MADRID -- 1 JANUARY 1883 - NOVEMBER 1884 1st January 1883 Night‚ I don’t know what vague melancholy‚ an indefinable loneliness‚ smothers my soul. It is similar to the profound sadness that cities manifest after a tumultuous rejoicing‚ to a city after the happiest celebration. Two nights ago‚ that is‚ 30 December‚ I had a frightful nightmare when I almost died.1 I dreamed that‚ imitating an actor dying on the stage‚ I felt vividly that my breath was failing and I was rapidly losing my strength.
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Deir el-Medina. Caitlin Wall. Good morning‚ Deir el-Medina is a little workmans villiage set on the west bank or the River Nile‚ just below the ancient city of Thebes. The village was inhabited by workmen who were responsible for the construction and decoration of the royal tombs from the New Kingdom. The exploration of Deir el-Medina has yielded a huge quantity of artefacts and texts written on ostraca or papyri‚ which offer a unique view into the daily life of an ancient Egyptian community. Throughout
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than the first novel. The hero of El Filibusterismo is a rich jeweler named Simoun. He was Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli‚ who‚ with Elias’ help‚ escaped from the pursuing soldiers at Laguna de Bay‚ dug up his buried treasure‚ and fled to Cuba where he became rich and befriended many Spanish officials. Two magnificent obsessions: To rescue Maria Clara from the nunnery of Santa Clara and to foment a revolution against the hated Spanish masters. The story of El Filibusterismo begins on board the
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Jose Rizal‚ Liberator of the Philippines In the early morning of December 30‚ 1896‚ 35 year old Jose’ Rizal‚ an indio with strong oriental features but the bearing of a western intellectual‚ wearing a black suit and hat‚ stood erect and calm in an open field by Manila Bay. Ministering to him were two Jesuit priests. Wanting to be master of his own execution‚ he refused to kneel and be blindfolded. He asked to face the firing squad but was forced by the officer in charge to turn his back. A military
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unifying idea of any sort that comes about‚ even over time. El Salvador had had a growing problem of the way its’ government was treating its’ population at the time due to the way the government was structured‚ and this lead to a demand for a better life. Even in the original 13 colonies‚ there was always something that the colonists conflicted over with the imperial power‚ which leads the question‚ how does the history of suppression in El Salvador and America during the years of conflict in the Salvadoran
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The significance of my title “El Crack” comes from nicknames given to soccer players who do amazing things in the field from their hard training hours. Meanwhile‚ my father and uncle both loved to play soccer; they eventually made me go outside to play soccer with them at a young age. They commented on how I could become a soccer prodigy with the amount of skill I had as an amuetuer player. Next‚ I played soccer for about a year it didn’t go so well for me and my team. On the other hand‚ I trained
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For most of my childhood‚ my whole world was comprised of people that shared the same ethnicity‚ culture‚ and living style as I did. But after leaving El Salvador at the young age of seven and undertaking the most difficult journey of my life‚ my world was split shattered. In school‚ I had to assimilate to a culture where I was surrounded by kids who had been born speaking English and teachers who taught with voluminous books instead of dirty chalk boards. Meanwhile‚ at home‚ I had to meet my mom’s
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El Norte‚ a 1983 film directed by Gregory Nava‚ depicts the life of two indigenous teenagers who flee their native country‚ Guatemala‚ in search for a better life in America. The reason for fleeing is due to the ethnic and political oppression of the Guatemalan Civil War. The film builds up a strong connection shared between Enrique and Rosa‚ one of genuine feeling and fierce emotion. This connection is foregrounded by the exaggerated style and is often compared to adulterated relations among Hispanics
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El Mañana The title of the song has multiple meanings when considering the translation. El Mañana has a few different uses in Spanish; it means ‘the tomorrow‚’ ‘the dawn‚’ or ‘the morning.’ All of these meanings play a role in the message of the song. ‘The tomorrow’ resembles the future and having a positive mindset for that future. ‘The dawn’ is used to show recovery from a sad time or dark place‚ it is the first sign of light which represents positive change. ‘The morning‚’ although similar to
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Philippine and World Events in the years 1800-1861 Significant Events of the 19th Century The collapse of the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ Chinese‚ Holy Roman and Mughal empires. Liberalism became the preeminent reform movement in Europe. The 19th century was an era of invention and discovery‚ with significant developments in technological advances of the 20th century. The Industrial Revolution began in Europe. The Victorian era was notorious for the employment of young children in
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