Eulogy

Macbeth’s destructive actions throughout William Shakespeare’s famous play have horrific consequences, both for himself, and all others they affect. These appalling ramifications engender a growing execration towards the protagonist from the audience. However, despite the indubitably evil nature of his deeds, Macbeth’s introduction as a paragon of manliness and nobility serves to portray innate goodness in Macbeth’s character, and this morality, combined with his repentance of his reprobate…

In Essentials of Sociology 11th edition on page 104 it defines social institutions as standard or usual ways that a society meets its basic needs – vitally affect your life. As you can see the term is very vague. Upon looking up the term online I learned that social institutions when utilized by modern sociologists it refers to compound social forms that replicate themselves such as governments, the family, human languages, universities, hospitals, businesses and legal systems. Jonathon Turner…

Joseph Campbell’s definition of a hero is “someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”. Jefferson demonstrates this definition by walking like a man to his death, and showing the white people that he is as strong as any one of them. In A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines, the white men still rule supreme over the black community. A black man named Jefferson is wrongly convicted of murder and is being put on death row. Grant, an educated black man, is being put…

Although the word tragedy is an attribute commonly used to recount any events that cause misfortune and great suffering; it even more treats as an illustration to the series of the sorrowful and unfortunate events induced upon a heroic soul. It is a work of art that embodies the misfortunes of its subjects, within a stylized undertone of austere diction, and prompts the questions raised about the human identity and it’s battle between the forces of good and evil that it so easily succumbs.…

Growing up, I always had an extremely difficult time finding friends. Of course, if you look over the awkwardness and the ginormous gap in between my teeth, I was the perfect friend. I did not start connecting with kids my age until middle school. It was there where good ol’ puberty actually hit me like a dump truck. It was also there where I meet one of the best friends I have ever had. Her name was Karin and we both complimented each other’s quirkiness and I guess that is how we connected. We…

In 1935, Bogart’s career starting taking a turn for the better when producer Arthur Hopkins sent for Bogart to play escaped murderer Duke Mantee in Robert Sherwood's new play, The Petrified Forest. In Meyers’ book, he writes that Hopkins wasn’t impressed with Bogart at first: When I saw the actor I was somewhat taken aback, for he was the one I never much admired. He was an antiquated juvenile who spent most of his stage life in white pants swinging a tennis racquet. He seemed as far from a…

"The Harlem Renaissance": Influence on The Black community. The 1900s in are seen as one of the most time periods in U.S. History ever, from the Wright brothers constructing the first airplane to the first movie theater. it was especially meaningful for the African American People, numerous events took place during the 1900s that changed black culture, but the most influential of them all was the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a culmination of change in attitude and a shift…

My Dream: I was around 20 years old and living in New York City, just coming back from work. I don’t remember precisely what I did as a job, but I saw myself walking out of the hospital and coming back home to a tiny apartment in the middle of the city. The scene shifted to the next morning when I was traveling to Atlanta to see my family, but I found out that my sister had…

This book is about the love story of two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters but the problem is that Hazel has cancer on her lungs and Gus had cancer on his leg and as a result on the fight against cancer he lost that leg. The book starts when Hazel's mum decided that Hazel was depressed so she took her to the doctor who decided that she needed to go to a support group and one day on that support group she meets Augustus Waters (chapter one), they start hanging out and talking…

were in attendance. They listened to speeches from Dr. W. Robert Parks, the Iowa State University President; Reverend Ann Clay Adams, the campus minister; and Max F. Urick, the Iowa State Athletic Director. Teammates and friends of the victims gave eulogies in honor of the people they had known, loved, and lost. Those in the audience who had not known all or even any of victims learned a little about each one. They saw that these seven people were not just victims of a tragedy, but were much…