Bridget Sullivan

In Charlotte Bronte's, Jane Eyre, her unexamined, culturally conditioned definitions of 'success' and 'happiness'; shape the narrative through their contradicting definitions. According to Bronte, women have the same capacity for success and Independence as men. However, her subconscious cultural belief that a women's success is to be married is a contradiction of her first definition of success. This results in a struggle between these two beliefs in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, the culture…

Daniel H Burnham and John Wellborn Root are consider to be one of the founding fathers when it comes to advancement towards Chicago architecture. Root was born in Georgia and Burnham born in New York; however, both became native to Chicago at a youth consequently loving the architecture that was there beforehand. Roots had the better recognized education while learning about architecture in school while studying in Liverpool, England and eventually got a degree in civil engineering from New…

Toni Morrison effectively demonstrates her ethos through her credible background, connection with Senator Obama—with whom she is directly addressing—and connection with the general audience. First and foremost, her winning of the Nobel Peace Prize displays her ethos quite efficiently. The Nobel Peace Prize is solely given to those who make significant change in the world through their lives and work, therefore, this rare honor elevates Morrison’s reputation and authority. In addition, the aura…

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, woman of the gentry class are trapped in a society where appearance and status reign and the only possibility of achieving happiness is through marriage to a like-minded individual. The aspects of women’s lives were limited to gossiping, home-making, mingling and child-rearing. The only possibility for happiness lied in the prospect of marrying out of love and not out of obligation. The novel offers a spectrum of perspectives, both male and female, from…

The Wainwright building is the most superior looking building in St. Louis because it was the most important ten-story skyscraper designed by the magnificent architect, Sullivan. Sullivan always wanted to put people in shock with his creativity plans he never wanted people to feel boring as if they aren’t starring at something so pure and graceful. The Jeppesen Terminal Building left millions in people surprised and astound.…

Watson 1 Jane Eyre Literary Analysis Nautica Watson Ms.Lovin AP Literature 02/08/18 SOCIAL CLASS STATUS IN JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte's novel by the name Jane Eyre is set in Victorian England, a place that social class played a huge factor in life as well as in society. Therefore, the novel plays a critical role in exploring the Victorian England strict hierarchy. Of importance, is that through Jane the main protagonist in the novel, Charlotte attempts to show that social class relationships…

Pride and Prejudice reached a peak when Mr. Darcy proposed to Elizabeth for the first time. When Elizabeth turned him down, she listed the reasons why she declined him. These reasons included his terrible treatment of Mr. Wickham and his taking Mr. Bingley away from Jane. Because of the false claims against him, Mr. Darcy wrote Elizabeth a letter, telling her the unsavory nature of Mr. Wickham’s character. Mr. Wickham was a man who amassed debt by spending recklessly, and Mr. Darcy had not…

“Pride and Prejudice” and its interesting characters caught my attention from the beginning. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of education, manners, upbringing, and marriage in her society. It was oddly relatable to our society today. People in the book are often quick to judge like Elizabeth Bennet when she met Mr. Darcy, she took an immediate dislike to him. And Mr. Darcy was quick to look down on those who are “inferior” to him. You shouldn’t…

History of Musical Theatre When people imagine Musicals they think of Big Broadway lights shining down on people singing and acting but most do not know the story behind the curtains you see. People wouldn't’ ever first think of Athens on a hill in the fifth century B.C.E. Musical Theatre started as a unpopular idea but over the years it started to grow into a world wide famous reputation. A musical is a well written play that makes living art forms in dialogues that include music and…

It is not a secret that West Side Story is what can be called the American version of the Romeo and Juliet. I will like to note the contribution of West Side Story to the history of musical theater. The creators did their research and although the creation time was long, they came up with a game changing idea in the music theater arena. At that time not many plays on Broadway attempted to introduce or present musical theater productions which explored, in depth, issues of racism, geographical,…