Movie Review‚ Meet me in St. Louis (1945) Although we have yet to learn about this specific time period‚ I could not resist the urge of writing a review about a timeless film that is centered on the one-hundredth years anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Meet Me in St. Louis take place in the year of 1903 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. The main historical significance was the World’s Fair that celebrated the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory sold by France to the US in 1803 comprising
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Problem: Before the beginning of the 2011 season‚ Albert and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a contract deadline. Albert did not want contract negotiations to be a distraction for him during the season and asked that all discussions and offers wait until the end of the season. As asked‚ we respected Mr. Pujols wishes. Goals: Our goal was to keep Albert in St. Louis. Over the past ten years‚ he has become an icon to the great city. He is not only the best player in baseball‚ and on his way to
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are at war - the good and the evil”‚ said Robert Louis Stevenson‚ who is the author of the story Markheim. In that story‚ the character named Markheim goes into a shop pretending to want to buy goods. Instead‚ he kills the shop owner and looks around to begin robbing the shop. As he searches‚ he becomes more and more paranoid‚ and eventually‚ a man in his imagination convinces him to confess to the crime. The book Markheim‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ has a theme of good versus evil‚ has a
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Jacques-Louis David created Oath of the Horatii on canvas using oil. This piece was first exhibited in 1785 at the Louvre‚ Paris‚ France. This painting was commissioned by Louis XVI as it was then part of his program to aim at moral improvements of France. Neoclassical style was a reaction against Rococo levity and French Baroque. During this time‚ the neoclassical style was mostly associated with revolutionary movements. The style developed into a heroic subject matter‚ formal clarity‚ and impression
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Louis Comfort Tiffany’s eclectic sense of design incorporated the styles of the Arts and Crafts‚ Aesthetic‚ and Art Nouveau movements (Johnson 8). He had an eye for ornamentation in which he transformed every piece in a room into a humanly functional work of art (Johnson 27). Light and color were strong for forces in the design of his spaces to create a sense of exoticism and romance (Johnson 33). Though his designs were lavish‚ he strived to make his spaces livable and enjoyable by the user‚
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EXPLAIN WHY LOUIS XIV DID NOT APPOINT A PRINCIPAL MINISTER IN 1661? (12MARKS) Before Louis received absolute power‚ there were several principal ministers before him; these were Cardinal Richelieu-father of Nicholas Fouquet- and Mazarin. When Louis came into power in 1643‚ Mazarin was the current principal minister‚ and it was only eighteen years later in 1661 when Mazarin died did Louis receive absolute power. When Mazarin died in 1661‚ Nicholas Fouquet aspired to become the next principal minister
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Explain why Louis xiv ordered the construction of Versailles. There are many reasons why Louis built the palace of Versailles. The main reason Louis xiv ordered the construction of Versailles was because it would give him all the power in France (absolutism). He would get this by making it his official residence in 1682 and by the moving government there. By moving his government to Versailles it would mean all the nobility will be at his palace. He never achieved this as the cost of the construction
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Catherine‚ Frederick and Louis - Unenlightened Tyrants in an Enlightened Age It is better to be feared than loved‚ if you cannot be both. -- Niccolo Machiavelli‚ - The Prince The Enlightenment is touted by modern historians as a time of intellectual and social advancement‚ an era of optimism and freedom unheard of in earlier times. The era of absolutism is seen as a time of mounting liberty that contributed to the rise of democracy in the Americas and elsewhere. In reality‚ the "Enlightened Despotism"
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Have you ever thought about the power of destiny that determines the events in your life? "Holes" by Louis Sachar is a story of Stanley Yelnats‚ who happened to be under a curse that was caused by his great-great-grandfather. As the story unfolds‚ we learn that the curse leads to a series of events that are all predestined. Everything started with Elya Yelnats‚ who didn’t keep a promise with Madame Zeroni. Stanley was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted but because of the curse‚ he
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2 March 2012 Period 4 Professional Writing Sample See the Forest for the Trees As the great poet Robert Louis Stevenson once said‚ “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” I believe this quote says that if you put all your attention on planting you will have overflowing crops‚ but if you focus on the crops‚ you might lose sight of how the crops came about. In the end it’s not about enjoying the results‚ it’s about enjoying how the things started. The quote
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