First Things First

When one begins to discuss the Templar Knights, everyone seems to have some opinion about this religious order that lasted a mere 188 years. The mystery that surrounds this religious order that was created to protect pilgrims as they travel to and away from the holy lands is vast. It seems that there demise created a legend that was far more creative and spectacular than the truth. The history of the Templar order is responsible for many books and articles that cover the basics of these…

Known as one of the most complex plays to have ever been written, the tragic story of a troubled prince named Hamlet is a classic. A story that has entertained readers and playgoers for multiple generations since the 1600s. The play tells a story of a 30-year-old prince who loses his father in the hands of his uncle, finds out because of the ghost of his father, and plots to kill his uncle. In the process, he kills innocent people, loses his mother, his lover, and his own life. For generations,…

of the World State throughout the novel. One of the main Shakespearean quotes from the novel was when John said, “‘O brave new world… O brave new world that has such people in it. Let’s start at once” (139). This quote is from The Tempest, and at first represented John’s excitement to visit the World State. However, as John learned more and more about the World State, the quote gained more of a negative connotation. An example of this is when John is walking around after the passing of his…

Isaiah Lopez Carrie Perry English 104 12/12/2015 The Importance of “Noting” Noting denotes absence of something. In addition, the word sounds improvised and modest in this era. For this reason, there are high expectations a play that comprises of such a heading and interesting story behind the title. Conversely, the play and its title itself seem to have significant weight than the general perception and weight from a number of individuals. Consequently. William Shakespeare made two plays, which…

Documents 9.2 and 9.3 in Keith Smith’s Stranger Things are both accounts which describe the federal government’s experiment to relocate Inuit from northern Quebec to Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord in the northern Arctic in 1953. However, while both sources recount the government’s experiment the narratives have different perspectives highlighting how people remember events in different ways depending on how they were affected by the outcome. Document 9.2 is a testimony given by Markoosie Patsauq…

Canada is supposed to be a country built on the idea of sovereignty, peacefulness and acceptance, but when it comes down to the way we as a country treat the First Nations Peoples, we are far from any of those things. The argument on how the Natives helped build Canada throughout history is also a large part of where the hatred and ignorance towards Indigenous Peoples come from. Some believe that the Natives were harsh and unwelcoming…

(3.1.66, 69). Defending his masculinity and killing Duncan would all have been for nought if he is not able to keep his crown. So, Macbeth kills Banquo (and tries to kill his son Fleance), his friend, a wise and valiant man. No man would do such a thing. If killing the good, virtuous Duncan was not already too much, surely murdering his friend was going too far, and Macbeth seems to think so. He becomes wrought with hallucinations as he hosts a dinner with his subjects. Lady Macbeth rebukes him,…

Dear Mr. Murray, if you are curious to know about my overall opinion of the course, I am happy to explain it all to you in this reflective essay. The courses main objective was to teach me the overall learning of Canadian history from the important facts of how Canada came to be, to the interesting facts about the native people of this land. Even though the Europeans settled Canada and urbanized it, to me the most interesting facts I learned in this course was being given the opportunity to be…

The Roman Republic was indeed a prosperous civilization with advancements in literature, poetry, and architecture, but after an unfortunate series of bad rulers and growing barbarian and Germanic tribe power, the Roman Republic declined and eventually split. A desire for military superiority could also be attributed to the fall of the Roman Republic in taking too much land and spreading troops too thin across their borders. A few select leaders partially paused the Roman Republic decline, but…

Christopher Marlowe born in 1564, he was an english playwright, poet, translator of the elizabethan era. He was born to shoemaker John Marlowe. He was just two months older to his contemporary William Shakespeare. He was educated at King’s school Canterbury and at the Cambridge University. He was the foremost elizabethan tragedian of his day. Christopher Marlowe, he was the greatest dramatist of the medieval period. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus was based on German Faustbuch. Marlowe’s…