Cosi by Louis Nowra is a play within a play‚ Meta Theatre‚ and is a semi-autobiographical‚ touching and a biting portrayal of human relationships and mental illness. Prior to the 1970s‚ people who suffered from ‘mental disorders’ were sent to mental institutes in order to prevent them from bringing shame onto their families and the community. The ‘illnesses’ ranged from true mental instability‚ such as OCD and schizophrenia‚ to alcoholics and drug abusers. This is what Nowra’s play is based around
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Louis Riel: Historical Hero Louis Riel is a well-known figure in Canadian history. Through his acts as a leader‚ despite his political mistakes‚ I believe he should be remembered as a Canadian hero. Riel‚ being well-educated and bilingual‚ would eventually emerge as a strong advocate for Metis rights in Red River. Riel practiced as a lawyer in Montreal‚ but returned to his home of Red River in the face of Rupert’s Land being purchased by Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company (Histori). His home
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that every race will become united and accomplish great changes. Some may say that immigrants are corrupting America‚ but contrary to their beliefs‚ immigrants are improving America through their hard work and labor. In the essay “Blaxicans”‚ by Richard Rodriguez‚ the author implies that America is not about segregation or about being more superior over the other‚ but about how all the races should become one. Also‚ in the essay “Mother Tongue”‚ by Amy Tan‚ she explains how most Asian Americans are
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Richard Ligon was from England and moved to Barbados in 1647. There‚ he lived amongst slaves‚ servants‚ and planters for approximately ten years. He witnessed many forms of slavery and paid close attention to how the different slave groups were being treated‚ in comparison to one another. In his article‚ he compares the living conditions of the slaves to the servants. Ligon also discusses what their motives and methods of resistance to their master’s authority are. In his work‚ it is also evident
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Growing ups Selma Alabama‚ Richard Scrushy like any normal teenager found him self thinking about a better opportunity and life for him and his wife. After graduating from University of Alabama‚ Scrushy started from an entry level position‚ to owning his own company called HeathSouth‚ INC. By 2001 HealthSouth had more then 4.3 billion and 100‚000 patients a day. But all good thing come to end‚ when Scrushy found himself in schooled that put his career to end. In the 1990s‚ Scrushy company
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Richard Jordan Gatling was born in January 1818 in Winton North Carolina‚ and died at the age of 85 in 1903. Gatling’s career as an inventor began when he assisted his father in the construction of machines for sowing cottonseeds‚ and also for thinning cotton plants. He spent a lot of time in the fields with his father who helped him build some of his inventions. Richard Jordan Gatling was a medical doctor with numerous patents for his farm equipment inventions. To his credit he came up with
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Early Life Richard Milhous Nixon grew up in Yorba‚ California the son of Quakers Frank and Hannah Nixon. During Nixon ’s childhood in Yorba‚ the family was always on the edge of poverty. The lemon grove was unfruitful‚ and there was little money for anything beyond food and clothing for the growing family. The Nixons never ate in a restaurant or took even a brief vacation. Nixon ’s early life was one of boyish stubbornness. He swam in the dangerous Anaheim Canal in spite of repeated warnings from
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Louis Pasteur was a pioneer of immunology. He was born in 1822. He grew up in the city of Dole‚ France. When he was young most of his teachers felt that he was slow and that advancing his education was not what the future held for him. His father was a leather tanner. His teachers felt that he should carry on that trade. He however had one teacher that believed in him. He then advanced his education and studies on to Paris‚ France. Louis Pasteur was an extraordinary man. While advancing his
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After he took power‚ Louis XIV made the nobility tax exempt‚ so the heavy burden of the taxes lied on the peasants‚ which made their already hard lives even tougher. In document 3‚ it explains how Louis XIV keeps his courtier in line so that they stay diligent in pleasing him. The documents also depicts his oppressiveness‚ stating that Louis XIV had many spies that tattled on anyone of any class which ruined the person’s life since
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As a composer‚ Mahler all his life stood in a shadow of his far more famous friend and rival‚ Richard Strauss (1864-1949). While the audience in Europe saluted Strauss’ tone poems and his operas with enthusiasm‚ Mahler received recognition as an up-and-coming director/conductor of the Vienna Court Opera‚ but remained controversial as a composer. Although Mahler failed to win a well-deserved recognition as a successful composer during his lifetime‚ Mahler’s symphonies have become a firmly established
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