Beowulf is a guy with pride and what’s good over evil. He fights evil to protect the good. He fights evil for people’s freedom. “ So Hrothgar’s men lived happy in his Hall. Till the monster stirred, hat demon”(15) . Grendel is a monster that hated happiness and destroyed anything that he wanted. Beowulf went […]
Beowulf is an epic that has been created as a result of generations of oral tradition and storytelling. Infused with elements of Christianity and paganism, the story portrays the heroic journey of a character as he overcomes many obstacles and in the end he attains victory for his people. Today, this work of literature is […]
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Get startedThe Mead Hall can be seen as the soul of a Hrothgar’s kingdom in ‘Beowulf’, the reasoning behind it is the offerings of coziness and warmth to the soldiers and the civilians. Because of this, the merit of the mead halls were ineffable. Often, the Mead Hall’s would be embellished in all kinds of expensive […]
Military might and conquest have always been attributed to heroes. Every generation has young people believing in past heroes and often set out to go to war in the name of echoing and promoting the values of one fighting for their nation or their glory. The epic of Beowulf comes out as an illustration of […]
Can you imagine a time in your life when men had a higher power than women did? Most people probably remember in History class when we read those old textbooks. In the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, the Beowulf poet tells a story about a Geatish warrior who comes and saves the village, Herot. Beowulf […]
A hero is defined as, “a person who is admired…for…outstanding achievements…or noble qualities.” (dictionary.com). Heroes are well-known for their actions of being brave, powerful, and acting with honor. Courage can not be evaluated from the outside, though, as courage comes from the inside. “‘Bravery is the management of fear,” said Dr. Tissington. He then goes […]
What is a Democracy exactly? Democracy is rooted from the Greek, literally meaning “rule of the people.” In today’s modern usage, democracy is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is a tender subject for […]
In 2016, during the Presidential Election, the political Blue Wall was breached in the Great Lakes, granting Trump a series of critical, razor-thin victories in Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It was in the Great Lakes that Trump saw just enough of an increase in support to break the Blue Wall. Turnout increased statewide in Pennsylvania, […]
Why is voting not important to me? While researching others opinions on why voting is not a must I ran across several reason on why we should not vote. I know everyone is going to say voting is the right thing to do. It allows your opinion to be expressed in a format that gives […]
The United States has operated on an electoral based democratic platform for over 200 years, back as far as 1776 with the dawn of American democracy. This system of election to power has changed and evolved over the history of our country, but no change perhaps more influential than that made in 1804 with the […]
The preamble to the Constitution of the United States begins with the recognizable phrase, “We the people,” implying that the form of government laid out in the constitution will be representative of the people’s will. The formation of the Electoral College in Article II, Section 1, leads to the conclusion that this may only indirectly […]
The Industrial Revolution has many positives, negatives, and leaders like Susan B. Anthony. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain started in the 1700s with the steam engine. It was successful because they had natural resources like iron and coal, lots of skilled workers, and colonies to provide raw materials and to buy goods. One inventor […]
In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House, a drama written during an 1879, middle-class, suburban Europe, he boldly depicts a female protagonist. In a culture with concern for fulfilling, or more so portraying a socially acceptable image, Nora faces the restraints of being a doll in her own house and a little helpless bird. The title […]
‘Eveline’ by way of James Joyce, is an episodic story of a lively Irish young girl, and her venture to give up her cold and lifeless life to stay in splendid, super Buenos Aires along with her young sweetheart. Without any delay, if just she has the depth the make that soar and swallow her […]
Before the Civil War in America, the south was famous for its thriving farms, beautiful estates, and the alluring inhabitants that lived there. Nevertheless, after the Civil War, the once thriving south had been left broken. It was time for change in a society solely based on traditional heritage. Older generation southerners were still hanging […]
Southern Gothic scholars were occupied with investigating the extraordinary, introverted practices that were regularly a response against a restricting code of social direct. Southern Gothic frequently depended on the conviction that day by day life and the refined surface of the social request was delicate and deceptive, camouflaging exasperating substances or curved minds. Faulkner, with […]
In ‘A Rose for Emily’, William Faulkner describes the account of an old and devastate a lady stuck in her special time range. Her controlling father kicked the container someplace in the scope of thirty years back, and she has never altogether found her one of a kind ground. Her home has transformed into the […]
William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily” was narrated nonchronologically. Faulkner created a southern city, in his story, much like the one he personally lived in when he grew to be five. In “A Rose for Emily” Emily’s family are southern aristocrats. Emily’s father isolates her. The town considers Emily nothing more than a […]
Jules verne once said, “Solitude and isolation are painful things and beyond human endurance.” In “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner he reveals throughout the short story the unstable mind of Miss Emily Grierson. “A Rose for Emily” tells the story of a woman named Emily Grierson and her life in a nonlinear style. […]
Introduction William Faulkner was an American novelist who was known for writing mysterious works of literature. Some might would say that his literary works were somewhat “disturbing.” Family and community were always important aspects that Faulkner tried to incorporate into his literature. Faulkner’s, A Rose for Emily and Barn Burning focus on the protection of […]
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” (Einstein). A Rose for Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner about the life of Miss Emily and her descent into insanity. Through the story Miss Emily gets caught in the past and shows no want or need to conform […]
On August 28, 1963, in front of the Lincoln Memorial building, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a historical speech about humanity and equality of African Americans citizens. An estimated 250,000 people stood and listened to the civil rights activists as one of the largest civil rights demonstrations took place in America. The civil rights activist’s […]
John Doe goes grocery shopping for his family. On a day to day basis, he and his family consume genetically modified foods (GMO’s). Doe shops for his everyday essentials, fills up his cart, and proceeds to the checkout line. Little does he know, up to 70% of prepackaged food in the average grocery store contains […]
Genetically modified foods are very common nowadays in the supermarkets. Many people don’t know or are aware of what these products are. Genetically modified foods are either fruits or vegetables whose genetic material have been altered using genetic engineering techniques in scientific labs and are completely safe to eat. The process of making these foods […]
The unknown can be a scary thought, especially when it comes to the foods that are being put into our bodies. So it makes sense that genetically engineered foods, or these “frankenfoods”, are widely unsupported. It seems as if today many will question GMOs but on the contrary will not go anywhere near a brown […]
Today, genetically modified food becomes a controversial subject to American people since the United State is one of the top countries that create the most genetically modified food in the world. GM food increases crop yield, reduce the production cost, help conserve biodiversity, and takes an edge off climate change. There is no doubt that […]
Does our society need genetic engineering in order to make the food system more sustainable? My position: No. Introduction GMO’s have been around for a while now, but they see to be popping up more and catching a lot of people’s attention. The scary thing is that consumers are not aware that they are consuming […]
Every single human being, regardless of socioeconomic status, should be given the right to choose what goes into their bodies. However, one cannot make this choice if they are unaware of the contents within their food. Those suffering financially may also have little control over their diets due to usual high costs that accompany good-quality […]
In the United States, a large percentage of the food citizens eat contain genetically modified ingredients. Food manufacturers in the United States are not required to label genetically modified ingredients on food products. Therefore, many citizens are unaware of what their food contains. Genetically modified organisms are produced as a result of changes made to […]
According to the Non-GMO project, a GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology. These creations are combinations that do not occur in nature. GMOs affect a huge number of products that everyone consumes on […]
