prosperity for society. Queen Victoria was in reign during this time period‚ coining the term Victorian Era. During this time‚ England found large technological advance along with many changes among the societal views‚ especially due to a shift in labor from agricultural to industrial. This era helped to move England along its way to a global power‚ earning much respect among fellow European countries in company with respect from colonies across the sea in North America. Queen Victoria came into this
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Sappho Poem Though the language we use is not the same‚ once we figure out the words and the meaning of a writing‚ it can easily be understood. There were many different poems by Sappho and it was hard to choose‚ but I decided on a poem that I understood right when I read it. Something I could relate to and talk about‚ without being unsure of the meaning. I chose; It’s no use Mother dear‚ I can’t finish my weaving You may blame Aphrodite soft as she is she has almost killed me with
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Sir John A. MacDonald John A. MacDonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and he was truly a founding father. I chose John A. MacDonald because he was an important man without him‚ Canada would not have been as it is today and because of him‚ Canada has more land and a higher population. He made the Red River Settlement (the Metis’ land) become the province of Manitoba. He purchased Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s bay Company. That land became the Northwest Territories. Throughout
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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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Richard Branson’s Leadership Holding more than 200 companies in more than 50 countries‚ including the recent Virgin Galactic‚ a space-tourism company‚ the virgin group is a business force like few others (Biography.com‚ 2014). Employing approximately 50‚000 people worldwide this international investment group was originally set up as a mail-order record business the Virgin Group has gone on to grow in various business sectors ranging from mobile communications‚ transportation‚ travel‚ financial
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Sir Isaac Newton (1642~1727) Isaac “Ayscough” Newton Jr. was born prematurely on Christmas Day in 1642; Newton grew up in the town of Woolsthorpe (England). He was fatherless and once Newton was born‚ his mother left him with his grandmother and left town in order to remarry. His childhood was anything but happy‚ but once his mother returned in 1653 after the death of her second husband she demanded that Newton leave school in order to fulfill his life as a farmer. Of course‚ he eventually proved
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In the poem “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop‚ the speaker’s attitude is reflected through the situations he has been through and the most evident one is his experience with loss. Through verse form and colloquial language. Bishop conveys the speakers attitude throughout the poem to be nonchalant‚ ultimately demonstrating that “The art of losing isn’t hard to master‚” even if it is the loss of a loved one. In the first fifteen lines‚ Bishop describes the attitude the speaker feels towards losing objects
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forum to share the stories and shed light on the experiences of people in groups that get overlooked. Omar Sakr’s powerful poem ‘The H word’ explores issues of poverty and danger in the daily lives of disadvantaged people and draws attention to the idea of a safe‚ happy home environment that isn’t the same for people who aren’t privileged. Similarly‚ Kevin Gilbert’s haunting poem “Kiacatoo”‚ serves as a tool to tell the stories of Aboriginal people and the massacres that were otherwise swept under the
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experiencing when he wrote his poem‚ “Side Kicks.” Ronald has spent a lot of time both teaching and being taught. He received his BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from the University of Arizona. Robert has also taught at Pasadena City College (Website 1). Most of Ronald’s writing is about teens and young adults. “Side Kicks” is a poem about losing a hero or someone important. The poem‚ “Side Kicks” has many different meanings. When you read the poem the surface meaning gives
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist‚ Sir Gawain‚ survives two tests: a challenge‚ which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur’s knights accepts‚ to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak--in reality the
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