1st century BC

In act four, scene one of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Richard’s lengthy monologues as Henry Bolingbroke attempts to get him to revoke the thrown serve as a metaphor for the entire play. Lines 194 to 214, specifically, after Bolingbroke asks King Richard if he is “contented to resign the crown?” capture the complicated the relationship between the two men and the crown (4.1.193). Richard’s willingness to step down from the thrown is debatable through his reaction to Bolingbroke’s question.…

Strategic decisions made on both sides presented Fighter Command with the victory and ensured that they did not come close to defeat. Germany suffered from ‘fog of war ‘and was clearly not prepared for the battle ahead; arrogantly predicting to overcome the RAF in a matter of days with a false sense of superiority after success in France; and misjudging RAF aircraft force. The Luftwaffe started the battle with 2830 aircraft, made up of fighters, bombers and stuka dive bombers. The RAF comprised…

The 21st century has been labeled as the “information age” – a time when society relies on technology not only to connect and communicate, but also to get work done, to conserve energy and produce more goods, and to even save lives. Due to the nature of technology, information changes rapidly and increasingly influences more and more people each day. While there are controversies and arguments about how we as a society have begun to rely too much on technology, there is no denying that…

The Coquette and The Awakening show female desire to break the constraints placed on women in the 19th century. In The Coquette, Eliza Wharton is presented with two choices, one man or the other. The option never exists for her to simply not be with a man, to not conform to the societal expectation of women. The Awakening presents Edna Pontellier, a wife and a mother, transforming from the ideal picture of woman to pursuing her own desires. Women’s desire is not only shown from the plot, the…

and powerful by their occupation and education compare with them. From our cultural history, we dominance female gender from everything’s because of their strange and education. We thought female were good at house and society. In the nineteenth century, there were fewer jobs for female, and especially they spent their mush of days at house. In those time, they are not educated like men, and don’t had the same right. When twentieth first started, there were transformation on female gender…

Class distinctions, specifically gender differences, are ceaseless throughout history and continue to prevail in modern day society. In the twentieth-century play, “Trifles,” Susan Glaspell focuses her discontent with society on the impeding condescension the women of her play are exposed to. The overall play possesses a feminist connotation in which the protagonist women attempt to detach themselves from the false male-imposed identity they are given by unintentionally solving a crime. The men…

Moreover, video games can be beneficial to children of all ages because they can stimulate creativity and motivational growth; this is most effective in younger children but is also effective in teens. Most any game will enhance a student’s creativity, however, a good example game is Minecraft; the player must use his or her imagination to create a village using only the materials that he or she can collect. A teacher at Momilani Elementary School in Oahu, HI, used Minecraft as a teaching…

The Massacre in Ludlow, Colorado In the early 1900s, labor issues in the United States were becoming more of a problem that people acknowledged and began to respond against. During this time, the western part of America was flowing with business; including many labor intensive jobs such as mining and laying railroad tracks. Although these jobs were often dangerous and exhausting, desperate men were willing to work under poor conditions just to care for their families. Eventually workers began…

The growing pains in Texas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to expansion and modernization affect everyone. The rapid changes in Texas created chaos and prosperity for the people on the land. The swift changes caused people to face economic, social, political, and demographic issues differently and some faced with more difficult issues than others were. The demographics of the state experience great change because many were created in the cities. The people had to move in…

These associations inspired women to be creative, and from this time period, many famous female authors arose, although many wrote with a male pen name. To this day, there are missing chunks of history regarding the live’s of women before the 20th century and we know what we do from the women who wrote periodicals. Rights of Women in Canada After the Industrial Revolution Today, women still face many issues due to patriarchal standards and societal pressure, but because of the strong women in…