1. How similar are sources 1 and 2 in their view of Henry? If there are differences why might this be? Source 1 is an account by John Watts written in 1996 recalling a letter written to a papal diplomat‚ Piero da Monte in 1437 and the words of a visiting French embassy eight years later. Source 2 is a contemporary description of Henry VI written by Pope Pius II in his memoirs. Neither source gives a very flattering account of Henry VI. Source 1 describes him as a rather immature young man who
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Smith Cures AIDs and Wins MacAurthur Genius Grant “Who would have thought a girl from Michigan could win a prize like this?” Mackenzie Smith‚ 34‚ from Michigan never thought such a prestigious award would one day belong to her. Mackenzie Toth grew up in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan. Mackenzie had an ordinary family growing up‚ with both parents and an older brother‚ going to church on Sunday‚ playing many sports. Her family was very religious but not to the point where they sheltered her‚ she told us “My
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Part 1: Timeline Reflection Pinhole Camera (400Bc-1040AD) The first capturing of imagery involved the design of a dark‚ lightless room with one side covered with large delicate sheet. The earliest mention of this device is by the Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti. A pin is used to pierce the sheet and create a small pinhole. On the outside where the hole was made place a lit candle. What happens now is that the light would travel from the candle through the pinhole and reflect an image of the candle on the
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Henry Hudson was a good sea man. In 1565 Henry Hudson was born in London‚ England. Henry Hudson came from a wealthy family. His grandfather was also named Henry Hudson. There is little information about the early life of Henry Hudson. He would have been well educated and would have studied navigation‚ astronomy‚ mathematics and seamanship in his early life. Hudson was on three voyages to try and find the Northeast passage. The first voyage The Muscovy Company financed the expedition and provided
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ascent of the Lancastrian line to the throne of England. In the play‚ Richard‚ an ineffectual monarch and the last of the Plantagenet kings‚ is deposed and imprisoned after his cousin Henry Bolingbroke launches a successful coup to usurp the English crown. Following Richard’s assassination‚ Bolingbroke becomes King Henry IV‚ the subject of the following two plays in the sequence. Written entirely in verse‚ Richard II features what numerous critics perceive as Shakespeare’s most brilliantly realized rhetorical
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Directions: The following questions involve more practice with radioactive decay half-life. Complete the problems to the best of your ability. This assignment is due by next WEDNESDAY‚ November 16th. 1. If 100.0 g of carbon-14 decays until only 25.0 g of carbon is left after 11 460 y‚ what is the half-life of carbon-14? a. Calculate how many half-lives have passed during the decay of the 100.0 g sample. 100 grams/2 50 grams/2 25grams…2 half lives have passed b. Solve for the half-life
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O. Henry wrote his own magazine entitled‚ "The Rolling Stone". The magazine did poorly and Henry stooped to stealing from bank accounts to which he became arrested. Henry’s writing came to a halt due to jail time and he eventually died nine years after being set free. The time period in which O. Henry’s finest works created‚ occurred in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s where he dazzled readers with his unorthodox‚ romantic style. A short story titled "A Retrieved Reformation" written by O
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was easily one of the greatest playwrights of all time. He has written many plays including Romeo and Juliet‚ Much Ado About Nothing‚ Macbeth‚ and Hamlet. Shakespeare was also one of the proprietors to the Globe theater in 1589. Much of his work is still performed today. Shakespeare was born on April 23rd 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was an alderman of Scotland who had served as mayor in 1569. Neither of his parents could
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Shakespeare in Love vs. The Real Deal John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love (1998) shows what could have happened to inspire William Shakespeare to write one of his most famous plays‚ Romeo & Juliet. Shakespeare in Love shows many similarities to the play Romeo & Juliet. Actors and actresses that play the main characters in this film are Joseph Fiennes‚ Gwyneth Paltrow‚ and Geoffrey Rush. In the film they show many reenactments of how William Shakespeare may have first performed and wrote Romeo
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The Brilliance of Shakespeare Shakespeare’s language of riddled puns can stupefy some‚ albeit in a good or bad way. If your position stands at the latter‚ perhaps‚ from your own frustration‚ you lack the perception of his intelligence. While there are no records of his attending school and some may call him stupid (i.e. irritated college students)‚ Shakespeare’s greatness cannot be refuted so easily. It is important to look at all aspects that are pertinent to his notoriety. His plays served for
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