Intermediate Examination Paper from the year 2001 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Martin Luther University (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies), 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Edgar Allan Poes The Raven "was the poem that finally made him popular as it popped up in a number of magazines and newspapers" (Shucard, 1990: 120). This may be so, among other things, because of the extraordinary usage of refrain, alliteration, assonance and the complex structure of this poem. In this term paper I am going to concentrate on the structure...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Lateinamerikanische Sprachen, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 1,7, Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg (Institut fur Romanistik), Veranstaltung: Simon Bolivar, Emilio Zapata, 'Evita' - Heldenfiguren und Grundungsmythen in den Literaturen Lateinamerikas, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Mystifizierung Eva Perons begann bereits wahrend ihrer Lebenszeiten, wurde 1996, etwa vierzig Jahre nach Ihrem Tod, vom Regisseur Alan Parker in seinem Musical-Film "Evita" neu belebt. In dieser Arbeit gehe ich von geschichtlichen Tatsachen aus: um...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, Martin Luther University (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: The American Constitution: Past and Present, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: From the beginning on Americans have proclaimed liberty, have fought wars in its name have evaluated events and institutions and politics in the light of liberty. They were convinced that they are free people and they always wanted to serve as a model for the rest of the world. Besides the Declaration of...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), Martin Luther University (Institute for Anglistics/American Studies), course: Rhetorical Analysis of Historical and Present-day Political Speeches, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: After the Japanese attack on the United States Navy base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. When Germany and Italy then declared war against the United States, World War II truly became worldwide. In his speech First War Address Before Congress, made...