British Regency

The First Carnatic War was an offshoot of the Anglo-French rivalry in the Austrian war of succession that happened in Europe. 2. Further, in 1745; the British navy captured French ships causing French Army to call for a backup and thus clash each other. 3. The French Governor, Dupleix captured Madras, and the British were made prisoners of the war. 4. Further, Dupleix withdrew the French East India Company’s promise to return Madras to Nawab of Carnatic, causing the nawab Anwar-ud-din…

The Easter Rising began on Easter Monday, 24th of April 1916, and lasted for six days. The Easter Rising was an insurrection against British rule in Ireland and took place in Ireland's capital city, Dublin. The Easter Rising of 1916 is believed to be the most compelling single event in modern Irish history. The number of plays, novels and poems centred around the Easter Rising are endless. For the purpose of this essay I will discuss how the Easter Rising is represented in both Sean O' Casey's…

In the voyager structure, he is not fit in with both of the lifestyle. The twofold social character spots him in a bulky condition and mixes his inclination of occurrence, uneasiness and trouble. Moreover, he is forced to be a subservient of the British. The setting in the opening part takes a key part in the novel, for it concentrates on the subject and tone of the whole record. Through the setting, Forster gives his absurd relationship and evaluation between English society and Indian culture:…

“Ruins of a Great House” is a symbolic poem written by Derek Walcott that tries to explain the British Imperialism system by referring an abandoned house as a colony under the British Empire. He describes the poor condition of an abandoned house, its surroundings and tries to visualize the effect of British imperialism in the then society. Walcott talks about the effect of British Imperialism to establish colonial slavery, the awful treatment of slaves, and the gradual destruction of the…

In the play Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry the effects of colonialism is a theme that is irrevocably present throughout the plot. The play is set in a fictional country in Africa and it depicts in detail the results of European presence. Although the setting and characters were fictional the story line followed and contained various realistic situations and issues that existed and continues to exist in colonized countries. Some major issues that are presented in the play that transcends…

Civil Jurisdiction- The Supreme Court had original jurisdiction in all civil cases restricted to the following persons in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa: The British subjects residing in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, the East India Company or any other person directly or indirectly in the service of the Company, any of the Majesty’s subjects who either resided or held property in the provinces of Bengal, Bihar and…

Summary [P.3-9] [136 words] The King’s Speech is a 2010 British historical film, directed by Tom Hooper. The movie is about the life of Prince Albert, Duke of York, 2nd son of King George V, who is a stammer. Bertie has tried different treatment, but still fail. So, he has given up hope of a cure. But, his wife Elizabeth persuades him to see Lionel Logue, an Australian unorthodox speech therapist in London. After the first treatment, Bertie considers his situation “Hopeless”, until he plays…

on viewing of the movie Amistad it was clear and concise that there were many differences and similarities as of what in the reality actually happened during the time of African slavery many of the differences and the movie referred to the favoritism of Europeans or caucasian group, people that owned slaves, it also showed how the court system worked in favor of the slaves around the african history. Although the movie Amistad was referring to a real life time. When African men and women babies…

Angelo Jethro C. Del Rosario PI 100 (MTh 8:30-10:00) Point One: Rizal Condemned The Uprising. “He condemned the Revolution because as an ilustrado he instinctively underestimated the power and the talents of the people. He believed in freedom not so much as a national right but as something to be deserved, like a medal for good behavior. Moreover, he did not equate liberty with independence. Since his idea of liberty was essentially the demand for those rights which the elite needed in order…

Mrs. Midas Mrs. Midas holds intertextual semantic relations based on world text theory with Ovid’s king Midas’ story from Metamorphoses (Ziolkowski‏ 200). In Metamorphoses, Book XI, King Midas was granted a wish, viz., everything he touches, turns into gold. His wish proved to be a curse since his food and drink turn into gold. Upon his request, the wish was taken away. His foolishness did not stop at the curse-like wish; moreover, he commits another blunder when he judges Pan a winner in a…