20th-century English people

they once were. The colonization of a country by a greater power impacts the internal culture of the country not only through the loss of their national identity but by the decimation of the language, art, and core philosophy that once held their people together. As England proceeded to attempt to strip Ireland of its identity and use it for economic gain the Irish and…

which to help organize the Indian community and unite it as one. When my activist movement started I opted for a passive form of protest which basically consisted of the use propaganda even the national Indian congress was propaganda to make the people of england know what was happening in Natal. With time I realized that my passive form of protest was useless so I decided to opt to a new form of protest called non-violence resistance which I called satarahaya. My political philosophy movement…

Zedina Martin Dr. Adair English 201 8 March 2018 When there is love anything is possible, not! The poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his love” is a pastoral and romantic poem by Christopher Marlowe that has a focus on the Shepherd’s love. The speaker of the poem is the Shepherd. The poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh in response to Marlowe’s poem. A Nymph is the speaker of the poem. Raleigh’s poem is a direct mockery of Marlowe’s poem and all the claims and…

When a Indian warfare broke out with the white in the 1830s, after that is when most Indian tribes started taking captives. Like the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita tribes. Captives was mostly fraught and lots of hardships, The captives survival mostly depended on the captor and that could vary from tribe to tribe. Different tribes varied on different ways to treat their captives most tribes treated captives with unexpected respect. Tribes would adopt captives into their family and raise…

Heads turn as the screams are heard. The war was painful for both sides as they clashed. The Battle of Brunanburh was a historical battle that happened in the 8th century that united Britain and defined the British, Scottish, and Welsh borders. In 937 AD, Vikings from Scandinavia invaded Anglo-Saxon territory fearing that if they didn't, the Anglo-Saxons, ruled by Athelstan, would invade and conquer the Vikings. The Vikings lost but countless lives were lost. The Battle of Brunanburh is one of…

interaction within a foreign land. As the British imposed imperialist policies on India, the dynamic of the racial and social tension between the two groups heightened, as expressed in the novel. It is essential to note this perspective comes from a white English man, and the evaluation of British colonialism is offered through a narrow lens, and may not articulate the actuality of the situation. Regardless, A Passage to India reflects upon the entanglement between British and Indian cultures,…

In the nineteenth century, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s texts present varying circumstances of inexplicable terrors situated in Gothic tradition to explore the political and social ideals fundamentally inherent in the Victorian age, particularly surrounding imperialism and sexuality. However, Le Fanu’s method of exploring and critiquing Victorian ideology of imperialism and sexuality are cleverly concealed under the prevalent supernatural elements present in his works. This is a concept that is…

immigrants who cannot speak perfect English are unfairly judged. Non-immigrants need to understand the hardships that are faced by people who move to different countries. Speaking about discrimination, Tan utilizes parallelism, simplistic diction, and cumulative sentences to create a broad, universal appeal. To begin, Tan explains her background and the maltreatment of immigrants through parallelism. She introduces herself saying, “I am not a scholar of English or literature……

approximately the year 682, Bede transferred to the twin monastery, St Paul’s, in Jarrow to study and learn from Ceolfrith, Benedict Biscop’s “apprentice.” 
 During the sixth and seventh centuries, the Justinian Plague, named after ruling King Justinian, was sweeping through Europe. The plague infected thousands of people, including King Justinian. In about the year 686, the Justinian Plague reached Jarrow, claiming the lives of all monks except two: Ceolfrith and a young Bede. Together,…

Ireland for taking arms against the Parliamentary troops . The great majority of Irish Protestants however were able to enjoy the great tracts of land that were now there’s after the transplantation of the Irish. They also had no desire for more English Protestants to arrive in Ireland to take away some of the wealth they had just begun to earn again after the long years of fighting . Vincent Gookin, one of these Irish Protestants who had grown weary of the Military’s stranglehold on Irish…