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Romeo and Juliet. The first time we meet Friar Lawrence in this play is in Act 2 Scene 3, when Romeo comes to find the Friar to tell him that he has fallen in love with Juliet. Romeo and the Friar know each other very well, so the Friar understands him very well. When Romeo says that he wants to get married to Juliet, the Friar was shocked. “Holy Saint…

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…

believe Shakespeare’s intent was to offer perspective to both sides in the colonialism argument: both the oppressors, and the oppressed. The Tempest offers unique perspectives by portraying the thoughts and feelings of every character. While in the first act, Prospero curses Caliban and Miranda proclaims that he simply is of a “vile race” (Shakespeare 20), in later acts, Caliban voices the constant terror that he feels by Prospero’s presence, which makes the reader conflicted as to who is…

band in North Vancouver and activist on the rights of First Nations in North America was a residential school student at the age five. He was stripped of his language, culture and family. The speech discussed the devastating ways in which the European settlers stole the native territory and culture. I think Chief George’s speech highlights how the Europeans ethnocentric mindset led them to believe that stripping, judging and abusing the First Nation culture was “helping them” or showing them…

Riel the political leader of the Metis and the founder of Manitoba. The Grey Nuns were very influential to the early development of the city. The Metis people wanted recognition from the Canadian Government which led to the Red River Rebellion; the first crisis the new Government faced following the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Winnipeg was the site of the Red River Rebellion between the Metis and the Canadian Government. The Metis in St Boniface were paramount in the creation of Winnipeg…

998973945 TUT0104 10/23/2014 Promoting Higher Education of The Canadian Arctic Environment For Inuit & First Nations Through reading Shelagh Grant’s book, “Polar Imperative,” the understanding I have come to is that the Arctic is a much more politically complex and socially diverse ecosystem than I once previously assumed. Previously viewing the Arctic as a barren frozen tundra with scarce species, including polar bears, seals, and fish. Through reading Polar Imperative my view has…

The first meaning is the most different from all the others. The first meaning is people who killed a political leader after using an intoxicant of marijuana (assassin). According to Merriam Webster, this meaning derived from the Arabic states during the first crusade (assassin). These people were first called the hashishiyyins. It wasn’t until the hashishiyyins got to Europe before they started using the term assassins. At first, you would think that assassin's only…

William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear is so appallingly devastating that the readers’ questions about justice are unanswered at the end of the play. Shakespeare’s characters in King Lear assert that villainy will eventually undo itself. This proves to be true at the end of King Lear when the Duke of Cornwall, Edmund, Goneril, and Regan have all died as a result of their own immoral acts. The audience can perceive the deaths of these characters as just punishments for their immoral acts.…

Throughout time, there has been much debate about the authorship of William Shakespeare’s theatrical pieces. Many theories have been developed over time, all crediting various individuals with the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays, but none have been truly accepted as the outright truth as there are “more than 5,000 books on the Shakespeare authorship question with more than 50 possible candidates.” (PDF from oxford) To thoroughly formulate a coherent argument towards discrediting Shakespeare…

enlightenment. This increased trade and exploration. It also expanded Europeans interest in the outside world that they have not thought about since the fall of the Roman Empire. The Crusades increased hatred between the Muslims and Christians. The first four crusades took place in Jerusalem, the Holy…