Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was born on January 19‚ 1807 in Stafford‚ Virginia. The son of Lighthorse Harry Lee and was educated at the U.S. Military academy. In 1829 he graduated second in his class receiving a commission as second lieutenant in 1836 and captain in 1838. He distinguished himself in the Mexican War and was wounded in the storming of Chapultepec in 1847; for his meritorious service he received his third promotion in rank. He became superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy
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Robert Gray is a weaver of images‚ at the loom of the mind. He creates sensual images that elicit and evoke responses from the responder. His poems ’Meatworks’ and ’Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ both social commentaries‚ exemplify techniques he calls upon in order to reproduce the personas feelings‚ emotions and thoughts through powerful images. Assonance and alliteration are employed by Gray to increase the memorability of an image‚ leaving it lingering in the responders mind. He uses these techniques
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IT WAS NOW LUNCH TIME AND THEY WERE all sitting under the double green fly of the dining tent pretending that nothing had happened. “Will you have lime juice or lemon squash?” Macomber asked. “I’ll have a gimlet‚” Robert Wilson told him. “I’ll have a gimlet too. I need something‚” Macomber’s wife said. “I suppose it’s the thing to do‚” Macomber agreed. “Tell him to make three gimlets.” The mess boy had started them already‚ lifting the bottles out of the canvas cooling bags that sweated wet in the
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"The Flea" who haunts "My Last Duchess" History has blessed the English language with many great romanticists; they were men and sometimes woman who had an affinity for describing the glories of love. Yet in the midst of such uninhibited amorousness‚ they were a select few who chose to write about the seamier side of romance. It was these works which perhaps best represented the complexities of the male-female relationships of the time. Although written more than two hundred years apart‚ both "The
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determining our fate has withheld people’s interest for centuries. Robert Burns‚ an Aquarius‚ was very anti-superstition. He had almost no belief in astrological predictions or zodiac signs. There is some humor in this though‚ because through Burns’ poems and songs this pseudoscience shows just how accurate it can be. The most parallel example of Burns’ personality and his Aquarius sign can be seen in the work The Fornicator. Robert Burns was born January 25‚ 1759‚ son to a dirt poor farmer and a
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lives harder than it is. “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty‚ and every difficulty has an opportunity”. (J. Sidlow Baxter) But‚ According to the IMDb.com biography Robert Thurman was born on August 3‚ 1941 in New York City. "Thurman is known for his talented popularization of the Buddha’s teaching at Columbia University" ("Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies"). Later in the biography we learned that in the late spring
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don’t ask‚ the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward‚ you’re always in the same place" (Nora Roberts). Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10‚ 1950) is an American bestselling author of more than 213 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in-Death series‚ and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty. From my point of view‚ this quote tells us a big truth because a lot of people sometimes are so afraid to face
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Practice Question: From Robert Gray’s poems what do you learn about discoveries through his theme of nostalgia? Through Robert Gray’s poems Diptych and Late Ferry I have learnt that recalling past events and uncovering a new truth or element to them can inspire discoveries. These recollections are evoked through the nostalgia shown by the speakers in each poem. Although the poems differ in the sense that one speaker purposely remembers the past‚ as opposed to the other persona that only thinks
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demonstrate many of the weaknesses in modern society? . The novel “We all fall down” by Robert Cormier sets out to illustrate psychological‚ emotional and physical weaknesses endured by individuals in modern society. It also highlights other weaknesses such as isolation‚ escapism‚ failure of relationships‚ and family decay in contrast to family unity. Ultimately through these themes the composer Robert Cormier depicts the weaknesses individuals face in modern society. The theme of isolation
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Robert Klippel Robert Klippel was an Australian constructivist sculptor. Born in 1920 in Sydney and dying in 2001 he is widely recognised as one of the greatest Australian contemporary sculptors. Klippel’s works are abstract and innovative. They are made of found pieces that could be quite random but through the assemblage Klippel makes his sculptures portray qualities such as balance and structure. Klippel’s works are abstract but not at all random‚ ‘The New McCullochs’s Encyclopaedia of Australian
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