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Red River
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... earlier in the day. Dunson and Rupp had seen the smoke from the attack that killed the girl as they were riding away. It seems to me that Indians in this film are portrayed as dangerous enemies who are very sneaky. Also in this part of the movie Dunson and Rupp somehow knew how to answer Indian calls, even though they were two white guys from Missouri. It also intrigued me that the two of them shot every Indian that came out of the bushes the very first time. Good shootn'!
The day after the Indian attack they crossed the and headed south. This is where they ran into a young teenage boy (Mat ...
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Faustus
Number of Words: 3164 / Number of Pages: 12
... chooses to place this piece of literature varies the way that the play is viewed. However, the idea of considering him a martyr has many flaws, several of which are evident when considering who was before he turned to necromancy and what he did once he obtained the powers of the universe. Therefore, inevitably, the audience in this play should realize that was a great man who did many great things, but because of his hubris and his lack of vision, he died the most tragic of heroes.
Christopher Marlowe was borne on February 6, 1564 (Discovering Christopher Marlowe 2), in Canterbury, England, and bap ...
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Discuss How Art Can Be Used To Promote, Reflect Or Challenge
Number of Words: 1113 / Number of Pages: 5
... throughout the artwork and next to each scale, are angles and devils competing for each soul. Below Christ are the dead rising, one being "plucked" from the earth by giant hands. Here humanity’s pitiful weakness in revealed in these terror stricken people as the angles summon them to judgement. The devils have legs which end in sharp claws and lean from hell as they drag souls in and are accompanied by howling and roaring demons. Gislebertus’ sculpture was affective in influencing and inspiring the viewers of his artwork as he created a sense of terror and fear by revealing the awful consequences for t ...
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Can The United States Justify The Civil War
Number of Words: 893 / Number of Pages: 4
... was given thumbs up many times in the senate, our
newly formed country was now bordered by fresh land. The Wilmot Proviso
underwent quite a bit of pressure so that compromises could satisfy each side.
The Compromise of 1850 was soon to follow but the real catch of the same
year was the Fugitive Slave Act. This act was invented so that the slaves of
slaveowners, who took them to a slave-free state on a vacation or something,
could not escape. In this act, the hardest part to understand, was that the
courts were to try to give a fair trial to any runaway slaves. This enfuriated
many of the Norther ...
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Ku Klux Klan
Number of Words: 323 / Number of Pages: 2
... for which they risked their lives. We also respect the Klan Movement of the 1920s, which is known as the “Second Era.” This is when the Klan reached it’s political zenith all across the United Stated. However, the Klan today should not exist just as a memorial to past accomplishments, but as a living instrument for the ideals of Western Christian Civilization and the one element that makes them possible: the white race. Not a mere political association or political party, the Klan is indeed a brotherhood and a new White racial community that lives and functions by the ideals it promotes. It is ...
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The Pikes Peak Gold Rush
Number of Words: 320 / Number of Pages: 2
... home without the riches that they came for. The people that returned home were called "Go Backs". The other men stayed behind and continued panning or opened up shops in nearby towns.
The picture that the newspapers portrayed Colorado as a rich place for gold. Newspaper reporters traveled to Colorado to see what all of the hype was about. The reporters helped the population grow in the mining towns. During the winters the miners would go down to the supply towns to wait until spring so that they could return to carry on the search for gold. ...
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Who Wants To Be Next In Line
Number of Words: 1686 / Number of Pages: 7
... were fighting; to honor the noble soldiers that died while they were free and to boldly request the people honor such fine men by following in their footsteps.
It was the main purpose of this speech, to remind Athenians what their loved ones had been dying for in the battles with Sparta. Pericles wanted to instill national pride in the city along with a zest to fight for Athens and fight for her boldy. The oration reminds Athenians of their greatness because of the fact that they, as warriors, had more to fight for: they have more to lose because they live in freedom.
Pericles was extremely prou ...
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Lockie Leonard And Lex And Rory
Number of Words: 1346 / Number of Pages: 5
... problem. He is scared of communication and contact. This is one of his main fears, especially talking. In particular talking to one girl called Dai. Due to this not many people pay attention to him except his one and only true friend Rory. Lex is the type of person who is afraid to make the first move, but having a friend like Rory it starts to become easier.
Lockie doesn’t change himself to make other people feel happy. He likes who he is and believes in himself. Lockie doesn’t change for people. He feels that people have to like him for who he is and not for who they want him to be. Lockie doesn’t ...
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Impact Of Graphic Art On The French Revolution
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... or Rousseau. However, many more
people could understand visual art. Although the French Revolution is usually treated as a
revolution of the poor, it is also important to take into consideration that it was not started by the
peasantry, but by the nobility and wealthy businessmen of the Third Estate. These were the people
who had the time and money to attend theater and patronize artists. These were the people that
came to the galleries to view David's works.
His works were of a new style, never seen before. The art of the French Revolution represented a
sharp break wi ...
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The Revival Of Jazz In South Africa
Number of Words: 1560 / Number of Pages: 6
... organ with persistent chords in the right hand and improvising an effective melody with the left. He would call for the aid of a matchstick to hold down a harmonic note. You get a delirious effect of perpetual motion -- perpetual motion in a musty hole where men made friends without restraint." (BEBEY-64)
This was marabi music, a foundation element of South African jazz and an indigenous product of the urban ghettoes that were a feature of South African cities for much of this century.(KEBEDE-40) Its distinctive rhythms, designed to bring some consolation and dignity to otherwise drab and oppressive ...
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