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    The Pop Art Movement

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    Pop Art can be defined as art based on modern popular culture and the mass media. Pop Art began in Britain during the mid-1950s and in the United States during the late 1950s. Pop Art was used as a reintroduction period for mass media. During the Pop Art Movement, research shows that there was controversial comparison with Abstract Expressionist. Reaching its highest point during the 1960s, the themes of this movement became classical history, mythology, morality, and even pop artist. These…

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    Norse Mythology

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    an evil disposition and is very changeable of mood. He excelled all men in the art of cunning, and he always cheats.” The only time he welp help any god or goddess is when it’s in his advantage and it happens to benefit him in some way. He is also infamous for his part in Baldur’s death. Loki carved out a mistletoe in order to fulfill his efforts in killing Baldur after learning that it was the only thing that could kill him. When doing this, he deceived the blind god, Hod by placing the…

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    Antietam Turning Point

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    September 17, 1862 not only marked the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, but also defined the Battle of Antietam to be the bloodiest day in American history. On this infamous day General Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate army, led his troops to Sharpsburg, Maryland, only to be met by General George B. McClellan and the Union army already defensively positioned. This battle initiated a turning point in the war to the Union’s advantage. With a result of more than 22,000 causalities, this…

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    Countess Elizabeth Bathory is an infamous serial killer from the seventeenth century, who has been accused of the murders from anywhere between 30-650 young girls, though only a minimum of 30 were witnessed, and 600 has been proved to be a high exaggeration. Elizabeth was born on August 7th, 1560 into one of the wealthiest families in Transylvania. She could speak and write four languages, and had a high education, proving she was a very intelligent woman. At fourteen she married Count Bathory,…

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    Howard Hughes; billionaire, playboy, aviator, businessman, movie producer, but today most commonly commemorated as a social recluse. First off, what is a recluse? Well, a recluse is a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society. Now, the question of the day has become, how did Howard Hughes go from a rich affluent playboy to a total germaphobic, spending his life hiding in a Las Vegas hotel room? Well, just like Justin Bieber, fame and wealth took a negative toll on Howard Hughes. Howard…

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    where this infamous paranormal hotspot was located in the building. “Eddie had researched St. Albans before we left,” said Adrienne. She continued, “After I told him of the overwhelming sensation of sadness I was experiencing, Eddie mentioned that there was a bathroom located on the floor that we were on that was known to have been the site of several suicides.” Adrienne then asked one of the sanatorium’s volunteers Sarah Sanders and was told that they were standing next to the infamous…

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    name belonged to the most infamous drug dealer around. Her name was Tonyae East. She lives on the upper east side of Manhattan. Abbigail told Saytan to get the drugs in the next five days or Abbigail is going die from doughnut deprivation. Saytan pledged to get the weed very quickly so that nothing bad would happen to Abbigail. If something had happened to Abbigail, Saytan had no purpose in life. The next morning Saytan packed her bags and set off to find the infamous Tonyae East. When…

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    The best husband of the tragedies studied can be interpreted as the most effective foil character to their female counterpart. A foil character’s purpose is to provide a contrast to the protagonist or main character in order to highlight particular character traits in the protagonist or main character. Being an effective foil character makes for a good husband because in some of the plays studied, the protagonist is a wife with important character qualities for the audience realize. The contrast…

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    age of 22, Henry left The Train and partnered with an acquaintance to start their own artillery company called The Boston Grenadier Corps to compete with The Train. A couple of years before Henry left The Train, he was a first-hand witness of the infamous Boston Massacre, which he reportedly attempted to prevent. Although he failed to obviate the colonists’ killings, Knox did attest to what happened at the trials of the British soldiers involved in the shooting. This resulted in the…

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    Killing Lincoln Summary

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    O'Reilly, Bill, and Martin Dugard. Book Club Kit: Killing Lincoln ; The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever. New York: Henry Holt, 2011. Print. . Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard unravel the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Many Americans know that Lincoln was shot and killed by, John Wilkes Booth a famous and well respected actor with some very pro-southerner views however, any do not understand why Booth and his accomplices would want to commit such a…

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