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manipulates the entire town into believing her innocence. Hundreds of years later, the United States entered the time of the “Red Scare”. In this time, Americans were still very apprehensive of Communists. On April 22, 1954, Army hearings began. Senator Joseph McCarthy accused the United States Army of being too “soft” on communism. This really began in 1950, however, when McCarthy claimed that there were over 200 known communists in the Department of State (“Army-McCarthy” History.com). As Abigail did

mining of gold. So Joseph Sr., one of the current leaders of the Nez-Perce Indians, was compelled to give up more of his precious home land in a new treaty. Following his passing in 1871 his son who was also called Chief Joseph, became the leader of the Nez-Perce Indians. His Native American name was Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt which means “Thunder-rolling-in-the-mountains”. He got this name in a vision from his guardian spirit. Though his more recognizable name is Chief Joseph. In 1873 President

Pre – Concert Research Composed by Bohemian composer Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841 – 1904) in 1893, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95: From the New World is one of the most popular symphonic orchestra music in the world. Including Symphony No. 9, many of his musical works as a composer were created in the romantic period. This music consist of four movements and the total duration time of the music is about forty minutes. Each movement has different characteristic, but I will focus on the first movement

Comparative Essay In the novella Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and in the poem “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot, they have numerous similarities. Even though two completely different authors write them, they still have the similar topics, themes, and characters. The Heart of Darkness was wrote in 1899 about a voyage up the Congo River into the heart of Africa. Marlow and many other characters experienced many obstacles on eventful expeditions and multiple interactions with the “savages”, also

A constant theme exists on Earth, in fiction and nonfiction alike. The battle between light and dark, order and chaos, and society and anarchy surrounds us. There are several different metaphors and variations of this theme, three of which are mentioned above. William Golding weaves in these themes through the classic The Lord of the Flies, representing them through two significant places. The meeting place and Castle Rock are very different, but do share some similarities. The two places contrast

Conversion therapy is the conversion of a person’s homosexual or bisexual gender to heterosexual gender. It is a delicate process, if tempered with it can completely destroy the person, like if a dandelion gets blown away, it breaks into thousands of pieces. Kirk Murphy a 5 year old boy favored feminine behavior over masculine behavior. Psychologist George Rekers treated the boy by rewarding him when he acted masculine and punished him when he acted feministically. The psychologist claimed this

Peter Tchaikovsky Peter Tchaikovsky was a famous Composer from the 19th Century. He is known as the most famous Russian composer in history (“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Biography”). Some historians think that he was Russia’s first truly professional composer ("Tchaikovsky Music's – Famous”). His music was performed during the late 1800s. He created many musical works throughout this time as a composer and many of these works are still listened to today. Peter Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk

Bribery, Corruption, and Death. Oh, My! In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, William Shakespeare’s King Lear, and Franz Kafka’s The Trial, corruption plays a central role. In the first, European greed for ivory leads to the corruption of individuals like Kurtz and the abuse of the native population. In the second, King Lear’s devolution of power to his corrupt daughters leads to a war and the deaths of ten characters. In the third, a corrupt organization upends Josef K.’s life. In all, power leads

denounced Stalin in order to gain power and although he argued for a form of “peaceful co-existence” between the most powerful two nation, Khrushchev instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by putting nuclear weapons close to Florida. Khrushchev criticized Joseph Stalin in this “secret speech” in 1956 on many of his actions. He reprehended Stalin for his abuse of power and the execution of not only enemies, but also of collective party

In the year 1912 a ship named Titanic set out on her first voyage, but she never made it back. The word was that this ship was “unsinkable” but that was proven wrong when she capsized along an iceberg. The ship had many people aboard; some like Ruth Elizabeth Becker survived while others died trapped in the water. Thousands of individuals believe that the Titanic sank due to the large iceberg that it hit, but that’s not the major factor in why so many lives were lost that day. There were many contributors