Essays Tagged: "Duke"

Midsummer nights dream---sort paper on women

marry Lysander, she is placed in a difficult position. Her father seeks out the aid of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, who states the law and what she can do in such a situation: marry who her father say ...

(1 pages) 58 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Twelfth Night

e. Although she is pretending to be a man and is virtually unknown in Illyria, she hopes to win the Duke's heart. In act 1, scene 4, Viola let's out her true feelings for Cesario, 'yet a barful strife ...

(3 pages) 152 1 4.0 Dec/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Twelfth Night Summaries. Scene by scene.

Act Onescene oneThis scene introduces us to the Duke, who is in love with a girl calledOlivia. His servant goes to ask her wether or not she would l ... ith a girl calledOlivia. His servant goes to ask her wether or not she would like to go out withthe Duke. The message back from her servant is that Olivia will not be seen inpublic for seven years bec ... been killed in the shipwreck, and that she willnever get off this island. After learning about the Duke, she arranges with thecaptain of the ship to disguise herself and to serve the Duke. He may the ...

(5 pages) 91 0 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A review of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

lops this theme through the inhumane actions of Pap toward Huck, the dishonesty of the King and the Duke toward the Wilkes girls, and the betrayal of Jim for money by the King and the Duke.Twain uses ... ward other men and helps to develop the major theme of the novel.The dishonesty of the King and the Duke toward the Wilkes girls also help to develop the major theme of the novel. The Duke and the Kin ...

(2 pages) 52 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Gauss, Carl Friedrich

nce becausehe rapidly distinguished himself in ancient languages. When Gauss was 14he impressed the duke of Brunswick with his computing skill. The duke wasso impressed that he generously supported Ga ...

(1 pages) 44 0 3.0 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Carl Gauss

n learn trade.His skills were noticed while he was in high school, and at age 14 he was sent to the Duke of Brunswick to demonstrate. The Duke was so impressed by this boy, that he offered him a grant ... The Duke was so impressed by this boy, that he offered him a grant that lasted from then until the Duke's death in 1806.Karl began to study at the Collegium Carolinum in 1792. He went on to the Unive ...

(3 pages) 54 0 2.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Carl Friedrich Gauss

ields of readingand arithmetic. Recognizing his talent, his youthful studies wereaccelerated by the Duke of Brunswick in 1792 when he was provided with astipend to allow him to pursue his education.In ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

ld send his Invincible Armada of 125 ships into the English Channel where it would link up with the Duke of Parma in the Spanish Netherlands at Calais. The Armada would then take the Duke of Parma's s ... Queen, and proceed to conquer the rest of the country.The Spanish Armada, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sedonia,sailed from Portugal in late May of 1588 heading for the British Isles. It re ...

(2 pages) 51 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Huckleberry Finn's ( by Twain) Emotional Growth

ns that Jim ran away.B) the time that he and Jim spend on the river.C) after they meet the King and Duke.D) feelings toward the King and Duke.IV. Huck's feelings at the end of the novel.A) when he fin ... but does not say anything just to keep the peace on the raft.Huck does not really like the King and Duke because they do meanthings to innocent people to make their living. They go too far when they f ...

(5 pages) 83 1 2.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

The Effect of Stereotypes. Speaks of the book of Matthew from the Bible, " Intruder in the Dust" by Faulkner, "The Adventures" of Huckleberry Finn by Twain,

sult in the inability to see the 'big picture' in a situation. Twain showed this result through the duke and king when they are staying at the Wilk's house. The duke and king pose as the brothers of t ... of Harvey Wilk's; however, the daughters suggest that the money would be safer in the hands of the duke and king. The duke and king hide the money behind a curtain in their room, but then the duke th ...

(11 pages) 96 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Richard the LionHeart

'lionheart' and 'lionhearted' (Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Vol 10, p.383). In 1168 he became the Duke of Aquitane and then, in 1172, the Duke of Poitiers (Britannica, Vol 10, p.43). King Louis of F ... 1). He had many problems with his father, but his mother seemed to favor him. This is why he became Duke of Aquitane, and thus having control of southwest France (Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Vol 10 ...

(5 pages) 58 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Man's Inhumanity to Man," Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

at. People are continuously treated unfairly throughout this novel, and Huck shows his reaction.The duke and king treat many people in the novel inhumanely. The duke and king impersonate the uncles of ... girls. They promised to take the girls with them back to England with them, but that was a lie. The duke and the king didn't care about the girls at all; they simply wanted to use them. The duke and k ...

(4 pages) 63 0 4.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Carl Friedrich Gauss info.

d uneducated family he showed out-of-the-ordinary intelligence. When he received a stipend from the duke of Brunswick at the age of 14 it allowed him to devote his time to his studies for 16 plus year ...

(4 pages) 96 0 4.4 Oct/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Analysis of Robert Brownings The Last Duchess. Provides a roughly line by line anaylsis of the poem. A good essay, needs little revision.

resumably in the Italian Renaissance period, specifically, the grand staircase in the palace of the Duke of Ferrara. It is set as evidenced by the arranged marriage to the Count's Daughter and the sug ... rranged marriage to the Count's Daughter and the suggestion of the dowry and also by the remark the duke makes to the servant "Sir! Notice Neptune, though, / Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity, / Wh ...

(5 pages) 183 1 4.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Who is the main character in Shakespeare's Othello? Othello or Iago?

e begins with Iago and Roderigo's planning of bringing an end to Othello. Up to the point where the Duke acknowledges the validity of Desdemona's love towards Othello, Shakespeare portrays Othello as ...

(3 pages) 158 0 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A brief essay about Carl Gauss written for my statistics class.

r namedButtner. When Gauss had learned everything Buttner had to offer, Gauss wasrecommended to the Duke of Brunswick, who offered him a stipend that allowed him tofurther his education. This enabled ...

(3 pages) 98 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Comparing paintings of picasso, Titian, and Manet.

the footsteps of his contemporaries.Titian's, VENUS OF URBINO, 1538, was painted for Guidobaldo II, duke of Urbino (Fig. 1.). "This was probably a mere representation of a courtesan in her bedchamber ... ssioned that it was intended as anything more than a female nude for the private delectation of the duke" (Humfrey 163). Itwas based, quite obviously, on Giorgione's VENUS (Fig. 2.). The Venus Titian ...

(5 pages) 123 0 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

This essay was about the poetic devices which Robert Browning used to enhance the haunting tone in his dramatic monologue, "My Last Duchess."

Duchess," by using three significant poetic techniques, one of which is imagery. Browning uses the Duke's monologue to sketch out images in the reader's mind of the Duchess herself, and the sinister ... sketch out images in the reader's mind of the Duchess herself, and the sinister personality of the Duke. Browning also uses another key device, which is diction to illustrate the darkness in this poe ...

(3 pages) 136 1 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Johann Sebastian Bach

d for a post as organist of the Jacobskirche, Sangerhausen. In November he won his vacancy, but the duke of Sachan-Weissenfels intervenes and imposes an elder man, (Bach was only 17).In March of 1703 ... fels intervenes and imposes an elder man, (Bach was only 17).In March of 1703 Bach went to work for duke Johann Ernst of Weimar as a liveried string player. He did not like his post, so he left as soo ...

(4 pages) 80 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

"My Last Duchess" By Robert Browning

n as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke's story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wif ... nows about the characters is limited, so he must piece together the story on his own. The story the duke thinks he tells, of an unfaithful wife who offended his dignity, and the story he really tells, ...

(3 pages) 108 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry