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Civil War Timeline
Number of Words: 1354 / Number of Pages: 5
... attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's
unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter
struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more
men than in all previous American wars combined. The president is then
pressured to relieve Grant but resists. "I can't spare this man; he
fights," Lincoln says.
April 24, 1862 - 17 Union ships under the command of Flag Officer David
Farragut move up the Mississippi River then take New Orleans, the South's
greatest seaport. Later in the war, sailing through a Rebel mine field
Farragut utters the famous phrase "Damn the t ...
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Battle Of Saratoga
Number of Words: 705 / Number of Pages: 3
... the Hudson River with
only minor casualties. In an attempt to slow the British advances, the
American General Philip Schuyler detached 1000 men under the command of
Major General Benedict Arnold. This force moved west to thwart St. Leger's
eastward advance along the Mohawk River. Arnold returned with his
detachment after repelling St. Leger in time to serve in the Battle of
Saratoga.
First Battle of Saratoga: The Battle of Freeman's Farm
The Battle of Freeman's Farm, the First Battle of Saratoga, was an
indecisive battle fought 19 September 1777 in which Gates lost ground to
the British Disagreements ...
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David Cronenberg
Number of Words: 784 / Number of Pages: 3
... the public know, David Cronenberg was not finished there. The ideas he had
stored in his uncanny mind of his were peculiar, odd and extraordinary. With his continuing
success artistically, the public began to find his work vulgar and disturbing. In 1983, David
Cronenberg produced and directed the highly sucessful "The Fly." From that film on his work was
very controversial. The artists found his work deep, and meaningful, while the ordinary person
though it to be the work of a madman.
He had 5 more films to direct. "Dead Ringers" , "Naked Lunch", "Madame Butterfly ...
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Monet
Number of Words: 1176 / Number of Pages: 5
... Seine. En 1878 Michel, le deuxieme fils, est né. Camille est morte dans 1879 de tuberculose. Après la mort de Camille, Alice Horschedé a prend en charge la famille de Claude en plus de ses six enfants. Toute la famille s'est installé à Poissy en 1881. Neuf ans derniers en date, a acheté la maison de Giverny. Pendant les deux ans prochain, M. Hoschedé a mort et a epousé Alice. En 1907 a le premier symptômes de la cataracte. Alice est morte en 1911 et trois ans prochain Jean est mort. En 1922 n'a pas travaille parce-que son vision était trop mal, mais l'an prochain il a eu un operation. Sa vue s'es ...
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Existentialism And Theatre
Number of Words: 546 / Number of Pages: 2
... Sartre. Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to
escape, and become one of the leaders of the Existential movement.
Other popular playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just
like Anouilh, Camus accidentally became the spokesman for the French
Underground when he wrote his famous essay, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" or
"The Myth of Sisyphus". Sisyphus was the man condemned by the gods to
roll a rock to the top of a mountain, only to have it roll back down
again. For Camus, this related heavily to everyday life, and he saw
Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a po ...
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Parthenon
Number of Words: 796 / Number of Pages: 3
... not to the people who give but to those who receive it, so long as they provide he services paid for." This is a good example of how the Greeks felt about themselves and their temples. The Paratheon is the best example of Greek's history and their architectural abilities.
The Greek temple, , was like most it had a three-step platform. The columns enclosed an oblong interior chamber known as the naos. On the Front was a main room called the cella. At the west was a smaller chamber called the opisthodomus, meaning back room. The combined two different styles of temple design, the Doric and the Ion ...
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Causes Of Civil War
Number of Words: 1814 / Number of Pages: 7
... if they want to be free of slave state, and he completely ignore the Missoure Compromise. The Compromise of 1850 stated that should be equal number of free and slave states. The Missouri Compromise said that any state above the latitude of 36 30' can not be a slave state. "Bleeding Kansas" was where people were fighting over the issue of slavery and cost many American Lives. The California Gold Rust occurred when gold was discovered in California and people rushed out to California.When California apply for statehood, it cause huge problems because North and the South wanted control of the gold in ...
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Interplay Between Fantasy And Reality In The Gothic
Number of Words: 2447 / Number of Pages: 9
... The most obvious use of the fantasy/reality interface in gothic fiction is the fact that the fantasy almost always exists within the reality. On a basic level this means that the stereotypical gothic castle where the story ( a fantasy ) unfolds is always in a real place. Dracula is fantasy but takes place in the "real world", The Overlook Hotel and the things that go on there in The Shining are pure gothic fantasy but the hotel is set in a real region of the Colorado Rockies and is near real towns such as Sidewinder ( named after a real pass through the Rocky Mountains that really does get dangero ...
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Comparison Of Perugino And Caravaggio
Number of Words: 1344 / Number of Pages: 5
... at a specific moment in time by their rigid outline. Perugino’s approach to the figures’themselves is extremely humanistic and classical. He shines light on the figures in a clear, even way, keeping with the rational and uncluttered meaning of the work. His figures are all locked in a contrapposto pose engaging in intellectual conversation with their neighbor, giving a strong sense of classical rationality. The figures are repeated over and over such as this to convey a rational response and to show the viewer clarity. Perugino’s approach to space was also very rational and simple. He organizes sp ...
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Race In The New England And Southern Colonies
Number of Words: 978 / Number of Pages: 4
... made up the New England and southern colonies. "God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and in subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man."(John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winthrop, demonstrates importance of religion in the lives of the New England settlers. "We must delight in each other, make others’ conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always ...
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