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  • Analysis of London by William Blake

    Analysis of London by William Blake

    Written in four stanzas, London by William Blake uses an ‘A, B, A, B’ rhythmic pattern. More in a lyrical form, the poem is basically about someone where he wanders in London and describes his thoughts and observations. He sees poverty, misery, and despair on people’s face and notices how London is a hideous and corrupted place with injustice in every corner. The poem starts with a sinister and gloomy atmosphere which quickly gives an

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    Essay Length: 306 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: July
  • Othello by William Shakespeare

    Othello by William Shakespeare

    Throughout the book “Othello” by William Shakespeare, Othello expresses a great amount of love. Whether the love was over lust or true love that is for the reader’s of this book to decide. Each reader interprets this novel differently. Othello asked to be remembered as “one who loved not wisely but to well.” This is a very accurate quote. Shakespeare’s whole novel Othello was based on this quote in the story. You will see

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    Essay Length: 514 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: July
  • William Taft

    William Taft

    U.S. History William Howard Taft was overweight, but he made a great president. To be exact he was our 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. Taft was born on September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father Alphonso Taft was Republican, who also served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant. His mother was a graduate of Mount Holyoke, Louisa Torrey. He was

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    Essay Length: 830 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Janna
  • William Tindal

    William Tindal

    God’s Outlaw By Cole Norstad William Tindal, Tyndale or Tindale. Historians actually don’t know how to spell his last name was born in 1494 and he pasted away in1536, William was an English biblical translator and Protestant martyr. He was probably ordained shortly before entering the household of Sir John Walsh of Gloucestershire as chaplain and tutor in 1521. His sympathy with the new learning led to disputes with the clergy, and he moved to

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    Essay Length: 343 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Max
  • William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

    William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

    In William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", honor is displayed as a prominent theme throughout the play. Honor is having great respect for others, regardless of their status in society; and performing great deeds not for personal gain but for the good of others. Marcus Brutus is an example of an honorable man; Caius Cassius, however, is not. When Brutus joined the conspiracy against Caesar, he did it solely for the good of Rome. Unlike all the

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    Essay Length: 364 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

    In Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, the function of Feste the clown appears insignificant, but in reality his role has immense significance in the overall development of the play and other characters. The clown is used as an independent observer that exploits the foolish actions and faults of others. Throughout the epic play, we observe how Feste's true humor along with the foolishness of other individuals becomes the focal contribution of his role to the

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    Essay Length: 552 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • A Comparison of the Depiction of William Wordsworth Within Percy Shelley's to Wordsworth and Mary Shelley's on Reading Wordsworth's Lines on Peele Castle.

    A Comparison of the Depiction of William Wordsworth Within Percy Shelley's to Wordsworth and Mary Shelley's on Reading Wordsworth's Lines on Peele Castle.

    Generations after influential writers have surpassed the peak of their literary career, it is typical to continue inspiration upon the following writing successors. In terms of the proclaimed “second generation Romantic writers”, the “first generation” was extremely inspiring and important to the descendants of this type of writing and, essentially, this way of life. Upon further analysis of the poems addressed to Wordsworth by both Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, it is apparent that

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    Essay Length: 801 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: July
  • Apologia Analysis Essay of William J Clinton ’s Prayer Breakfast

    Apologia Analysis Essay of William J Clinton ’s Prayer Breakfast

    During his eight years as President of the United States, William J. Clinton had been allegedly involved in several scandals, although none as arguably infamous as the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The scandal concerned the concealed relationship between President Clinton, a married man, and Lewinsky, a twenty-one year old White House intern. Clinton had been publicly accused of having a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, an accusation he adamantly denied. Eventually, after an overwhelming amount of

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    Essay Length: 2,019 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Impact of William Wordsworth

    The Impact of William Wordsworth

    The Impact of William Wordsworth William Wordsworth, the age’s great Bard, had a significant impact on his contemporaries. Best known for his beautiful poems on nature, Wordsworth was a poet of reflection on things past. He realized however, that the memory of one’s earlier emotional experiences is not an infinite source of poetic material. As Wordsworth grew older, there was an overall decline in his prowess as a poet. Life’s inevitable change, with one’s changes

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    Essay Length: 856 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Max
  • The Shirt Industry in Derry - William Scott

    The Shirt Industry in Derry - William Scott

    The shirt industry in Derry was found by William Scott. He was born on 12th March 1765 in Balloughry, Co Derry. When Scott was 66 years of age he noticed the growing demand in Britain for cotton shirts with embroidered linen fronts. In 1831, Scott got his wife and daughters to make up shirts with which he boarded the steam ship �Foyle’ bound for Glasgow. His main customer became Mr William Gourlie & Son. (Roddy,

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Top
  • William Bouguerau’s Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850)

    William Bouguerau’s Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850)

    William Bouguerau’s Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850) After viewing William Bouguerau’s, Dante and Virgil in Hell, I began a quest to gain a greater understanding of the religious meaning to life, and in particular more meaning to my life. Bouguerau’s powerful depiction initially left me with curiosity about Dante’s Devine Comedy. I read Dante with fascination and a burning desire to learn more about Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam. Like a maddening and

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    Essay Length: 1,303 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    Hamlet William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was first performed around the year 1600. Since then, it has proven to be one of the most enduring stories ever created by Shakespeare. This epic tragedy has been adapted to film dozens of times and has seen legendary actors such as Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier take the lead role. In 1996, another version of Hamlet made its film debut under the direction of Kenneth Branagh who also plays the

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Max
  • William Butler Yeats

