When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories‚ a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually associates with his best-known fiction. The Stevenson of the nonfiction prose is a writer involved in the issues of his craft‚ his milieu‚ and his soul. Moreover‚ one can see the record of his maturation in critical essays‚ political tracts‚ biographies‚ and letters to family and friends. What Stevenson
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Ryan Thierman Mrs. Smith SUPA History 101 Research Paper 11 January 2013 Robert E. Lee: The Savior or Destroyer of the South? Robert E. Lee‚ the most renowned general of the Civil War‚ was both a mastermind of battlefield strategy and a true gentleman. His leadership skills and sharp mind allowed him to become the most successful general in the South. Although Robert E. Lee was a man whose life was marked by distinction and courage‚ he was also marked by arrogance and failure. “Lee was born
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The extract is from the beginning of the story which relates to the characterisation and setting. This enables the audience to have an insight towards the characters and take a grasp as to what they may be like. The setting is presented when they describe the “coil through the trunks and branches of the thickening forest”. The lexemes “thickening forest” displays that the story is set in a dense wood which emphasises the journey into the unknown‚ where once you enter you can never return. The lexis
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Robert Frost wrote an interesting poem entitled‚ "After Apple-Picking." This poem has several fascinating images that cause the reader to wonder what he is really trying to convey. Through this poem‚ Frost could possibly be trying to suggest death. This death might either be of life itself‚ or of writing poetry. There are several times in the poem that he refers to winter‚ and just as spring is a symbol for life‚ winter is the image of death. First‚ he states that the‚ "essence of winter sleep
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On December 30‚ 1691‚ the influential and scholarly Robert Boyle left science with a strong legacy of discoveries and experiments. The Irish physicist‚ chemist‚ and natural philosopher brought significant discoveries to chemistry‚ the theory of matter‚ and pneumatics. With much of his time being devoted to writing and studying‚ Boyle became interested in natural philosophy‚ religious topics‚ and ethical issues; even though some of these topics did not have much of an overlap with science‚ Boyle found
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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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Robert Yates was an American politician and was part of the Philadelphia Convention. Yates was born on January 27‚ 1738 in Schenectady‚ NY. Between 1771 and 1775‚ Yates sat on the Albany board of Alderman. Robert Yates spent most of his political life as a judge‚ and was well regarded by New Yorkers of all political casts. During the pre-revolution years‚ Yates was one of the Radical Whigs‚ but once the revolution did break out he served on the Albany committee of safety and represented his county
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“Courage is not the absence of fear. It is rather not letting your fear control your actions” said by Brett Harris. This quote means that bravery is not something we shouldn’t fear but with our actions we shouldn’t be control through doubt. From the novel “Do Hard things” by Alex and Brett Harris it shows the possible ways to overcome our fears.The novel illustrated the five types of hard things we need to do in our teen lives and throughout life. Comfort
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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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Photography is considered to be the origin of documentary film‚ capturing life as it is. Usually the photos were taken of people and places documenting it. What is unique about Robert Flaherty’s footage of Nanook inside his igloo? What Robert Flaherty did that was unique was he set up ice stacked to look like they were in an igloo‚ but in reality they were not. This gave him enough light to get the footage for the scene. A documentary documents an event but what else does it convey? A documentary
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