Catherine the Great Imagine you lived in a time of political upheaval, and when there was a full mistrust toward an irresponsible monarchy. ... This loosely describes the life and succession of the empress of Russia Catherine the Great. ... Shcherbatov was perhaps one of Catherine's famous critics but he was just one account of the time and many others soon followed as in the great biographer Isabel De Madariaga accounts of Catherine's rule Catherine the Great: A Short History. Madariaga's account of the beginning of Catherine's reign is written according to ...

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These individuals displayed great leadership qualities by making critical decisions which resulted in the forward progress of our country's development. ... Ellis, author of Founding Brothers, was "A legend in his own time, Americans had been describing Washington as "the father of the country" since 1776- which is to say, before there was even a country." ... This shows great foresight as they were working to develop a stable and democratic government for generations to come. ... Though Washington was not a great military mind, he was a great moral force, empowering his troops in order...

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The author makes it really clear that enormous cultural, social, and economic changes were occurring in the colonies dating from the French and Indian War. ... In this book, the author offers his own interpretation of the importance of the Revolution. ... According to the author, we are still living through and developing the insights and consequences of the Revolution. ... The most interesting section of the book was the discussion of the French-Indian War or the "Seven Years War" and how it lead Great Britain to place an army on the frontier and to impose certain taxes to pay its cost. .....

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It would be difficult to try and clarify the meaning of this book - the author's meaning - but the superficial nature of its story certainly puts it in a category of post-modernist writing. ... The color, the pattern, and the soul of his piece comes from "a self-reflexivity prompted by the author's awareness of the theory underlying the construction of fictional works" (Waugh 2). ... The characters of the book each have their own parallels with Rushdie the author, but Rashid (the father of Haroun) most closely follows the strife of Rushdie as he is silenced by the lack of 'story...

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The author uses figurative language to strengthen the emphasis on the established mood. ... The author's use of such a contradictory comparison shows that the mood is of a potent existence. ... Through Dickens" use of gloomy diction and figurative language, the reader recognizes the dreary mood of the piece as the author conveys the weak and immature mind of Pip as he is experiencing the guilt and the reality of the world around him. ...

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All three authors have published their works and have made great contributions to the study of this topic. ... When writing about naturalism, it is often said that the authors are too frank with their explanations of this theory. The authors write about the cruelties of life including sex, racism, and disease. ... A great foreign influence of naturalistic writing was Emile Zola from France. ... " By the authors publishing their works, the rest of the United States was exposed to the naturalistic movement. ...

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During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. ... This depicts the colonists has having to be submissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered the colonists very much, and was another component of the transition of the colonists' rights and liberties. Thomas Whately was a helper to George Grenvlle, who was a British Chancellor of the Exchequer and author of the Stamp Act. ... "The parliament unquestionably possesses a legal authority to regulate the trade of Great Britain, and all her colonies. ... ...

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The 20th century was a time of great struggle for Canada and its citizens. ... In fact, it wasn't until about 20 years ago that Canada received a total independence from Great Britain. ... That is what being a Canadian is all about, accepting multiculturalism and diversity, all of us combining our roots and making a great nation of people. ... Both of the authors express their experiences in finding a place in Canada's society in two greatly constructed plays, The Rez Sisters and Bonjour, la, Bonjour by Highway and Tremblay respectively. ... This essay will provide a comparative...

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The author has been assigned the task of chief executive officer (CEO) to a financially stable organization which could perform better. ... The author will discuss how she would lead the organization by discussing the leadership theories she would use, adapt these theories to the employees and working environment and finally, discuss what effects the author's leadership skills and style have on how effective she can be as a leader in this work environment. ... As a leader the author will inspire and motivate the employees to see the bigger picture and allow for growth through changes in t...

• Word Count: 1232
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The Blacks give two main reasons for the rise of the Republican Party in the South, which they refer to as the "Great White Switches". ... The second "Great White Switch," according to the authors, came in the form of Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential election. The author's argue that Reagan's optimism and overall positive record in office had the effect of legitimizing and making respectable the Republican Party for many southern whites. ... From 1982 until 1991, Republicans only managed to win one third of the seats in the House of Representatives, and they...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When someone is admired and praised as a great figure, there is a natural desire to know more about this individual. ... It may well be that the true author of these works is William Shakespeare, and there is substantial evidence to verify this opinion. ... One basic piece of evidence supporting Shakespeare as the author of these masterpieces is the fact that his name was on all of the sonnets and poems. Additionally, the editors of Shakespeare's works were the two editors featured in his will, tying further connection to William Shakespeare as the author. It is known that William was als...

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As the author explains, "I have tried to make biography and history reinforce each other by knitting together a number of personal stories along the main seam of an American epoch" (p. xiv). ... All of this material offered a sharp focus and high historical drama, which the author laid out for a national reading audience; in the process he also revealed his great gifts as a writer and as a historian and a very well known writer.The second volume of Taylor Branch's ambitious history of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his times begins, approximately, in the spring of 1963 and ends two years lat...

