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Term Papers on Biographies
Marlowe Cut Short
Number of words: 792 - Number of pages: 3.... and that he continued to work for the Queen after he obtained his degree.
After Marlowe obtained his masters degree he went to London to work on his new profession as an author. He began getting into a lot of trouble with the law and having enemies around every corner. On May 18, 1593 a warrant was issued for Marlowe due to heretical documents found in his room. Marlowe's roommate, Thomas Kyd, was arrested and charged with atheism claimed that these documents did not belong to him but instead
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Alexander The Great And His Impact On Greek Civilization
Number of words: 1313 - Number of pages: 5.... tutors, once wrote "he had a violent thirst and passion for learning , which increased as time went on... He was a lover of all kinds of reading and knowledge." Alexanders views on war were much influenced by Aristotle he told Alexander, "First, men could wage war in order that... they may themselves avoid becoming enslaved to others; (second) so they may seek control for the benefit of the subject of people... and thirdly to hold despotic power over those who deserve to be slaves" ( Nardo 79). As well as the other knowledge he had gained from his teachers h .....
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Martha Graham
Number of words: 966 - Number of pages: 4.... in bewilderment. The patients would blurt out words and move their arms and legs in a wild manner, making her even more curious about people's actions (Pratt 13). Dr. Graham then took his daughter to a performance of Ruth St. Denis in 1911 where she was mesmerized by the dancers (Harmon et al. 182).
Martha entered Cumnock School of Expression after graduating from high school. There she trained in dance, drama, and self-expressions. Martha's love to study people's actions was incredibly strong. After Graham graduated from the junior college in 1916, she the .....
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Albert Einstien
Number of words: 1773 - Number of pages: 7.... at the Swiss patent office in Bern. The patent-office work required Einstein's careful attention, but while employed (1902-1909) there, he completed an astonishing range of publications in theoretical physics. For the most part these texts were written in his spare time and without the benefit of close contact with either the scientific literature or theoretician colleagues. Einstein submitted one of his scientific papers to the University of Zurich to obtain a Ph.D. degree in 1905. In 1908 he sent a second paper to the University of Bern and became a lecturer .....
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Shakespeare
Number of words: 306 - Number of pages: 2.... three children. Susana was their first and then they had twins, Hamnet and Judith. William's son Hamnet died and his two daughters got married. In London, 's career took off. He was a leading member of a very popular acting company in London called "The Lord Chamberlain's Men". This company depended on admission from their audience and got just that from 's plays. By 1594 six of his plays had been produced. During 's life, there were two monarchs who ruled England. They were Henry the eight and Elizabeth the first. Both were impressed wit .....
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Rene Descartes
Number of words: 853 - Number of pages: 4.... later he wrote Meditations on First Philosophy which is his version of a unified and certain body of the human knowledge. The Catholic and Protestant Church was angered by his book, claiming that Descartes’ hope was to replace the teachings of Aristotle. In 1644 he publish Principles of Philosophy which he hoped would in-fact replace Aristotle’s teachings. His last important work was called Passions of the Soul where he explored topics such as the relationship of the soul to the body, the nature of emotion, and the role of the will in controlling emotions. In 1 .....
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Agatha Christie
Number of words: 3137 - Number of pages: 12.... her. She was enormously shy and had great difficulty expressing her feelings. Christie considered herself the "slow one" of her family, the child who hated to talk about herself and refused to let anyone enter her beloved secret world (Gill, p.2). Frustrated by her extreme introverted ways, Christie attempted turning to music as a way of expressing herself. This strategy, however, proved to be an ineffective means as she would become stiff and feel inept while performing in front of even small audiences (Gill, p. 3). Christie, feeling like a failure with spe .....
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The Life Of Hitler
Number of words: 1929 - Number of pages: 8.... He failed the
first time he tried to get admission and in the next year, 1907 he tried
again and was very sure of success. To his surprise he failed again. In
fact the Dean of the academy was not very impressed with his performance,
and gave him a really hard time and said to him "You will never be
painter." The rejection really crushed him as he now reached a dead end.
He could not apply to the school of architecture, as he had no high-school
diploma. During the next 35 years of his live the young man never forgot
the rejection he received in the de .....
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