What is T. S. Eliot’s View on Historical Sense in "Tradition and the Individual Talent."? Eliot writes about "historical sense" in "Tradition and the Individual Talent." He writes that the historical sense "involves a perception‚ not only of the pastness of the past‚ but of its presence" and it is "a sense of the timeless as well as of the temporal and of the timeless and the temporal together‚ is what makes a writer traditional." In this essay‚ Eliot does not describe "traditional" as old-fashioned
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Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 Throughout the late 17th century‚ the New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts experienced a horrific religious episode. The time known as the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 cost the life of 20 men and women. One of the contributing factors that led to this incident was the social rivalry of the Putnam and Porter families. The Putnam family resented the Porters and blamed them for their loss of wealth and political influence. The Salem witch trials were also
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T. S. Eliot – Imagery of Preludes In T. S. Eliot’s poem Preludes he portrays the alienation of the individual from society. His imagery is sharp and clear and he uses many techniques to achieve this. A clear description of what something is‚ can be pictured in the mind by his precise use of imagery. For example‚ the words‚ “…withered leaves”(7) gives a clear image‚ as does‚ ”…dingy shades”(22). The effect is achieved through descriptions of the human influence‚ word choice‚ syntax‚ and rhythm. Eliot
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About The Poet: Goodbye Party For Miss Pushpa T. S. was written by Nissim Ezekiel‚ one of India’s foremost Indo-Anglian poets. He was born in 1924 and was educated in Mumbai and London. He produced several volumes of verse and plays and was an art critic. Ezekiel died in 2004 at the age of 79. Most of Ezekiel’s poetry is for adults‚ as it is serious and quite difficult to understand. In this poem‚ however‚ Ezekiel uses simple Indian’ English. Here he is making gentle fun of the people who
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When the novel opens‚ Adam Bede is introduced to us as a carpenter and foreman in Burger’s shop. George Eliot describes Adam as “not average man yet such men as he is reared here and there in every generation of our peasant artisan”. Thus‚ Adam resembles Robert Evans in his “severity”‚ uprightness‚ and ambition. Adam’s appearance shows that he is strong and attractive man. George Eliot describes him at the very beginning of the novel to be “long-boned muscular man‚ nearly six feet high”.
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AT&T‚ T-Mobile Merger On March 20‚ 2011‚ AT&T announced that it would purchase T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for a staggering $39 billion dollars. The now second largest wireless distributor AT&T would become the largest over its competitor Verizon wireless by acquiring the 30.8 million subscribers that T-Mobile currently holds. This would not be the first time a merger took place between Wireless providers‚ in 2004 Sprint and Nextel merged and in 2009 Alltel merged with Verizon. So it came as
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DBQ: Salem Witchcraft Trial Hysteria of 1692 In the 1600’s rumors of witchcraft spread throughout England and even more so in New England. Though punishing someone by death for practicing witchcraft was not unheard of‚ it was all but common; that is‚ until the year 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. From the tenth of June to the twenty-second of September‚ twenty men and women were killed‚ all by hanging except one‚ because they were accused and convicted of practicing witchcraft; the convictions
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looking over evidence these are the reasons the Salem Witch Trials hysteria of 1692‚ were caused by the Puritans beliefs‚ the attention seeking girls‚ and the Ergot. The first cause of the Salem Witch Trials hysteria was the Puritans beliefs in God. The Puritans beliefs were strong and it them through their whole life. The evidence proves that they take every word in the Bible serious which caused the Salem Witch Trials hysteria because the Bible says that witchcraft was a sin and the Devil was
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The Crucible: The Witchcraft Hysteria In 1692‚ in Salem Massachusetts‚ the superstition of witches existed in a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted out of the ordinary was accused of being a witch and then the accuse would actually be forgiven if the blamed their accusations on another individual. This was the main idea of a play entitled‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In this play a group of young girls act up and are then accused of being witches. These girls then blame
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accusations which led to trials‚ torture‚ imprisonment‚ and executions. Mass hysteria is characterized by the rapid spread of conversion disorder‚ a condition involving the appearance of bodily complaints for which there is no organic basis. In such episodes‚ psychological distress is converted or channeled into physical symptoms. Symptoms typically include headache‚ dizziness‚ nausea‚ breathlessness‚ and general weakness. Motor hysteria is common in intolerable social situations such as strict school and
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