The Fugger family are a German family who huge international mercantile bankers in the fifteen and sixteenth century. The head of the family was Johannes Fugger. He had two sons where were Jakob and Andreas. The Family were so huge that they controlled a part of the European economy. The Fugger family replaced the Medici’s who controlled all of Europe during the Renaissance. The Fuggers became even wealthier when they took over the Medici’s by acquiring all of their assets. Jakob became very wealthy
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Mental blindness? Mental blindness is when an individual is unable to attribute metal states to self and others. What are values? Values have a major influence on a person’s behavior and attitude and serves as broad guidelines in all situations. This relates to the play King Lear by William Shakespeare because blindness and values were themes that were seen throughout to course of this play. Ignorance and gullibility are flaws that cause people to focus on pointless things rather than the more valuable
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and he is supposed to die around the age of 30. He has many things going wrong within his body and is really sick. During the next 5 years‚ the parents give birth to another baby‚ but the difference between these two boys is that the new baby named Anton is specially programed to be the best of the two parents. These two boys are always competitive with one another and its just a matter of events to see who is the best out of the two of them. This movie shows a mix of different emotions. It shows some
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Family. In the early 20th century‚ Allistar Crowly‚ AKA "The Black Pope"‚ started modern Satanism. It is said that Anton Lavey brought Satanism to the United States. Anton believed that he was the reincarnation of the "Black Pope". He set his church up in San Francisco in 1966. Within one year Anton ’s cult grew to more than 200‚000 members (Miller‚ 1991‚ p. 28-29). Anton then went to Hollywood to help make movies about Satanism. He succeeded in doing so and was involved with the making
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“…the spoken word‚ the text of a play is not valuable in and of itself‚ but is made so by the inner content of the subtext and what is contained in it” (Stanislavski‚ Building a Character) Theatre has always been about much more than what is written. The plays and musicals we watch extend far past the lines of dialogue we hear and enjoy. It is in the words that we find beautiful quotes and messages that we can carry throughout our lives‚ but it is in the subtext that thoughts are provoked‚ and we
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by Mackinlay Kantor tells the journey of two men‚ both blind‚ over coming their obstacles. As Mr. Parson was leaving his hotel‚ he was approached in spite a beggar. Mr. Parsons took a step forward just passing the beggar but the beggar quickly turned around and said “listen gov’nor‚ just a minute of your time” (Kantor 329). Markwardt‚ the beggar sold lighters to make money off of. Mr. Parsons being an admirred and respected man‚ handed markwart 2 half dollars. Markwardt then went on to tell his story
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Eamous’ hut‚ dressed up as a beggar. Eamaus greets him kindly and shows his xenia by inviting him into his house for a meal. Eamous talks to the beggar about what the suitors have done to him and how he misses Odysseus. Eamaeus was extremely doubtful of Odysseus’ return although‚ the beggar tries bringing his hopes up by telling the Swineherd that Odysseus will return. After a long conversation‚ the Swineherd asks Odysseus about where he came from and about his past. The beggar tells Eamaeus about how
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Oscar Wilde’s The Model Millionaire which a part of his collection of short stories known as ‘the house of pomegranates’ is a great story from one of the greatest masters of the art known as the short story. This story is a composition of various themes which can be listed as: the material aspect of our life‚ standards in the society‚ love‚ and most importantly the morals of the people residing in the society. Firstly‚ this short story emphasizes the materialistic aspects of life. It speaks about
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In order to counter the unreality of Ibsen and the bleakness of Chekhov‚ John M. Synge has chosen a seemingly unbelievable story to create his realist masterpiece‚ <u>The Playboy of the Western World</u>. Its realism comes from two unlikely sources: joy and a far-fetched tale. Yet‚ as Synge identifies himself in the preface‚ these elements in combination are extremely effective in showing the life of the peasantry; more so than any bleak or so-called "real" story (in the manner of Ibsen) could.<br><br>The
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Table (Walker) ◦What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (Smith) ◦Child of the Americas (Morales) •Gender Roles / Marriage ◦The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber) ◦The Story of an Hour (Chopin) ◦The Necklace (de Mauppassant) ◦The Proposal (Chekhov) ◦Country Lovers (Gordimer) •Creativity / The Creative Process ◦Poetry (Neruda) ◦Constantly Risking Absurdity
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