Coffer

and is also not wise in choosing his counselors. Both the king’s noblemen and the commoners decide that the king, Richard II, has gone too far when he seizes the money and lands of a much respected and recently deceased uncle in helping to fill his coffers and when he starts to rent out English land…

The British Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen. The British were motivated to conquer and colonize any place where they could benefit economically. This emphasis on money inspired Gandhi to attack the Empire through civil disobedience and attack their economy as the desire for Indian independence grew. The British maintained control over their large empire through a structured military presence, which would suppress any uprising in an instant and by any means necessary, no…

A way in which the indigenous people in colonies were subjugated was through land divination. Colonists, realising that the more land they controlled the higher the profits would be, increasingly sought ways to achieve this. Naturally, the European colonists of India and Africa were of a higher economic standing than their native counterparts, and used various methods to lay claim to large areas of land and the most fertile ground. Subsequently, it meant that any individual native enterprise was…

economy to be the biggest in the world. With the increasing demand for food and durable goods, most of which were imported from England as per the Navigation Acts, made it possible for English existing and new industries to grow rapidly. Massive quantities of commodities were exported to Barbados on a yearly on board English ships. On July 23, 1653, during a council meeting at Whitehall, the council permitted for to export a number of desired good to Barbados annually. The list included…

From 2004 to 2014, the number of detainees in Brazilian prisons increased by 67.5 percent, which is around 564,000 people. If you count the citizens that are under house arrest, the total soars to around 711,000 people, making it the third largest in the world (“The Barbarism of Brazilian”). While the population of Brazil has increased by a little over 30 percent, “that of its prisons and police cells has almost quintupled,” causing a severe overcrowding problem (“Welcome to the Middle”). These…

Every country’s vision is to have a universal health care system. A system that is not necessarily “free” but a system where everyone has equal opportunity to get the best health care being offered without partiality. Canada successfully implemented the universal health care for its citizens, but it is not perfect in any sense. Individual citizens are provided with preventive care and medical treatment from primary care physicians as well as access to hospitals, dental surgery and additional…

This past November of 2016, the citizens of the United States elected its 45th president, Donald J. Trump. A common comparison in several reactionary articles was that the election of Trump was a sign that the United States was falling, just as Rome once had. The modern United States falling condition, in spite of selected similar situations, is not quite as vast in scale to that of the Rome of Late Antiquity. Several generations of authors and historians have had their own opinions on the…

I’ve been planted in a pot My roots are welded to the soil My buds are blossoming But I am fed fertilizer named Hindering Eventually these petals will be a memory My existence dust (A Marginalized Rose) These words by Francisco DH in his poem ‘A Marginalized Rose’ illuminates the mental and emotional condition of the marginalized groups and draws a picture upon the cruel social system, that disconnect a particular group from the mainstream culture and hinder their growth. Marginalization is the…

The Global War on Terror began almost immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Although the players since then have somewhat changed, the War on Terror is still continuing and it does not appear to be ending anytime soon. The question to answer is why is this war still going? This is not a war against another nation, but a war against different groups and organizations. These groups should not have the same resources as sovereign nations; however, they are able…

For my Comparative Literature assignment, I will be comparing Jack London’s Call of the Wild and Leo Tolstoy’s “Master and Man”. One of the central themes of Call of the Wild is nature vs. nurture, which is demonstrated through the main character Buck and his regression into an almost feral state. A central theme for “Master and Man” is human foibles, shown through Vasili’s overall character flaws and treatment of Nikita. While each story has their own central theme, they also share a…