Edith Beale: The Color in Grey Gardens With so much information to take in‚ I found it hard to know where to begin on the subject of Little Edie Beale‚ self-imposed prisoner of the mansion known as Grey Gardens. Largely infamous for her bizarre eccentricities being the reclusive cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis‚ dare I use that term as her own mother once said‚ “’Eccentric’ is a lack of money.” I came to know her as an artist. More importantly‚ I discovered that she was not delusional or
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Hamilton Extra Credit Assignment There is a vast array of things that I have learned through watching this film; from the writing‚ production‚ casting‚ and ultimately making it to Broadway let alone succeeding on Broadway. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s idea for creating Hamilton stems from an autobiography he read about Alexander Hamilton while on vacation. Flash forward to 2009‚ Miranda sings only one song that has been written for Hamilton when performing at the White House. Motivation and the creative
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Valerie Martino Many people list heroes as brave‚ courageous‚ someone who saves the day. But heroes are everywhere. They could be friends‚ family or neighbors since anyone can be a hero. I believe that a hero would be Bethany Hamilton. She was born on the island of Kauai and practically raised on a surfboard‚ on the ocean water. She was a Christian child‚ a devoted surfer and was mostly influenced by her family and friends. One of her dreams was to become a professional surfer‚ and with her talent
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Kansteiner English-III How Were The Slaves Treated? A slave is a person who is owned by another person. Slave owners had total control over their slaves by forcing them into doing hard‚ painful‚ and dangerous work. Being owned by another person completely destroys the slave’s freedom. Many African Americans spent their entire lives in slavery‚ never knowing what it would be like to live their own life‚ rather than work and obey orders given by harsh and ungrateful masters. Slaves were not allowed to strive
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Good morning Miss and my fellow classmates. Today‚ I would like to talk to you about topic on “save the earth and save mankind”. My dearest audience‚ imagine it’s after class now and you’re heading back to your car under the bright hot sun. After you get in the car‚ you grab some tissue and wipe all your sweat. What would you do after using the tissue? Well‚ let’s be frank. We wind down the window and just throw them outside. It is fun doing it when you see no cars behind or beside you. Let’s pollute
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How barbaric were the Mongols? Well considering that the definition of barbaric is to be savagely cruel‚ seems pretty harsh to refer to anyone or anything as being barbaric. Although even though this word is harsh‚ the same word is applied to the Mongols. Mongols were thought to be evil and savage people. Invasion wasn’t the only tactic the mongols used. The Mongols were known to think out there plans‚ rather than attempting anything blindly. They developed strategic methods in order to defeat
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humans alike have certain characteristics and personalities that make them who they are. In Edith Hamilton’s Mythology‚ many Gods and Goddesses tend to depict human qualities such as jealousy‚ pride‚ and fraudulence. The flaw of jealousy was one of the traits shared by mythological gods‚ goddesses‚ and human beings. For example‚ Hera constantly has to “punish the many women Zeus fell in love with” (Hamilton 27). As the wife of Zeus‚ Hera witnessed her husband consistently having affairs with other
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Slow Moving For Equality Even After DOMA Ruling Edith Windsor the woman who made history on June 26th‚ 2013 fought the Supreme Court claiming that Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional. Edith and her partner Thea Spyer were together for 40 years and married in 2007. After her partner died in 2009‚ she could not receive the same benefits that a opposite sex couple could and was told to pay $363‚000 in estate taxes. With DOMA‚ Edith was not considered a spouse by the federal government
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Readers who come across Edith Wharton’s creations have most likely read her novels The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. There are many similarities and differences placed throughout the two novels. A close reading of The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirthreveals Wharton’s use of similarities and differences of the themes of society and class‚ love and marriage: the love life of characters; and setting of the late 1800’s New York throughout the novels. First‚ Wharton places similarities
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SUMMARY Hamilton Power Tools with Mr Campagna‚ the marketing manager for Hamilton Tools is a sales oriented company and wanted to adopt consumer oriented philosophy of the marketing concept. For more than 30 years‚ Hamilton Power Tools had been marketing industrial products by catering to the construction and industrial tool markets. Their construction product lines included tools such as power trowels‚ concrete vibrators‚ generators‚ and power driven tools. Their industrial lines were primarily
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