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The Works And Influence Of Christopher Marlowe
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2065

.... to give Marlowe his degree because of his good service to the Queen as a government agent”(“Christopher Marlowe (1564- 1593)” par. 2). “After receiving his degree in 1587, he moved to London to begin his career as a playwright. All of his plays were believed to be written between 1587 and 1593. His works include Tamburlaine, parts one and two, the Jew of Malta, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Edward II, Queen of Carthage, and the Massacre at Paris. He also wrote the great poems, Hero and Leander and the Passionate Sherherd”(“Christopher Marlowe(1564- 1593)” par. 3,4) .....


Frank Sinatra
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3469

.... father were the first of his family to move from Sicily to America and settle down in the “land of the free”. After arriving in the United States, they ended up making their home in Hoboken, New Jersey, a very poor area where people resided with those of their own ethnic background. Their history was very important to the Sinatra family, and good moral values, as well as the importance of a good education, were instilled in all their children. Frank’s parents could barely read or write; that’s why good schooling was a priority to them. Sinatra’ .....


Theodore Roosdevelt: 26th President Of The United States (1901-1909)
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 578

.... authority over the railroads for the interstate commerce commission. He was also instrumental in the passage of the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act. Ro attitude toward the poor and towards the labor movement was that of an enlightened conservative. He supported many labor demands such as shorter hours for women and children, employers' liability laws and limitations on the use of injunctions against workers in labor disputes. In reform, Roosevelt wanted gradual change. He moved in the direction of the reformers and ended up as the candidate of the .....


The Life Of Charles Dickens
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 922

.... Academy in London. He was further educated by reading widely in the British Museum (Huffam). In late 1822, John was needed back at the London office, so they had to move to London. This gave Charles opportunities to walk around the town with his father and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the area. This gave him early inspiration that he would use later on in his life when he started to write (Mankowitz 13-14). James Lamert, the owner of a boot-blacking factory, saw the conditions that the Dickens family was going through. He offered Charles a job there and he .....


Orwell's "Such, Such Were The Joys....": Alienation And Other Such Joys
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1660

.... of abrupt awakening, a feeling of: ‘This is reality, this is what you are up against.' Your home might be far from perfect, but at least it was a place ruled by love rather than by fear, where you did not have to be perpetually taken out of this warm nest and flung into a world of force and fraud and secrecy, like a goldfish into a tank full of pike. (23) Young Orwell, impacted by this, “hard,” disorienting situation, realizes he is alone in a hostile, harsh environment. Orwell uses the image of the “warm nest,” a womb, from which the child is thrown, then innocently .....


Alexander The Great
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1381

.... several and Olympia’s hated them all. She felt much hate towards them. When one of her rivals gave birth to a retarded son Arridaeus, there were many rumors that Olympia’s poisoned him. Olympia’s told Alexander that Philip wasn't his real father although he was. He made sure the boy was well educated, even the great philosopher Aristotle was one of Alexander's tutors. Even thought he though him well Philip wasn’t a very good father. He always discouraged Alexander and made him feel worthless. When was 3 his father’s son King Perdiccas died. His young son Amyntas was suppose .....


George Bernard Shaw: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1521

.... mother grew tired of her husband's poor qualities so she left him and headed to London with her three children. In addition to the impact his father had on him, Shaw was also influenced in other ways. When he was young, a servant took him to the slums. From that experience he acquired a lifelong hatred of poverty (Collier's 649). Shaw was a poor student at the Wesleyan Connexional School despite private tutoring (Kunitz 1268). However, most of his education was gained at home through a thorough background in music, art, and extensive reading. He always had the eagerness and de .....


Nathaniel Hawthorne
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2483

.... career. (McGoldrick 82) Sibling incest was a theme that heavily concerned Hawthorne in two unfinished manuscripts, as well as one of his early literary works which he later retracted. The retracted piece's time set was early Salem, Massachusetts. The story involved a family structure much like that of Hawthorne's own family. The two siblings in the work, brother and sister, lived in deep affection, "lonely and sufficient to each other" since they alone survived an Indian attack. Mother and father having died, the sister becomes his, and throughout the work the theme of ince .....



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