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- 821: Analysis Of Ted Hughes The Min
- ... of metaphors exposing the years of thoughts held back by a inner dam of media martyrdom and regrets in Hughes. In The Minotaur and Robbing Myself the poet reveals times and lives where he once lived along side his star crossed love, Sylvia Plath. The Minotaur. In this poem Hughes delves into the darker sides of Plath, where fits of rage overtook her and depression and pain ruled over her, her ... of her father, who as the Minotaur she had replaced, now filled his grave. Robbing Myself. Hughes begins the poem by detailing the cold; the environment symbolizing the lack of life and of emotional emptiness lived. The worst weather, the worst situation, like in much literature the weather reflects personal turmoil. "Fallen Heaven"- referring to the fallen snow and his own fallen heaven, the loss of his hove in live; for ...
- 822: History Of The Civil War
- ... distance of 400 miles and was 60 miles wide on the way. For 32 days no news of him reached the North. He had cut himself off from his base of supplies, and his men lived on what ever they could get from the country through which they passed. On their route, the army destroyed anything and everything that they could not use but was presumed usable to the enemy. In ... when they arrived. The fires had been set to cotton bales by Confederate Calvary to prevent the Federal Army from getting them and the high winds quickly spread the fire. The controversy would be short lived as no proof would ever be presented. So with Columbia, Charleston, and Augusta all fallen, Sherman would continue his drive north toward Goldsboro. On the way, his progress would be stalled not by the Confederate ...
- 823: A Christmas Memory Vs. The Gra
- ... age split: Buddy is seven and Cousin is in her sixties. In The Grass Harp, Colin and Dolly have a similar age difference. But they are close friends, because they do many things together. They lived in the tree together, as well as dancing with each other. Likewise, Buddy and Cousin have a close relationship and do many things do together. Buddy and Cousin make fruitcakes, find a Christmas tree, and ... He is also isolated from the outside world. Colin also experiences separation in The Grass Harp. At the end of the story he loses his best friend Dolly and then leaves the place were he lived. Similarly, Buddy is isolated from society; he is never at school and no one ever comes to visit him at his home. At the end of “A Christmas Memory” Buddy is sent to a ...
- 824: The Awakening 6
- ... viewed women as possessions. This was a trouble that she could not get away from. Robert loved her, but the way that he thought was still being controlled by the society and time that they lived in. Edna realizes that her loving and lusty relationship with Robert would still be repressed by the society that they were in. That is not what Edna wanted. She could not hold back her feelings ... self. Edna sacrifices all in the end of the story and kills herself. Her suicide was not an escape from her children, but the ultimate sign of her responsibility to them. She could not have lived her life, having left her husband to be with Robert, allowing her sons to grow up with such an unseen background. She kills herself in place of leaving with Robert because of her realization that ...
- 825: Louis XIV
- ... this time span that Europe was very strongly influenced by French culture and civilization. is a paradigm of European monarchs. He was known as Louis the Great, The Grand Monarch, and the Sun King. Louis lived from 1638 until 1715. He reigned as king of France from 1643 until 1715. He was actually in power from 1661 until 1715. His legacy is somewhat unusual. Some historians believe that Louis' wars and ... of law) began a civil war against Mazarin and the young king. These disturbances were known as Fronde. They lasted for 5 years. During this formative period Louis experienced a loss of funds, a life lived in fear, and a deep sense of humiliation. After all, in theory, he was not only the master of his realm, but the owner of everything in it: How dare the nobles rise against him ...
- 826: Tigers
- ... balance when they run through fast turns. They also use their tails to communicate with other . Where did tigers come from? Tigers (and all other carnivores) are descended from civet-like animals called miacids that lived during the age of the dinosaurs about 60 million years ago. These small mammals, with long bodies and short flexible limbs, evolved over millions of years into several hundred different species, including cats, bears, dogs ... Russia and probably went extinct in the 1950s. The Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, formerly ranged on the Indonesian island of Java and was last seen in 1972. The Bali tiger, Panthera tigris balica, once lived on Bali, where the last tiger was believed to have been killed in 1937. At the beginning of this century it is estimated that there were 100,000 wild tigers, today the number is less ...
- 827: Helen Of Troy: The Face That Launched One Thousand Ships
- ... on the advice of Odysseus, he got all the suitors to swear that they would support the marriage rights of the successful candidate. He then settled on Menelaus to be the husband of Helen. She lived happily with Menelaus for a number of years, and bore him a daughter, Hermione. After a decade or so of married life, Helen was abducted by -- or ran off with -- Paris, the son of King ... of the time, placed it under the command of Agamemnon, and set off to wage what became known as the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Menelaus took Helen back to Lacedaemon, where they lived an apparently happy married life once more. After the end of their mortal existence, they continued to be together in Elysium. There were a number of different accounts of Helen's relationship with Paris. In ...
- 828: Alan Turing
- Biography: Alan Mathison Turing Alan Mathison Turing was surrounded by enigma, not only did he break many cryptic codes but he also lived a mysterious life. Turing was born on June 23, 1912 in Paddington, London to Julius Mathison and Ethel Sara Turing. Turing s father, Julius, was an officer in the British administration in India when he ... son would be Turing had an older brother named John, who also had a childhood determined by the demands of the class and the exile in India of his parents. Alan and his older brother lived among various English foster homes while they were children until 1926, when their father retired from India. While raised in foster homes, Alan was not encouraged nor shown any support, yet through his own curiosity ...
- 829: Dr. Mengele
- ... in Brazil, where he finally made his home, he still faced the Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who pursued him relentlessly until Mengele s remains were found in 1985. His final days were rather pathetic. He lived in a dilapidated old bungalow with a cracked floor and leaky roof. This man, who had controlled the fate of so many, now found himself suffering from loneliness, failing health, and poverty. He looked for ... Mengele evaded capture and was never brought to trial, it does not mean he was never punished. If Mengele had been put to death, his life would have been over, without any further suffering. Mengele lived, and his life of loneliness, isolation, and alienation from his family and the ones he loved was much more painful than had he been put out of his misery years earlier. With his life a ...
- 830: The Giraffe
- ... as a giraffe and has a s shorter neck. Scentist say that the okapi looks a lot like ancient relatives of the giraffe that are no longer alive. In the past, the ancient giraffe relatives lived in many parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia. Some were larger than okapi and some smaller. At one time or another, many types of giraffe- like animals lived on earth but only the giraffe and the okapi were left. The giraffe is a very quiet animal that doesn't bother other animals. They always mind there own business and adult giraffes are so ...
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