the audience use their imagination. “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ And having perhaps the better claim‚ Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same.”- Robert Frost (1916) This shows an example of using a metaphor. The author made it seem as though one path was the better choice to take opposed to the other. My response to the poem was natural in a sense. When using metaphors that the author
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William Butler Yeats/Irish history. Yeats’ parents‚ Susan Pollexfen and John Butler Yeats‚ offered Yeats kinship with various Anglo-Irish Protestant families who are mentioned in his work. Normally‚ Yeats would have been expected to identify with his Protestant tradition—which represented a powerful minority among Ireland’s predominantly Roman Catholic population—but he did not. Indeed‚ he was separated from both historical traditions available to him in Ireland—from the Roman Catholics‚ because
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Although initially it seems apparent that the First World War narrowed the existing political divisions in Germany during this period‚ as the war progressed‚ the resentment grew‚ in part because of the huge losses and the economic crisis that hung over the country. Therefore because of this the political divisions increased‚ and by the end of the war the polarisation of German politics was explicit. Despite the demonstrations against the war held on the 28th and 29th of July in Berlin with crows
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extremely critical of her involvement in Nationalist politics because it distracted her from his attention and because he believed that the men involved with her were unworthy of her. The poem was written in 1912 and the rising which indeed took place in 1916 taught Yeats a salutary
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Inventions of the 20th century Light Switch Tired of using old your old push-button light switch? As of 1916 William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg have come out with a new and improved patented light switch. Instead of pushing a button‚ all you have to do is either flick it up or down‚ and you’re light will automatically turn on. It’s now safer than the old push-button because it won’t control the whole mechanism directly‚ but instead through a series of springs and levers. Get your own revamped
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In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell it was a very interesting and suspenseful play. This play is about a women being accused of killing her husband. The play takes place around the 1916 where they try to find out who killed Mrs. Wright husband John Wright. Hale‚ starts telling what happen that day when he went to the Wrights home. That afternoon Hale was going to ask John if he wanted to go put up a telephone. When Hale starts to explain the situation to the sheriff and the county general in
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invention of the electric diesel locomotives and improved braking systems. The Great Flood of 1916 was an unfortunate event on the Saluda Mountain. On July 14 and 15th‚ rainfall went nonstop‚ as water spilled down the mountainsides into already overflowing rivers. The damage was enormous. Tracks‚ automobiles and streetcars under water. Steam engines were in nearby freight yards were abandoned. August 3‚ 1916‚ the first passengers board the train
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first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines. Quezón is considered by most Filipinos to have been the second president of the Philippines‚ after Emilio Aguinaldo (1897–1901). ). Quezon played a major role in obtaining Congress’ passage in 1916 of the Jones Act‚ which pledged independence for the Philippines without giving a specific date when it would take effect. He fought for passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934)‚ which provided for full independence for the Philippines 10 years after
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HSC Modern History PART 1 – World War One 1. War on the Western Front The reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front Faults in the Schlieffen Plan - The Schlieffen Plan was Germany’s pre-war (1906) strategy in invading France in the event of an outbreak of war – aggressive and needed speed and surprise - Involved heading north into Belgium‚ then west to attack France’s fortified chateau’s from the rear - Plan to take Paris in 6 weeks to defeat France‚ then take on
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of movements and ideologies‚ has become a burgeoning area both within original academic discipline and across disciplinary boundaries (Shapiro‚ 1992). In the process of globalization‚ culture pluralism developed by pragmatist philosophers (Randolph‚ 1916) inspires the generation of tons of diverse thoughts. While the field of communication has been experiencing a major paradigm shift (Gerbner‚ 1983)‚ feminism has affected many fields of social science. And this trend‚ to a certain degree‚ impels the
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