In the article titled “Why Some Critics Don’t Think Caitlyn Jenner Deserved the Arthur Ashe Courage Award”‚ writer Justin Wm. Moyer from the Washington Post discusses the criticisms that have come with ESPN’s decision to give Caitlyn Jenner the prestigious award which symbolizes courage. Moyer writes about the doubters who don’t believe that what Caitlyn Jenner did by publicly coming out as transgender constitutes as “courageous”. He also references those who believe that Lauren Hill‚ a 19-year-old
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In the novel The Scarlet Letter it was necessary to keep Hester Prynne’s adulteress lover Arthur Dimmesdale a secret because of their young daughter Pearl. Hester Prynne was married at the time Pearl was conceived‚ making the townspeople furious with her adultery. As her husband comes to town under an alias named physician Roger Chillingworth‚ he examines the Panic-stricken baby and bashes Hester for being deceitful. Moving to the outskirts of town and raising what many called a “devil baby” Pearl
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Chester A. Arthur He was born on October 5th 1829‚ In Fairland Vermont. He had nine siblings‚ and was the eldest of the three sons in the family. Being the one of the elders of his many siblings‚ he acquired a desire to lead. His father was a preacher. Like any preacher kid at that time‚ his family was often transferred various villages in Vermont and upstate New York‚ which widened Chester’s view of politics in diverse locations. Also being a preacher’s kid‚ he had to have some admirable ethics
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The Port Arthur historic site was the one place I knew I must visit when in Tasmania‚ Australia’s beautiful island state. From all the documentaries I’d seen and articles I’d read‚ I knew that I must not miss it. It is Australia’s most intact convict site. Historical Background The penal station was first established in 1830. Over time it developed into a punishment station to which serious repeat offenders were sent from other Australian colonies. By 1840 thousands of convicts as well as soldiers
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Arthur Miller Background Study: In preparation for Death of a Salesman Miller’s Early Life ● Arthur Miller was born on Oct. 17‚ 1915‚ in New York City. ● His father ran a small coat-manufacturing business; during the Depression it failed. ● He was 17 before he read any serious literature and had poor grades in high school. (woo hoo – there’s hope!) The College Years ● Two years after high school graduation‚ he enrolled in the University of Michigan. ● Before graduating in 1938‚ he won two Avery
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LIEUTENANT--GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CURRIE (A brief account of the battle of Passchendaele) Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie was the most capable soldier that Canada has produced. Certainly‚ he did not look like the great soldier he had become. A very tall man‚ at six-foot-four‚ he was also somewhat overweight. Through his successes as the Commander of the Canadian Corps‚ he knew how to delegate authority and stand by the decisions of his subordinates. Currie‚ however‚ was not a professional
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In this response‚ I intend to discuss Arthur Streeton’s Fire’s On‚ a 183.8 x 122.5cm oil on canvas painting‚ produced in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales‚ Australia in 1891‚ after “nationalistic sentiment” had taken its toll with the centennial of the European settlement. Fire’s On depicts the steep “walls of rock” “crowned” with “bronze green” “gums” and the “crest mouth” that he encountered on his journey through the Blue Mountains. Streeton created this painting to justly portray the rough
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In the play crucible written by; Arthur Miller there are many antagonist through out the story‚ there were many things people can learn. I learned about religion‚ education‚ family lives‚ and justice. Because the people in the Crucible did not do things as we do now‚ we also know they had different lifestyles. Like things we do now as people wouldn’t be compared and thought of what they’ve done in the crucible. By examining the characters Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor‚ and Elizabeth Proctor‚
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Happiness or Duty? Arthur Miller’s‚ An Enemy of the People‚ depicts an intriguing playwright in which the differences of opinions between two brothers leads to a town revolution and the expulsion of one brother from the community. One brother‚ Dr. Stockmann‚ believed the contamination of the water in the town’s health spa was sufficient reasoning to be shut down. The other brother‚ Peter Stockmann‚ took an opposing stance believing that the health spa was the towns only means to economic salvation
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any chance ever observes”. That is a quote by Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of Baskervilles. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland on May 22‚ 1859. Originally published in 1887‚ A Study in Scarlet‚ was Conan Doyle’s introduction to the wonderful characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Conan Doyle would go on to write about 60 more stories about the cunning detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works were influenced by his medical education‚ his trips‚ and his faith in
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