Edward II

family faced the struggle to achieve the American Dream. She was able to achieve the American Dream by attending Harvard and becoming a successful writer. William Bull, Sarah Wells, my great- grandmother; Leah Ward-Paulson, my grandfather; Charles Edward “Ned” Paulson, and my grandmother; Mary Ellen Paulson were able to achieve their own American Dream and create a better life for their families. William Bull was born in England in the late 1600s. He came from a rich family but he was an…

reader hypothesize about the consequences of what censorship can easily do to our society. Bradbury was a distinguished author, and he focused mostly on science fiction. Fahrenheit 451 was inspired by a real event that happened which was World War II. Fahrenheit 451 was written…

Throughout World War II, there were many Canadian regiments that contributed in many different fights of the war. One of the Canadian regiments that assisted the Allies in defeating the enemy was the Royal Canadian Regiment. The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) was indeed successful during World War II. During the war, the military regiment took their time in finding out how to defeat their enemy in the most effective way. It also cooperated very well with other military units, as it was in their…

to the Arab forces, dying off from disease, or just didn't have enough supporters to start anyway. The sixth crusade was a bit of a victory. When Frederick II negotiated with the Egyptian sultan, he agreed to give fredrick the cities of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth. Other than that, all other crusades failed miserably. Prince Edward attempted to launch the ninth crusade, but due to the lack of enthusiasm and hearing about his mother’s death he returned home. There was also a children's…

and were mostly present in post-World War II, in which the popularity of the genre stemmed from the relatability of the time, and the movies showing the skewed truth beneath the films features. In the beginning Film Noir’s popularity grew exponentially in the years of 1940’s -60’s. Some of the early movies from this time period are, John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (1941), Frank Tuttle’s This Gun for Hire (1942), Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944), and Edward Dmitry’s Murder, My Sweet (1944). The…

The period in American Literature following World War II and into the twenty-first century has been called "The Age of Anxiety." America was a lonely place after WWII. Now that the soldiers had returned and the American technological and industrial revolution can commence, life became more convenient. People no longer had to spend time managing their home and business as before, and boredom and loneliness crept in. This led to a lot more people having time to think about their lives and try to…

These people arrived from modern Turkey as well as northern Syria, and beginning in the first half of the fourteenth century BC, slowly infiltrated vassal states, even seizing the major port city of Byblos. By the fifth year of the reign of Rameses II, Egyptian control of Syria was compromised, and war had begun disputing the region. While this Pharaoh would eventually expel the…

Hitchcock’s Psycho, from ‘Inside Norman Bates’ and ‘The World Inside Its Image’ The benchmark of horror films could easily be Hitchcock’s most revered work ‘Psycho’ (1960). The black and white filmscape does not downplay the crimson colour of blood spiralling down the plughole after Marion’s fatal stabbing, nor the shock of Norman’s mothers sunken eye sockets. It’s 2015 and this is the first time I have properly been introduced to the film however as a testament to its making I had nightmares…

Among our most intrinsic human characteristics, we strive to express ourselves both creatively and socially. Combining these two traits creates an artistic interaction between an audience and a medium. Cinema, arguably the most visually astounding form of art, not only stimulates visually, but subjects viewers to haptic and acoustic experiences as well. The film scholar, Thomas Elsaesser, makes various points in his book “Film Theory” describing several ways in which we can experience the film…

Though few details are known about the life of Xenophon, his hatred toward Athens and Athenian democracy is one of the primary themes communicated throughout the body of Xenophon’s work. Born into an aristocratic family within a democratic society that placed commoners in an equal political position to the wealthy, Xenophon was part of a class of people who were “greatly dissatisfied…with the operation of democracy.” Even if he had not been born into an aristocratic social class that showed…