Eugene Gladstone O’Neill is one of the greatest American playwrights‚ he is known for plays such as “Long Day’s Journey into Night” ‚”Beyond the Horizon” (1920)‚ “Anna Christie” (1922)‚ “Strange Interlude” (1928)‚ “Mourning Becomes Electra”(1931)and The Iceman Cometh (1946). His plays probe the American Dream‚ race relations‚ class conflicts‚ sexuality‚ human aspirations and psychoanalysis. He often became immersed in the modernist movements of his time as he primarily sought to create “modern
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wealth of many business. In accordance with the overflowing wealth in the nineteenth century many individuals held similar but yet contrasting views toward the wealth that was created in the United States. Among these individuals were Andrew Carnegie‚ Eugene V. Debs‚ and Horatio Alger. One of the best-known philanthropists was the American industrialist Andrew Carnegie‚ who devoted the latter part of his life to giving away most of the huge fortune he had amassed in the steel industry. Following the
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Student: Matthew Way Case Study: Phillip Eugene Wendling‚ Appellee‚ v. Ted Puls and George Watson‚ Defendants-Appellants No. 50‚522 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS 227 Kan. 780; 610 P. 2d 580; 1980 Kan. LEXIS 280; 28 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (Callaghan) 1362 May 10‚ 1980‚ Opinion Filed The Procedural History: Phillip Eugene Wendling‚ a Harvey County farmer and stockman‚ told Ted Puls‚ an active cattle buyer‚ in July of 1973 that he might have some cattle for sale around the middle of that
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Eugene Achike or Papa could easily be mistaken as being a ’monster’ for the ’horrible things’ that he has done throughout the novel‚ but that would not be a fair or accurate representation of his character. Throughout the novel the reader is bombarded with a flood of contradictory emotions towards Papa ranging from anger to sympathy. Through the eyes’ of the community Papa is seen as the perfect candidate for the father and husband of the year cup ; an honorable man‚ loving father‚ husband and an
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Irena Curić dr. sc. Janja Ciglar-Žanić‚ red. prof. English Romanticism 08 January 2013 The Byronic Hero and Russian Romanticism Introduction George Gordon Byron‚ 6th Baron Byron‚ or simply Lord Byron‚ was a British poet of Scottish descent who is today considered to be the most influential British poet of the Romantic period (Catherine B. O ’Neill calls him "the best-known nineteenth-century British poet outside England"). His adventourous character and wild but appealing works made him
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Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt among others reached the pinnacle of wealth and amassed huge amounts of money. Many individuals developed contrasting attitudes and views on this newly created wealth. Among these individuals were Andrew Carnegie‚ Eugene V. Debs‚ and Booker T. Washington. Seemingly similar people‚ and yet they were almost completely different. One was a well-known philanthropist who was one of the richest men in world‚ another was an educator and an advocate of Black advancement and
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Alexander Pushkin was both a romanticist in his works and not‚ all at the same time. Beginning at age fifteen‚ he published poems and prose‚ and eventually his novel‚ Eugene Onegin. He is the William Shakespeare of Russia‚ influencing even the language by supplementing with his own vocabulary. He wrote everything from lyric poetry‚ to short stories‚ even personal essays and journalism pieces. Many of his works represent a highly romanticized view of the world. For example‚ “A Little Bird” refers
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Promethean Man: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage The Myth of Prometheus: The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus is a tale about philanthropy‚ strength of character‚ moral truth and the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the good of others. It has stayed one of the most influential Greek myths throughout the centuries‚ and has inspired numerous works of art from literature to paintings and sculputres. In Greek mythology‚ Prometheus (derived from the ancient Greek word meaning "forethought") was
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despite the fact that he is economically powerless. Scholar David Pattersen describes the superfluous man as “homeless”- “a paradigm of a person who has lost a point‚ a place‚ a presence in life" (2). Much like superfluous characters such as Pechorin and Eugene Onegin‚ Raskolnikov is unconventional‚ cynical‚ ineffectual‚ and prideful. Additionally‚ he often displays contradictory thoughts and vacillates between a rational and irrational mindset. For example‚ he is initially outraged at his sister’s marriage
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His poetic short drama "Mozart and Salieri" was the inspiration for Peter Shaffer ’s Amadeus. Pushkin himself preferred his verse novel Eugene Onegin‚ which he wrote over the course of his life and which‚ starting a tradition of great Russian novels‚ follows a few central characters but varies widely in tone and focus. "Onegin" is a work of such complexity that‚ while only about a hundred pages long‚ translator Vladimir Nabokov needed two full volumes of material to fully render
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