Andrew Hansen

femininity to a pretty toy. The woman is described as being able to “sew… cook… [and] talk talk talk” - a continued allusion to the 1950s image of the perfect housewife that can perform ‘wifely duties’ and talks constantly with no substance. Similarly, Andrew Marvell in To His Coy Mistress alludes to the dominance of the man in relationships and his attempts at courtship. Marvell addresses often taboo subjects such as “long-preserved virginity”; virginity has ancient connotations of value,…

The largest mass execution in U.S History, The Dakota Conflict, took place in 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota. Such a gruesome event, ended with 38 Dakota warriors hung at the same time. This all began with Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States was destined by God to expand land from coast to coast. White business men having had this strong idea in their minds caused many difficulties between them and the Native Americans. Native Americans were unable to read or…

Shakespeare is known for his history in literature. In every book he has written, the drama that occurs engages the audience. In the play Twelfth Night, there are various parts where drama is created through the forms of betrayal . Throughout this play I, learned that honesty can prevent betrayal just like misunderstandings can create betrayal. Although there were many forms of betrayal demonstrated towards the end of the play, there was only one friendship in the form of betrayal between the…

The film I’m reviewing is “Finding Nemo”. This movie is about the adventures of two fishes named Marlin and Dory looking for Marlin’s son Nemo. In the beginning Marlin was ready to have a family with his wife named Coral because their eggs were a few days away from hatching. Marlin got a new home, which is an anemone by the deep ocean. One thing led to another, and a barracuda shows up to attack Marlin and his family. Marlin tries to defend his wife and eggs, but to no avail he gets knocked out…

The clock is clicking and time is passing, so do not waste your time and make the most out of it. Andrew Marvell created a three stanza poem in where he expresses his physical and emotional needs to a woman he desperately wants something from. In "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell tones of intimate love and desperate urgency reveals Marvell's argument that in a world where time is limited, life's true meaning is to persuade his coy mistress to lose her virginity to him. Although, Marvell…

History has never been the pleasant place, for conflicts have never stop flowing through the table of decision. In the twenty-first century, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew proposed substituting Harriet Tubman, “the former slave and abolitionist,” on the twenty dollar bill as well as adding women leaders on the five and ten dollar bills. The Women on 20s, an online group, demanded the honor of Tubman on the twenty dollar bill while the treasurer of the United States, Rosie Rios, pushed for the…

I love Monopoly and have played many very intense rounds of it. The game we played on Friday was rather mild due both to time constraints and the gentle personalities of the people with who I played it. Therefore, to properly reflect on the connections between Monopoly and the Gilded Age, I am going to pull memories from more competitive games I’ve played as well. Monopoly is clearly centered around the Gilded Age, seen first with the very name of the game. Monopolies were first created during…

When the white settlers first came to America they were looking for gold and a better life. They were not the first habitants of the land. The Natives, who were there first, in many cases help the settlers by showing them how to hunt, how to survive the weather, showing them new types of crops like corn, squash, potatoes, use plants as medicine. The natives and the white settlers lived around each other and even adopt some of each other cultures. The Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks and…

and would pass at some point during the night. He was officially pronounced dead at 7:22 A.M. the next morning. During the procedure of Lincoln’s murder, Lewis Powell was assigned to kill the Secretary of State and George Atzerodt to vice president Andrew Johnson. Powell had attempted to stab the Secretary to death, but was unsuccessful. Atzerodt had rented a room directly above Johnson’s in a hotel, but ended up getting drunk and backing out of the…

Introduction Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 in a log cabin on frontier Tennessee. He the first frontier president and served in office from 1829 to 1837. Due to the fact that Jackson wasn't born into a family with money and great social status, he was very "for the people." He was the forefather of the modern Democratic Party and believed that no man was better than another, no matter his wealth, position or even his education. He fought for the working class people and tried to show…