First Impressions Essay

Louis Riel was one of the most driven defenders in Canadian History. He fought for the Metis rights and culture, for their homelands in their Northwest, and came under the English's skin progressively. He was born in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg on October 22, 1844, When Louis had just turned the age of 13 he was educated by Roman Catholic Priests Alexandre Taché and the Suffragan Bishop of St.Boniface. When a young Riel heard the news of his father's death in 1864, his view had changed and…

In 1969, the Canadian government, proposed a White Paper which asked to revoke the terms of the Indian Act and all other treaties made between the reserves and the country. The White Paper provoked widespread opposition and was later retracted in 1971. The White Paper proposed by the government was not only unsuccessful, but further solidified the gap between the Native peoples of Canada and the rest of Canadian society. This is shown through the Canadian government following the example of the…

work of native activists to a greater awareness by the public of the damage that the schools caused. - The first residential schools were established in the 1840s and the last residential school closed in 1996 - Their main objective was to convert Indigenous children to Christianity and to "civilize them" - In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed this was aimed at assimilating First Nations people. - In 1884 school attendance became mandatory by law for Indians less than 16 years of…

The residential school system in Canada was a joint initiative between the Canadian Government and the broader Christian Church. The Canadian government involved itself in residential schools to further exert their power over the Indigenous population. As government-funded “institutionalized instruments of control” (Steckley 310, 2017), residential schools can be understood within the context of Erving Goffman’s definition of a total institution. This definition is applicable as Indigenous…

Is it just to enslave the evil for the benefit of the good? This question seems to come up to one's mind at some point of their lifetime. William Shakespeare has produced many quality plays, one of his best works is a play called The Tempest written during 1610-161. The Tempest is assumed to be the last play that Shakespeare would write alone. Ariel and Caliban are both more than slaves to Prospero's wishes, and through the interactions between Prospero and Ariel and Prospero and Caliban, the…

In the stories of 'Midsummer Nights Dream ' and 'The Tempest ' there are characters that are strong and weak. There are characters that are magical and normal. There are also characters that move the story/fantasy forward. The characters of Miranda and Hermia are strong, weak, normal and they move the story forward. In these two worlds there are agents of change and there are also captains that captain their own destinies, in some cases both. For instance, Miranda is the agent of change and…

In King Lear, Goneril treacherously conspires against the members of her family in an attempt to secure ultimate sovereignty. With the conclusion of Shakespeare’s play, she ruthlessly murders both of her younger sisters—first Regan: “Her sister / By her is poisoned; she hath confessed it” (King Lear V.iii.226-227), followed by Cordelia: “He hath commission from thy wife and me / To hang Cordelia in the prison” (V.iii.252-253). Here, the intersections formed between Shakespeare’s…

Shakespeare Ideal King "Love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, is it far safer to be feared than loved"(Machiavelli). Throughout Niccolo Machiavelli 's "The Prince" and Sun Tzu 's "The Art of War," they go in detail discussing what a ruler should know, how to behave, and what the most important characteristic a ruler can have. Another great well Known author is William Shakespeare, whom constantly in his plays shows what how he thinks the ideal ruler should…

at the Council of Clermont by pope Urban II was the defining moment in Crusades ideology, creating the foundation for the first large scale Crusades to take place. With the newly found five accounts of the Council I’ll try to paint an accurate picture as possible of what exactly occurred. There is no official transcript from pope Urban II; instead these documents provide first hand accounts of what occurred. Whether they are reliable or not is another matter. Since each document differs in…

An art project at the local Essex High School is raising people’s awareness about homelessness in Burlington, Vermont. Madeleine Hatoun, a senior graduating from Essex High School, and its Academy of Visual and Performing Arts completed this project as community outreach requirement. She was influenced by Gregor Kloehn, an artist from Oakland, California, who built tiny homes out of recycled materials for homeless people. Hatoun was also inspired by how homelessness can affect anyone,…