    William Butler Yeats

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Dublin. His father was a lawyer and a well-known portrait painter. Yeats was educated in London and in Dublin, but he spent his summers in the west of Ireland in the family's summer house at Connaught. The young Yeats was very much part of the fin de siиcle in London; at the same time he was active in societies that attempted an Irish literary revival. His first volume

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    Essay Length: 375 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Fatih
  • How Does Williams Present Stanley, Stella and Blanche in the Opening of the Play

    How Does Williams Present Stanley, Stella and Blanche in the Opening of the Play

    How Does Williams Present Stanley, Stella and Blanche in the Opening of the Play Tennessee Williams, the playwright of A Streetcar Named Desire is renowned for his strong characterization. He uses many literary, as well as dramatic, techniques in order to fully develop his characters, including their pasts, their motives and also their mannerisms. Moreover, Williams pays special attention to the way in which characters interact with each other, and the effects that are created

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    Essay Length: 1,262 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Tommy
  • William Wordsworth - the World Is Too Much with Us

    William Wordsworth - the World Is Too Much with Us

    ENGLISH LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT Poetry Essay In the churchyard of Grassmere’s Saint Oswald’s Church, lies a simple tombstone laid in reverence to William Wordsworth; now one of the most visited literary shrines in the world. “The World is Too Much With Us” is one of many excellent poems written by William Wordsworth during the early 1800’s. The poem’s theme revolves directly upon the material inclination of the world, and the tragic result of human kind losing

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    Essay Length: 1,486 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Vika
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding

    Lord of the Flies by William Golding

    Lord of the Flies from a Psychology Viewpoint In the book, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, there were many things that happened that relate well to what we have been doing in Psychology 181. There were several times when I found myself relating what we learned in class to the situation that the group of boys in the book found themselves in. The knowledge that I have learned has helped me understand and

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    Essay Length: 1,590 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Tasha
  • A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

    A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

    In "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, we see how past events effect the main character Miss Emily, especially her mental state. She seems to live in a sort of fantasy world where death has no real meaning. Miss Emily refuses to accept or even recognize, the death of her father or that of Colonel Satoris. She does not want to acknowledge the fact that the world around her was changing therefore Miss Emily

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    Essay Length: 626 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: David
  • Williams Sonoma/ Hbr

    Williams Sonoma/ Hbr

    1. What are four to five ways that specialty retailers differ from discounters (a la Wal-Mart)? Inventory turns: According to the data provided in the Williams-Sonoma Inc. case study (1990) average specialty store turns were just under 2x. If you look at the data from the Wal-Mart Article discount stores have turns many times that, actually turns around the neighborhood of 8x. Margins: Discounters such as Wal-Mart go for the high volume low margin approach.

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    Essay Length: 1,699 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Max
  • William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the character of Hamlet has many relationships with all characters. The theme human relationships is very strong in this play. A human relationship is a logical or natural association between two or more people. Hamlet has many of these associations with King Hamlet's Ghost, Gertrude, Claudius, Ophelia, Polonius, Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Many of his relationships are just and unjust according to the character's flaws and feelings. The ghost of King

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Jack
  • William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

    William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

    In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the prophecy of three witches drives the noble Thane's ambition beyond that of morality. His relationships with others, his dignity, and his sense of self-worth are all sacrificed for the title of King. The witches' prophecy inflates Macbeth's ambition and ego, causing him to take destiny into his own hands. Happiness, however, did not foresee his gain and eventually ruin was all that found him. At the beginning of the play

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    Essay Length: 529 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Spire William Golding: How Does Golding Introduce the Character of Jocelin in Chapter 1?

    The Spire William Golding: How Does Golding Introduce the Character of Jocelin in Chapter 1?

    William Golding uses the character of Jocelin as the driving force behind the development of plot and eventual tragedy which unfolds in “The Spire”. Jocelin is portrayed as an enigma by Golding, a driven man, consumed by faith and on the verge of madness. From the opening paragraph we gain an impression of the stresses and urges under which Jocelin operates and the depths of faith which drives him. The vivid description of the light

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    Essay Length: 628 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Max
  • William Harrison

    William Harrison

    William Henry Harrison William Harrison was our 9th president. He had many accomplishments before he was president. He gave the longest inaugural speech. In 1809 William Harrison negotiated the Treaty of Fort Wayne. The treaty was an agreement between the United States and many Native American tribes. In 1811 Harrison led soldiers in the battle of Tippecanoe against a Shawnee Tribe. The Americans won the battle and he was a hero after the Battle

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    Essay Length: 423 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Wendy
  • William H. Harrison’s Success

    William H. Harrison’s Success

    William H. Harrison’s Success William H. Harrison was very successful in his bid for the presidency in the election of 1840 for many reasons. William Henry Harrison began to spend time with others in his region who had been dealt out of the Jackson regime. Jackson ran so strong in some sectors that they had formed their own party, called the Whigs. Harrison was chosen as a Whig candidate, but not the only one. In

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Anna
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare has stood the test of time so well that even now we study and speak of him. More than four hundred years after his birth, he is held in the highest regard as the world’s greatest poet and playwright. Even the prominent society was respectful of him in his own time. “Over the span of his fifty two years, from a relatively obscure background, he achieved fame, wealth and status without ever losing

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    Essay Length: 1,368 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Top
  • The Lamb & the Tyger by William Blake

    The Lamb & the Tyger by William Blake

    The Lamb & The Tyger William Blake “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” are two different poems written by William Blake, the first taken from the Songs of Innocence and the second taken from the Songs of Experience. Both poems follow an A-A-B-B rhyme scheme and both focus on the topic of religion. Many sources have recommended the reading of the two poems together and I, myself, found that it was an experiment worth trying. When

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    Essay Length: 1,969 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Tasha

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