Hemingway's style was influenced by his years as a newspaper reporter, both before and after World War I. ... I will draw information from the large body of Hemingway literary criticism, his fiction, and the authors own comments on the craft of writing. ... In Act II, Scene II of Hamlet, while delivering a report to the king and queen, Polonius delivers the following: "This business is well ended. ... Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief: your noble son is mad"." ... (Morgan 5) The key part of this observation...

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The Prince By: Niccolo Machiavelli Julius Caesar once said, "I came, I saw, I conquered." ... Niccolo began with history but morality is an even bigger issue that plays an important part in the life of a ruler. ... Niccolo exemplifies this by using Pope Julius II as an example. ... His virtue must never lack integrity and he must rule from the heart by living right by his faith. ... Machiavelli used his power and influences to achieve public support, but at the same time, the public was not ready to accept a plan this big and costly. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The reason why I chose these two people - especially Emma Goldman - is to be found in the extraordinary impression their lives had on me. ... I loved him even while I was afraid of him. I wanted him to love me, but I never knew how to reach his heart. ... During this part of her life, she became aware of the role women could play in revolutionary activities for the first time. ... We, too, Helena and I, would find a place in the generous heart of America. ...

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Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... Stalin later said: "This creature softened my stony heart. ... These "practical contributions" were the reason of his expelling from the Georgian Social Democratic Party in 1907; when he took part in a series of bank robberies and other crimes (supposedly in order to raise funds for the "professional" revolutionaries like himself). ... Stalin performed exceptionally well, winning a decisive victory on June 16 with the capture of two White-co...

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Liberal parliamentarians had no problem with the idea of making the Prussian army bigger, however, as liberals, they hoped that the Prussian officer corps would eventually come to be dominated by the men of the Prussian middle class, rather than by the class of noble Junker land owners who traditionally made up the body of Prussian officers. King Wilhelm I and his minister of war rejected this liberal attempt to change the class composition of the Prussian officer corps, and the parliament threatened to veto the military budget. ... Two weeks after being appointed prime minister, Biz was made...

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As Walcott is divided in two, so too is the poem. The first two stanzas refer to the Kenyan conflict, while the second two address the war within the poet-as-outsider/insider, between his roles as blood insider but geographical outsider to the Mau Mau Uprising. ...

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• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate