Charles Brockden Brown

Connecticut, John Brown was a radical abolitionist who believed it was his personal mission from God to exterminate the lives of anyone who supported the abhorrent practice of slavery. Through his loyal group of followers and psychotic personality, Brown and his men wreaked havoc in the tumultuous territory of Kansas and struck panic into the hearts of individuals throughout the antebellum South. Driven by the supernatural and emboldened by his burning hatred for slavery, John Brown…

He describes the three characteristics of a muscular Christian similar to Tom Brown as thus; his views on religion show his goal to be achieving moral perfection, sport as being a major part of the developing of morals and the learning of disciplines, and because of a neutral to disapproving view on society, he may seek to use sports…

individuals, he differed in opinion on Malthus's idea of the increase of population. Darwin (just from observation) did not believe that population would increase at a tremendous rate from year to year but believed it would stay somewhat constant. Charles Lyell was a uniformitarian. He believed the earth had gone through changes by the same causes (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) on the same scale we see today. While he did believe that the earth had gone through many changes, Lyell…

When Darnay first enters the court room the crowd shouts “’Take of his head!’...’an enemy to the Republic!’”(375). They are a very angry crowd and will seemingly stop at nothing for Darnay to get what he deserves- to be killed. However when it was shown that Darnay was related to Dr. Manette and was acquitted the crowd quickly switched the motives and many rushed towards him and gave him hugs. However Darnay “knew very well, that the very same people, carried by another current, would have…

In his novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens displays the recurring theme of how sometimes in life, despite what the accepted behavioral norms are for a certain group, not everyone complies to these standards. He uses this theme to make a profound statement in regard to his lack of conformity to gender ideals as depicted by the Victorian era, through the use of reversed gender roles. Stereotypically, Victorian ideals stated that women were to be kind and nurturing, and the men were to be…

In place of letting misfortunes befall her by her father as in Girl with No Hands, the princess leaves her father and renounces her parents: “I am a poor child who no longer has a father or a mother” (Grimm 57). Charles Perrault’s version of introduces a fairy figure of a motherly nature; however, depriving the princess of such mentors in Grimm’s retelling of the story let her become independent, reflecting the words of Bruno Bettelheim: “fairy tales depict in imaginary…

Several positions exist in philosophy regarding human nature. Karl Marx and Charles Darwin give two of these positions. Karl Marx’s philosophical position on human nature was that economic substructure and society determines human nature (Wall 279). He felt that humans are social animals that are driven to produce in a way that benefited society, and that human nature is “expressed in a drive to spontaneously and creatively produce products in a manner that is conducive to social and…

Theories and studies in science tend to change over the years due to new evidence as well as social changes. Science, like a living organism, adapts and is reevaluated with new outcomes. It is important to look back at past studies and ideas not only to retest hypotheses but also to see how far the scientific community has brought society. One branch to look back on would be biology, more specifically human variation. At the present time we know that race is not a biological variation. All…

presumption of truth. Thomas Huxley, an 1800’s biologist said, “Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever… or you will learn nothing.” (Hancock, 2014) Huxley was a staunch supporter of Charles’ Darwin’s theory of evolution. Whether one agrees or disagrees with the theory, it is difficult to deny that those close to Darwin most likely had a great deal of experience with identifying the truth in perceptions. When employees…

Joseph Gold explains that Pip’s first awareness of “the identity of things” in the graveyard on Christmas Eve is an outstanding English illustration “of the most ancient questions, ‘who am I?’ and ‘why am I here?’” (242). In Pip’s search for a meaningful identity, Dickens has incorporated the desire of all humanity to understand its existence and find a place in the world. Because Dickens allows Pip’s story to be narrated by an older, and wiser Pip, Gold states that Pip becomes the person he is…