Church of England

This past year has been a historical year for the United Kingdom. On June 23, 2016, a referendum was held on to decide whether or not the U.K. should leave or remain in the European Union. Many know this event as the “Brexit,” which is short for the merging of the words Britain and exit. The results were as follows: to leave was 52% and to stay was 48% of the more than 30 million people voting (Wheeler and Hunt, 2016). The decision to leave the E.U. has been confirmed to happen for some time…

Jessica Zhang, The West After 1492, Short Paper A Close Reading of Andrew Marvell’s “Bermudas” 17th century England was a time and place defined by a lack of consistency in its political structure. Monarchies were abolished as Parliament gained power, reflecting the inability of a single ruler to maintain power for an extended period during this era. The foundations of modernity in English politics resulted from the turmoil of this time, and politician and writer Andrew Marvell was certainly…

To Be or Not to Be: Proper Webster’s dictionary is a tool for survival. How else would one know how to spell autochthonous? Language was invented because communication is vital to our survival. Society could not have developed without a means for its inhabitants to properly communicate with one another. However, there is a battle among the “proper” and the “improper” better known as the Prescriptives and the Descriptives. One group who cringes at the thought of the improper use of the English…

The American news spends a lot of time discussing the events that take place Iran, Syria, Eqypt, England, and a few others. Some countries are not a majorly discussed country in the news in the United States. There are several others that could be mentioned more, as well. Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, and Sweden are just a few that we rarely hear anything about in our media. American news networks seem to only discuss a fraction of countries that make up the world.…

were a big part of its rise. New lifestyles were made and new laws and systems were beginning to form. Soon people began questioning the government of England and its rules. They contrived new ideas of their own government that will assure equality for everyone. In the end, colonial America was formed from the queries of English rule, by its…

Summary of “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell Orwell immediately addresses his concern for the decline in the English language. He calls it “ugly” and “stale.” This decline in language induces “foolish” thinking, which, in turn, leads to more ugly language. It is a vicious cycle. However, Orwell suggests that this is a reversible process, considering there is enough people willing to get the job done. He then goes on to explain exactly what the “ugly” modern language is. It…

Maying” by Robert Herrick and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, “Corinna’s Going A Maying” is briefly about a man who is trying to convince his lover to go out and celebrate the spring season at the begging of May, and this was a tradition in England back then. He was trying to hurry up his lover by telling her how it is already beautiful outside, the weather is spectacular and everyone is celebrating and enjoying the festival while she is still in bed, he want to enjoy their time while…

QUESTION: An essay about the influence of religion in the life of Catherine McAuley. Catherine McAuley was born in 1778, during the time Ireland had two tired societies, Ireland of the Wealthy who were educated Anglo-Irish who were Protestant. The second was Ireland of the Poor, who were usually Catholic, uneducated city workers and peasants. Dublin was also a city where the vast majority lived in miserable destitution. Catherine was in the first group, being in the wealthy society even though…

opposing it. This Act of Parliament was made to help with the corruption issue that was going on and also to change the electoral system in England. The Reform Act of 1832 eradicated old parliamentary boroughs and added new boroughs to the cities that prospered because of the Industrial Revolution. This allowed more representative seats to be re-dispersed throughout England. One problem that arouse from the reform bill was the new boroughs were not made based on the population. Wealthy land…

During the romantic era, There were poets like William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who used their lives as inspiration.William Wordsworth is considered the father of modern romantic literature. While Shelley paid a tribute to William Wordsworth, however it was more of a look where you are now. Both poets used themes, symbols, and characterization to get their thoughts across. “To Wordsworth” was written by Shelly and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Wordsworth. To begin, there are…