Cory Aquino Restored democracy‚ supported the Filipino entrepreneurs The recent death of the former president Corazon C. Aquino has made us reminiscent of her major contribution in bringing back the democracy in our country. It was the democracy that we almost lost during the martial law era under the leadership of former Ferdinand Marcos. Her role in bringing back the democracy has carried along some other things. One of this is the flourishing of capitalism back in our economic system.
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Nineties” (Drew) and produced some of the most decadent writings‚ art‚ music‚ and play-writes of the time. Two authors to come out of this were Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ authors of the poems “We Wear the Mask” and “Richard Cory” respectively. Both poems have a somber tone through the stanzas and neither suggest a happy outcome. The struggle differs in each poem as one alludes to the African American struggle through the Reconstructive Period and Progressive Era‚ and the other
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RICHARD CORY Richard Cory is a poem written by Edward Arlington Robinson‚ which describes a man who is admired by many. He is wealthy and seemingly blessed in everything who admired him thought was important. While the first three stanzas describe the subject; the poem feels very simple but‚ at the last stanza the writer shockingly makes the subject commit suicide. At first his suicide seems meaningless‚ given the fact that he is rich and admirable but‚ being admired enough for a person to feel
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The prevailing theme in the poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Robinson is that wealth and wealthy possessions do not satisfy a person’s desire and purpose in life. In our modern day society‚ the only necessity needed to survive in life is money. To succeed in the capitalistic world we live in‚ one must be wealthy and rich. The idea that money will make you succeed in life attracts many people who are less fortunate. These people who are struck by poverty are engrossed in the idea of gaining substantial
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Bibliography: * Nadel‚ l. (1987). Corazon Aquino: Journey to Power. New York: J. Messner. * Reid‚ R. (1995). Corazon Aquino and the brushfire revolution. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. * Siegel‚ B. (1988). Cory: Corazon Aquino and the Philippines. New York: Dutton. * Richmond‚ Roaldus‚ ed.‚ A Yankee Businessman in New Hampshire‚ American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project‚ 1936-1940 * http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
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Significance of the title‚ “Fences”‚ and how it relates to the characters. Many people tend to over look family and relationship problems. May people sit around and watch the struggles‚ the drama‚ and the happiness of relationships built and destroyed. Not many people can understand the circumstances or the thoughts of the people involved in the “tragedies’ or the “fantasy”. Troy‚ Cory‚ and Rose express the deepest problems or “fences” throughout the most of the scenes. The emotion given off often
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cannot see any good portion of character development. The larger story is literally involved with the rise and fall of people around her. She even displayed very little emotions and was sort of unaffected by the war outcome. Still I like her Helen of Troy‚ or Helen or Sparta‚ one of the most controversial female characters in literature‚ has been the literary and mythic symbol of beauty and illicit love. She was the most beautiful woman in Greece best known for being the cause of the Trojan War. A wholewar
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The movie Troy and the epic poem‚ the Iliad‚ reveal distinct differences and similarities in several scenes such as when Achilles learns of his fate but still decides to go to war; which is a similarity‚ and two other scenes which are differences that concern the length of the war and the other is the role of the gods in the story. In both the movie and the book Thetis‚ Achilles’ mother tells him of his fate which is that if he sails for Troy he will earn glory and fame but his life will be cut
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The narrator in "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a low class working citizen telling the reader‚ in detail‚ about a distinguished gentleman named Richard Cory who eventually "put a bullet through his head." Almost everyone‚ including the narrator‚ would stare at him with awe every time they saw him. He was "imperially slim"(4)‚ always charismatic and well-dressed. He was extremely courteous and polite. He would please everyone’s heart with a simple "Good Morning." Then the narrator soon
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HELEN OF TROY In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*‚ she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*‚ a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds. Birth and Early Life. Some myths say that Helen’s mother was Leda‚ the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her
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