By 1933, many banks had gone under. Though the U.S. has seen other times of struggle, the Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies in American history. Now it is represented clearly and with 80 illustrations in our What Was…? series.Janet PascalDede Putra...
Native Americans, European settlers, and Civil Rights struggles—the stories of the 10 states along the Mississippi River are the stories of America, including its triumphs and tragedies. The museums, historical sites and other attractions along the Great River Road preserve this history and share ...
Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother's widow, Hamlet's mother Gertrude. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with...
Characters in Tamburlaine the Great Analysis of Tamburlaine the Great Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions Is Tamburlaine the Great a tragedy? The play is a tragedy because Tamburlaine begins as a lowly bandit and becomes emperor. However, his reign ends with various tragedies, such as ...
There is a tension between realism and idealism, between knowledge and faith that lies behind all great tragedies. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922, The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation of 1920-America as a whole, and in ...
The Great Wallendas: Directed by Larry Elikann. With Lloyd Bridges, Britt Ekland, Taina Elg, Cathy Rigby. Made-for-TV movie, tells the true story of the Great Wallendas, a family of circus acrobats famous for their seven-person high wire pyramid act, tha
And now a different story, one of those inexplicable tragedies of human destiny in which a race possessed of unlimited mental possibilities was seen to turn its back deliberately upon the task in hand and to waste its strength in the futile pursuit of some lost cause;while on a nearby island...
GREAT SAILING SHIPS, THE - THE HISTORY OF SAIL FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT Around the globe for the past four centuries, the sailboat has featured in heroic events, great tragedies, adventure, and financial fortunes. This volume p... ABRANSON,ERIK 被引量: 0发表: 0年 A model of a...
In his tragedies, one of Shakespeare's major themes is the testing and failure of authority due to malevolence and also the sheer confusion of life and history. Every period of literature in fact is full of concern about our ... S Morgan - 《Missouri Review》 被引量: 0发表: 2005年 Sha...
In the novels ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan, the theme of perception is crucial to the unfolding tragedies that occur. The novels are based on the perspectives of Briony and Nick, both of which demonstrate a foolish sense of immaturity at ...