On May 2‚ 1892 Manfred von Richthofen was born. This was the man who would become the Red Baron. He became an important part of Germany’s war effort and a national hero. He was an integral part of Germany’s success in the air‚ and an inspiration to many. During World War 1‚ the concept of fighting while in the air‚ in airplanes‚ had just been introduced. As the war went on‚ people looked for heroes. Manfred von Richthofen became one of those heroes. As he became a better and better ace‚ he became
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918)‚ also widely known as the Red Baron‚ was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war‚ being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen was born into a Prussian aristocratic family on May 2nd 1892. He was a ‘Freiherr’‚ a title of nobility that translates as ‘Free Lord’ but is usually translated as ‘Baron’ – hence
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Identify the current legislations‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. Many accounts of child abuse and neglect can be avoided in many cases if all the agencies involved with children worked well together and were able to identify the signs that a child was at risk. Many children have their development affected through the actions of abuse‚ neglect or bullying‚ the majority of these events happen behind closed doors
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heroes represent an important tradition in our literature . . .. In England we have a reinterpreted Paradise Lost‚ a number of Gothic novels and dramas . . . the heroic romances of the younger Scott‚ some of the poetry of Shelley‚ and the works of Byron. In all of these works the Byronic Hero is the one protagonist who in stature and in temperament best represents the [heroic] tradition in England. (Thorslev 189) A Byronic hero exhibits several characteristic traits‚ and in many ways he can
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Analysis of Byron’s "She Walks in Beauty" Lord George Gordon Byron was most notorious for his love affairs within his family and with Mediterranean boys. Since he had problems such as incest and homosexuality‚ he did not mind writing about his love for his cousin in "She Walks in Beauty". Byron wrote the poem after he left his wife and England forever. Byron made his own trend of personality‚ the idea of the Byronic Hero’. "Byron’s influence on European poetry‚ music‚ novels‚ operas‚ and paintings
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A Byronic hero can be conceptualized as an extreme variation of the Romantic hero archetype .However‚ they also bare some similarities with respect to their figure. The character type of the Byronic hero was first developed by Lord Byron a renowned English 19th century poet. He created this archetype because he grew tired of Traditional and Romantic heroic characters and his initial aim was to develop a character that would be more appealing to readers‚ that would be more psychologically realistic
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George Gordon Byron (more commonly known as Lord Byron) describes this woman in detail regarding her character and her physical looks in order to emphasize her beauty. The title of this poem gives the reader an inclination that the description of this woman is not going to be described one dimensionally. The verb used‚ "walk" emphasizes the journey of this woman ’s beauty. It brings the reader to see this woman not only on the outside but on the inside to. It is believed that Lord Byron himself is the
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History THIS is a part of one of Byron’s finest poems‚ "Childe Harold." It relates the events of the night before the battle of Quatre Bras‚ which was fought near Brussels‚ the capital of Belgium‚ on June 16‚ 1815‚ and was the preliminary of the great battle of Waterloo‚ fought two days later. Three nights before the battle of Waterloo the English Duchess of Richmond gave a ball in Brussels‚ and invited many of the officers of the allied English and Prussian armies‚ which were at war with the French
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Promethean Man: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage The Myth of Prometheus: The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus is a tale about philanthropy‚ strength of character‚ moral truth and the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the good of others. It has stayed one of the most influential Greek myths throughout the centuries‚ and has inspired numerous works of art from literature to paintings and sculputres. In Greek mythology‚ Prometheus (derived from the ancient Greek word meaning "forethought") was
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AS Lord Byron George Gordon Byron (later adding "Noel" to his name)‚ more commonly know as Lord Byron‚ born January 22‚ 1788 in London and died on 19 April 1824 in Missolonghi‚ Greece‚ was known as the man who was “Mad bad and dangerous to know” with many men and women finding themselves attracted to him (even his own half sister).. He was a top poet in England. Born with a clubbed foot‚ he was very sensitive of his lameness and strived to pursue a charming character. As a boy Byron endured many
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