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“Am I a Coward?” Do you ever feel like there's something you should be doing but keep making excuses not to? That is exactly how Hamlet felt when he was told to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle. Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet, in which Hamlet faces many challenges which started with the loss of his father. Hamlet’s recent past has affected the way he sees the world, in many of his plays Shakespeare uses soliloquies to communicate to the audience how the characters are feeling.…

formed after uniting and battling together and joining as one in Gallipoli. The poem I will be presenting today is a World War 1 poem named “Rain” by a British poet and soldier, Edward Thomas, in 1914. This poem is told from a soldier’s point of view and describes the misery and suffering of experiencing war. Edward Thomas was born in 1878 in England and had always had an interest in poetry. Despite the fact that he believed poetry was the most important type of literature, he had only became…

across the words “In God We Trust.” What you may not know is, that many that who have played a part in the history of this nation have had several different interpretations of exactly what this means. Three examples of this are Thomas Paine, Jonathan Edwards, and Cotton Mather. Each had his idea of God and the mechanics of how religion worked, some differed, and some were the same. Cotton Mather was a highly respected minister, as were his two grandfathers. (1)“He was expected by his…

Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward Muggeridge, is regarded as the father of motion picture. He was born in England as Edward Muggeridge, but later changed his name to the current Eadweard Muybridge. He was unsatisfied with his life in England and decided to move to San Francisco, United States. Once in the States, he first started off as a bookseller. Quickly after though, he took up photography and studies with a daguerreotypist. His most famous work started after Leland Stanford, former governor…

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C. His parents are James Edward and Daisy Ellington. Ellington’s Father was methodist while his mother was baptist. Thus Ellington’s upbringing had many religious influences on the household and his childhood. As a child Ellington was very artistic and many people noticed. Duke Ellington parents were both talented and musical. Ellington rejected an art scholarship and instead decided to devote his time to his first…

The main idea of the story Shacks by Edward P. Jones is he is trying to reach out to his dream girl but in reality it would never work between them. The author said that the pages he wrote to Sandra were between five and fifteen pages every time he sent a letter to her. I think him writing to Sandra was a story in his mind almost like it was a novel to him being that he wrote so many pages to her a few times during the week. The author wrote the essay to entertain readers about a time in his…

Edward Snowden, hero or traitor? Snowden was a 29 year old National Security Agency whistleblower who revealed the U.S government secret metadata collection program. The program consisted of the government requiring phone providers give them all access to private phone data without any warrant or any authority to do so. He is a hero because he was only trying to protect american citizen’s rights to privacy, he also helped us become aware of what our government is actually doing and he revealed…

As you approach the painting in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, you see a group of monstrous looking animals large eyed and oddly shaped, almost appearing cartoon like. The animals are gather in a forest of dark greens. They are sitting with child like humans that are cloaked in white. The colors that make up these animals are nothing extraordinary, very dull softs browns, whites, and grays. There is a lion like animal which appears to be the main focus, his tan eyes stare deep at you as…

At times, reaching one’s climax of success is not enough. An overwhelming urge to prove their mental strength arises, steering them to insurmountable success. In Michael Crichton’s, The Great Train Robbery, Edward Pierce displays a compulsion that allows his unfounded character to guide him in manipulating society, proving his mental superiority through committing the robbery. Upon guiding society in creating an unfounded perception of Pierce, he is able to divert doubt in his character and make…

pure surmise and taken on the whole he was in favour of the backfiring theory. In summing up the evidence presented, the Coroner addressed the Jury stating that he was sure they would all endorse Mr. Smith’s remarks at the loss of Lieutenant Busk. Edward Busk was well known in his profession and had done good work for the country, and at such a time could be ill spared. He informed them that they had heard the evidence of the Foreman, Mr. Head and that of Mr. Smith, and he thought from their…