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The author did extensive research of Petersburg local records to obtain a comprehensive study of the female culture during the antebellum years. Lesbock discusses the institution of marriage in great detail. The author found that women married for economic reasons as well as romantic feelings. ... The author's opinion was that men had more trouble with the inevitability of one's death, while women faced death with every pregnancy. ... Lesbock provided a great insight into women's history through careful research of real women's experiences during the eighteenth and n...

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Aristotle's description of this tragic error, commonly referred to as Hamartia, supports the belief that the tragic change in fortune a hero undergoes is not due to "any moral defect or depravity"" (Poetics, 21) given by an author, but to a mistake he makes at a pivotal point in a story. ... Prior to the change in fortune of a hero, an author reveals information that can potentially prevent downfall, and the hero's ability to either act upon or reject this new information constitutes blame for their fall. ... The combination of the greatness of a hero and his responsibility for downf...

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As the new world struggled to gain independence from it's mother country, Britain, native authors also struggled to develop their own styles of writing. ... Many people saw the triumph of American independence as a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness. Greatness came with a strong nation and thousands of poems and stories that shaped our nation. ... These writings were very dry and lacked insight into the everyday lives of the authors. ... He was the first author in American literature to make the neurotic, the heroic figure, the protagonist, in his stories....

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Livesay The general scope throughout the biography of Andrew Carnegie was not only the story of his life, but about the things he did along the way and a detailed explanation of the choices he made that led to his great wealth and success. ... It seems that little if anything was left out, as the author mentioned in different places: for example, the fact that other writers had left out Will Carnegie's role in the family after moving to America, which he said was exaggerated by authors who did give these details. ... The author seems to stray from chronological order quite often, jum...

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On the contrary, the authors believed that old leaders could learn new tricks. ... To solve this problem, the author believed that setting ground rules are the leader's job. ... The author did a great job by pointing out the scientific origin of the leadership. ... On the other hand, the readers need more examples to illustrate the points that the authors pointed out in the book. ... "Great leadership works through the emotions."" ...

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In the article "Motivation Matters", the author introduces four conditions that improve students' motivation (Crotty). ... A great accomplishment and a great perseverance are the result of great interest. ... Geniuses who completed great accomplishments in their lives also have to spend years of working hard pursuing their dreams. ... Therefore, students who are interested in their subject will also be able to overcome setbacks and accomplish great things with great perseverance. ... In the article "Brainology", the author explains a program that motivates students by ...

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In the passage from the novel Alias Grace by Margret Atwood, the author uses many narrative techniques to convey the feelings and thoughts of the main character Grace Mark. Atwood uses a great mixture of metaphors, similes and motifs to describe what is happening to Grace and her point of view through her ordeal. ... The author obviously put a lot of thought and effort into the novel because the imagery is incredible and her narrative techniques convey Grace's unsteady state of mind and obvious delirium. With Atwood's great writing I could literally picture all of the scenes that ...

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While the authors of these two accounts gave great insight as to goings on of their particular situation, one cannot help but notice that Henry Sheahan's, "A Volunteer Poilu" gives exceptional descriptions of the speaker's experiences. ... As opposed to the textbook, Shaehan describes in great detail various conversations with several different soldiers so that one can put a face to the war rather than see it as an entity in and of itself. Most impressive was the authors" vivid descriptions of the landscape, action and attitudes of the period. ...

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Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", the author Nathaneil Hawthorn's depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. ... Dimmesdale was put in...

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About cognitive learning have spoken multiple authors, among which is Piaget. ... Give children a great deal of hands-on practice with the skills that serve as building blocks for more complex skills like reading comprehension. 5. ...

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Both authors of "A Christmas Memory" and "Pancakes" utilize similar literary techniques, but the authors convey different themes by doing so. ... Both authors use the element of mood effectively, but they utilize it convey different types of the element into their story. ... Another element that both authors utilize is imagery. ... A great black stove is its main feature; but there is also a big round table and a fireplace with two rocking chairs placed in front of it. ... By using imagery in the story, both authors are able to utilize the same element of imagery to develop...

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Helen Barr, author of Pearl--or 'The Jeweller's Tale' takes a different look at how the Pearl Poem is interpreted. ... The author's thesis, "The social implications of figurative language," gave a deeper and more intricate view of the poem itself. ... This leads to the Pearl Maiden herself, whom the author interprets as the embodiment of aristocracy. ... So, in the simplest of terms, she did a great job of proving her point and then disproved herself at the very end. ... However, the cause for this may be that author is trying to eliminate any doubt that is l...

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The main characters in both the stories show great dignity and hope for a better future. ... The Characters are however different in profession, for Nathaniel finds it profitable to be a beggar, which shows his lack of commitment, whilst Brille shows great pride and effort for he is a politician. Both of the authors show a clear, but different, point of view in both of the stories. ... In the second story Bessie tries to show a great sense of pride and confidence among the black community, even though they were treated so harshly. ... The authors do also show some different feelings of opi...

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