Then there were none otherwise known as Ten Little Niggers is the seventh most popular book of all time with more than 100 million sales and was written by Agatha Christie. The story is about ten people who arrive on a mysterious island for a reason or another; strangely their host and hostess are missing. Then‚ one by one they die in different circumstances. The major themes of this novel would be‚ suspicion and guilt. Firstly‚ when the tragedies begin with the deaths of some main characters
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Donatello and the Lost-Wax Method Donatello is known as one of the most well-known sculptors during the Italian Renaissance. Some art critics say he is the greatest sculptor that lived before Michelangelo. However‚ before Donatello became notable for his many works‚ he was born Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi around the year of 1386 in Florence‚ Italy. It is believed that Donatello received his artistic training from a Florentine goldsmith. In 1403‚ he became an apprentice under artist Lorenzo
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have no document of this sort to aid us in the case of the Jacobean and Caroline writers; but we are confronted by a remarkable personality whose relations with the dramatists and poets of his age were as honourable and unselfish as Henslowe’s were mercenary and mean. A young dramatist‚ writing to Henslowe for a loan‚ signs himself‚ in Elizabethan fashion‚ “your loving son.” It was a slight extension of this usage which made Jonson
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Although comparing one society to another does not require them to be different in government or human behavior‚ it does necessarily weight one’s faults against its victories to render it better or worse than the other. This comparative structure‚ found between Thomas More’s two books of Utopia‚ poses the country of Utopia opposite the broader communities of world civilization. Despite the comparison of Utopia as distinct from and morally better than widespread society‚ in truth Utopia is‚ at best
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England‚ and Holland‚ secretly supported by France‚ and led by the imprudent Christian IV of Denmark‚ who began the attack in 1626. The Danes were run ragged for three years by the more numerous imperial and Bavarian armies‚ led by the Bohemian mercenary Wallenstein‚ and by 1629 they had had enough of fighting without effective support from their allies‚ and sued for peace. The alliance collapsed‚ and it seemed that Protestant hopes were lost‚ particularly when Ferdinand attempted to return to the
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga Introduction to the Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga: St. Aloysius Gonzaga was born in Northern Italy‚ between Brescia and Mantova. His father was a famous condottiere‚ a mercenary soldier. Saint Aloysius received military training‚ but his father also provided him with an excellent classical education‚ sending him and his brother Ridolfo to Florence to study while serving at the court of Francesco I de Medici. Quick Facts: * Born: March 9‚ 1568 * Died: June 21‚ 1591
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and 73 wounded. This was a Jacquerie. Although the Bastille contained no hope for weapons‚ the FALL OF BASTILLE served as a great symbol of the Revolution. When the storming of the Bastille occurred in the book‚ it was to get vengeance on the mercenaries whom had oppressed them‚ not to look for weapons and gun powder. Another difference is that there were seven newly liberated prisoners‚ and seven murdered men at the end of this gory siege. "Seven prisoners released‚ seven gory heads on pikes‚ the
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and palace bureaucrats with soldiers‚ the Turks a. used feudal levies. b. relied on old Muslim nobles and aristocrats. c. forcibly conscripted young Christian boys‚ converted them to Islam‚ and trained them. d. imported trained foreigners and mercenaries. e. relied on Muslim clergy. 5. All of these developments weakened the rule of the Ottoman government EXCEPT: a. powerful factions within the Janissaries and court bureaucrats. b. harem politics by rival wives and their sons‚ who were potential
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History of biker gangs Biker gangs are defined as a group of motorcycle riders who share a common identity and mythology. Although not all motorcycle gangs engage in illegal activities‚ these groups have gotten a bad rap in the latter half of the last century. Historically‚ the term ’biker gang’ also included chopper and motorcycle hobbyists who like to travel in packs and tourists that enjoy the freedom of exploring the highways on two wheels. Nowadays the most common understanding of the
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In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson established his position as one of the many persons who wanted to dissolve their bonds with Britain in order to looked for their Independence; they could found a new country based in their ideals in which every person could express one’s point of view‚ so everyone would be equal in the eyes of the new government. His ideas of independency are incorporate in every paragraph of the Declaration‚ for visualize what are his thoughts and feelings about
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