Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock‚ Devon around the year 1540 and went to sea at an early age. In 1567‚ Drake made one of the first English slaving expeditions as part of a fleet led by his cousin John Hawkins‚ bringing African slaves to America. All but two ships of this expedition were lost when they were attacked by a Spanish squadron. After that attack‚ the Spanish became a lifelong enemy for Drake and they also considered him a pirate. In 1570 and 1571‚ Drake made two moneymaking trading
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where he had felt no discrimination based on his skin colour or ethnicity. After the war‚ like many other ethnic minorities‚ he could not find work in his field and eventually took up a job as a schoolteacher in the East End of London. The book To Sir‚ With Love (1959) was based on his experiences there. The other famous works are A Kind of Homecoming‚ Paid Servant‚ A Choice of Straws‚ Reluctant Neighbours. His numerous writings have dealt with the difficulties of being an educated black man‚ a black
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The Beautifying First Lady It was addressed at a convention by Lady Bird Johnson that‚ “The job really requires thoughtful interrelation of the whole environment… and that‚ of course‚ only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping.” Claudia Alta Taylor‚ mostly known by her nickname Lady Bird‚ always had wonderful encounters with nature. As a little girl‚ she was very lonely in her time of play. Because she had no one to associate with‚ Lady Bird would often go into the forest to smell the aroma
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Review Joseph G. Ramsey The Corporation. Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbot. The Edges of "Externality" 1. Following Fahrenheit 9/11 and Super Size Me!‚ the two docudrama hits of last season‚ comes The Corporation‚ bearing accolades from not only the Sundance Film Festival‚ but Premiere magazine‚ the LA‚ and New York Times. Directed by Mark Achbar (previous co-director ofManufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media) and Jennifer Abbot‚ and based on the book by Joel
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The Style and Genre of Lady Audley’s Secret Lady Audley’s Secret‚ by Mary Elizabeth Braddon‚ is a novel of many elements. It has been placed in many different style or genre categories since its publication. I feel that it best fits under the melodrama or sensational genre‚ and under the subgenre of mystery. It contains significant elements of both types of writing‚ so I feel it is best to recognize both‚ keeping in mind that melodrama is its main device and mystery is a type
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“Sir William Crookes” The day that William Crookes was born (born on the 17th of June‚ 1832 in London) questions to the world were being thought of but only one man could answer those questions and that man would be William Crookes. William Crookes was most definitely one of the most influential scientific minds that the world has ever experienced. At first William felt that organic chemistry was the path to his life; although. When he discovered the element thallium his world was changed
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Reflections The Lady of Shalott In Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott‚” the eponymous Lady is cursed to spend her life alone‚ weaving in the top of a tower‚ with a mirror as her only window to the outside world. Though she is trapped against her will‚ “in her web she still delights / to weave the mirror’s magic sights”. Into her endless tapestry‚ she weaves in all the images shown to her in the mirror‚ such as funerals‚ weddings‚ and the people who pass by on the road to Camelot. This
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inherit his wealth. The medieval legend of Reynard the Fox contributes to the character of Volpone and the play’s animal imagery. Roman comedy supplies some of the other characters‚ e.g. Mosca the parasite‚ Voltore the unscrupulous lawyer and the voluble Lady Would-Be. The Italian commedia dell’arte is echoed in some of the scenes‚ e.g. Volpone’s wooing Celia in disguise as a mountebank. Note on the Characters’ Names Most of the names are Italian and suggest the characters’ natures. Volpone (a magnifico)
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In many disastrous situations in life‚ people direct blame away from themselves‚ saying that their problems were caused by others. This happens in one of William Shakespeare’s plays‚ Macbeth; there is a great deal of debate over whether the witches‚ Lady Macbeth‚ or Macbeth was most to blame for the chaos that took place throughout the play. There are many things that influence Macbeth and his actions‚ but he himself is most to blame for the calamities that take place throughout the story because he
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Francis Bacon is generally recognized as the first great writer of English philosophy although he had no great respect for the English language. It is a known fact that Bacon is influenced by Montaigne. Emerson is the one modern writer with whom Bacon may be fairly compared‚ for their method is much the same. They endeavour to reach the reader’s mind by a series of aphoristic attacks. In rhetorical power‚ musical cadence‚ quaint turns of speech‚ he is equalled by many of his contemporaries‚ excelled
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