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Emily Dickinson
<view this essay>.... Awakenings and subsequent religious revivals that spread across America the New Englanders began to question the old ways. What used to be a focal point of all lives became speculative and often doubted. People began to search for new meanings in life. Ralph Waldo Emerson set the tone for the age when he stated, “Who so would be (hu)man, must be non-conformist.” believed and practiced this philosophy.
Dickinson was brought up by a stern, authoritarian father. In her childhood she was shy and already different from other children. After attending Amherst Academy with other scrupulous thinkers she began to develop into a free-willed person. Many of Di .....
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Gandhi
<view this essay>.... and an independent India for the Congress. Mohunduras was the striving force behind India to become an independent country. In 1945, a change in the British government occurred. The Labour Party took office in England having a clear majority over the other parties. This meant that dealing with India now could be a priority but it was difficult to convince the Indian Congress Leaders that Britain actually wanted to give over control to the Indians. A lot of questions remained such as why the change now? Also, since Britain was just starting to recover from World War II, would this issue just be pushed aside until their own affairs are looked after? Ghandi was .....
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Emperor Constantine I
<view this essay>.... emperor Constantine was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus in Naissus, a town in Serbia, on February 27 sometime in the 270’s CE. His mother was a woman of humble background named Helena who would later become a Christian. Because of her good works, she was made a Christian saint after her death. Constantine’s father was a career military officer named Constantius. Constantine was married at least twice and had four sons: Crispus, Constantine II, Constantius, and Constans.
Constantius, his father, was in charge of the Roman Province of Britannia. When Constantius died Constantine he was immediately proclaimed emperor by the army. However, it took many years of .....
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Role Models - Joanne Malar
<view this essay>.... Her first competitions were at a local level and she enjoyed them very much, but wanted more competition which drove her to win. Seven years after she began swimming, at the age of 14, Joanne qualified for her first ever spot on the Canadian National Team. This achievement was huge and she was becoming better known around Ontario and Canada from it. This recognition, she said, caused her to feel stressed and made her feel that she had to win, and she was extremely disappointed when she didn't. Many people said that they saw a huge change in Joanne's attitude towards the sport at this time and that the stress and pressure caused her to mature and have to .....
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Grace Kelly
<view this essay>.... by her family’s reputation for prosperity. She lived up to and even surpassed the fame of her family members. Grace served many roles in her life as an actress, princess and mother.
When first walked on stage as Virgin Mary at age six, people knew she was magic. She had a passion for the stage that her father could not understand. He had a poor opinion of the acting profession, but then his daughter had always been a mystery to him. Being so energetic and outgoing himself, he found it hard to understand a daughter who enjoyed sitting still, reading or writing. Grace begged him to enroll her in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and he .....
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Albert Einstein
<view this essay>.... patent examiner gave him a lot of free time,which he
spent doing scientific investigations.He became a Swiss citizen in 1905.Einstein
liked music also.He listened to classical music and played the violin.He
supported zionism and was asked to be the president of Israel when president
Chain Weizmann died in 1952.He decided not to except,saying that he wasn't right
for that position.Einstein was never concerned about money.Publishers from all
parts of the world offered him huge amounts of money for an autobiography.He
never accepted any of their offers.Einstein was married twice.He was seperated
from his first wife after he arrived in Berlin.During World War I h .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac
<view this essay>.... that he is a great man, but his self-esteem is so low because of his nose. He cannot seem to get past that, and because he cannot, he believes that nobody else can, either. If a person mentions the word "nose" in his presence, he will challenge the person who said it. The guards warn all newcomers to the regiment that the fastest way to die is to mention Cyrano’s nose. This is “Flaw Number One,” that despite all his glowing accomplishments, he cannot get past his one shortcoming.
Although Cyrano believes himself ugly and unworthy, he falls in love. The recipient of this gift is his cousin, Roxane. He writes her many poems, but does not let her know. .....
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Martin Luther King Jr.
<view this essay>.... on April 4,1968, outside his motel room by James Earl Ray. While his views at the time seemed radical to many, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered and respected today as a martyr of the civil rights movement and an icon of change through nonviolent means.
"The Ways of Meeting Oppression", by , is a story about the ways in which oppressed people deal with their oppression. Dr. King came up with 3 characteristics in which oppressed people deal with their oppression. In this essay we will discuss the three major ways that Dr. King talks about. We will also reveal the one method that King supports.
He first characteristic that King mentions in his writi .....
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