Division III

The Magna Carta was as essential to the foundation of the United States as it was to the Barons who demanded it in 1215. Two of the biggest reasons the Magna Carta was demanded was to protect the baron’s money and property. According to History.com, the title Magna Carta is actually Latin for “Great Charter.” A charter is a written grant by a legislative or sovereign power. This “Great Charter” was drawn up in 1215 by the Baron church (Levi 5). King John had a bad habit of fighting wars and…

The Horror Fiction novel called World War Z, is a book about an interviewer that catches stories from different places from around the world which forms into a giant story about the World War against this disease. The Plague starts slow and steady with not too many countries taking this threat into consideration. Overtime the Plague hits humanity when they least expected it, and drove the world into chaos. In Clarification, The reason the novel is called world war z is because it’s about the war…

Every one knows the tail of the legendary Dracula. The first and the greatest vampire that every existed in the world of fantasy or the real world who really knows. But one thing we do know is that the legend of Dracula has lived on throucth the agege and with every generation that passes by we all add or reinvent the legendary tail of vampires. For ensample the story of the original vampire Dracula originated. In Romania, because of a young warlord who came to power named Vlad Tepes- vald…

Introduction: Dracula, written by Bram Stoker in 1897, has become one of the most popular and enduring gothic novels. This blood-sucking vampire is now an iconic symbol of horror, whose fame stretches far beyond the covers of the novel. Written at the precipice of the turn of the century, the novel touches upon anxieties of a society that was changing at an uncomfortably rapid place. Stoker used this unlikely horror story to convey the apprehension of the Victorians, which includes anxieties…

The Derailment of Democracy Overthrowing a government has never been easy. Civil wars and revolutions almost always end up in bloody warfare. Planning to install democracy after ousting the original government is not a simple task either. The only other flourishing country that has successfully managed this is America, which is the only exception in all of history. It is no wonder that France had such a hard time with their revolution. Although the French Revolution showed that building a…

Hidden Evil The story of Macbeth begins when Macbeth becomes a great war hero by killing the enemy leader. He secured the victory for Scotland over Norway and earned the respect of his king, Duncan. Macbeth was named the Thane of Cawdor, taking the title from a traitor during the war. Macbeth was called “noble Macbeth” by King Duncan, showing the respect he had earned (I.II.78). Later, honorable Macbeth was told a very implausible yet fruitful prophecy by three witches depicting him as the…

The protagonist of a story is traditionally the brave and valiant hero of the story. This is not the case in William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth. In Macbeth the protagonist, Macbeth, starts out as a brave soldier as well as the thane of Glamis in Scotland, who is relatively content. But after he and his brother in arms Banquo encounter three witches, called the Weïrd sisters, who tell them that Macbeth is to become the thane of Cawdor and later king of Scotland, Macbeth wonders if the Weïrd…

Braveheart directed by Mel Gibson who was also the main character, Sir William Wallace, was a portrayal of the Anglo-Scottish wars and the certain battles William Wallace fought in. It is a very good film and although it has a very good representation of medieval Scottish society and the conflict with the English at the time, it isn’t to be taken as a movie that is completely factual, as Hollywood must bend the truth sometimes to reel in viewers. In this essay, a complete analysis of Braveheart…

“ Fate decides who comes into your life, your heart decides who stays.” Macbeth is a Shakespearean play about how an innocent soldier becomes a ruthless king, all because of his proposed fate. In Macbeth, fate played a huge role in how Macbeth as a character acted and why he had a tragic resolution. Fate is what drove Macbeth into having a tragic resolution. Every human believes fate is predetermined. People tend to hold onto the unknown. It moves us in many ways, whether that be hope or…

The famous play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare in 1606 took place during the medieval times in Scotland, around the 11th century. The plot is about Scottish nobleman Macbeth who hears prophesy of him becoming King which awakens his desire to seize the throne. This is where his wife, Lady Macbeth, comes in - she tempts and bullies Macbeth into killing King Duncan. The play was written during the reign of King James I who saw himself as an expert on witchcraft. ‘Witches’ at that time were…