Alfred Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. He was the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors‚ which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. He used his fortune to posthumously institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic
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between step father and step son‚ because this must have played some role in Ganelon’s motives. Other possible thesis assignments you may wish to write about are the following: The attitudes towards Islam in The Song of Roland Oliver’s attitude towards Roland In what ways is the Song of Roland a demonstration of the reverence towards kings in the Middle Ages? The supernatural and the super human elements in the story(omens‚ dreams‚ the angel‚ and superhuman efforts). Anyone want to cover Ganelon’s
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The SONG OF THE WHALE -Kit Wright TEXTUAL QUESTIONS: 1) What words in the first verse show that the whale is huge? ‘Heaving mountain in the sea’ in the first verse show that the whale is huge. 2) How does the poet give the impression he is talking to the whale? By the impression ‘Whale I heard you’ the poet makes us feel that he is talking to the whale. 3) ‘Crying for your kind’. What is the whale doing? The whale is crying for all the whales that are dead and also for the whales
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Chen Liu HNRS2013 Dr. Marin Alfred Sloan: An American Icon From his book My Year with General Motors‚ Sloan can hardly be considered as a typically American Icon at first. Sloan was different from the typical characteristically American figures: He believed in “decentralization”; he was more rational than emotionally orientated; he contributed the General Motors’s success to adaptation of American Market. However Sloan was quite confident with the
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between the English settlers and Indians‚ but really it was much more than that. Throughout history‚ the Pequot War has been characterized as the first serious conflict between the Indigenous people and the New England settlers. In 1996‚ a man named Alfred Cave published a novel titled “The Pequot War‚” in which he describes the war as being “a small-scale conflict of short duration” (Cave 168) that “casted a long shadow” (Cave 168). Cave’s novel discusses the many defining aspects of the relationship
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Bull Song→ point of view of the bull (sad treatment of animals) Capots→ Cape used in bullfighting (Vocab) ** contrast of the violence of the bull from the bulls point of view with the grace and beauty and artistry of matadors Bull is male Bull symbolizes power Repetition of like flies‚ like flies roaring- associate roaring with lions ( unusual image of like flies roaring)→ negative image! Shift to second stanza Stood dizzied: Sun and anger: reminiscent of the stranger ( killing
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Alfred Wegener started a proposal of continental drift that simply stated that there was once a supercontinent called Pangaea. He believed that 200 million years ago the continent began breaking into smaller continents which began the layout of where they lie now. Many people and geologists rejected Wegener?s idea especially the North American geologists due to most of his evidence to back his proposal up had been gathered from Southern continents. Evidence that Wegener had listed to support his
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Alienation Effects in Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan Bertolt Brecht uses a variety of techniques in his narrative style which is called epic theatre. Notable among these techniques is alienation effect. To achieve alienation effect‚ he uses many devices in writing his plays (internal devices) and also in performing them (performing devices). This paper will investigate some of the internal and performing devices in Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan which is one of his most important
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“The Homecomer‚” by Alfred Schuetz‚ examines the varying point of views of the man left behind and the man who is absent from his homeland. Schuetz identifies obstacles individuals and society face when an individual attempts to reintegrate into a community they once belonged to‚ which has since built various systems of pseudo-types that can never be eliminated entirely. Schuetz uses the example of the United States veteran returning from war to highlight the differences between each the homecomer
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Response to “The Book of Songs” #2 While “Air of the States” depicted the thoughts of the ordinary‚ minor and major odes have poems that portray the views of nobility and rulers. The Minor Odes is mainly written by aristocratic people‚ and The Major Odes has the words of the kings and rulers. Divided by decades‚ the poems tend to talk more about broader themes. Readers can find those implications from the specific examples shown in the poems. The poem “What Plant Is Not Faded?” is the last
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