First Punic War

Currently in schools across Canada students are mainly studying literature from American and British based cultures. So far, through out my 3 years of high school english courses, a majority of a course was spent reading and studying Shakespeare. These pieces of literature were written over 400 hundred years ago and take places in settings and cultures that todays students don't connect with. While I do agree that many of Shakespeare's work had messages and situations that transcend, many of…

One of William Shakespeare’s great stories was called Henry IV, Part One. William Shakespeare was an amazing writer. This play was written sometime in 1598 (Gill xxxi). Roma Gill in Henry IV, Part One states that the play was first published as “The History of Henrie the Fourth” in 1598 (xxxi). The name was then changed to Henry IV, Part One after the sequel was made. This story was assumed to be written in Stratford-Upon (Love). There are a numerous amount of characters in Henry IV, Part One,…

Using oxymoron, juxtaposition, and paradox to show indirect characterization provides information that readers could not learn through direct characterization. Using two contradicting words or opposite sentences shows speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks of the characters. By using juxtaposition in stories or plays, the author can indirectly characterize the characters. William Shakespeare´s most known and famous play is Romeo and Juliet. He uses juxtaposition to indirectly…

and to stop muslim expansion (Madden). The crusades we will be focusing on during this paper are the first, second, third and fourth crusades. The First Crusade was called by Pope Urban II November, 1095 in the town of Clermont (Phillips). Urban II saw the Crusades as a way to stop the sinful knights of Europe from fighting eachother and…

native of Mosul see it differently, as all Muslim sees the Crusades. He mention the crusades as not being recovery of holy places of Christianity, rather, it was war against the Islam religion. He further stated in his writing saying that, “They invaded the territories of Islam”. In his writing he clearly indicated that it was the war of Christianity against Muslim. He sees this bitterness between Christians and Muslims which left behind by series of crusades was because of the invade of…

Shakespeare’s readers learn many things through his work and the literary and dramatic devices he used shows them many lessons and techniques to improve our writing. His plays teach us ways we can be a good citizen, thinker, and writer. In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, I learned that citizens are the ones who have the power to decide who is trustworthy. Whether we are choosing a leader for the community or not, we need to know who can be trusted. Shakespeare shows us the difference or…

enemies, a Roman general named Pompey. There Caesar met Cleopatra and had a son. Julius never had any other Sons, but he had a daughter who died in childbirth. Because his Son was Egyptian, he adopted his great nephew Octavian, who would become the first roman emperor. Cassius and Brutus were afraid his rule would put an end to the Roman Republic, so they plotted to murder him. Caesar was stabbed 23 times. The date of his death, March 15th, is also called the Ides of March. His murder made many…

led by Sir Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Godfrey of Bouillon, Hugh of Vermandois and Bohemond of Taranto. The Templars ended up doing what they called Crusades in which they went and attacked threats to Israel. There were a total of six Crusades. By the first they were known as Crusaders. There were four known Crusade States, each defended by a castle. The Templars were a unique and dangerous breed of soldiers. Every Templar looked and drilled the same way. Most Templars wore a bullet like helmet,…

There were many factors involved to increase the tension between the white and Asian populaces in western Canada and although both the white populace and Asian populace contributed to the tension, it was mainly the white populace at fault. Many British Columbians were concerned that they would lose their jobs to immigrants who worked for lower wages and were willing to work dangerous jobs. Furthermore, new immigrants often faced attitudes of suspicion and resentment due to the fear of Canada…

When explaining the disproportionate over-representation and the incarceration of Aboriginal peoples in the criminal justice system, there are several theories and factors to consider. For several decades, the Criminal Justice System has mistreated Aboriginal peoples in numerous ways, subjecting them to racial profiling, unethical racialization and erroneous incineration. In order to help prevent such things from continuing, understanding is key. Thorsten Sellin’s culture conflict theory sheds…