For Woodworth, the stifling of the intellect is the most horrific casualty: And now, become oppressors in their turn, Frenchmen had changed a war of self-defence For one of conquest and thus in heat Of contest did opinions every day Grow into consequence, till round my mind They clung, as if they were the life of it (Wordsworth 199). ... Philosophically, his poetry ring with Neo-Platonic thought. ...

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They include a wide variety of genres ranging from poetry analysis essays of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and abstracts on epilepsy research projects to my own Shakespearean (or should I say, Santamarian) sonnets and elegant e-mails to a girlfriend. ... I entered my first writing contest in the second grade. The elementary school sponsored a children's book contest every year, in which teachers encouraged students from second grade and up to write, illustrate and bind a children's book. Three students from each entering grade could win, and all books wer...

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Aristophanes, Four Comedies Four Comedies, written by Aristophanes, is a book composed of the following four plays: "Lysistrata", "The Congresswomen", "The Acharnians" and "The Frogs". A common theme in the four plays is conflict and how they deal with it, through forming coalitions or favoring peace. Another common thread written in the plays deals with aliens, defined as people who are not citizens. Ideas are given showing how the government can fix the problem. Aristophanes uses comedy in these plays in order to portray his views and make his point. ...

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By isolating poetry, novels, and other forms of literature and media, the censorship under the control of president Marcos have removed inspiring works of art in an effort to renovate the people of the Philippines into a drone-like population under his command. ...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...

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