Title: The Divine Comedy Author: Dante Alighieri Type of Work: Poem Time and Place Written: Italy; Dante wrote the Divine Comedy from 1308 to 1320‚ completing the work the year before he died. Setting: Place Inferno – Hell; The Valley of Evil Purgatorio – Pugratory; The Mountain with Seven Cornices Paradiso – Paradise; Dante’s imaginative conception of Heaven Time: The evening of Good Friday through the morning of Easter Sunday in the year 1300 Characters: Dante - The author and protagonist
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An apocryphal legend holds that the inspiration for "The Cask of Amontillado" came from a story Poe had heard at Castle Island (South Boston)‚ Massachusetts‚ when he was a private there in 1827. According to this legend‚ while stationed at Castle Island in 1827 he saw a monument to Lieutenant Robert Massie. Massie had been killed in a sword duel on Christmas Day 1817 by Lieutenant Gustavus Drane‚ following a dispute during a card game. According to the legend‚ other soldiers then took revenge on
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pride. And now the four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence: Prudence is to have knowledge about certain things‚ but to also be wise with the information you know. Justice: Justice is to be fair and to have a good understanding of right and wrong. Temperance: Temperance is to have patience‚ and also to be very balanced in your emotions. Courage: Courage is to be brave‚ but Courage: Courage means to be brave. It doesn’t necessarily mean you are not scared‚ but it does mean you do not let that fear control
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A Time of Change in the Market Revolution 1815 to 1860 was a crucial time for American commerce and urbanization that not only had strong economic influences‚ but also altered social and political perspectives. This time period‚ known as the Market Revolution‚ stemmed largely from the advancement in technology which led to transportation improvements and the building of railroads. Banks also contributed to the growing economy by increasing economic input and providing loans to merchants‚ manufacturers
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The Progressive Era was an important time for social purist reformers‚ who followed the moral framework developed in the Jacksonian era of a “civilized society.” The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was founded by social purist reformers during the temperance movement. They claimed that alcohol contributed to violence against women. Therefore‚ prostitution was in danger of such violence and was an uncivilized act in which women subjected themselves to the desires of men
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themselves to better the nation and live up to America being a free and opportunistic country. One of the goals of Progressives was temperance‚ or not consuming alcohol. In the mid-1800s‚ alcohol was commonly blamed for violent family problems or criminal acts. In 1874‚ women Progressives from many different background made a union called the WCTU‚ or the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. They fought for state laws that would restrict to ban alcohol. Frances Willard was the leader of the union and created
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America in the late 1800’s was the industrial revolution. 6. The job of a muckraker was to spread real or alleged scandal about another. 7. The temperance movement was a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages. 8. The women’s suffrage movement was to make women have the right to vote. 9. The women’s suffrage movement and the temperance movement were supported by the 19th and 21st Amendments. 10. Many people prejudiced against the “new” immigrants because they were from Europe.
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The Temperance Movement was as a milder offspring of the teetotalism movement‚ which promoted a complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Common belief with teetotal persons included an abhorrent view of alcohol‚ promoting notions that even a single drink of alcohol can and will lead to brawls‚ poverty‚ crime‚ and ultimately death or suicide. Even the less extreme Temperance movement had attempted to stop the people’s consumption of the
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first edition of her own newspaper which she named The Lily. It focused on a broad mix of topics such as marriage law reform‚ higher education for women‚ temperance‚ suffrage‚ and dress reform. The Lily was a way for women reformers to express what they truly believe in. Amelia’s dedication to this particular issue led her to join temperance groups and women’s rights organization in the Seneca Falls area. She was fascinated by women’s rights leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton greatly
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Black Cat” (1843) by Edgar Allen Poe. After reading this story‚ Poe’s 1843 audience might have been prompted to address the social issue of domestic violence by advocating for women started the temperance movement to ban alcohol sales to stop their husbands from spending money on alcohol. With the temperance movement wives begin wanting divorce which told the husband he failed his responsibilities as a husband in the
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