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- 791: William Penn
- ... in England in protest of the Anglican Church's practices. The man in charge of this religious revolution was George Fox.1 He believed that God didn't live in churches as much as he lived in people's hearts.2 In that state of mind, he went out into the world in search of his true religion. He argued with priests, slept in fields, and spent days and nights trying ... became the Proprietor of Pennsylvania. Her goals had succeeded, and she ruled for eight years after his death, until she died in 1726.17 Thomas Penn, his middle child, was named the managing proprietor. He lived in the colony for forty years after his mother's death. He ruled for almost as long as his father, but like the rest of his family, he left the Quakers and joined the Church ...
- 792: Great Expectations- Morals
- ... are taking over, making it impossible for him to move ahead in the future and mature. When Pip receives money, he begins to indulge himself. This is to make up for the past, when he lived in fear. Pip's desires for self-satisfaction leaves him eventually with a broken heart, no money, and distance from his friends, Joe and Biddy. This stage in Pip's life was brought on through ... power, and popularity are not the most important things and that with only these trivial ideas, life can be truly miserable. He learned that when he loved the people that truly loved him and he lived life as a genuine, sincere person, he could live life to the fullest in the utmost happiness. Pip teaches us that if life is unhappy, a change in morals may be the key to modifying ...
- 793: Ethan Frome
- ... the consequences of running away to be with Mattie. The aborted suicide attempt leads to their tragic fate, living a life of physical and emotional suffering. "If she'd might ha' died, Ethan might ha' lived" It is horribly ironic that, as a result of the accident Mattie, the source of Ethan's earlier joy, is now an additional burden in his already depleted life. The ironic twist brings home Whartons ... message. The cold suffering of the me'nage a trois contrasts strongly with what might have been, if Ethan and Mattie's promise of love had been fulfilled, the image of them by the pond lived on, in the rich promise of that "burning August".
- 794: The Picture Of Dorian Gray 2
- ... rather, it forms its own type of reality, its own world. ¡§¡Kbefore I knew you (Dorian), acting was the one reality of my life. It was only in the theatre that I lived. I thought that it was all true¡¨ (95). Before Sibyl fell in love with Dorian, she lives in a world or Art, a world of imaginations. That great pureness of Art is so powerful that she can spiritualize her audiences, and give them a soul if they lived without one, create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly. Art has the power to bring people into a place where they have not been, or a place that ...
- 795: Alexander The Great
- ... still weren t amiable between father and son. On one occasion, Philip was attacked and hurt by rioters and he fell and played dead on the ground. Alexander shielded the attackers away and his father lived, but he never acknowledged the fact that Alexander saved his life. Alexander deeply resented him for this. Alexander was known for his many temper tantrums. One memorable one was during a dinner party celebrating his ... long period of time. His men refused to go any further, however, and he turned back to go home. On the march home, he fought many cities, and took an arrow in the chest, but lived.On a later visit to Persia, he found that many of his Governors had abused their power. He had them executed and, in an attempt to reunite the two civilizations, he married the old King ...
- 796: Woodstock 1969
- ... to go out into the world and make a difference despite what a few people may have thought about them. These are the people that made such an impact on America’s society as they lived out their lives. They were cultural pioneers with their alternate feelings toward the definition of art, music, and the structure of society. The impact left on the rest of the country by Woodstock may have ... at recreation. Despite people’s desire to bring back the feeling of the original Woodstock, all that can remain is its affect on the people who experienced it and the affect on the culture they lived in. Its stories will be told, some good, some bad, but the desire that people feel to experience it firsthand will never be lost.
- 797: The Music Of Louis Armstrong
- ... a musician provided a foundation for years of jazz musicians to build an empire. Also, his music and persona have played into this influence into today’s jazz music. Louis was an incredible American who lived the American dream through his music, which resulted in an everlasting impact on many Americans as well as on the world of Jazz. The American tale of rags to riches is defined by the life ... and this is a characteristic that helped to make Louis Armstrong such an influential person to such a wide variety and range of individuals, even outside the confines of the musical world. Louis Armstrong has lived on in his abilities to inspire and motivate people to look within and rise to the fullest of their abilities despite all odds. All the aspects of the world of music, as well as many ...
- 798: The Lonely Soul Of Dasein
- ... yields guilt in the form of not being able to grasp the meaning of not-Being-with-Others. To make up for this guilt, Dasein moralizes its existence with respect to how life should be lived versus all other possibilities of how it could be lived. Morality must then describe the relation of Being-one s-Self through Others in relation to former psychological phenomena such as attending a funeral. Care, however, cannot be pure nullity as this undermines the entire ...
- 799: The Ice Storm Book Vs. Movie C
- ... position that one could actually look at both the modern movie and the book version. The story is a realistic story about the Hoods and the Willams. Both of these families were affluent families that lived in New Canaan. The book centers around Wendy and the events that take place during the their thanksgiving in the 70s. The story is pretty simple and is about family strife. Wendy is a typical ... s confusion and his adolescent sexual nature. The book does do a good job starting every chapter. The first few paragraphs of every chapter start with Paul saying something about the time period that he lived in. It really helped capture the spirit and setting of the book. The opening is really outstanding where Paul says, So let me dish you this comedy about a family I knew when I was ...
- 800: The House Of The Seven Gables-
- ... of witchcraft,and condemned them to their deaths. Nathanial was embaressed by this and changed the spelling of his last name from Hathorne to Hawthorne. Alot of his family history, life experiences and where he lived influenced his writing greatly. Hawthorne had a cousin, Susannah Ingersoll. When he was young, in Salem, he would frequently visit her in her mansion, she lived there alone. The house had a secret staircase and once had seven gables. This house, Nathanial visited in his youth, was his inspiration for the house in his book " The House Of The Seven Gables ...
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