awards such as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. In addition to the many performances and awards the Hansberry play won‚ there were some‚ arguably more important things that it accomplished. A Raisin in the Sun marked the turning point for Black artists in professional theater. The funding for this play was a struggle. It took over a year to raise enough money and
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Our life is a collection of events and their corresponding experiences. Some of these experiences are ephemeral and the rest sometimes puts an everlasting impact on our life and lifestyle. In these experiences‚ there are some that mark the achievement of our maturity. These are those points of our life that mark our transition between different phases of age. I have had such one event in my life that had a lasting effect on me and transformed me from a child to an adult. That event came from nowhere
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In history‚ there has been many turning points that changed the course of history; a turning point can be defined as a time when a decisive change takes place. Throughout the history of the United States‚ there have been many events that changed the nation and two major fundamental events were America’s entry into World War I and the economy’s introduction of the assembly line. Both of these major events brought along many social‚ economic‚ and political changes. During the Industrial
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On March 15‚ 44 BC‚ Julius Caesar was murdered by a Roman senator in a conference room next to Pompey’s theater. The murder of Caesar is one of the most famous events in the everlasting Roman history of the endless history of Shakespeare’s famous play as well as contemporary stories. The assassination also proved a major turning point in many changes throughout the Roman Empire. Sixty Roma aristocrats participated in the plot to murder Caesar‚ and 14 Senators actually participated in the stabbing
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The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that pitted the Northern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four years‚ from 1861 to 1865‚ and was marked by some of the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. The civil war was a terrible rift in our nation‚ fought between the northern states‚ known as the union‚ and the southern states‚ known as the Confederate States of America. The people’s opinions
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What experience‚ event‚ or person has had a significant impact on your life? When my Uncle Yaakov died‚ it affected my mother more than it did me‚ but it was how my mother reacted that impacted me. Once we heard the news that my Uncle Yaakov died in a car crash in Detroit while traveling for the Rebe...my mother let out this long‚ angstful wail and the wail still rings in my ears to this day. My mother went into a deep depression; she became this whole new person. At age 6‚ I did not understand
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World War I World War I was one of the most devastating wars of all time. It took place in Southeastern Europe around the year of 1914. Some may think "What lead up to the war? What were the causes?" Even though there are several different causes of WWII the main three are militarism‚ imperialism and‚ alliances. Before the outbreak of World War I alliances were created to gain power and strength over the other countries. The two major alliances were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
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their lives in the Gettysburg battle which took place during the Civil War. This war was important to Lincoln because he believed it signified new beginnings to the U.S. with terms of freedom. Keeping in mind that the Gettysburg battle was the turning point for the war since this was the time that things started to finally look good for the North. In the reading it says‚ "At Gettysburg‚ he identified the nations mission with the principal that "all men are created equal‚" spoke of the war as bringing
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MARKED WOMAN BY: DEBORAH TANNIN Deborah Tannin‚ the author of this essay is a professor of linguistics at georgetown university and has written many books for scholarly and popular audiences. She explains the meaning of the word "marked"‚ and how it distinguishes the male from the female She wrote this essay in 1993 and is different from her usual work. This essay focusses on the differences between how the men and the women present themselves in front of the world and what distinguishes them
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the outcome of the war was that the Hudson river went right through the battle. Another factor that made up the battle was the weapons they used. The British and the Americans used many of the same weapons. The battle of Saratoga was known as a turning point in the American Revolution because the Continental Army was not known to beat the British. War Weapons Many weapons were used in the American Revolutionary War. A common gun the soldiers used was called a musket‚ a light gun with a barrel
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