to secede. In 1861‚ General Irvin McDowell commanded his federal troops to surround Arlington House and became a headquarters for the Union Army. The construction of this property originally started in 1802 and took sixteen years to finally complete due to a financial dilemma caused by Custis being in a great amount of debt at the time of his death. The Arlington House was originally owned by George Washington and remained in his possession until he later on passed. The reason behind this estate
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Yr 12 Shakespeare Essay: Masculinity- ‘Gender and Power’ Masculinity is associated with certain character traits‚ and every time masculinity is mentioned‚ violence soon follows. Discuss this statement in relation to the male characters in the play Macbeth. William’s Shakespeare’s Macbeth tells the story of a man who allows the questioning of his manhood along with his ambition to lead him into a spiral of committing brutal and senseless acts of violence. The characters in Macbeth associate
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Georg Simmel‚ a sociologist and a philosopher born in 1858 in Germany‚ is best known as a microsociologist who played a significant role in the development of small-group research‚ symbolic interactionism and exchenge theory. There are four basic levels of concern in Simmel’s work. First are his assumptions about the psychological workings of social life. Second is his interest in the sociological workings of interpersonal relationships. Third is his work on the structure of and changes in the
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Faith Basketball is basically a game were it is two different teams of five players on a rectangular court. In the very beginning the color of the basketball was brown‚ but later it was changed into a brighter color‚ that is now orange. The first basketball game took place in 1982‚ where the court was half the size of today’s courts‚ and only one point was scared during the match. The NBA was founded in 1949‚ after the combination of the NBC and the BAA (basketball association of America). Basketball
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George Orwell Politics and Classism. Index Introduction. The History of George Orwell. Road to Wigan pier Animal Farm Nineteen eighty-four Conclusion. Introduction In this dissertation my main aim to describe George Orwell and find out what made him tick. Orwell was and is one of the most quoted men who ever lived and in his lifetime wrote such masterpieces as Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)‚ Animal farm (1945) and Road to Wigan Pier (1937). As well as being a novelist‚ Orwell also wrote essays
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The painting I chose is a masterpiece named Whistlejacket‚ by George Stubbs. Made in 1762‚ it is George’s most famous work. The tableau grabbed my attention as it was beautifully painted‚ detailed and quite different than all the others. As it is life-size‚ seeing the painting in the flesh was impressive. The horse strikes you as being very realistic‚ and in movement. The simple camouflage-coloured background really brings out the importance of the animal. It enforces power and confidence
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Compare and contrast the differences of the House of Lords and the House of Commons There are many differences between the House of Commons and the House of Lords however these can be separated into the main issues of Legislation and Legitimating. In the UK all legislation has to be approved by the Commons who have the final say on all Bills. This is effectively giving the consent of the people to those laws that they are expected to obey. Without this consent‚ laws would lack authority. It is
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In Chaucer’s House of Fame‚ the reader is privy to a momentous dream of Geoffrey’s‚ a poet protagonist dedicated to love. In this dream‚ he meets an eagle that promises to bear him to the House of Fame as a reward from Jupiter himself. Once there‚ Geoffrey is told that he will “here…mo wonder thynges…and of loves folk moo tydynges‚ both soothe sawes and lesinges‚ and moo loves new begonne‚ and longe yserved loves wonne‚ and moo loves casuelly (Chaucer‚ Lines 672-679).” This excerpt is meant to outline
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that took place back in 1963 at a predominantly black church in Birmingham Alabama inspired several African American poets to interpret their own views and sides of the on the event that took place. Well-known poets such as Langston Hughes and Raymond L. Patterson use different elements of poetry to reveal their own side of the horrific event that took place. Hughes uses imagery in his poem and describes a highly graphic crime on the incident that took place in Birmingham. Patterson’s diction uses a
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comparing stories‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and “House Taken Over‚” by Julio Cortazar‚ there is a correlating story line in each book‚ relating to houses with an eerie sense of secrecy amongst each of them. Each author shows a secrecy that we may not comprehend at first. In each story‚ we see a resemblance‚ as well as a divergence. For starters‚ Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” and Julio Cortazar’s‚ “House Taken Over‚” each exemplify traits
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