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    short story written by James Joyce about Gabriel‚ a man who is facing troubles with his wife‚ Gretta. Gabriel stumbled upon Gretta in an intense trance‚ while a certain song is playing. Gabriel soon finds out that Gretta had a past lover who had died for her‚ and he understands that she still shows emotion for him. Gabriel feels alone and troubled for the first time in his life. This story shows his great suffering in the marriage and how it came to be. “The Dead‚” written by James Joyce‚ is a short story

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    ‫ خميس خلف محمد‬.‫ م‬.‫م‬ 3122 ‫) أيـلــول‬8( ‫العــدد‬ ‫جملة آداب الفراهيدي‬ Self-discovery in James Joyce ’s The Dead Self-discovery in James Joyce ’s The Dead ‫ خمــــــــــــــيس خلــــــــــــــف محمــــــــــــــد‬.‫ م‬.‫م‬ ‫ قدـم االنكليـي‬/‫ كليـة التربيـة‬/‫جامعة تكريت‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ن‬ Abstract "The Dead" is the last‚ longest and most famous story of James Joyce ’s Dubliners. This study deals with the processes of self-realization of Gabriel Conroy‚ the protagonist of this

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    James Clerk Maxwell

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    David Nat-114 Feb/20/2010 James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell was born on 13 June 1831 at 14 India Street‚ Edinburgh‚ to John Clerk Maxwell‚ an advocate‚ and Frances Maxwell. Maxwell’s father was a man of comfortable means‚ related to the Clerk family of Penicuik‚ Midlothian‚ holders of the baronetcy of Clerk of Penicuik; his brother being the 6th Baronet. He had been born John Clerk‚ adding the surname Maxwell to his own after he inherited a

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    The personal novel I chose was called “Daisy Miller” by Henry James. The publishers were Harper & Brothers‚ which was published in 1879. There are a total of 43 pages. The way James’ novels are structured is that he begins it with a situation and a character. James would then‚ in effect‚ sit back and simply observe what would happen when a character was confronted with this new situation. This allowed him more freedom and allowed him the opportunity of "getting to know" his character by observing

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    James. K. Polk

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    James K. Polk House I chose the James K. Polk home just due to the fact it was one of closest locations to us. James was the 11th President of the United States. He was born on November 2‚ 1795 and passed away on June 15‚ 1849. James was often referred to as the first “dark horse” President. “James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House‚ and the last strong President until the Civil War.” (whitehouse.gov) James was born in Mecklenburg County‚ North Carolina‚ in 1795

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    fictionalized example of how real people would act in intense situations. A good author makes you believe his or her characters are real‚ and understand why they do what they do. This is particularly apparent in Araby by James Joyce‚ and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Araby‚ by James Joyce allows its reader to see life through the eyes of an adolescent struggling to be a man. It allows the reader to see the reality of what it’s like to feel unaccomplished and pathetic. The boy in the story is trying

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    James Fenimore Cooper

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    In The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper‚ historical romance is apparent through settings‚ characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said‚ “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical romance) in America‚ and thus worthy of the highest praise‚ but in many respects his romances have never been surpassed.” (212) Cooper celebrated the creative spirit of the individual and had a deep

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    of others. William Carlos Williams worked hard throughout his career to reach his goal of perfecting his own simple and modern style of poetry‚ along with the help of some friends. William lived in the era of modernism and was considered to be an imagist poet. Williams strived to write poetry that focused on modern people and everyday situations in the simplest of words. But how did the events and people in his lifetime influence the way Williams wrote poetry? William Carlos Williams poetry was

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    I will explain the William Carlos Williams poems in my essay. I am going to analyze his some poems ‘’Spring And All’’‚ ‘’The Red Wheelbarrow’’‚ ‘’This Is Just To Say’’‚ ‘’Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus’’ and ‘’To Elsie. I will start with short entrance of imagism and Williams’ style. Firstly‚ I need to say that he has a big influence to Ezra Pound and T.S Elliot. He is imagist poet and he focused directness of idea and economy of language also he rejected Romantic and Victorian poetry. Imagism

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    James D. Watson

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    summary James d Watson had a massive impact on society with his co-discovery of DNA. He was a very intelligent as a child‚ with his favorite word being ""why". The discovery wouldn’t of came if it wasn ’t for the help from a few other very important scientist. SO many changes have come about of the discovery of DNA‚ on of the most well known would be genetic engineering‚ and to many to name. James D. Watson had a huge impact on society with his co-discovery of DNA‚ from a young age he was very

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