Excellency

According to the history of Starbucks, the first Starbucks was opened in 1971. The name and the mermaid logo were motivated by the love of the sea, from Starbucks original location in Seattle Washington, in the heart of Pike Place Market. When they first started, it was a single shop known for high quality coffee and brewing products. The company became the largest coffee company in early 80’s in Washington. In 1981, they hired current CEO Howard Schultz. He took the opportunity and began…

Pride Consumes Us All Pride is seen and shown in many different ways. It pushes the way people act, think, and react. Pride shows different ways of how people act when they are exposed to different situations, which triggers their prideful instinct. Many leaders in history reveal this when they are presented with a tough situation and make decisions off of their pride alone instead of rational decisions. This alike is seen in The Crucible which it is seen many times throughout the play through…

Authority or Truth? A twisted play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller was based in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. There were peculiar characters throughout the play such as Abigail who was the leader of “the girls” and accused Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft so that Elizabeth’s husband, John Proctor, would be available for romantic relations. Also, there was Reverend Parris who only cared about his money and power. Finally, there was Reverend Hale who experienced the most…

Is Yeats a good poet? - Angélique Dongo Yeats' excellency is clearly portrayed in his poems. His work is full of vivid, descriptive imagery and deeply analised personal feelings and strong political opinions which are evident in Lake Isle of Innisfree, Wild Swans at Coole, September 1913, Easter 1916 and Sailing to Byzantium. eats believed that art and politics were intrinsically linked and used his writing to express his attitudes toward Irish politics, as well as to educate his readers about…

General Robert E. Lee wrote to Jefferson Davis after Gettysburg, “I therefore, in all sincerity, request Your Excellency to take measures to supply my place {replace me}. I do this with the more earnestness because no one is more aware than myself of my inability for the duties of my position (Doc C).” With Lee’s morale dropping so quickly after the battle, so did…

two years to master English and she went on to learn Greek and Latin. Wheatley was able to become the first black American to have her book published. Wheatley also got recognition for her compliments to George Washington through the poem “To His Excellency General Washington”. George Washington invited Wheatley to his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Even though they only met for about an hour Washington’s kindness and respect that he showed to…

One of the beloved paragon verses of Christianity, 1 Corinthians 10:31, claims “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” (ESV) Viewing our actions as purposeful and meaningful denotes a deeper commitment to At Biola University, students within every major strive to exemplify the lifestyle this verse describes, making their area of study their form of worship. However, one subculture specifically envelops a group of students whose academic focus dovetails with…

When examining the narrative of Catalina de Erauso, violence, transgression, revenge, and aggression are very present and the reader is exposed to his perceptions of masculinity vs. femininity in the Spanish Baroque. The concept of a born female dressing or becoming male was a prevalent occurrence in the Golden Age of Spain, and can be seen in many other works of literature and plays. Lazarillo de Tormes allows the reader insight into elements of Baroque literature such as race, class, and…

“ I don't think most people are all heroic or all villainous, so I find ambiguity of motivations to be a natural human condition” (Nocenti). Every person has a good and bad side to them. In The Crucible John Proctor is an ambiguous character, he makes both good and bad decisions which greatly affect the plot. Everyone makes mistakes in their lives, including John Proctor. One example of a mistake John Proctor makes, is his affair with Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams argues, “You loved me,…

It is evident that the early writers of the colonial period were influenced by their political surroundings and the ever omnipresent British. These early writers in turn impacted authors of the American Renaissance. A major theme that both fiction and non-fiction works have is their obsession with is the parent to child relationship of Britain to America. The hope and drive for freedom from Britain encouraged, symbolized, and fought for throughout Benjamin Franklin, Phillis Wheatley, Washington…