“Poetry focusing on villainy and wrongdoing or even on foolish characters with dark minds‚ often produces engaging material for the reader or the listener”. Consider in what ways foolishness and villainy appears in your six selected poems and in what ways‚ if any‚ it may be of interest. I do agree with the title that poetry‚ villainy and wrong doing do produce more engaging pieces for the reader because everybody likes to see the villain’s attempts at success but as we see in Percy Shelley’s
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Have you ever read something that seems to benefit everyone? For example “Speech in the Convention” by the one and only Benjamin Franklin believed in rights. The way he wrote this letter not only addressing the President but society in that time was very bold. Therefore this piece is a masterpiece especially to Americans. Franklin’s goal in this speech is to convince the people of America to support the Constitution of Independence including its faults. For example in paragraph two he clearly states
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The Benjamin Franklin You Never Knew Famous Person Report By: Ian McGowan-Jepsen For: Mrs. Crawford My famous person is named Benjamin Franklin. This book describes Benjamin Franklin as a self-improvement genius‚ inventor‚ businessman‚ scientist‚ world traveler‚ community organizer‚ and a generous person to everyone. He was the first American who was famous in both America and Europe. In this report I will list five important facts about Mr. Franklin’s
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Resource Toolbox Making the Revolution: America‚ 1763-1791 Metropolitan Museum of Art Library of Congress Benjamin Franklin Bowles’s New and Accurate Map of the World oil portrait by J.S. Duplessis‚ 1778 London‚ 1780 (inset detail * “People do not inquire . . . What is he? But What does he do?” __Benjamin Franklin__ Information to Those Who Would Remove to America 1782‚ EXCERPTS Benjamin Franklin spent almost one third of his life in Europe serving as a diplomat for the American colonies (seventeen
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mind after reading and comparing the lives‚ beliefs‚ and character of Fredrick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin is‚ two men that "shared a similar journey but walked different paths". Similarities started early on in both men’s lives that ultimately shaped their beliefs and values‚ and molded their characters. Both men grew up being deprived to certain extents of having a full education. Unlike Benjamin Franklin‚ Fredrick Douglass held little to no rights early in life being held as a slave and deemed
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March 2013 Heather Green En 209- 001 The Other Side of Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin is famously known for using his knowledge to conquer many life achievements such as discovering lightening‚ co-signing The Declaration of Independence‚ and establishing the first American library‚ but all of his ultimate accomplishments would not have been established if he had not have found his niche for writing. In his younger years‚ Franklin rejected attending grammar school and following after his dad
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Benjamin Franklin was one of America’s the greatest scientist and inventor‚ and he changed his country forever. Born in Boston in the year 1706 in January 17th‚ Ben was born the fifteenth child out of seventeen in his family. He was taken out of Boston Latin School at age ten to work‚ since his father lacked in workers in his candle making. When Franklin was twelve‚ he was taken as an apprentice at a printing shop under his older brother‚ Josiah‚ since he disliked candle making. His education in
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the most influential men of the eighteenth century. He was the only man to sign all of these four major documents: the Declaration of Independence‚ the Treaty of Alliance with France‚ the Constitution of the United States‚ and the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain. Franklin was an inventor‚ a philosopher‚ a writer‚ a musician‚ and he actively participated in many congressional articles used by the government of the United States of America. His tombstone‚ however‚ simply
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“Words may show a man’s wit‚ but actions his meaning.” Although possessing the gift of a silver tongue‚ Benjamin Franklin allowed his actions to speak louder than his words as seen through his many contributions to society‚ threw his acts against authority‚ popular belief‚ and political involvement. Better known for a man whole help shape America………… At the age of sixteen‚ a young Benjamin Franklin posed as a widow under the name of‚ Silence Dogood. Under his alias‚ he delivered a series of letters
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John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ and George Washington‚ all great men who founded our country. Each one with a different background‚ that changed their future. One of those men‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ was a well-known scientist‚ printer‚ politician‚ freemason‚ inventor‚ and much more. He had a different childhood‚ from what you might see today‚ but still came out being the brilliant man that he was. Like all of us he had dreams‚ but that wasn’t
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