emily Dickinson only published seven of her poems during her lifetime. Actually, her poetry wasn't published until after ... t leave the comfort of her home. The last y ears of Walt Whitman's life were spent revising and writing poetry. Emily Dickinson stayed very close to her family, but Walt Whitman traveled and lived alone toward the end of his life. The forms that Dickinson and Whitman used are also different because both used new and innovative ideas in writing their poetry. Walt Whitman used no real form other ... the words, World, Me, News, Nature, Majesty, Message, Hands, Her, and Sweet. She did this because those things were important to her. Walt Whitman's and Emily Dickinson's lives were very different, although they lived during the same time period. Each poet chose to be around certain people and things. Those people and things they chose to be around greatly influenced their poetry. The forms and subjects are different ...
- 190: Explaining The Twenties
- In 1920, for the first time, the United States census revealed that more Americans lived in cities than in rural areas. This fact speaks to a dramatic cultural shift that had taken place. The older ethnically homogenous white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) culture, characterized by their traditional religion and farm ... and traditionalism is most apparent as a battle between the city and the country. In geographical terms, this was how the multi-cultural modernism and mono-cultural traditionalism were separated. Most non-Western European immigrants lived in large cities, and in the eyes of traditionalists, it was these immigrants who responsible for the problems of sin, alcoholism, and radicalism. These large cities were the center of liberal Protestantism while the small ... No group symbolized the way in which these different strands of cultural reaction came together as much as the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was prevalent in the Southwest and Midwest, where few African-Americans lived. While the Klan was profoundly racist, in the 1920’s, it was better known for its protests against Catholic and Jewish immigrants and the threat to traditional Protestant morality which Catholics and Jews represented. ...
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