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Pre- war poetry used language and structure that was very pastoral. These poems portrayed the beauty and perfection of nature, and how it was the ideal. At the outbreak of war, the poetry conveyed a very patriotic feeling and the pride that soldiers had to be fighting for their country. Towards the end of the…

In the presence of armed federal marshall – called in amidst rumors there would be a protest from gay activists – the National Council on the Arts convened in Washington, D.C. for its mid-summer quarterly meeting on July 31 and Aug. 1. Voting in favor of all 828 grants recommended by the Arts Endowment’s advisory…

The Sistine Chapel Ceiling The Sistine Chapel ceiling is perhaps the most amazing painting of all time. It was finished by Michealangelo Buonarroti in 1512. he started it in 1508. He worked on the painting every day in the four year period. It was grueling work. He would have to climb a scaffolding and lay…

Papers are piling up on top of a desk. People are running around tryingto meet their deadlines. Assignments are being pushed back to later dates. Phones are being answered, but put on hold for the next availablerepresentatives. The president of the firm puts out a notice of hire. The wordis spread throughout the business community…

Decubitis UlcersJ. Caldwell P. N. S. 1. Decubitis Ulcers are also known as bed sores. (Marsh 1) They are mostly seen inGeriatrics patients. They occur in people who are put on bed rest, or long periods of wheelchair use. A traumatic decubitis ulcer is precipitated by continuous pressure on the skin and deep tissue with…

Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and Ethan Frome were books written by three different authors and may have seemed completely different. The main characters of these books, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, and Jay Gatsby, appeared to be three distinct persons, but in one aspect or another came together as one. Love and communication served to…

During the time Alvin Ailey started the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) (1958), he lived in a heavily racist America. Ailey grew up in Texas with his single mother. At this time (1930’s) Texas and America as a whole were places where “white was right  and segregation was at large. He moved from…

Choose two poems in which Larkin explores places, Discuss his use of language, form and structure and the attitudes he explores towards the subject (Here & The Importance of Elsewhere). As is common for Larkin he begins the poem “Here” on a journey. This particular poem suggests a train journey from the south-east, maybe in London…

Estimates say that about 2 and a half million Americans suffer from manic depressive illness. Also called bipolar disorder, this mental illness involves episodes in which a persons mood alternates between extreme mania and depression. A person may experience pressure and racing thoughts and speech, and often uncontrolled reckless behavior. Two thirds of those who…

“No political movement on the contemporary scene has achieved the astonishing range of feminism . . . the movement has generously grown to embrace issues of race, poverty, sexual preference, child abuse, war, the Third World, religion, endangered cultures, endangered species, the global environment. ” (Theodore Roszak, The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of…