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For decades, the United States of America has been beheld as the champion of capitalism. A nation grown from a group of small English colonies into a world superpower, through relatively free market trade. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, American capitalism grew in a rapidly technologically advancing era without the challenge…

Robert Alexander Schumann was born in the small riverside town ofZwickau, Saxony, in 1810. The youngest of five children, Robert Schumannwas brought up in comfortable, middle-class respectability. As a child, heapparently exhibited no remarkable abilities. At the age of six, Robert was sent to the local preparatory school, runby Archdeacon Dohner. He had in fact…

William Shakespeare is the magician of language: his well-built plot and embellished dialogue lead readers into his virtual but reality-reflected world. Among many of his plays, Othello is one of the best tragedies which reflect the deepest nature of human beings: jealousy and love. In spite of its high quality as a masterpiece, many modern…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby the narrator, Nick Caraway makes a statement that, in my opinion, reveals to the reader why the book is called The Great Gatsby. “They’re a rotten crowd” Nick shouted across the lawn to Gatsby “You’re worth the whole damn lot put together. ” I agree with Nicks…

It is Leningrad high school teacher Elena Sergeyevna’s birthday. Four of her students – three boys and a girl – arrive unexpectedly at her drab little apartment, bearing expensive gifts: a bouquet of flowers, a set of antique crystal goblets, a bottle of champagne. The offerings of grateful young people to a beloved instructor? Not…

Salvador Dali (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) Salvador Dali, the most eccentric and extraordinary person in Spanish painting, was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. His parents were very different. His father had a strict disciplinary approach to raising children that differed with that of his mother. She supported young Salvador in…

Jules de Gaultier stated, “Imagination is the only weapon in the war againstreality. ” I think the “war against reality” is the process of aging andimagination is our naivet that shields us from the frightening world. Byimagining that situations will never be uncomfortable; girls will neverexperience heartbreak; men will always have jobs to support their…

OverviewDracula has appealed to readers for almost a century, at least in part because it deals with one of the great human conflicts: the struggle between good and evil. Stoker acknowledges the complexity of this conflict by showing good characters attracted to evil. For example, Jonathan Harker, the lawyer who journeys to Transylvania, is almost…

BEOWULF AS A CHRIST-LIKE FIGURE The epic poem, Beowulf, recounts the tale of a man named Beowulf who sacrifices his own safety to save the Danes from two evil dragons. Then, years later, Beowulf risks his life yet again to save his own people from a dragon. Throughout the story, Beowulf is presented as a…

The Martial ChronicalsIn The Martial Chronicals, Ray Bradbury provides a glimpse into the future that not only looks at people from a technological standpoint, but from a human one as well. His well crafted, almost poetic stories are science fiction in setting only. They put much more emphasis on the apathy and inhumanity of modern…