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    William Shakespeare has been a decorated playwright and poet since he first began introducing his works in the sixteenth century. The plays and poems of Shakespeare has a power over audiences‚ to make them feel the emotions that are embedded within the works themselves. In “Macbeth” we feel the pain and suffering of Macbeth as he is overcome with his greed and his own brand of paranoia‚ which leads him to destroying everything in the world that he finds dear. Shakespeare has the power to make audiences

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    "The Use of Force"‚ a short story by William Carlos Williams published in 1938 depicts the story of two characters in confrontation. The narrative implies the severity of a situation when social roles and personal impulses intertwine. An analysis can be done by determining the correlation amongst characters and this theme. The man’s behaviour towards the girl and this young patient’s reaction emphasize the difficulties people have separating emotions and standards. The doctor‚ the main character

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    William Randolph Hearst

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    William Randolph Hearst George Hearst‚ William’s father was born in 1820 on a frontier plantation in Franklin‚ Missouri. George’s father died when he was 26. George was a very hard worker and loved his family very much. He worked odd jobs and in mines to pay off his fathers debt and to take care of his mother‚ sister and little brother. Mining fascinated young George and even though he could barely read he dwelled into geology books to learn more. In 1848 word started to spread like wildfire

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    On April 29‚ 1863‚ William Randolph Hearst was born in San Francisco‚ California. He received the best education that his multimillionaire father and his sophisticated schoolteacher mother could buy—private tutors‚ private schools‚ grand tours of Europe‚ and Harvard College. Young Hearst’s journalistic career began in 1887‚ two years after his Harvard expulsion. "I want the San Francisco Examiner‚ " he wrote to his father‚ who owned the newspaper and granted the request. When William’s father died

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    Irish poet‚ dramatist‚ and prose writer‚ one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Yeats’s father‚ John Butler Yeats‚ was a barrister who eventually became a portrait painter. His mother‚ formerly Susan Pollexfen‚ was the daughter of a prosperous merchant in Sligo‚ in western Ireland. Through both parents Yeats claimed kinship with various Anglo-Irish Protestant families who are mentioned in his work. Normally‚ Yeats would

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    Tennessee Williams influenced playwrights in the 1950s and continues to do so today. His most popular works are Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ and A Streetcar Named Desire. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a story about a Southern family full of dysfunction and crisis. One of the main characters Brick‚ is having doubts about himself and it soon affects his marriage with his wife‚ Maggie. The play revolves around Brick and his extended family over the course of one evening. The Glass Menagerie

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    Internet Mini Case #6 Williams-Sonoma Maryanne M. Rouse Williams-Sonoma (WSM) was a specialty retailer of products for the home. The company’s products were sold through two channels: the retail channel and the direct-to-customer channel. The retail segment comprised four retail concepts: Williams-Sonoma‚ Pottery Barn‚ Pottery Barn Kids‚ and Hold Everything. The direct-to-customer segment sold though eight retail catalogs: Williams-Sonoma‚ Pottery Barn‚ Pottery Barn Kids‚ Pottery Barn Bed

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    Although William the Conqueror had defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066‚ an even bigger challenge had presented itself. William was now outnumbered in a land he had very little knowledge of‚ and would face several rebellions in the first decade of his reign. William was aware of this challenge‚ building castles in towns which presented any threat as a symbol of his power. Despite these measures‚ it would take William almost a decade‚ until 1075 to gain full control of England‚ which

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    WILLIAM JAMES AND LIFE AFTER DEATH A. W. Orr Saybrook University San Francisco‚ CA December 12‚ 2013 2 WILLIAM JAMES AND LIFE AFTER DEATH William James’ views about life after life death can be summed up in two words‚ not proven. Over the course of his career he encountered the question repeatedly. He considered it‚ he pondered it‚ and he explored it. In the end his views did not significantly change. At the same time he found the idea fascinating and was continually intrigued

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    This paper is not intended to prove that William Shakespeare never existed; only that the Stratford actors name and identity was used as a screen for a different man. It sounds preposterous when you first here it‚ after all‚ who wouldn’t want to take credit for such brilliant work and gifted writing‚ right? I will only explore some of the many claims and theories regarding the Shakespeare identity controversy‚ and point towards a few facts which seem to indicate that Sir Francis Bacon was the

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