“The Dakotahs‚ or Nadowessious were doubtless a valorous people considered from an Indian standpoint”-Annie Tallent. This quote symbolizes how Annie felt about the Indians. She saw the Indians as a savage‚ and obstacle to civilizing forces whose righteousness and benighted destiny was self evident (Mackintosh). Annie Tallent was an important figure in American History because of what she accomplished in her lifetime. Annie was born on the farm of Samuel Donnan in New York. She was born on April
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Background Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was one of the greatest leaders of all time. He was born in 1874 and he lived in the UK. He was a Prime Minister‚ but he also had a passion of writing‚ so he was a writer as well. The leader known as Winston Churchill stood by himself when all the other countries were being taken over by Nazi Germany‚ him and the British army and prevailed. Winston Churchill was an outstanding leader because of his great characteristics and traits that allowed him
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The answer to French Impressionism was German Expressionism. “Where the French genius delighted in luminous impressions received from the outer world; the Germanic dug deep down into the hidden resources of the soul. In Vienna‚ where Sigmund Freud developed his theories of psychoanalysis‚ artists tried to capture for art the shadowy terrain of the unconscious. Expressionism set up inner experience as the only reality” (L48‚ 11:07). “At the turn of the twentieth century‚ Vienna was Paris’s only
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For my topic‚ I chose Edgar Degas’ painting‚ “The Dance Class‚” or often referred to as‚ “The Ballet Class‚” to discuss how his interpretation of ballet aspects are de-romanticized despite its era of late romanticism. This topic is of interest to me because I have an appreciation for ballet as an art form. For almost all of my life‚ I have noticed that media and society have hyper-exaggerated the obsession with sexually objectifying ballerinas. This‚ in turn‚ has undermined the true beauty of ballet
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he had become a well known poet. In 1960 he was awarded with the congressional gold medal(biography.com). Though Robert Frost was a great poet like many other famous poets his life was full of ups and downs. Robert Frost’s story begins in March of 1874 in San Francisco‚ CA‚ in his life he encountered many difficulties and many successes(biography.com). He lived there for 11 years‚ when his father died of tuberculosis the family moved to Lawrence‚ Massachusetts(biography.com/people/robert-frost).
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So the Philadelphia Zoo was opened July 1‚ 1874. This was a very important day at 3400 West Giard Avenue in Philadelphia. On the opening day a brass band invited more than 3‚000 visitors to the zoo. Flags flew high‚ noise filled the air‚ and people crowed every where. People came on foot‚ by cars
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Whistle man written by Brian Ridden‚ is an entertaining book for teens that reflects the Australian identity in several ways. This is because it recaps real events‚ through the eyes of an ordinary orphan named Garret Clancy. Garrett does this by revealing how the characters‚ setting and plot during the 1870’s in Australia‚ represents the Australian identity. In this fabulous book‚ Ned is shown as a hero due to Garrett‚ though it doesn’t give enough evidence about the other side of him. Firstly
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2 The Ring of the Nibelung (The Ring of the cycle) is a cycle of four epic operas by the German composer Wagner. Wagner wrote the libretto‚ which is the text used in an extended musical work such as opera‚ and the music in 26 years‚ from 1848 to 1874. The Ring of the cycle has 4 different operas in it‚ which are The Rhine Gold‚ The Valkyrie‚ Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Wagner intended to create an allegory criticizing the moral‚ political‚ social and economic values of 19th century
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of the Opera | 601‚218 | 594‚636 | Totals | $3‚1‚158‚316 | $3‚270‚870 | Source: Theatre.com. www.BroadwayNow.com/public/boxoffice.asp (13 September 1999). | Selected Works by American Authors | Author | Life | Works | Robert Lee Frost | 1874-1963 | West-Running Brook | Henry W. Longfellow | 1807-1882 | Ballads | Carl Sandburg | 1878-1967 | Smoke and Steel | Louisa May Alcott | 1832-1888 | Little Women | William Faulkner | 1897-1962 | The Sound and the Fury | Samuel L. Clemens
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Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24‚ 1842. He was the tenth child out of thirteen‚ so his parents were somewhat poor. His father’s name was Marcus Aurelius Bierce and his mother’s name was Laura Bierce. Laura was a descendant of William Bradford. Many of Ambrose’s family have a military background‚ which later encouraged him to enroll in the Kentucky Military institute. In 1846 when he was 4 years old‚ his family moved to Indiana. At the age of fifteen‚ he left home to be a “printer’s devil”‚ which
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