12/27/2012 Rachel | The Williams Sisters | Venus Williams Serena Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17‚ 1980)‚ is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 24 as of December 24‚ 2012 in singles. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association on three separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25‚ 2002‚ becoming the first African American woman to achieve
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other situation can you walk away from a losing hand and still make tens of millions of dollars? This very thing happened in 2008 and very few people were able to see it coming despite being the cause of it. In Michael Lewis’ book‚ The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine‚ he tells the story of several men who were able to predict the fall of the stock market many years before it happened and no one would listen to them. Michael Lewis does very well in explaining the events leading up to the economic
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William Blake not only a poet‚ but he was also a painter‚ engraver‚ printmaker‚ and most notably a visionary. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime‚ Blake is now considered a key figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham‚ he produced a diverse
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For nearly 400 years‚ the writings of one William Shakespeare have impacted and influenced a plethora of literary writers and entertainment creators all over the world. Although not a whole lot of information is known about Shakespeare‚ his influence has continued to be felt to this day through his writings. Sadly‚ Shakespeare would never live to see the glut of admiration and praise his writings received‚ due to his plays becoming extensively popular following his death on May 3‚ 1616. Shakespeare
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William Lloyd Garrison: Uncompromise During Times of Compromise William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was an American journalist and adamant abolitionist. Garrison became famous in the 1830s for his uncompromising denunciations of slavery. Garrison lived a troubled childhood. His family lived in poverty. In addition‚ his father was a drunkard‚ and when Garrison was three years old‚ his father deserted his family and never came back. Thus‚ with the absence of an encouraging father figure
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suggestive‚ beautiful lyricism to tragic bitterness. (Yeats 1‚ 1). His early work tended towards romantic lushness and fantasy like quality‚ and eventually moved on to a more modern style (Yeats 2‚ 1). William Butler Yeats was very devoted to writing. Early on in his career he studied William Blake’s poem and Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings and visionaries. In eighteen eighty-eight‚ "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" was published‚ which was a study he did with George Russell and Douglas
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London by William Blake William Blake was an amazing poet. He wrote many poems such as‚ A Cradle Song‚ A Divine Image‚ Broken love‚ etc. Although he did write many artistic poems I chose to analyze the poem “London”. I chose this poem because even though he has written more beautiful one‚ this title caught my eye because London is where he was born and lived. I truly believe this poem has a lot of meaning to it. It shows sadness and frustration. The poem
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witches first began when a group of young girls were believed to be experiencing symptoms of bewitchment. The children were screaming‚ thrashing‚ falling on the ground‚ and appeared to be suffering immense pain. The disturbed girls‚ led by Abigail Williams‚ began to claim that they “saw people with the Devil”. They believed the accused were harming them through black magic. Throughout the months‚ there had been many trials and many of the accused were found guilty. The most notable accusation
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Question of Authorship William Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. What Shakespeare did was to communicate his own words in a brilliant way. He created comedy‚ history‚ tragedy and poetry that were extremely amazing. The vast majority of scholars consider Shakespeare a modern genius. Surely he was just that. No other writer’s plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his History articles show William Shakespeare born on my birthday
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Abigail Williams is a very important if not the most important person to this play. She has many different qualities that make her the unpredictable enigma she is. abby lies‚ cheats‚ steals‚ persuades‚ and snitches on everyone and anyone who gets in the way of what she wants. She has had a sheltered life and is tired of it which makes her quite rebellious and manipulative. It all starts out with her trying to find love in the wrong places. Act I Abby manipulates john procter throughout act 1. In
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