A Series of Unfortunate Events

Jane Austen is one of the most notable and influential female writers of all time. With heart wrenching and thought provoking novels like Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice it’s no wonder Jane has an unwieldy legacy. Much like the writers in her time Austen drew inspiration from within and much of the world around her. However, readers and critics alike have often stated that her muse is unlike any other. A dissection of Jane Austen’s notable works reveals one astonishing…

Susan Smith, you might have heard of her, she is the woman who drove her two sons Michael, 3, and Alex, 14 months into a lake while they were asleep (Cavazini).This event shocked America, the thought of a mother killing her two beloved children. In Susan’s childhood she was faced with abuse, depression and hatred. The events of her upbringing will cause her to loose relationships with people and also cause the death of her two sons. Susan smith was born September 26, 1971 in Union, South…

When I was just a toddler, I remember having to sound out phrases, words, and sentences to develop my writing, reading and speech skills. My parents placed me in a private Christian school, Wesleyan Christian Academy, to assure that I was taught with the foundations and morals of Christianity. Wesleyan encouraged nightly readings for all the children to develop educated kids, and to expand our knowledge. Being a stubborn child, I only read the books I thought were interesting. This was not a…

paradise” (Voltaire, Chapter 2), and he is lost with even more unfortunate events that follow. At the point of departure, he does not rationally choose to progress due to his affection to his home. Rather, he lingers around the town of Westphalia to ease his hunger and all the bodily needs that start to lack being a homeless individual, until he is taken as an army for King of Bulgars and goes on in his life. After thrown out of the house, series of misfortunes awaits Candide; even though the…

Cleopatra VII could be considered the Queen of the Kings (Samson 1985:103). She had the title of a Pharaoh, but not the blood of an Egyptian as she was a Greek (Samson 1985:103). Cleopatra was not only a great beauty, but possessed charm, determination and great intelligence which contributed to her strength as a ruler (Samson 1985:103). The Egyptians seemed to have no problem being ruled by a woman as Cleopatra was Pharaoh of Egypt during the Ptolemaic period (Ashton 2008:72). She was…

Philip Zimbardo is well versed in the field of psychology with over 50 years studying and teaching while holding a PH.D. from Yale University. He is recognized for his famous Stanford Prison experiment and has well over 400 publications. Zimbardo has served as president of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Zimbardo currently lives in San Fransisco with his wife and had three grown children. Craig Haney, who worked as an understudy with Zimbardo, is a psychologist who studies social…

o 19) The Iliad: Book XXIV: Achilles and Priam  Summary: This section focuses on the immediate aftermath of Hector’s murder. The gods step in and Apollo protects Hector’s corpse and Zeus gets Thetis to convince Achilles to ransom Hector to Priam. Hermes guides Priam with his treasure to Achilles’s tent for the ransom exchange. The ransom exchange happens and Priam leaves in the middle of the night with Hector’s corpse. The Trojans are aroused and upset with they see Hector and ten days later,…

President” for always keeping busy and doing just as much as the president. Abigail was very much involved with the politics and had even helped Martha Washington with entertaining dignitaries and other officials. She spent her days hosting events and receiving visitors. Still keeping busy, Abigail and John agreed on the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. The act included fines and jail time and those who published lies about Abigail’s husband, she believed had to be punished. In the 1800 election…

Her Scottish mother, Bessie Amelia Emery (nicknamed, Toby) belonging to a wealthy family fall in love with an African groom and was shortly sent to an asylum by her family because she was judged insane. Bessie Head named after her unfortunate mother, was born in the asylum’s hospital. The child whom no one owned was raised in a mission orphanage until the age of thirteen. After finishing her high school education, she underwent training to be a teacher. She worked as a teacher and…

Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on February 1, 1918. She was educated in Edinburgh, the setting used in most of her novels and went on the become editor of Poetry Review, an internationally acclaimed quarterly. She later published a series of biographies on writers like William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë and is best known for her novels, Memento Mori, The Ballad of Peckham Rye and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for which she received multiple accolades. Spark was made…