It is hard to forget the events that took place on September 11, 2001 that shook the United States to its core. Ever since 9/11 happened, the U.S. has gone after the one person who orchestrated and financed the terrorist attack, Osama Bin Laden. The United States also wanted to capture Saddam Hussein, the dictator […]
Steve Reich’s piece WTC 9/11 was previewed in 2010 and then officially released in 2011. This piece has three movements, each describing a stage of the act of terror upon the twin towers. Steve Reich was born in the 1930’s in New York City, and grew up in the city and in California as well. […]
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Get startedSeptember eleventh 2001 was one of the scariest days in America. Nineteen terrorist attacked four United States’ planes and nobody knew what else they might had been planning. These planes were all headed west, and two of them hit both of the The World’s Trade Center towers in New York City. Later, the third one […]
The Revolutionary War in 1775 and the War of 1812 are both similar and at the same time different. The Revolutionary war and the War of 1812 are similar in that, they both were fought mainly by the British and the North American colonist. At the same time, the two wars are different because, they […]
A just war is one that is declared in order to right a wrong that has been done – not one to promote random aggression towards another country; wars should promote peace. A war is just when it is waged after diplomatic attempts are made at reconciliation. The War of 1812 is a war that […]
America’s most defining moment is not in how they explored their own territory, or staked claim to their hemisphere, but how they showed the strength of their nation against invaders with a strength much greater than their own. The War of 1812 pitted the Americans challenging their old aggressor, the British, over the matters of […]
The years following the War of 1812 are often referred to as an Era of Good Feeling. Many things occurred in this period, but generally such an Era did exist. After the War of 1812, peace evolved with many countries. The government and country as a whole expanded, societal changes occurred that brought. About more […]
The War of 1812 was motivated by many different factors. The matter of conflict with Native Americans was one of them, and it was more important to face because of the growing suspicion that Britain was arming them against us. Warhawks, young Republicans, were those most strongly advocating for the war. Impressment, the kidnapping of […]
It is vital to fully understand the events that led to this time in history for the reader to gasp the seriousness and sheer brutality of the War of 1812. These events had a major influence on the undeveloped country and its society which caused complications for the nation down the line. In the spring […]
The years following the war of 1812, otherwise known as the ‘Era of Good Feelings,’ must be considered a time of exceptional growth and development in the United States, but above all it should be considered a time of evolution and ripening of American nationalism, unification, and economic progress. The War of 1812 was a […]
Literature can be used to explain a period of time, and give insights as to how the general public felt, conveying true emotions and ideals instead of just textbook descriptions. Poem 1732 by Emily Dickinson is an excellent example of such, Dickinson was a female writer who lived in America and wrote during the mid […]
After the war of 1812, an Era of Good Feelings emerged in American society. Because of the facts that the war had helped bring manufacturing and revenue to the nation. It had helped unite people for a common cause by supporting the national government’s war. And because those who returned from the war were more […]
The Appomattox Court House is not just a location or building, it holds a monumental significance to which none can beat. The Appomattox Courthouse was home to Wilmer McLean, who ironically took the house up because he did not like his previous home location, where he witnessed the first battle of manassas. He “would get […]
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a timeless romp through the Victorian city. And countryside with many a witty conjecture about the aristocracy and their lack of morals or genuine character. In this piece I will explain how the playwright’s intention in producing a play of this caliber was meant to criticize. As […]
A major theme in The Importance of Being Earnest is the hypocritical tendencies displayed throughout Upper-Class Victorian Society. Wilde’s witty writing style is used to expose these tendencies through his use of epigrams and paradoxical situations. Many quotes and scenes found in the play result in the opposite of what an audience would expect. Irony […]
After a plot-twisting series of events, Jack says to Lady Bracknell, “I’ve realized for the first time in my life the vital importance of being Earnest,” closing the play. Jack’s statement is rather ambiguous. Is he implying that he has learned the importance of honesty, or the importance of being named Ernest? It is a […]
The literary technique of satirical writing is a form popular throughout literature. Dating back to the first centuries. Based on the writings resembling works of Roman poets, Horace and Juvenal. Respectively, the forms of satire, horatian and juvenalian, represent contrasting ways of mocking society. The former using humor, and the latter using disgust and anger, […]
The subtitle to The Importance of Being Earnest is ‘A Trivial Comedy for Serious People’. This is an appropriate subtitle as the play deals with a great deal of triviality and nonsense throughout the play. Wilde seeks to mock many aspects of Victorian society in this play. He is parodying the normal views of people […]
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play written by Oscar Wilde. The most important themes in the play are: The real nature of marriage and the importance and constraints of moral values. The importance of marriage in Importance of Being Earnest, is of more of psychological and philosophical […]
In an excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde develops thoughtful laughter by mocking the societal values of the characters. In these scenes Jack Worthing decides to propose to Gwendolen and is then forced to endure questioning from Lady Bracknell. He does this primarily through irony and hypocrisy in the character’s dialogue and […]
The importance of being earnest: A faithful adaption The importance of being earnest is a play that first performed on February 14th 1895. The play was written by Oscar wilde. The play is very comedic and in my opinion a satire comedy. Because of its high farce and witty dialogue, its helped it to become […]
Oscar Wilde’s, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a Victorian era play dealing with many themes and values that were often prevalent in Victorian artists work at the time. One of the themes that was ultra-prevalent throughout Wilde’s play was the element of duality in man. We as humans are dualistic in our nature, leading […]
The crux in The Importance Of Being Earnest struggles to keep up with their own writing and stories because Jack and Algernon strive to win the loving hearts of two women who, claim to only love men that were called Ernest. They both struggle and gets twisted in a tale of duplicity, impersonation and misfortune. […]
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart provides more than a detailed account of the main character, Okonkwo’s, journey. With this text, he allows the reader to witness the difficulties placed on certain tribal African cultures during the “end of one time and the beginning of another.” (Achebe, Chinua. Interview. May 27, 2008.) Growing up with an […]
“I am not afraid of work.”(21) Okonkwo the protagonist demonstrates his maturity in this statement. However, even with his hard bound illusion of what a man should be, he still has his draw backs like everyone else. He is still naïve in his old age. Chinua Achebe introduces Okonkwo as a determined, strong, and dominant […]
What role or purpose does Ikemefuna serve in the story Things Fall Apart? In the novel Things Fall Apart, the author Chinua Achebe develops the story through the use of characterization. Ikemefuna, a boy sacrifice from the neighboring clan of Mbaino, kindles feelings of affection in Okonkwo and opens the door to manhood for Nwoye. […]
The title Things Fall Apart is significant to the book because it shows that nothing ever stays the same and things are always changing. Sometimes for the better, but in this book – for the worst. The first instance of things falling apart is in the first story with the same title, “Things Fall Apart.” […]
A major feature of the novel Things Fall Apart is the juxtaposition of two extremes. Okonkwo and his father Unoka are diametrically opposed, and so they are pitched against each other, with Okonkwo becoming more and more aggressive, unyielding, and masculine to balance out the lazy and laid back personality with his father. Another contrast […]
The battle of cultures is definitely one of the most universal themes seen in books. This cultural fight/disagreement can be seen throughout life and history anytime two groups of people hold different/disagreeing views that cannot live together. Even today, Western and Eastern cultures–the U.S. and China are one example; the Palestinians and Israelis are another–continue […]
In the novel Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is willing to break the prohibition against suicide because he lost all hope when he realizes Umuofia will not support going to war with the missionaries. The statement that Okonkwo is making by committing suicide in the manner that he does is that he’d rather die on his […]
