Christopher Cox

Proud of our ancestry and history, my mother uses our family tree to choose a name for each of her eleven children. So, understandably, many of us have nontraditional first or middle names. When my youngest sister was born, we all scratched our heads at the name Tilley. Excited to share her love of history, she explained that Elizabeth Tilley came to America on the Mayflower with her parents, who died in the first winter. Being homeschooled, my mother was able to teach us history through field…

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” This is what Roman poet Horace believed to be true but if this was true then Chris McCandless would have been able to go on his journey and stay alive. He ran into obstacles like starvation, malnourishment, and he got lost and he was not able to overcome these problems or bring out the talents that could have saved his life. John Krakauer wrote a book about Chris called Into the Wild. In…

Laurence Bergreen, Columbus: The Four Voyages (New York:Viking Penguin , 2011) 423 pp. Christopher Columbus, the man who “discovered” America is one of the most controversial people in world history. With his adventurous self and crew, they arrived on numerous amount of islands which determines Columbus as a brave and so-called heroic explorer. Laurence Bergreen, a historian and biographer wrote,“Columbus: The Four Voyages” which analyzed Columbus’s actions and decisions during his travels.…

The article Squanto’s Role in Pilgrim Diplomacy discusses the importance of the Native American named Squanto, in his duty as mediator between the Pilgrims of New England and the Indian tribes in the surrounding area. In the article the author, Leonard A. Adolf, argues that without the assistance of Squanto in the encounters between Native Americans and English men, the success of the Plymouth colony would not have been as great. Adolf, professor of history at Oregon State University, further…

On October 12, 1492 , Christopher Columbus landed on an island which is now considered part of the Caribbean. He was met with a strange group of people he assumed were from eastern India, thus he called them Indians. However, he would come to learn very quickly that this land was not India, but a whole new world yet discovered by his people. Columbus would go on to introduce European technology, plants, animals, and even diseases with the new world. He would also take not only the new world…

Mysteries have always had a great hold on society. They have a way of catching the reader’s attention by keeping them guessing, even yearning to find out. The strange occurrences surrounding the death of Christopher Marlowe is one such mystery. His early death at the age of 29 came as a shock and set scholars off on a hunt to determine how he died and the true reason for his death. It has baffled some of the most proficient researchers and continues to have new theories presented about it. What…

pristine, and the land and animals were respected by the country’s inhabitants. There was a mutual understanding of this respect for mother earth and the Natives were well known for this philosophy of life. Things took quite a turn for the worse once Christopher Columbus sailed to America in 1492 bringing over not only a plethora of europeans, but also, their mindsets and ideals. The Europeans differed in environmental perspective compared to the Natives because they were under the impression…

Over time many great authors have perfected the character of the Aristotelian tragic hero. William Shakespeare is famous for his use of this character identification in many of his plays. Shakespeare uses this type of character to draw a person in and make them experience a downfall with the tragic hero. One of Shakespeare's most famous tragic heroes is Macbeth, from his play The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is an Aristotelian tragic hero because he is noble until his hubris leads to a tragic…

Essay on Hamlet To be or not to be (Act 3, scene 1, lines 56-88) Who would have thought that the words "To be or not to be" would stand the test of time? These six words have echoed through thousands of actors' mouths and a myriad of books have recited these famously written words from William Shakespeare's pen. His colourful words paint worlds and his complex characters bring out a broad spectrum of feelings in us - and at times he makes us question our lives. Shakespeare's renowned soliloquy…

In Romeo and Juliet, we see two ill-fated lovers from two feuding families fall in love for one another but soon die in the end as a consequence of their love. Teen crushes have a major impact during adolescence, as when Shakespeare explains the story. The lovers’ parents didn’t take the relationship seriously, thinking that it was just a phase, unaware that they were very much in love. Parents shouldn’t laugh off their children’s crushes, because teens can end up harming themselves and/or…