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    Ulysses And Proteus

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    The Land and the sea James Joyce one of Irelands greatest writers considered his characters as ways of the reader seeing the world from a different perspective. In The Proteus chapter in Ulysses and in Dubliners Joyce questions the land and the sea and represents Irish life in his work. The idea of the sea against the land as some sort of border can be seen through Joyce’s characters Evelyn in Dubliners and Stephen in Proteus.(Joyce, Ulysses) The paralysis of Irish life is contemplated in these and both texts show the feeling of the characters towards the sea. The potential for growth in this country of Ireland but also love and freedom is represented here in one way or another. The ideas that Joyce plays with here allows us to consider…

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    may normally not see. A Modest Proposal written by Jonathan Swift in 1729 and Ulysses written by Alfred Lord Tennyson in 1833 are prime examples of the passion that can be conveyed with the word. Swift and Tennyson write from a vastly different spectrum of emotion. Even with both authors taking a passive stance on their subjects, Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a satirical essay that conveys a sadness and anger at the station gap and poverty in 1700’s Ireland while Tennyson portrays the…

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    “Ulysses did not lose his wits” (Evslin 45). Ulysses is known to be very sharp in all aspects. In the book The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin, Ulysses shows a lot of his calculating traits as well as sharp-witted and having a lion heart. Ulysses has been shown as a very calculating person, this means that he is smart and thinks his situations through. As a matter of fact, he showed this when Polyphemus asked for the stranger's name. Ulysses thought this situation through. He knew that…

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    In the poem, “Ulysses,” author Lord Tennyson writes about the king of Ithaca, Ulysses, who had fought in the Trojan War, and had so deeply enjoyed his many travels that he is bored of ruling over his island home, and once again yearns to explore the world. Tennyson writes this poem in the form of a dramatic monologue, and by using this technique the reader is told details of the main characters life and personality through his speech. This is also accomplished through the way the poem itself is…

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    Ulysses S. Grant is an American hero who defeated the Confederate Army during the Civil War. As general of the Union Army, his tactics and strategies led to his victory. He did not start off as an American hero that people see him as today. Through his experiences in his early life, in school, and in a previous war, led him to be the great general he turned out to be. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio; on April 27, 1822. Grant was the son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah…

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    Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States, was a specimen to say the least. He was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During his military career, he was entrusted with the task of leading all U.S. armies in 1864, and he would relentlessly pursue the enemy during the Civil War, which was the key to their victory. In 1869, at age 46, Grant would become the youngest president theretofore. He most certainly influenced the society at the time, despite some of…

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    Ulysses S. Grant: President and Union General “I can’t spare this man-he fights”, said by President Abraham Lincoln (“Ulysses Simpson Grant”). This was said by him because Ulysses never gives up until he succeeds. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States of America (1868-1872). Ulysses was also the Union General in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 (“Ulysses S. Grant”). Without Ulysses the Confederates would have defeated the Union army (“Ulysses S. Grant”). Ulysses S. Grant…

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    Peter Romayev Mr. Daniel Jennings United States History 1 Academic May 7th, 2018 The Life of Ulysses S. Grant Hiram Ulysses Grant, later changed to Ulysses Simpson Grant, was the fifth general of the Union forces and the eighteenth president of the United States of America. He, along with General Robert E. Lee, signed the peace agreement between the Union forces and the Confederate forces. His presidency received heavy criticism from the public when he appointed corrupt politicians in his…

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    The military figure I chose to do my project on it is Gen. Ulysses S Grant. I chose him because of how multi-dimensional his life was. The story of his life was almost like a movie. The main reasoning behind my choice was because I wanted to learn as much as I possibly could from him. He was an honest man that took leadership in a time of need for his country. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. When Grant was 17, Congressman Thomas L. Hamer nominated him…

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    if it happened, and the Union was just as well aware. The Union knew how important Vicksburg was. They knew of all the advantages they would be given if they were to take it, along with all of the disadvantages that would be set upon the South.They knew how crushed the Confederacy would be if they took it, and most of all they knew they had to have it. President Lincoln was best able to capture the importance of Vicksburg to the North, when he said, “Vicksburg is the key, the war can never be…

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